Islands And Archipelagos
36 entries in the Islands And Archipelagos compendium.
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Ellesmere IslandCanada's northernmost island, mountainous and sparsely populated.Federated States of MicronesiaSovereign island federation in free association with the United States.French PolynesiaFrench overseas collectivity in the South Pacific Ocean.Galápagos IslandsVolcanic archipelago whose endemic species inspired Darwin's theory of evolution.Greater AntillesMajor Caribbean island group spanning four large islands and several territories.Greenland ice sheetSecond-largest ice sheet, key driver of global sea level rise.HainanSouthernmost province of China, island and special economic zone.HawaiiIsland state with a tropical climate and diverse heritage.HispaniolaCaribbean island divided between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.HokkaidoHokkaido is Japan’s northernmost main island and the second largest of the four. Along witHonshuLargest and most populous island of Japan.Isle of ManA self-governing Crown Dependency with a distinct identity and history.JavaWorld's most populous island, center of Indonesian history and culture.Jeju IslandSouth Korea's largest island, formed by a submarine volcano approximately 2 million years Kuril IslandsVolcanic archipelago disputed between Russia and Japan since 1945.KyushuJapan's southern gateway, mountainous and volcanically active island.Lesser AntillesArc of islands forming the eastern Caribbean boundary.Lesser Sunda IslandsArchipelago in Indonesia and Timor Leste, part of the Sunda Islands.LuzonLargest and most populous island in the Philippines.Malay ArchipelagoLargest archipelago by area, between Southeast Asia and Australia.Malay PeninsulaSouthernmost point of mainland Asia, rich in history and biodiversity.Maluku IslandsArchipelago in eastern Indonesia, once the world's sole source of nutmeg and cloves.MarajóLarge Brazilian island known for its ancient Marajoara culture and water buffalo.MartiniqueFrench Caribbean island with volcanic heritage and biosphere reserve status.MayotteFrench overseas department in the Indian Ocean with high poverty.MindanaoSecond-largest Philippine island, major agricultural hub, religiously diverse.New BritainIsland group in the western South Pacific Ocean, north-east of Australia.New CaledoniaFrench Pacific territory with a unique legal status and Kanak heritage.New GuineaGerman colonial territory in the Pacific, 1884–1914.Newfoundland (island)Large Canadian island, site of Norse settlement and England's oldest colony.NiueSelf-governing coral island in free association with New Zealand.North IslandThe most populous of New Zealand's two main islands.Northern Mariana IslandsU.S. territory in the Pacific, settled by Austronesian peoples.Novaya ZemlyaArctic archipelago used as a major Soviet nuclear test site.PenangMalaysian state, leading exporter, densely populated, culturally diverse.Phuket provinceSouthern Thai island province, never colonized, known for tin and tourism.
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