Islands
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Subantarctic islands
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The Subantarctic islands are those islands scattered across the Southern Ocean that lie between 45 and 60 degrees latitude south.
Islands of the Atlantic Ocean
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The islands of the Atlantic Ocean are - except for those in one concentrated region - scattered far and wide, with little in common but their relative obscurity.
Islands of the Indian Ocean
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The islands of the Indian Ocean are a varied collection, including many of the smallest territories and one of the largest island nations.
Destinations
Diomede Islands
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The Diomede Islands are a pair of rocky islands where Russia borders the United States of America across the Bering Strait.
Islands
Latitude of centre
-7.0255° or 7° 1' 32" southLongitude of centre
-37.9442° or 37° 56' 39" westOpenStreetMap ID
way 234909064OpenStreetMap Feature
natural=sandWikidata ID
Q23442Islands Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Tegzirt
- Abkhazian: Адгьылбжьаха
- Achinese: Pulo
- Achinese: pulo
- Afrikaans: Eiland
- Afrikaans: eiland
- Albanian: Ishuj
- Albanian: Ishujt
- Albanian: Ishull
- Albanian: Ishulli
- Amharic: ደሴት
- Arabic: Purô
- Arabic: الجزيرة
- Arabic: الجزُر
- Arabic: جزر
- Arabic: جزيرة
- Arabic: جزيره
- Arabic: جزيـرة
- Aragonese: Isla
- Armenian: Կղզի
- Armenian: կղզի
- Asturian: Islla
- Asturian: isla
- Asturian: islla
- Asturian: islles
- Azerbaijani: Ada
- Balinese: Nusa
- Banjar: pulau
- Bashkir: Утрау
- Basque: Irla
- Basque: Uharte
- Basque: uharte
- Bavarian: Insl
- Belarusian: Востраў
- Belarusian: Выспа
- Belarusian: востраў
- Bengali: দ্বীপ
- Bhojpuri: दीप
- Bhojpuri: द्वीप
- Bosnian: Ostrvo
- Bosnian: ostrvo
- Bosnian: otok
- Breton: Enezenn
- Breton: enezenn
- Breton: inizi
- Bulgarian: Остров
- Bulgarian: остров
- Bulgarian: острови
- Burmese: ကျွန်း(ကုန်းမြေ)
- Burmese: ကျွန်း
- Catalan: Illa
- Catalan: Illes
- Catalan: illa
- Cebuano: Isla
- Cebuano: Pulo
- Central Bikol: Isla
- Central Kurdish: دوورگە
- Central Kurdish: گراڤ
- Central Okinawan: 島
- Chechen: ГӀайре
- Chinese: Tó-sū
- Chinese: 岛
- Chinese: 岛屿
- Chinese: 島
- Chinese: 島嶼
- Chinese: 嶼
- Chuvash: Утрав
- Cornish: Enys
- Croatian: Otok
- Croatian: otoci
- Croatian: otok
- Croatian: otočić
- Czech: Ostrov
- Czech: ostrov
- Czech: ostrovy
- Danish: Ø
- Danish: ø
- Dimli (individual language): Ade
- Dutch: Eiland
- Dutch: eiland
- Dutch: eilanden
- Eastern Mari: Отро
- Eastern Mari: остров
- Eastern Mari: отро
- Egyptian Arabic: جزيرة
- Egyptian Arabic: جزيره
- English: Island
- English: island
- English: islands
- English: isle
- Erzya: усия
- Erzya: явкужо
- Esperanto: Insulo
- Esperanto: insuleto
