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This is a list of the lists of islands in the world grouped by country, by continent, by body of water, and by other classifications. For rank-order lists, see the other lists of islands below. Lists of islands by country
Island's Name Island group(s) Country/Countries Ma Wan Hong Kong China Maadhiguvaru: Gaafu Alif Atoll Maldives: Machias Seal: Disputed Between Maine and New Brunswick: Disputed between United States and Canada Mackay North Carolina and Virginia United States Mackenzie King: Queen Elizabeth Islands, Nunavut and Northwest Territories Canada
This is a list of countries by number of islands, with figures given for the numbers of islands within their territories. In some cases, this figure is approximate and may vary slightly between sources depending on which islands are counted. The criteria for inclusion appear to differ considerably between the countries so they are not necessarily directly comparable. Different languages use ...
Sea Islands, South Carolina United States Saint Helena: Little Round Bay, Maryland United States Île Saint-Honorat: Lérins Islands France Saint Helen's: St. Lawrence River, Quebec Canada Saint John United States Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles United States Saint Johns: Missouri River, Missouri United States Saint Joseph Ontario Canada
The Chagos Archipelago. (Atolls with areas of dry land are named in green)The archipelago is about 500 kilometres (310 mi) south of the Maldives, 1,880 kilometres (1,170 mi) east of the Seychelles, 1,680 kilometres (1,040 mi) north-east of Rodrigues Island (), 2,700 kilometres (1,700 mi) west of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and 3,400 kilometres (2,100 mi) north of Amsterdam Island.
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Islands average only one to two square kilometers in area, and lie between 1–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in) above mean sea level. [1] Although some of the larger atolls are approximately 50 km (31 mi) long from north to south, and 30 km (19 mi) wide from east to west, no individual island is longer than eight kilometers.
Terceira (Portuguese pronunciation: [tɨɾˈsɐjɾɐ]) is a volcanic island in the Azores archipelago, about a third of the way across the North Atlantic Ocean at a similar latitude to Portugal's capital Lisbon, and the island group is an insular part of Portugal.