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Floating island La Rota in Posta Fibreno lake, Italy. Natural floating islands are composed of vegetation growing on a buoyant mat of plant roots or other organic detritus. In aquatic regions of Northwestern Europe, several hundred hectares or a couple thousand acres of floating meadows (German Schwingrasen, Dutch trilveen) have been preserved, which are partly used as agricultural land ...
To the northeast of Pearson Reef is a floating island, named Phan Vinh Island (đảo Phan Vinh), formerly known as Hon Sap Island (Đảo Hòn Sập) in Vietnam. The island has an annular shape. [5] It has a length of 290 m, a width of 140 m and lies on a 4.9 nautical mile (9.1 km) long coral reef that also follows the northeast-southwest axis ...
Sa Vĩ Cap in Trà Cổ island is the North-Easternmost promontory of Vietnam Co To Islands 20°59′00″N 107°46′00″E / 20.98333°N 107.76667°E / 20.98333; 107 Hạ Long Bay 's islets 20°54′N 107°12′E / 20.900°N 107.200°E / 20.900; 107
Cát Bà Island is the largest of the 367 islands spanning 262.41 km 2 (101.32 sq mi) [1] [a] that comprise the Cat Ba Archipelago, which makes up the southeastern edge of Lan Ha Bay in Northern Vietnam and maintains the dramatic and rugged features of Ha Long Bay.
A category for floating islands, both natural and artificial, including fictional floating islands. Fictional islands that float in the sky, such as floating cities , should not be added here Subcategories
Vung Island, or Phú Vinh, 0.15 km 2 (0.058 sq mi) Ngọc Island, or Trọc Island, hòn Trai, Phú Nghĩa, 0.4 km 2 (0.15 sq mi) Trứng Island, or Đá Bạc Island, Đá Trắng Island, Phú Thọ, 0.1 km 2 (0.039 sq mi) Tài Lớn Island, or Phú Bình 0.38 km 2 (0.15 sq mi) Tài Nhỏ Island, or Thỏ Island, Phú An, 0.1 km 2 (0.039 sq mi)
Phú Quốc (Vietnamese: [fǔ kǔə̯k]) is the largest island in Vietnam. Phú Quốc and nearby islands, along with the distant Thổ Chu Islands, are part of Kiên Giang Province as Phú Quốc City, this is Vietnam's first island city. [2] The island has a total area of 589.27 km 2 (227.52 sq mi) and a permanent population of approximately ...
Cái Bè floating market operates within the Tien River and between three provinces Tien Giang Province, Vinh Long Province, and Ben Tre Province. [8] Ngã Bảy floating market (also known as Phụng Hiệp) is based in Hậu Giang Province and sits at the intersection of seven water ways, [ 9 ] [ 10 ]