- Esperanto: insulo
- Esperanto: insuloj
- Estonian: Saar
- Estonian: saar
- Estonian: saared
- Faroese: Oyggj
- Faroese: oyggj
- Fiji Hindi: Island
- Fijian: Yanuyanu
- Finnish: saari
- French: caye
- French: ile
- French: ile paradisiaque
- French: iles
- French: ilet
- French: ile tropicale
- French: ilot
- French: isle
- French: Île
- French: île
- French: îles
- French: îlet
- French: îlot
- Galician: Illa
- Galician: illa
- Gan Chinese: 島
- Georgian: კუნძული
- German: Eiland
- German: Insel
- Gorontalo: Pulo
- Greek: Νησί
- Greek: νήσος
- Greek: νησί
- Greek: νησίδα
- Greek: νησιά
- Guarani: Ypa'ũ
- Guianese Creole French: Zil
- Haitian: Il
- Hausa: Mokupuni
- Hawaiian: Mokupuni
- Hebrew: אי
- Hebrew: איים
- Hindi: टापू
- Hindi: द्वीप
- Hindi: द्वीपों
- Hungarian: Sziget
- Hungarian: sziget
- Icelandic: Ey
- Icelandic: eyja
- Ido: insulo
- Iloko: isla
- Iloko: puro
- Inari Sami: suálui
- Indonesian: gili
- Indonesian: nusa
- Indonesian: pulau
- Ingush: ГIайре
- Interlingua: insula
- Interlingue: Insul
- Inupiaq: Qikiqtaq
- Irish: Oileán
- Irish: inis
- Irish: oileán
- Italian: isola
- Italian: isole
- Japanese: アイランド
- Japanese: 㠀
- Japanese: 大陸島
- Japanese: 島
- Japanese: 嶋
- Japanese: 嶌
- Japanese: 嶹
- Japanese: 自然島
- Japanese: 陦
- Japanese: 隝
- Japanese: 隯
- Japanese: 離島部
- Japanese: 﨩
- Javanese: Pulo
- Javanese: nusa
- Javanese: pulo
- Kabyle: tigzirt
- Kannada: ಗ೦ಟೆ
- Kannada: ದ್ವೀಪ
- Kannada: ನಡುಗಡ್ಡೆ
- Karachay-Balkar: Айрыкам
- Karachay-Balkar: Айрымкан
- Kazakh: Арал
- Khmer: កោះ
- Kildin Sami: суэл
- Kirghiz: АРАЛ –
- Kirghiz: Арал
- Komi: Ді
- Korean: 섬
- Korean: 유인도
- Kurdish: durge
- Kurdish: girav
- Kurdish: gizirt
- Ladin: Isola
- Ladino: Adá
- Ladino: Isla
- Ladino: Isola
- Ladino: Izla
- Lao: Isla
- Lao: ເກາະ
- Lao: កោះ
- Latin: Insula
- Latin: insula
- Latvian: Sala
- Latvian: sala
- Limburgan: Eilandj
- Lingala: Esanga
- Lingua Franca Nova: Isola
- Lingua Franca Nova: isola
- Lithuanian: Sala
- Lojban: daplu
- Lombard: Isula
- Lombard: Ìsula
- Lombard: Ìzola
- Low German: Eilaand
- Low German: Eiland
- Low German: Insel
- Lule Sami: suoloj
- Luxembourgish: Insel
- Macedo-Romanian: Nisii
- Macedonian: остров
- Malagasy: Nosy
- Malay: Pulau
- Malay: pulau
- Malay: ڤولاو
- Malayalam: Island
- Malayalam: ദ്വീപ്
- Maltese: gżira
- Manx: Ellan
- Maori: motutere
- Maori: moutere
- Marathi: द्वीप
- Marathi: बेट
- Mazanderani: جزیره
- Min Dong Chinese: Dō̤
- Min Nan Chinese: Tó-sū
- Min Nan Chinese: Tó
- Minangkabau: Pulau
- Mingrelian: კოკი
- Mirandese: Ilha
- Moksha: Цёнга
- Mongolian: Арал
- Moroccan Arabic: جزيرة
- Narom: Ile
- Narom: Île
- Neapolitan: Isula
- Nepali: द्वीप
- Northern Frisian: Eilun
- Northern Frisian: eilun
- Northern Sami: suolu
- Norwegian: Øy
- Norwegian Bokmål: vulkansk øy
- Norwegian Bokmål: ø
- Norwegian Bokmål: øy
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Øy
