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Belle-Île-en-Mer
Belle-Île-en-Mer, island off the south coast of Brittany, western France, 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Presqu’Île......
Benbecula
Benbecula, island of the Outer Hebrides, Western Isles council area, historic county of Inverness-shire, Scotland.......
Bengkalis Island
Bengkalis Island, island in the Strait of Malacca, off the eastern coast of Sumatra, Riau provinsi (“province”),......
Bermuda
Bermuda, self-governing British overseas territory in the western North Atlantic Ocean. It is an archipelago of......
Biak Island
Biak Island, largest of the Schouten Islands and part of the Indonesian province of Papua, which spans the greater......
Bijagós Islands
Bijagós Islands, islands of Guinea-Bissau, located about 30 miles (48 km) off the Guinea coast of western Africa.......
Bikini
Bikini, atoll in the Ralik (western) chain of the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. The atoll was......
Bimini Islands
Bimini Islands, string of islands, northwestern Bahamas, West Indies. They extend 40 miles (65 km) north to south......
Bioko
Bioko, island of Equatorial Guinea, western Africa, lying in the Bight of Biafra (Gulf of Guinea) about 60 miles......
Bird Island
Bird Island, coral-covered sandbank only 15 feet (4.5 metres) high at low tide, located in the Caribbean Sea about......
Bismarck Archipelago
Bismarck Archipelago, island group of Papua New Guinea in the Bismarck Sea, southwestern Pacific Ocean, that lies......
Block Island
Block Island, pear-shaped island coextensive with the town (township) of New Shoreham (inc. 1672), Washington county,......
Boa Vista Island
Boa Vista Island, easternmost island of Cape Verde, in the Atlantic Ocean, 300 miles (500 km) off the western African......
Bohol
Bohol, island, Visayan group, south-central Philippines. The island, roughly oval in shape, lies between the Camotes......
Bonaire
Bonaire, island and special municipality within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in the westernmost group of the......
Bonaventure Island
Bonaventure Island, island in Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, eastern Quebec province, Canada. The island......
Bonin Islands
Bonin Islands, some 30 volcanic islands and islets in the central Pacific Ocean, about 500 miles (800 km) southeast......
Bora-Bora
Bora-Bora, volcanic island, Îles Sous le Vent (Leeward Islands), in the Society Islands of French Polynesia. It......
Borneo
Borneo, island in the extreme southwestern part of the Pacific Ocean. It is the third largest island in the world,......
Bornholm
Bornholm, Danish island in the Baltic Sea, 105 miles (169 km) southeast of Copenhagen and 22 miles (35 km) southeast......
Borromean Islands
Borromean Islands, four tiny (about 50 acres [20 hectares]) islands in Lake Maggiore, off Baveno and Stresa, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola......
Bougainville Island
Bougainville Island, easternmost island of Papua New Guinea, in the Solomon Sea, southwestern Pacific. With Buka......
Bounty Islands
Bounty Islands, outlying island group of New Zealand, in the South Pacific Ocean, 415 mi (668 km) east of South......
Bouvet Island
Bouvet Island, islet in the South Atlantic Ocean. One of the world’s most isolated islands, it lies about 1,500......
Brampton Island
Brampton Island, one of the Cumberland Islands off the northeastern coast of Queensland, Australia, 20 miles (32......
Brava Island
Brava Island, southernmost island of Cape Verde, located in the Atlantic Ocean, about 400 miles (640 km) off the......
Brač
Brač, rugged, mountainous island in the Adriatic Sea that is part of Croatia. With an area of 153 square miles......
Bribie Island
Bribie Island, island off the southeastern coast of Queensland, Australia, at the northern extremity of Moreton......
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the central Indian Ocean, established......
British Isles
British Isles, group of islands off the northwestern coast of Europe. The group consists of two main islands, Great......
British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands, British overseas territory in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It is part of an island chain......
Bruny Island
Bruny Island, island in the Tasman Sea, lying off the southeastern coast of Tasmania, Australia, from which it......
Buccaneer Archipelago
Buccaneer Archipelago, group of 800 to 1,000 islands and islets in four clusters in Yampi Sound (an embayment of......
