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Map of the western Aleutian Islands, showing the Near Islands on the left: Attu Island (1), Agattu Island (2), Alaid Island (3), Nizki Island (4), and Shemya Island (5). The Near Islands or Sasignan Islands (Aleut: Sasignan tanangin, [1] Russian: Ближние острова) are a group of American islands in the Aleutian Islands in southwestern Alaska, between the Russian Commander Islands ...
Manhattan Island, most densely populated island of the Americas [1] Long Island, largest Atlantic island of the United States, most populous island of the United States, and the world's 17th most populous island. New York Barrier Islands; Block Island; Conanicut Island; Aquidneck Island (Rhode Island) Elizabeth Islands; Martha's Vineyard ...
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 ...
Scale depiction of the 5 largest islands in the US, with some other significant islands This is a list of islands of the United States , as ordered by area. It includes most islands with an area greater than 20 square miles (approximately 52 km 2 ).
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
Brown boobies atop pier posts at Johnston Atoll, September 2005. The United States Minor Outlying Islands is a statistical designation applying to the minor outlying islands and groups of islands that comprise eight United States insular areas in the Pacific Ocean (Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island) and one ...
This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown. Continental landmasses Continental landmasses are not usually classified as islands despite being completely surrounded by water. [Note 1] However, because the definition of continent varies between geographers, the Americas are ...
Island / Archipelago Distance to nearest landmass Closest point Notes / Refs Bouvet Island: 1,639 kilometres (1,018 mi) Queen Maud Land: The island is a territory of Norway. [5] Trindade and Martim Vaz: 1,167 kilometres (725 mi) Brazil [6] Ascension Island: 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) Saint Helena