Islands were listed by UNESCO in 2000 as a World Heritage Site for providing "an outstanding record of volcanic island-building and destruction, and ongoing volcanic phenomena". Status as a World Heritage Site was threatened by Italy's failure to close the pumice quarry as well as its failure to prevent the building of 4 new harbours. However, , it is still listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage site. See also List of islands of Italy References Further reading Ward, Phillip (1974). The Aeolian Islands. The Oleander Press. Berlinghieri, Castagnino E.F. (with introduction by A. J. Parker) (2003) The Aeolian Islands: crossroads of Mediterranean maritime routes. A survey on their maritime archaeology and topography from the Prehistoric to the Roman periods, British Archaeological Reports, International Series 1181, Oxford. External links UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Aeolian Islands Archipelagoes of Italy Islands of Sicily Messina Volcanic arc islands Volcanoes of the Tyrrhenian Dorian colonies in Magna Graecia World Heritage Sites in Italy