An island or isle is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water. Very small islands are called islets. Although seldom adhered to, it is also proper to call an emergent land feature on an atoll an islet, since an atoll is a type of island. A key or cay is also another name for a relatively small island. Groups of related islands are called archipelagos. There are three main types of islands: continental islands, river islands, and volcanic isl ...

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Continental islands are bodies of land that lie upon the continental shelf of a continent. Examples include Greenland and Sable Island off North America, Barbados and Trinidad off South America, Sicily off Europe, Sumatra and Java off Asia, New Guinea and Tasmania off Australia. A special type of continental island is the microcontinental island, which results when a continent is rifted. The best example is Madagascar off of Africa. The Kerguelen Islands and some of the Seychelles are also examples. Another subtype is the barrier island: an ...

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Volcanic islands are built by volcanoes. Mid-ocean examples are not geologically part of any continent. One type of volcanic island is found in a volcanic island arc. These islands arise from volcanoes where the subduction of one plate under another is occurring. Examples include the Mariana Islands, the Aleutian Islands, and most of Tonga in the Pacific Ocean. Some of the Lesser Antilles and the South Sandwich Islands are the only Atlantic Ocean examples. Another type of volcanic island occurs where an oceanic rift reaches the surface. There are two examples: Iceland, which is the world's largest volcanic island ...

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Volcanic islands are built by volcanoes. Mid-ocean examples are not part of any continent. One type of volcanic island is found in a volcanic island arc. These islands arise from volcanoes where the subduction of one plate under another is occurring. Examples include the Mariana Islands, the Aleutian Islands, and most of Tonga in the Pacific Ocean. Some of the Lesser Antilles and the South Sandwich Islands are the only Atlantic Ocean examples. Another type of volcanic island occurs where an oceanic rift reaches the surface. There are two examples: Iceland, which is the world's largest volcanic island ...

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The Windward Islands (French: Îles du Vent) are the eastern group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. The archipelago comprises an administrative division (French: subdivision administrative) of French Polynesia, and includes Tahiti, Moorea, Mehetia, Tetiaroa, and Maiao. Tahiti and Moorea are high islands. Mehetia, Tetiaroa and Maiao are all coral atolls. Although French is an important language, the majority of the populati ...

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This article is about the Caribbean island group. For the eastern Society Islands in French Polynesia, see Windward Islands (Society Islands). The southeastern Hawaiian Islands are also occasionally referred to as the Windward Islands. Windward Islands are the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles. They are called such because they are more windward than the Leeward Islands, ...

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Under the Interpretation Act 1978 of the United Kingdom, the term British Islands refers to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, together with the Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwicks of Jersey and of Guernsey (which in turn includes the smaller islands of Alderney, Herm and Sark) in the Channel Islands; and the Isle of Man. British Islands is a legal term that is not in general usage. It is not to be confused with the term British Isles. The phrase "British Islands - Bailiwick of ...

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The Antipodes Islands (49°41′S 178°48′E) are an inhospitable uninhabited island group to the south of—and territorially part of—New Zealand. They lie 650 kilometres to the southeast of Stewart Island/Rakiura. The island group was first charted in 1800. An attempt to establish cattle on the islands was short-lived (and so, due to the climate, were the cattle). When the ship Spirit of Dawn foundered on the main island's coast in 1893, the eleven surviving crew spent nearly three months living as castaways on the island, living on a subsistence diet of raw seabird. Ironically, a well-supplied cast ...

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The Crowlin Islands (gaelic: crò linne) a group of uninhabited islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. They lie between Skye and the Applecross peninsula on the mainland. The individual islands are: Eilean Mór (big island) Eilean Meadhonach (middle island) Eilean Beag (little island) Although cave excavations on Eilean Mór have shown evidence of human settlement in Mesolithic times 8,000 years ago, the islands have been uninhabited since about 1920. From about 1810 to 19 ...

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The Ascrib Islands are a group of small islands lying in Loch Snizort off the north west coast of Skye, Scotland. Together with Isay and Loch Dunvegan, they are designated as a Special Area of Conservation due to the breeding colonies of the common seal. The islands are owned by Lord Palumbo. ...

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Amity Island is the fictional setting of the films Jaws (1975), Jaws 2 (1978), and the first act of Jaws: The Revenge (1987). The island is a popular resort town somewhere in New England, most likely in Massachusetts. Although believed to be based on Martha's Vineyard or Nantucket Island, the name may come from the Long Island town of Amityville, New York. Categories: Fictional locations | Fictional towns and cities ...

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The Admiralty Islands are a group of 18 islands in the Bismarck Archipelago. These are also sometimes called the Manus Islands, named after the largest island. The islands form part of Manus Province of Papua New Guinea. The total area is 2100 km². The larger islands in the group include Manus Island, Los Negros Island, Tong Island, Pak Island, Rambutyo Island, Lau Island, St Andrews Islands, Baluan Island, and Ndrova Island. Many of the islands are atolls and uninhabited. Admiralty Islands - Clima ...

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An artificial island is an island that has been formed by human, rather than natural means. It is usually constructed on an existing reef or may be an expansion of a small natural islet. Traditional artificial islands are created by land reclamation. Some recent developments have been constructed more in the manner of oil platforms, but whether these structures should be considered islands is not universally agreed. A less distinctive type of artificial island is formed by the incidental isolation ...

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A Cape Island style fishing boat is a single keeled flat bottom at the stern and more rounded towards the bow. a Cape Island style boat is famous for its large step up to the bow. Other related archives

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Cara Island is a small island which is located off the west coast of Kintyre in Scotland, one kilometre south of Gigha. The island has not been permanently inhabited since the 1940s although one house which is used as a holiday home by the owner, a lawyer from Glasgow. Cara means corpse, which the island certainly looks like when viewed from Kintyre. The liner Aska was sunk on September 22nd, 1940 on rocks north west ...

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The Aeolian Islands (Italian Isole Eolie) are a volcanic archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily. They are a popular tourist destination in the summer, and attract up to 200,000 visitors annually. The largest island is Lipari, and tourism marketing often names the entire archipelago the Lipari Islands because of the ease of pronouncing Lipari compared to Aeolian. The other islands include Vulcano, Salina, Stromboli, Filicudi, Alicudi, and Panarea. The town of Lipari has about 11,0 ...

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Ascension Island is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, and includes tiny satellite islands and rocks such as Boatswain Bird Island, Boatswain Bird Rock (East), White Rocks (South), and Tartar Rock (West, at the shore of Georgetown). It is a Crown Colony of the United Kingdom. It is one of a number of hotspot oceanic islands in the South Atlantic (which include the sister islands of Saint H ...

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The Canadian Arctic islands make up most of the territory of Nunavut and part of the Northwest Territories. The islands form the northernmost region of North America, but are a remote wilderness far removed from the populated areas of the continent. Ellesmere Island, Victoria Island, and Baffin Island are three of the largest islands in the world. The Arctic islands make up the former Northwest Territories District of Franklin. Other islands in the archipelago are Banks Island, Prince of Wales Island, Devon Island, Prince Patri ...

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An uninhabited island is an island that has yet to be (or is not currently) populated by humans. Most of these islands are uncharted and are very difficult to locate. If one were to stumble on such an undiscovered uninhabited island, that person could claim it and start a new country, or add it to another country's territory. Uninhabited islands are often used in movies or stories for shipwrecked people. Uninhabited islands are also used as stereotypes for the word "paradise". These islands are often referred to (incorrectly) as "desert ...

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