Buka Island
Buka Island, island of Papua New Guinea in the Solomon Sea, southwestern Pacific Ocean. Geographically, Buka is......
Burano
Burano, northeastern suburb of Venice, northeastern Italy, comprising four islets in the Laguna Veneta (Venice......
Buru
Buru, island in the Moluccas, Maluku provinsi (“province”), Indonesia, administered from Ambon as part of Maluku......
Butaritari Atoll
Butaritari Atoll, coral atoll of the Gilbert Islands, part of Kiribati, in the west-central Pacific Ocean. Located......
Bute
Bute, is the most important of a group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean inlet known as the Firth of Clyde. It is......
Buton
Buton, island in the Indonesian propinsi (or provinsi; province) of Southeast Sulawesi (Sulawesi Tenggara). It......
Byam Martin Island
Byam Martin Island, one of the Parry Islands in Nunavut, Canada, in the Arctic Ocean, east of Melville Island.......
Bélep Islands
Bélep Islands, coral island group in the French overseas country of New Caledonia, southwestern Pacific Ocean.......
Būbiyān
Būbiyān, island of Kuwait, located at the head of the Persian Gulf. It is the largest of a group of eight islands......
Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde, country comprising a group of islands that lie 385 miles (620 km) off the west coast of Africa. Praia,......
Calamian Group
Calamian Group, islands lying between Mindoro and Palawan, west-central Philippines. The group comprises Busuanga,......
Caldey Island
Caldey Island, island in Carmarthen Bay of the Bristol Channel, Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro) county, southwestern......
Camiguin
Camiguin, mountainous island in the Bohol (Mindanao) Sea, 6 miles (10 km) off the northern coast of Mindanao, Philippines.......
Campbell Island
Campbell Island, outlying volcanic island of New Zealand, in the South Pacific Ocean, 400 miles (644 km) south......
Campobello Island
Campobello Island, second largest island (9 miles [14 km] long by 3 miles [5 km] wide), after Grand Manan, of a......
Canary Islands
Canary Islands, comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Spain, consisting of an archipelago in the Atlantic......
Canvey Island
Canvey Island, low-lying island on the north shore of the Thames estuary, Castle Point borough, administrative......
Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island, northeastern portion of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is separated from the remainder of the province......
Capraia Island
Capraia Island, (from capra, “wild goat”), island of the Arcipelago Toscano, in the Tyrrhenian Sea, between the......
Caprera Island
Caprera Island, island in the Tyrrhenian Sea (of the Mediterranean) off northeastern Sardinia, Italy. Administratively......
Capri, Island of
Island of Capri, island near the southern entrance to the Bay of Naples, Campania regione (region), southern Italy.......
Capricorn and Bunker groups
Capricorn and Bunker groups, island clusters at the southern extremity of the Great Barrier Reef off the eastern......
Caroline Atoll
Caroline Atoll, coral formation in the Central and Southern Line Islands, part of Kiribati, in the southwestern......
Caroline Islands
Caroline Islands, archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean, the islands of which make up the republics of Palau......
Catanduanes
Catanduanes, island, east-central Philippines, in the Philippine Sea. It is separated from southeastern Luzon (Rungus......
Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands, island group and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea, comprising the......
Cebu
Cebu, island, central Philippines. It is the centre of Visayan-Cebuano culture and has preserved a strong Spanish......
Celebes
Celebes, one of the four Greater Sunda Islands, Indonesia. A curiously shaped island with four distinct peninsulas......
Cephallenia
Cephallenia, island, largest of the Ionian Islands, west of the Gulf of Patraïkós. With the island of Ithaca (Itháki)......
Ceram
Ceram, island, part of the Moluccas (Maluku) archipelago, eastern Indonesia. It is located between the Ceram Sea......
Chafarinas Islands
Chafarinas Islands, three small rocky islets of the Spanish exclave of Melilla, located off northeastern Morocco,......
Chagos Archipelago
Chagos Archipelago, island group in the central Indian Ocean, located about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) south of the......
Channel Islands
Channel Islands, archipelago in the English Channel, west of the Cotentin peninsula of France, at the entrance......
Channel Islands
Channel Islands, island chain extending some 150 miles (240 km) along, and about 12–70 miles (20–115 km) off, the......
