Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The two biggest islands of the Mediterranean: Sicily (right) and Sardinia (top left), which are both part of Italy. The following is a list of islands in the Mediterranean Sea . The basin is supposed to host more than 10,000 islands [ 1 ] , with 2,217 islands larger than 0.01 km 2 [ 2 ] .
The Mediterranean countries are those that surround the Mediterranean Sea or located within the Mediterranean Basin. [1] Twenty sovereign countries in Southern Europe , Western Asia and North Africa regions border the sea itself, two island nations completely located in it ( Malta and Cyprus ), in addition to two British Overseas Territories ...
The Islands of the Mediterranean Sea - off the coasts of Southern Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa. For the Mediterranean island groups (archipelagoes), see: Category: Archipelagoes of the Mediterranean Sea
This is a list of islands of Italy. There are nearly 450 islands in Italy, including islands in the Mediterranean Sea (including the marginal seas: Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Libyan Sea, Ligurian Sea, Sea of Sardinia, Tyrrhenian Sea, and inland islands in lakes and rivers. The largest island is Sicily with an area of 25,711 km 2 (9,927 sq
Indonesia is the world's largest island country by area (1,904,569 km 2), and by total number of islands (17,504 islands). [4] It is also the world's most populous island country, with a population of over 270 million (the fourth most populous country in the world, after India , China , and the United States ).
Major Swedish islands: Gotland; Öland; Värmdö; Major Finnish islands: Åland; Hailuoto; Major German islands: Fehmarn; Rügen; Usedom/Uznam (Germany and Poland) Major Polish islands: Aestian Island (artificial island in the Vistula Lagoon) Usedom/Uznam (Germany and Poland) Wolin; Major Russian islands: Beryozovye Islands
This is a list of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme, including 193 UN member states, two UN observer states (the Holy See [note 1] and the State of Palestine), two states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue), and 49 non-sovereign dependencies or territories, as well as Western Sahara (a disputed territory whose sovereignty is contested) and ...
Crete (/ k r iː t / KREET; Greek: Κρήτη, Modern: Kríti, Ancient: Krḗtē [krɛ̌ːtεː]) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.