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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.
Location of Africa. This is a list of islands of Africa. ... world's 237th largest island; ... (now Bonthe Island) Turtle Islands;
Cape Verde (/ ˈ v ɜːr d (i)/ ⓘ, VURD(-ee)) or Cabo Verde (/ ˌ k ɑː b oʊ ˈ v ɜːr d eɪ / ⓘ KAH-boh VUR-day, / ˌ k æ b oʊ-/ KAB-oh -, [ˈkabu ˈveɾdɨ]), officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about 4,033 square kilometres ...
The autonomous island of Rodrigues is located 560 km (350 mi) to the east of Mauritius, with an area 108 km 2 (42 sq mi). [118] Rodrigues is a volcanic island rising from a ridge along the edge of the Mascarene Plateau. The island is hilly with a central spine culminating in the highest peak, Mountain Limon at 398 m (1,306 ft).
A couple of African paradise islands have been on the radar of avid world travelers for some time. Mauritius and the Seychelles are bucket list honeymoon locations, while the Canary Islands and ...
Exactly at the head of the gulf the great peak of the Cameroon, on a line of volcanic action continued by the islands to the south-west, has a height of 4,075 m (13,369 ft), while Clarence Peak, in Fernando Po, the first of the line of islands, rises to over 2,700 m (8,900 ft). Towards the extreme west the Futa Jallon highlands form an ...
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.At about 30.3 million km 2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surface area. [9]
The largest island in the world. [9] Part of North America but geopolitically owned by Europe. [13] 2: New Guinea: 785,753 [14] 303,381: Indonesia Papua New Guinea: Papua and Central, Highland, South, West, and Southwest Papua Highlands, Momase, and Southern regions: The largest island to span two continents and the largest in the Malay ...