Chatham Islands
Chatham Islands, island group in the South Pacific Ocean, about 500 miles (800 km) east of New Zealand. Composed......
Cheduba Island
Cheduba Island, island in the Bay of Bengal, southwestern Myanmar (Burma). It lies about 30 miles (50 km) west......
Chesterfield Islands
Chesterfield Islands, group of coral islands in the French overseas country of New Caledonia, southwestern Pacific......
Chiloé Island
Chiloé Island, island, southern Chile. It has an area of 3,241 square miles (8,394 square km). The island is the......
Chincha Islands
Chincha Islands, island group that is part of Los Libertadores-Wari región, Peru. Located in the Pacific Ocean......
Chios
Chios, island and dímos (municipality), situated 5 miles (8 km) off the western coast of Turkey in the Aegean Sea,......
Choiseul
Choiseul, island, western Solomon Islands, southwestern Pacific Ocean. It is located 30 miles (50 km) southeast......
Chongming Island
Chongming Island, large island in the mouth of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), Shanghai municipality, China. The......
Christmas Island
Christmas Island, island in the Indian Ocean, about 224 miles (360 km) south of the island of Java and 870 miles......
Chuuk Islands
Chuuk Islands, cluster of 16 much-eroded high volcanic islands in the Federated States of Micronesia, western Pacific......
Clare Island
Clare Island, island, lying at the entrance to Clew Bay, County Mayo, Ireland, and covering 6 square miles (16......
Clipperton Island
Clipperton Island, uninhabited French island in the eastern Pacific Ocean, 1,800 miles (2,900 km) west of Panama......
Cockspur Island
Cockspur Island, island, Chatham county, southeastern Georgia, U.S., in the mouth of the Savannah River. Known......
Cocos Island
Cocos Island, island of volcanic origin lying in the Pacific Ocean, about 300 miles (480 km) south of the Osa Peninsula,......
Cocos Islands
Cocos Islands, external territory of Australia in the eastern Indian Ocean. The islands lie 2,290 miles (3,685......
Coiba Island
Coiba Island, Central American island of Panama in the Pacific Ocean. Lying 15 miles (24 km) offshore and separated......
Comino
Comino, one of the Maltese islands, in the Mediterranean Sea, separated from Malta to the southeast and Gozo to......
Cook Islands
Cook Islands, self-governing island state in free association with New Zealand, located in the South Pacific Ocean.......
Coral Sea Islands
Coral Sea Islands, group of islands situated east of Queensland, Austl., in the South Pacific Ocean; they constitute......
Corfu
Corfu, island in the Ionian Sea (Modern Greek: Iónio Pélagos), with adjacent small islands making up the dímos......
Corn Islands
Corn Islands, islands located in the Caribbean Sea, Nicaragua. Great and Little Corn islands lie 50 and 59 miles......
Cornwallis Island
Cornwallis Island, one of the Parry Islands in the Arctic Ocean, Baffin region, Nunavut territory, Canada. Located......
Corregidor Island
Corregidor Island, rocky island, strategically located at the entrance of Manila Bay, just south of Bataan province,......
Corsica
Corsica, collectivité territoriale (territorial collectivity) of France and island in the Mediterranean Sea embracing......
Corvo Island
Corvo Island, volcanic island, northernmost of the Azores, east-central North Atlantic. With an area of 6.8 square......
Cos
Cos, island off the southwestern coast of Turkey, the third largest of the Dodecanese Islands, Greece. A ragged......
Cozumel
Cozumel, island in the Caribbean Sea, about 10 miles (16 km) off the eastern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula, in......
Cres
Cres, island in the Kvarner group, northwest Croatia, in the Adriatic Sea, off the east coast of Istria. With an......
Crete
Crete, island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea that is one of 13 administrative regions (periféreies) of Greece.......
Croker Island
Croker Island, island in Northern Territory, Australia, lying 2 miles (3 km) across Bowen Strait in the Arafura......
Crozet Islands
Crozet Islands, archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean, 1,500 miles (2,400 km) off the coast of Antarctica, administratively......
Culebra Island
Culebra Island, island, Puerto Rico, 20 miles (30 km) east of Puerto Rico island and 15 miles west of St. Thomas,......

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