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IMPORTANT ISLANDS

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IMPORTANT ISLANDS:


ü  This is a piece of land that is surrounded by water.


ü  A group of Islands put together is called Archipelago (Indonesia is the biggest archipelago in the World).

ARCHIPELAGO 

ü  Continental islands are the Islands that lie on the continental shelf.

ü  Oceanic Islands are those that do not sit on the continental shelves.

ü  Out of 192 countries on United Nations 47 countries are Island Nations.

ü  An Island country is a country that has one or more islands.


GREENLAND:

ü  This is the largest Island in the World.


ü  The biggest Island in Greenland is also named as Greenland.

ü  This is an autonomous country with in the Kingdom of Denmark.

ü  This is located between Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.



NEW GUINEA ISLAND:

ü  This is the second largest Island in the World after Greenland.


ü  This is located in the South-West of Pacific Ocean.




BORNEO ISLAND:

ü  This is the 3rd largest Island in the World.


ü  This is located in the North of Australia.

ü  This island is divided among three countries Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia.

ü  About 73% is present in Indonesia.



MADAGASCAR ISLAND:

ü  This is located in the Indian Ocean.


ü  This is a part of African Continent.

ü  This is the largest Island in the Indian Ocean.

ü  This is the 4th largest Island in the World.



SRI LANKA:

ü  This is locates in the Indian Ocean.


ü  This is the second largest Island in the Indian Ocean.

ü  This was known as Ceylon until the year 1972.



 BAFFIN ISLAND:

ü  This is located within the territory of Canada.


ü  This is the 5th largest Island in the World.




NEW ZEALAND:

ü  This is located in the Pacific Ocean.



ü  North Island and the South Island are the two main land masses of New Zealand.

ü  Tasman Sea separates Australia and New Zealand.



CORSICA ISLAND:

ü  This is located in Mediterranean Sea.

ü  This is located to the West of Italy.

ü  This is one of the regions of France.



SICILY ISLAND:

ü  This is located in Mediterranean Sea.


ü  This is the largest Island in the Mediterranean Sea.

ü  This is an autonomous region of Italy.




CYPRUS ISLAND:

ü  This is located in Mediterranean Sea.



UNITED KINGDOM:


ü  This is the ninth largest island in the World.


ü  This is the largest of all the European islands.

ü  Great Britain is surrounded by about 1000 islands.



ICELAND:

ü  This is located in the North Atlantic Ocean region.

 




HAWAIIAN ISLANDS:

ü  This is a part of North Pacific Ocean.

ü  There are 8 main islands in this group.

ü  Initially it was called Sandwich Islands. 


JAPAN:

ü  This is located in Pacific Ocean.


ü  This is located in the East Asian region.

ü  There are so many islands in Japan.

ü  There are 4 large islands in Japan.

v  Honshu

v  Hokkaido

v  Kyushu

v  Shikoku

ü  Japan is also called Land of Rising Sun.



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