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Toggle Sovereign island nations subsection. 1.1 Indian Ocean. ... This is a list of islands of Africa. Sovereign island nations. Indian Ocean Union of the Comoros ...
Map depicts sovereign states and a de facto state (tw) fully located on islands: those with land borders shaded green, and those without shaded dark blue. Countries/territories not shown on the map: Antarctica (aq) (continental disputed territory), Australia (au) (continental country), the Cook Islands (ck) and Niue (nu) (free association with New Zealand), Greenland (gl) (constituent country ...
Malta and parts of France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain are located on the African continental plate, some considerably closer to the African mainland than the European mainland but, politically, are generally considered to be European by convention. Egypt, although extending into Asia through the Sinai Peninsula, is considered an African state.
The islands of Africa can be subdivided into Indian Ocean Islands and Atlantic Ocean Islands. [5] The largest number of islands of Africa are found in the Indian Ocean, with the sovereign island nations of Comoros, Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar located off the southeastern seaboard of Africa being the most notable.
Island's Name Island group(s) Country/Countries 83-42 Greenland, Denmark: A Nova: Beira Baixa islands Portugal: Abbasak: Persian Gulf Iran: Aberdeen: Georgian Bay, Ontario Canada Abner Cay: Bahamas Bahamas: Abruka: Gulf of Riga Estonia: Absecon New Jersey United States Abu Musa: Persian Gulf: Claimed by Iran and United Arab Emirates: Acheron
Island's Name Island group(s) Country/Countries Ma Wan Hong Kong China Maadhiguvaru: Gaafu Alif Atoll Maldives: Machias Seal: Disputed Between Maine and New Brunswick: Disputed between United States and Canada Mackay North Carolina and Virginia United States Mackenzie King: Queen Elizabeth Islands, Nunavut and Northwest Territories Canada
The Comoros is a member of the United Nations, the African Union, the Arab League, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Indian Ocean Commission and the African Development Bank. On 10 April 2008, the Comoros became the 179th nation to accept the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. [77]
Island's name Island group Country/Dependency; Na Mokulua: Hawaiian Islands United States Naart: Upper Lough Erne Ireland: Nærøya Norway: Nagy-Pandúr-sziget: Danube River Hungary: Nahaleg: Dahlak Archipelago Eritrea: Naissaar: Tallinn Bay, Gulf of Finland Estonia: Nakanoshima: Tokara Islands part of the Satsunan Islands part of the Ryukyu ...