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A view of some of the Thousand Islands, photographed in 2015 from atop the 1000 Islands Tower, facing northwest. The Thousand Islands are a North American archipelago of 1,864 islands that straddles the Canada–US border in the St. Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast corner of Lake Ontario.
This is a list of the lists of islands in the world grouped by country, by continent, by body of water, and by other classifications. For rank-order lists, see the other lists of islands below. (Full article...)
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Caroline Island (also known as Caroline Atoll or Millennium Island) is the easternmost of several uninhabited coral atolls comprising the southern Line Islands in the central Pacific Ocean nation of Kiribati.
The atoll was first sighted by Europeans in 1606 and was claimed by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1868. It has been part of the Republic of Kiribati since the island nation's independence in 1979. Caroline Island has remained relatively untouched and is one of the world's most pristine tropical islands, despite guano mining, copra (coconut meat) harvesting, and human habitation in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is home to one of the world's largest populations of the coconut crab and is an important breeding site for seabirds, most notably the sooty tern. (Full article...)
Selected cuisines, dishes and foods –
Bahamian cuisine refers to the foods and beverages of The Bahamas. It includes seafood such as fish, shellfish, lobster, crab, and conch, as well as tropical fruits, rice, peas, pigeon peas, and pork. Popular seasonings commonly used in dishes include chilies (hot pepper), lime, tomatoes, onions, garlic, allspice, ginger, cinnamon, rum, and coconut. Rum-based beverages are popular on the islands. Since the Bahamas consist of a multitude of islands, notable culinary variations exist.
Bahamian cuisine is somewhat related to that of the American South, with dishes held in common such as "fish 'n' grits". A large portion of Bahamian foodstuffs are imported (cf. economy of the Bahamas). International cuisine is offered, especially at hotels. (Full article...)
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These islands of Fernando de Noronha are the visible parts of submerged mountains. Fernando de Noronha is an archipelago of 21 islands and islets in the Atlantic Ocean offshore from the Brazilian coast.
Did you know –
- ... that when MT Petar Hektorović was temporarily reassigned, one resident of Vis wrote an online memorial to the ship, writing "the bay of Vis grieve for you"?
- ... that Bob Hobman recreated a possible sea journey by Palaeolithic humans after 130,000-year-old tools were found on the island of Crete?
- ... that São Tomé and Príncipe was popularly known as the Chocolate Islands in the early 1900s, when it was the world's top exporter of cocoa?
- ... that the pine tree on the flag of Norfolk Island is native to the territory and is its official tree?
- ... that in 1972, Catalina Island was occupied by the Brown Berets, who claimed that the territory rightfully belonged to Mexico?
- ... that during the construction of Coney Island's Luna Park, its owners electrocuted Topsy the elephant?
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The following are images from various island-related articles on Wikipedia.
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The Echinades islands (from List of islands of Greece) -
Kunashir Island coastline: photo taken by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in November 2010 (from List of islands of Russia) -
Atlasov Island from space, September 1992 (from List of islands of Russia) -
Panampangan Island, The island with the longest sandbar in the Philippines (from List of islands of the Philippines) -
The Cyclades islands (from List of islands of Greece) -
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Bone Island, Batticaloa (from List of islands of Sri Lanka) -
Satellite image of Second Thomas Shoal (Ayungin Shoal), an island of the Spratly Islands group in the South China Sea (from List of islands of the Philippines) -
The islet of Pondikonisi, mouse island, which is shaped like a mouse. (from List of islands of Greece) -
Manamoc Island as seen from the north (from List of islands of the Philippines) -
Ko Kram (from List of islands of Thailand) -
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Ko Phi Phu Leh (from List of islands of Thailand) -
Boats at Cadlao Island (from List of islands of the Philippines) -
The main beach on the southern shore of Pamalican (from List of islands of the Philippines) -
Looking out at Five Islands, Point Gourde, Trinidad (from List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago) -
Ko Tarutao (from List of islands of Thailand) -
Spinalonga (Kalydon) (from List of islands of Greece) -
Ko Mak (from List of islands of Thailand) -
Islands of Phang Nga Bay (from List of islands of Thailand) -
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Carrera (left), Cronstadt Island (right) (from List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago) -
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Regions of the Greek islands (from List of islands of Greece) -
An aerial view of Polillo Island (from List of islands of the Philippines) -
A 1941 map of Corregidor Island (from List of islands of the Philippines) -
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17th century Dutch map of Sri Lanka with the Dutch names of the Jaffna islands (from List of islands of Sri Lanka) -
The main Ionian Islands (from List of islands of Greece) -
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A view of the southern side of Isla de Convalecencia from the Ayala Bridge over the Pasig River (from List of islands of the Philippines) -
A NASA image of Crete (from List of islands of Greece) -
Archipelago Sea has more than 40,000 islands and islets (from List of islands of Finland) -
A view from Tinaga beach in Tinaga at sunset (from List of islands of the Philippines) -
The islet of Leon, on the left, next to the larger islet of Souda, within Souda bay (from List of islands of Greece) -
The Dodecanese Islands (from List of islands of Greece) -
Ithaca is to the upper right of the larger Kefalonia island in this picture. The small island in the top-right corner is the uninhabited Atokos island. (from List of islands of Greece) -
An aerial view of Gato Island (from List of islands of the Philippines) -
The port city of Hydra on Hydra Island (from List of islands of Greece) -
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Ukonkivi island (from List of islands of Finland) -
A NASA image of Rhodes (from List of islands of Greece) -
A harbor on the island of Astypalaia (from List of islands of Greece) -
Ko Kut (from List of islands of Thailand) -
The Netherlands (from List of islands of the Netherlands) -
Iconic windmills of Mykonos (from List of islands of Greece) -
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The Shamanka Шаманка, a holy rock in Shamanism and one of the 9 most holy places in Asia, on the westcoast of Olkhon (from List of islands of Russia) -
Monos (front) and Chacachacare (back). Venezuelan mainland (Paria Peninsula) seen in the horizon and Patos Island seen to the left. (from List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago) -
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Ko Yang of the Tarutao group (from List of islands of Thailand) -
Beach of Texel (from List of islands of the Netherlands) -
Mardanas Island, officially known as Siluag (from List of islands of the Philippines) -
A sandy beach of Kaunissaari (from List of islands of Finland) -
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Ko Lipe (from List of islands of Thailand) -
White sand beach at Sabtang island (from List of islands of the Philippines) -
Ao Thong Nai Pan, Ko Pha Ngan (from List of islands of Thailand) -
Beaches of Ko Phi Phi Don (from List of islands of Thailand) -
Panguan Island, The last island of the Sulu Archipelago nearest the Philippine-Malaysian border (from List of islands of the Philippines) -
The Northern Sporades (from List of islands of Greece) -
Islands of Phang Nga Bay (from List of islands of Thailand) -
Ko Tapu (from List of islands of Thailand) -
Aerial view of Suomenlinna (from List of islands of Finland) -
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Cape Melville Lighthouse on the southern point of Balabac Island, circa 1892 (from List of islands of the Philippines) -
An aerial view of Sibuyan Island (from List of islands of the Philippines) -
One of the islands in Lakshadweep (from List of islands of India) -
A fishing village in Jurmo (from List of islands of Finland) -
Ko Poda (from List of islands of Thailand) -
Ko Chang (from List of islands of Thailand) -
Cauit Island overlooking from Cagsao, Calabanga, Camarines Sur (from List of islands of the Philippines) -
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