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Satellite image of the Big Island of Hawaii, the largest island in the United States. Scale depiction of the 5 largest islands in the US, with some other significant islands. This is a list of islands of the United States, as ordered by area. It includes most islands with an area greater than 20 square miles (approximately 52 km 2).
Bald Head Island; Bear Island; Bird Island (lies on the coastal border with South Carolina); Bodie Island; Bogue Banks; Bunch of Hair; Cedar Island; Core Banks; Figure Eight Island; Gaylords Island
The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
Alger Island; Barnum Island; Broad Channel Island; Brother Island (Niagara River); Carleton Island; City Island; Coney Island (formerly an actual island); Ellis Island; Fire Island; Fishers Island
The term "United States," when used in the geographic sense, refers to the contiguous United States (sometimes referred to as the Lower 48, including the District of Columbia not as a state), Alaska, Hawaii, the five insular territories of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and minor outlying possessions. [1]
Pages in category "Lists of islands of the United States" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The physiographic regions of the contiguous United States comprise 8 divisions, 25 provinces, and 85 sections. [1] The system dates to Nevin Fenneman's report Physiographic Divisions of the United States, published in 1916. [2] [3] The map was updated and republished by the Association of American Geographers in 1928. [4]
Pages in category "Lists of islands of the United States by state" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .