The Pelagie Islands are three islands in the Mediterranean . They are Lampedusa , Linosa and Lampione . The Pelagie Islands ( Italian : Isole Pelagie , Sicilian : Ã suli PilaggÃ ) , from the Greek pÃ lagos - Ï Î Î '' Î Î Î Ï meaning `` open sea '' , are the three small islands of Lampedusa , Linosa , and Lampione , located in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia , south of Sicily .