Islands
35 entries in the Islands compendium.
Islands — Era Chart
Santa Maria IslandOldest island of the Azores archipelago, and the southernmost island in the Azores.SentosaIsland resort and former fortress off Singapore's southern coast.Severnaya ZemlyaLast sizeable archipelago on Earth discovered and mapped.Severny IslandRussian Arctic island, site of the Tsar Bomba nuclear test.Singapore (island)Main island of the Republic of Singapore, a city-state at Asia's crossroads.Sint EustatiusCaribbean island that first saluted the American flag in 1776.SkiathosGreek island with beaches, pine forests, and historic monasteries.South IslandRemote British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean.Southampton IslandLarge Arctic island, site of extinct Sadlermiut and key snow goose habitat.SpitsbergenLargest island of Svalbard, Arctic whaling and mining hub.St Kilda, ScotlandRemote archipelago evacuated in 1930, now a World Heritage Site.Starbuck IslandUninhabited coral island in Kiribati's Central Line Islands.Stewart IslandThird-largest and southernmost inhabited island of New Zealand.SulawesiSulawesi is a large Indonesian island with four peninsulas.SumatraLarge Indonesian island with rich history and biodiversity.SumbaIndonesian island with living megalithic traditions and unique biodiversity.SumbawaIndonesian island known for Tambora eruption and cultural divide.São Jorge IslandLong, slender Azorean island with tall cliffs and volcanic history.São Miguel IslandLargest and most populous island in the Azores archipelago.TahitiLargest island of French Polynesia, settled by Polynesians by 1100 CE.Terceira IslandVolcanic island in the Azores, site of oldest city and UNESCO site.TimorIsland divided between Timor-Leste and Indonesia.TobagoIsland ward of Trinidad and Tobago with a complex colonial history.TrinidadSouthernmost Caribbean island, rich in biodiversity and oil.Vancouver IslandLargest and most populous island on the west coasts of the Americas.Vanua LevuSecond largest island of Fiji, known for sugar and copra.Victoria IslandLarge Arctic island straddling Nunavut and Northwest Territories.Viti LevuLargest island in Fiji, home to its capital and most of its people.Wake IslandRemote Pacific atoll, US territory, site of WWII battle and refugee processing.Wrangel IslandArctic island refuge for wildlife and last mammoths.YapYap is a high island group known for stone money and a preserved caste system.ZealandFive southernmost groups of New Zealand outlying islands, collectively a UNESCO World HeriZakynthosGreek island in the Ionian Sea, known for its history and tourism.Zhenbao IslandSmall island that sparked a major border conflict.Valentia IslandIsland that linked Europe and North America by telegraph.
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