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Galápagos Islands. The Galápagos Islands (Spanish: Islas Galápagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the Equator 900 km (560 mi) west of the mainland of South America. They form the Galápagos Province of the Republic of Ecuador, with a population of slightly over 33,000 (2020).
Polynesia[a] (UK: / ˌpɒlɪˈniːziə / POL-in-EE-zee-ə, US: /- ˈniːʒə / -EE-zhə) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are called Polynesians.
The island is most famous for its nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues, called moai, which were created by the early Rapa Nui people. In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park. Experts disagree on when the island's Polynesian inhabitants first reached the island ...
An atoll (/ ˈæt.ɒl, - ɔːl, - oʊl, əˈtɒl, - ˈtɔːl, - ˈtoʊl /) [ 1 ] is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. [ 2 ][ 3 ]: 60 Atolls are located in warm tropical or subtropical parts of the oceans and seas where corals can develop. Most of the approximately ...
Other islands and archipelagos include the Chagos Archipelago being 475 kilometres (295 mi) away from the Maldives, the Kerguelen Islands and the Heard Island and McDonald Islands are about 480 kilometers away from each other. Other fairly remote islands include Ducie Island, South Orkney Islands, Peter I Island, Malpelo Island, Conway Reef and ...
Internet TLD. .mg. Madagascar, [ a ] officially the Republic of Madagascar, [ b ] is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's fourth largest island, the second-largest island country and the 46th largest country in the world. [ 14 ]
Definition. An island is an area of land surrounded by water on all sides that is distinct from a continent. [1] There is no standard of size that distinguishes islands and continents. Continents have an accepted geological definition – they are the largest landmass of a particular tectonic plate. [2] Islands can occur in any body of water ...
Sicily has a rich and unique culture in arts, music, literature, cuisine, and architecture. Its most prominent landmark is Mount Etna, the tallest active volcano in Europe, and one of the most active in the world, currently 3,357 m (11,014 ft) high. The island has a typical Mediterranean climate.