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This is a list of countries by number of islands, with figures given for the numbers of islands within their territories. In some cases, this figure is approximate and may vary slightly between sources depending on which islands are counted. The criteria for inclusion appear to differ considerably between the countries so they are not necessarily directly comparable. Different languages use ...
Location (total number of islands) Archipelago Sea (Åland Archipelago) 50,000 (Approx.) Finland: Canadian Arctic Archipelago: 36,563 Canada: Stockholm Archipelago ...
In graph theory, a critical graph is an undirected graph all of whose proper subgraphs have smaller chromatic number. In such a graph, every vertex or edge is a critical element, in the sense that its deletion would decrease the number of colors needed in a graph coloring of the given graph. Each time a single edge or vertex (along with its ...
Seychelles, an island country in the Indian Ocean, consists of over 100 islands. [1] Despite the large number of islands, less than half are inhabited, though many are tourist destinations. [ 2 ]
The exact number of islands composing Indonesia varies among definitions and sources. According to the Law No 9/1996 on Maritime Territory of Indonesia, of 17,508 officially listed islands within the territory of the Republic of Indonesia. [4]
Regions of the Greek islands. Greece has many islands, [Note 1] with estimates ranging from somewhere around 1,200 [1] to 6,000, [2] depending on the minimum size to take into account. The number of inhabited islands is variously cited as between 166 [3] and 227. [2]
A recursive island or lake, also known as a nested island or lake, is an island or a lake that lies within a lake or an island. [1] For the purposes of defining recursion , small continental land masses such as Madagascar and New Zealand count as islands, while large continental land masses do not.
There are altogether 75,818 islands that have over 0.5 km 2 area in Finland and with all the smaller isles, the total number of islands in Finland is 178,947. [1] There are 549 permanently inhabited islands in Finland with no road connection to the mainland. [2] Many other islands are used nearly permanently for recreational purposes.