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*St. Croix
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*Tasmania
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*Channel Islands
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*Falklands
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*Faroe Islands
*Florida Keys
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*New Zealand
*New Zealand
*Orkneys
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*Palau
*Philippines
*Philippines
*Pitcairn Islands
*Pitcairn Islands

Latest revision as of 21:14, 1 September 2022

Single Islands[edit | edit source]

  • Alcatraz
  • Antigua
  • Ascension Island
  • Barbados
  • Bermuda
  • Bora Bora
  • Cabrera
  • Cayman
  • Corsica
  • Cozumel
  • Crete
  • Cuba
  • Dog
  • Dragonera
  • Easter
  • Eivissa
  • Elba
  • Ellis
  • Formentera
  • Great Britain
  • Grenada
  • Greenland
  • Hawaii, Kauai, Lanai, Molokai, Maui, Oahu
  • Hispaniola
  • Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu (Japan)
  • Ibiza
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Isle of Man
  • Isle of Skye
  • Jamaica
  • Java
  • Kangaroo
  • Key West
  • Krakatoa
  • Long Island (New York)
  • Mackinac
  • Madagascar
  • Mallorca
  • Menorca
  • Malta
  • Midway
  • New Guinea
  • North Island (New Zealand)
  • Okinawa
  • Puerto Rico
  • Rikers
  • Saipan
  • Sardinia
  • Sicily
  • South Island (New Zealand)
  • Sri Lanka/Ceylon
  • St. Croix
  • Tasmania
  • Tortuga
  • Vancouver

Island Groups[edit | edit source]

  • Aleutians
  • Antilles
  • Archipelago (general term)
  • Azores
  • Bahamas
  • Balearic Islands
  • Canary Islands
  • Cape Verde
  • Channel Islands
  • Falklands
  • Faroe Islands
  • Florida Keys
  • Galápagos Islands:
  • Hawaii/Sandwich Islands
  • Japan
  • Hebrides
  • Maldives
  • New Zealand
  • Orkneys
  • Palau
  • Philippines
  • Pitcairn Islands
  • Seychelles
  • Shetlands
  • Wadden

Fictional Islands[edit | edit source]

  • Atlantis
  • San Serriffe
  • "Noman" is an island
  • Nomanisan from the Incredibles
  • Monkey Island
  • "Utopia" Also an island (see Tomas Moro)
  • Phraxos

Types of islands[edit | edit source]

  • Atoll
  • Cay
  • Skerry
  • Volcanic