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The construction of almost all locks on the Thames involved one or more artificial lock islands separating the lock from the weirs. These may have been created by building an artificial island in the river or by digging an artificial canal to contain the lock and turning the land between that and the river into an island.
Previously known as Paradise Island and the Amazon Isles, it first appeared in All Star Comics #8 (October 1941). Themyscira is a homogeneous nation of women governed by Aphrodite's Law , which declared that the Amazons would be immortal as long as no man sets foot on their island.
Canvey Island in southern Essex (area 18.45 km 2, 7.12 sq mi; population 40,000 [14]) was once marshy, but is now a fully reclaimed island in the Thames estuary, separated from the mainland of south Essex by a network of creeks. Lying below sea level, it is prone to flooding at exceptional tides, but has nevertheless been inhabited since Roman ...
Saint Marie is described in Episode 3.3 as a "pretty island" that is "situated in the Eastern Caribbean Sea" and "one-tenth the size of its north-west neighbour Guadeloupe", which would make Saint Marie about 160 square kilometres (62 sq mi) in size.
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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
Eel Pie Island is an 8.9-acre (3.6 ha) island in the River Thames at Twickenham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is on the maintained minimum head of water above the only lock on the Tideway and is accessible by boat or from the left (generally north) bank by footbridge. The island had a club that was a major venue for jazz and ...
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, ...