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