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Pamalican Island, also spelled as Pamalikan, [1] is a small and sandy island [2] of the Cuyo Islands in the Sulu Sea, between Palawan and Panay, in the north part of the Palawan Province of the Philippines. The island is set in the middle of a 7-square-kilometre (2.7 sq mi) coral reef. It has a length of 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi), and measures ...
The Mediterranean Sea, between Africa and Europe The Atlantic Ocean around the plate boundaries (text is in Finnish). The African and European mainlands are non-contiguous, and the delineation between these continents is thus merely a question of which islands are to be associated with which continent.
Maligun Island, also known as Maliguin Island, is an inhabited island of about 150 metres (490 ft) in elevation. It is the northernmost inhabited island of the group and of the Cuyo Archipelago and located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northeastward of Alcisiras and 0.34 nautical miles (0.63 km; 0.39 mi) north of Quiniluban. [ 4 ]
The Cuyo Archipelago or Cuyo Islands, is a group of about 45 islands lying to the northeast of the Philippine island of Palawan. [1] It lies south of Mindoro and between Northern Palawan and Panay. It is centered on the largest island of the archipelago, Cuyo Island, with an area of 22 square miles (57 km 2) and is about 9 miles (14 km) long.
Bulgarian islands are parts of Eastern Mediterranean. St. Anastasia Island; St. Cyricus Island; St. Ivan Island; St. Thomas Island; Romanian islands Sacalinu Mare Island; Sacalinu Mic Island; Turkish islands, between Europe And Asia Amasra Tavşan Adası; Büyükada (Amasra) Giresun Island; Hoynat Islet; Kefken Island; Öreke Ukrainian islands ...
Eurasia (/ j ʊəˈr eɪ ʒ ə / yoor-AY-zhə, also UK: /-ʃ ə /-shə) is a continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. [3] [4] According to some geographers, physiographically, Eurasia is a single supercontinent. [4]
Afro-Eurasia (also Afroeurasia and Eurafrasia) is a landmass comprising the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The terms are compound words of the names of its constituent parts. Afro-Eurasia has also been called the " Old World ", in contrast to the " New World " referring to the Americas .
The map is very large – the full frame measures 2.4 by 2.4 metres (8 by 8 ft). This makes Fra Mauro's mappa mundi the world's largest extant map from early modern Europe. The map is drawn on high-quality vellum and is set in a gilded wooden frame. The large drawings are highly detailed and use a range of expensive colors; blue, red, turquoise ...