Islands And Archipelagos Codexery

A source-cited reference to islands and archipelagos

Islands And Archipelagos (36)

• Ellesmere Island — Canada's northernmost island, a mountainous Arctic frontier with a rich archaeological record.
• Federated States of Micronesia — An island country in the western Pacific, encompassing most of the Caroline Islands.
• French Polynesia — An overseas collectivity of France in the South Pacific, comprising 121 islands and atolls.
• Galápagos Islands — Volcanic archipelago in the Eastern Pacific, part of Ecuador, famed for endemic species and Darwin's studies.
• Greater Antilles — The larger islands of the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica.
• Greenland ice sheet — Second-largest ice sheet, key driver of global sea level rise.
• Hainan — China's southernmost island province, a tropical free-trade port.
• Hawaii — Island state with a tropical climate and diverse heritage.
• Hispaniola — Caribbean island divided between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
• Hokkaido — Hokkaido is Japan’s northernmost main island and the second largest of the four. Along with the smaller islands around…
• Honshu — Japan's largest and most populous main island
• Isle of Man — A self-governing Crown Dependency with a distinct identity and history.
• Java — World's most populous island, center of Indonesian history and culture.
• Jeju Island — South Korea's largest island, a volcanic paradise with a subtropical climate and rich cultural heritage.
• Kuril Islands — Volcanic archipelago disputed between Russia and Japan since 1945.
• Kyushu — Japan's southern gateway, rich in volcanic landscapes and ancient heritage.
• Lesser Antilles — An arc of islands forming the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea.
• Lesser Sunda Islands — Archipelago in Indonesia and Timor Leste, part of the Sunda Islands.
• Luzon — The largest and most populous island of the Philippines, economic and political center of the nation.
• Malay Archipelago — Largest archipelago by area, between Southeast Asia and Australia.
• Malay Peninsula — Southernmost point of mainland Asia, rich in history and biodiversity.
• Maluku Islands — The Spice Islands at the crossroads of Asia and Oceania.
• Marajó — Large Brazilian island known for its ancient Marajoara culture and water buffalo.
• Martinique — An island of flowers, volcanoes, and French heritage in the Caribbean.
• Mayotte — A French overseas department in the Mozambique Channel, known for its volcanic islands, coral reef lagoon, and status…
• Mindanao — Second-largest Philippine island, major agricultural hub, religiously diverse.
• New Britain — The largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, shaped by volcanoes and history.
• New Caledonia — A French territory in the southwest Pacific, part of Melanesia, with a unique legal status and a diverse population.
• New Guinea — The world's second-largest island, rich in biodiversity and cultural history.
• Newfoundland (island) — Large Canadian island, site of Norse settlement and England's oldest colony.
• Niue — Self-governing coral island in free association with New Zealand.
• North Island — The most populous of New Zealand's two main islands.
• Northern Mariana Islands — U.S. territory in the Pacific, settled by Austronesian peoples.
• Novaya Zemlya — Arctic archipelago used as a major Soviet nuclear test site.
• Penang — Malaysian state, leading exporter, densely populated, culturally diverse.
• Phuket province — Pearl of the Andaman

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