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This is a list of islands of Africa. Sovereign island nations. Indian Ocean. Union of the Comoros. Grande Comore; Anjouan; Mohéli; Republic of Madagascar Île ...
The islands of Africa can be subdivided into Indian Ocean Islands and Atlantic Ocean Islands. [5] The largest number of islands of Africa are found in the Indian Ocean, with the sovereign island nations of Comoros, Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar located off the southeastern seaboard of Africa being the most notable.
The list also includes two states in free association with New Zealand, the Cook Islands and Niue, as well as two states with limited diplomatic recognition which have de facto control over territories entirely on the islands, Northern Cyprus and Taiwan. [2] In total, 50 island countries have been included in the lists.
It includes fully recognised states, states with limited or zero recognition, and dependent territories of both African and non-African states. It lists 56 sovereign states (54 of which are member states of the United Nations ), two non-sovereign (dependent) territories of non-African sovereign states, and nine sub-national regions of non ...
2.2 Along the coast of Africa. 2.3 Along the coast of the Americas. 2.4 Macaronesia. 2.5 Baltic Sea, ... List of islands by name; Lists of islands; References
Long Island was once a peninsula connected to North America during the great Ice Ages, and includes two large peninsulas at its east end: the South Fork and the North Fork. Cumberland Head; Coney Island was an island until it was expanded through land reclamation into the Coney Island Creek, thus becoming a peninsula.
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 or location
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