The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Monte Cristo
(mn´´t krs´t, Ital. môn´t kr´st) (KEY) , unpopulated, rocky island, 6 sq mi (15.5 sq km), belonging to Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea between Corsica and the Italian coast. It owes its fame to the novel by Alexandre Dumas père, The Count of Monte Cristo.