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The list also includes two states in free association with New Zealand, the Cook Islands and Niue, as well as two states with limited diplomatic recognition which have de facto control over territories entirely on the islands, Northern Cyprus and Taiwan. [2] In total, 50 island countries have been included in the lists.
Most of the Caribbean countries are islands in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few in inland lakes. The largest islands include Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico. Some of the smaller islands are referred to as a rock or reef. Islands are listed in alphabetical order by sovereign state.
United States Minor Outlying Islands (the) [13] [ai] United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges, [14] Navassa Island, and Wake Island [c] [d] United States: UM: UMI: 581: ISO 3166-2:UM [aj] United States of America (the) the United States of America: UN member US: USA: 840: ISO 3166-2:US.us United States Virgin Islands – See Virgin Islands ...
List of islands of Jamaica; List of islands of Martinique; List of islands of Montserrat; List of islands of the Netherlands Antilles; List of islands of Puerto Rico; List of islands of Saint Barthélemy; List of islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis; List of islands of Saint Lucia; List of islands of Saint Martin; List of islands of Saint Vincent ...
This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Caribbean. In a general sense, the Caribbean can be taken to mean all the nations in and around the Caribbean Sea that lie within an area that stretches from The Bahamas in the north to Guyana in the south, and Suriname in the east to Belize in the west in a general sense.
Flat Islands, Bovista Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Flat Islands* Florida Keys; Hermite Islands; Ildefonso Islands; Karl Oom Islands; Magdalen Islands (Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine) Marcopeet Islands; Mingan Archipelago; Outer Lands (New England-New York islands) Payne Islands; Plover Islands; Puerto Rico. Mona Islands; Punuk Islands; Saint Peter ...
Common tourist destinations in the Southern Hemisphere include Bali, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Easter Island, Lima, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney and Tahiti. [11] [12] According to a 2017 report, the most popular Southern Hemisphere "bucket list" destinations among Australians were Antarctica, New Zealand, the Galápagos Islands, South Africa and Peru ...
The southern city of Tyre used to be an island up until the Siege of Tyre in 332 BC when the island was connected to mainland modern day Lebanon by Alexander the Great's forces in an attempt to capture the island. [35] List [36] Malaysia: 878 The largest island, Borneo is shared with Brunei and Indonesia. List [citation needed] Maldives: 1,192 ...