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British Cyprus (Greek: Βρετανική Κύπρος; Turkish: Britanya Kıbrısı) was the island of Cyprus under the dominion of the British Empire, administered sequentially from 1878 to 1914 as a British protectorate, from 1914 to 1925 as a unilaterally annexed military occupation, and from 1925 to 1960 as a Crown colony.
Largest island of Iceland (99% of the state area) 3: Ireland: 84,421: 32,595 Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) 4: Severny Island: 47,079: 18,177 Russia: Northern Island of Novaya Zemlya. Largest island of Russia within Europe. 5: Spitsbergen: 37,673: 14,546 Norway : Largest island of Svalbard (62% of its entire area) and of ...
This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown. Continental landmasses Continental landmasses are not usually classified as islands despite being completely surrounded by water. [Note 1] However, because the definition of continent varies between geographers, the Americas are ...
However, the Republic of Cyprus is de facto partitioned into two main parts: the area under the effective control of the Republic, in the south and west and comprising about 59% of the island's area, and the north, [119] administered by the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, covering about 36% of the island's area. Another ...
Map of Akrotiri, Western Sovereign Base Area, BFPO 57 Map of Dhekelia, Eastern Sovereign Base Area, BFPOs 58 & 59. Akrotiri and Dhekelia cover 3% of the land area of Cyprus, a total of 254 km 2 (98 sq mi) (split 123 km 2 (47 sq mi) (48.5%) at Akrotiri and 131 km 2 (51 sq mi) (51.5%) at Dhekelia). Akrotiri and Dhekelia have a border of 48 km (30 ...
The two biggest islands of the Mediterranean: Sicily (right) and Sardinia (top left), which are both part of Italy. The following is a list of islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The basin is supposed to host more than 10,000 islands [1], with 2,217 islands larger than 0.01 km 2 [2].
Major Swedish islands: Orust; Hisingen; Tjörn; Other major Atlantic islands: Azores (Portugal) - politically and culturally associated with Europe; Madeira (Portugal) - politically and culturally associated with Europe; Canary Islands (Spain) - politically and culturally associated with Europe; Faroe Islands (Denmark)
Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. [1] As a continent , Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. [ 2 ] Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only, excluding Greece due to the not clearly defined boundaries of its islands between ...