Islands Islands Alofi is an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French territory of Wallis and Futuna. It is one of the Horne Islands ( Futuna being the other). ...more on Wikipedia about "Alofi Island"
Amak Island is a stratovolcano in the north Pacific. The island's maximum elevation is 488 metres. The island's volcano, Mount Amak, last erupted in 1796. The Amak Song Sparrow was last seen on the island in winter 1980 and has not been seen since. Devegetation of the island played a part in its demise. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amak Island"
In Greek and Roman mythology, Argyre was a mythical island of silver, located in the east. The name comes from the Greek agyros (silver). The origin of the myth is the Burmese island of Arakan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Argyre"
Arwad, located in the Mediterranean Sea, is the only island in Syria. The town of Arwad takes up the entire island. It is located 3 km from Tartous, Syria's second-largest port. Today, it is mainly a fishing town. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arwad"
The Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands are two groups of small low-lying uninhabited tropical islands in the Indian Ocean situated on the edge of the continental shelf north-west of Australia and south of the Indonesian island of Roti at . ...more on Wikipedia about "Ashmore and Cartier Islands"
Baker Island is an uninhabited atoll located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean at , about 3,100 km (1,675 nautical miles) southwest of Honolulu. Part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands, it is about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Baker Island"
Banaba Island (also Ocean Island), an island in the Pacific Ocean, lies west of the Gilbert Island chain and east of Nauru. It forms part of the Republic of Kiribati. The highest point on the island is also the highest point in Kiribati, at 81 meters (266 feet) high. ...more on Wikipedia about "Banaba Island"
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Barren Island (coordinates : ) is located in the Andaman Sea, one of the most easterly of the Andaman Islands. It is the only confirmed active volcano in South Asia. The island along with the rest of the Andamans is part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and lies some 135 km northeast of the territory's capital, Port Blair. The first recorded eruptions of the volcano dates back to 1787. Since then the volcano has erupted more than 6 times, most recently on May 28, 2005. ...more on Wikipedia about "Barren Island (Andaman Islands)"
Borneo (politically divided between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei) is the third largest island in the world. It has an area of 743,330 km² (287,000 mi²), and is located at the centre of the Malay archipelago and Indonesia. Borneo is considered part of the geographic region of Southeast Asia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Borneo"
The Borromean Islands (It. Isole Borromee) are a group of four small islands in the Italian part of the Lago Maggiore, located in the western arm of the lake, between Verbania to the north and Stresa to the south. Together totalling just 50 acres (20 hectares) in area, they are a top tourist attraction for their picturesque setting. ...more on Wikipedia about "Borromean Islands"
Castaway Cay is a private island or "out island" in the Bahamas which serves as an exclusive port of call for the Disney Wonder and her sister ship the Disney Magic. The island, formerly known as Gorda Cay, is owned entirely by the Walt Disney Company in contrast to the eight islands leased by other cruise lines for similar purposes. This makes it easy for the company to control all aspects of the "show" put on by the "cast" or employees. The post office even has special Bahamas Disney stamps. ...more on Wikipedia about "Castaway Cay"
Chorao is an island along the river Mandovi near Panaji of Goa, in India. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chorao"
Chuuk is an island group that comprises one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), along with Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap. It lies in the Western Pacific Ocean approximately 1000 kilometres southeast of Guam. Chuuk means mountain in the Chuukese language and was known mainly by its German mispronunciation, Truk, until 1990. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chuuk"
The Clerke Rocks are a group of small rocky islands 74 km southeast of South Georgia Island that extend 8 km from east to west. The Clerke Rocks are located at . The Clerke Rocks include The Office Boys ( Spanish: Los Mandaderos) at the northeastern end and Nobby (Spanish: Islote Llamativo or Roca Notable) at the southeastern end of the group. The islands belong to the British overseas territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and are also claimed by Argentina as part of Tierra del Fuego Province. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clerke Rocks"
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Clipperton Island ( French: Île de Clipperton and sometimes Île de la Passion) is an uninhabited seven-square-kilometer coral atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,300 km southwest of Mexico, at . ...more on Wikipedia about "Clipperton Island"
This is a list of notable coastal islands of Alta and Baja California. Although the waters and islands are divided between the United States and Mexico, many of the ecological issues are the same. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coastal islands of Alta and Baja California"
Coloane ( ; Jyutping: Lou6-waan4 Dou2, literally "Road Ring Island") is one of the two main islands of Macau in the People's Republic of China. It is located directly south of the other main island, Taipa (氹仔), and east of the Greater Hengqing Island (大横琴岛) of Zhuhai, Guangdong province. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coloane"
A desert island is simply any uninhabited island. (Note that "desert" is a reference to the island's deserted status, not any claim that it necessarily has arid desert weather.) Such islands are commonly invoked in metaphor, literature, and the popular imagination. ...more on Wikipedia about "Desert island"
Elugelab Island was part of the Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands before it was vaporized by the very first test of the hydrogen bomb in 1952 as part of Operation Ivy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Elugelab"
Fatutaka or Fatu Taka is a small high island in the Solomon Islands province of Temotu. It is the easternmost landfall in that nation. The island, located at 12°0'36" S. lat. and 170°10'12" E. long., is the remnant of an extinct volcano. It is a small rocky outcropping, rising to an elevation of 122 m (400 ft.). The total land area of the island is 1.6 km² (0.625 sq. mi.). Fatutaka lies approximately 60 km (37.5 mi.) southeast from Anuta. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fatutaka"
Floating islands are a common natural phenomenon that are found in many parts of the world. They exist less commonly as a man-made phenomenon. Floating islands are generally found on marshlands, lakes, and similar wetland locations, and can be many hectares in size. ...more on Wikipedia about "Floating island"
The Florida Islands are a small island group in Solomon Islands, a nation in the Pacific Ocean. The Florida Islands group is north of the more famous island of Guadalcanal, the scene of one of the Battle of Guadalcanal during World War II. Among the more important islands of the Florida grouping are Nggela Sule, Tulagi, Gavutu and Tanambog. The name Florida Island itself is also used to refer to Nggela Sule, the largest of the group. ...more on Wikipedia about "Florida Islands"
Futuna is an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French territory of Wallis and Futuna. It is one of the Horne Islands ( Alofi being the other). ...more on Wikipedia about "Futuna Island"
:For an explanation of the often confused terms like England, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom see British Isles (terminology). ...more on Wikipedia about "Great Britain"
The Greater and Lesser Tunbs (in Persian: تنب بزرگ و تنب کوچک "Tunb-e Buzurg & Tunb-e Kuchak") (tunb is Persian for "hilly place") are two islands in the eastern Persian Gulf. ...more on Wikipedia about "Greater and Lesser Tunbs"
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