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Øyar
- Norwegian Nynorsk: øy
- Occitan (post 1500): Illa
- Occitan (post 1500): illa
- Occitan (post 1500): illas
- Occitan (post 1500): isla
- Occitan (post 1500): islas
- Occitan (post 1500): isola
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܓܙܪܬܐ
- Ossetian: Сакъадæхтæ
- Ossetian: Сакъадах
- Pampanga: isla
- Pampanga: pulu
- Panjabi: ਟਾਪੂ
- Papiamento: Isla
- Pedi: Sehlakehlake
- Pennsylvania German: Eiland
- Persian: آبخست
- Persian: آبخوست
- Persian: ابخست
- Persian: ابخوست
- Persian: جزیره
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: ailen
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: ailens
- Pite Sami: suolo
- Polish: Wyspa
- Polish: wyspa
- Portuguese: Ilha
- Portuguese: ilha
- Portuguese: ilhas
- Portuguese: insular
- Pushto: ټاپو
- Quechua: Isla
- Quechua: Wat'a
- Romanian: Insula
- Romanian: Insulă
- Romanian: insulă
- Russia Buriat: Арал
- Russian: Остров
- Russian: остров
- Rusyn: Остров
- Rusyn: остров
- Sakizaya: subal
- Samogitian: Sala
- Sango: Zûa
- Saterfriesisch: Ailound
- Scots: Island
- Scots: island
- Scottish Gaelic: Eilean
- Serbian: Острво
- Serbian: острва
- Serbian: острво
- Serbo-Croatian: Ostrvo
- Serbo-Croatian: ostrvo
- Serbo-Croatian: otok
- Shona: Chitsuwa
- Shona: Chiwi
- Shona: Zvitsuwa
- Sicilian: Ìsula
- Silesian: Wyspa
- Sindhi: ٻيٽ
- Sinhala: දූපත
- Sinhala: දූපත්
- Skolt Sami: suâl
- Slovak: ostrov
- Slovenian: Otok
- Slovenian: ostrov
- Slovenian: otok
- Slovenian: otoček
- Somali: Jasiirad
- South Azerbaijani: آدا
- Southern Sami: sååle
- Spanish: Isla
- Spanish: insular
- Spanish: isla
- Spanish: isleño
- Sundanese: Pulo
- Sundanese: pulo
- Swahili: Kisiwa
- Swahili: Visiwa
- Swedish: Ö (landområde)
- Swedish: ö
- Swedish: öar
- Swiss German: Insle
- Tagalog: Pulo
- Tagalog: isla
- Tagalog: pulo
- Tajik: ҷазира
- Tamil: தீவு
- Tatar: Утрау
- Tatar: утрау
- Telugu: దీవి
- Telugu: దీవులు
- Telugu: ద్వీపం
- Telugu: ద్వీపము
- Telugu: ద్వీపములు
- Telugu: ద్వీపాలు
- Telugu: ధ్వీపం
- Thai: หมู่เกาะ
- Thai: เกาะ
- Tok Pisin: Ailan
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): motu
- Tosk Albanian: Insel
- Tumbuka: Nkhoska
- Turkish: Ada
- Turkish: ada
- Turkmen: Ada
- Udmurt: Арал
- Udmurt: Шормуӵ
- Ukrainian: острови
- Ukrainian: острів
- Upper Sorbian: Kupa
- Upper Sorbian: kupa
- Upper Sorbian: kupy
- Urdu: جزائر
- Urdu: جزیرہ
- Uzbek: Orol
- Venetian: Isola
- Venetian: Ixola
- Venetian: Ixoła
- Venetian: Ixołe
- Venetian: Ixula
- Venetian: Ìxoła
- Venetian: ìzoła
- Vietnamese: hòn đảo
- Vietnamese: hải đảo
- Vietnamese: đảo
- Vlaams: Eiland
- Vlax Romani: Dvip
- Võro: Saar
- Walloon: Iye
- Walloon: Île
- Waray (Philippines): Puro
- Waray (Philippines): Purô
- Welsh: Ynys
- Welsh: ynys
- Western Frisian: Eilân
- Western Frisian: eilân
- Western Mari: Ошмаоты
- Western Panjabi: جزیرہ
- Wolof: Dun
- Wolof: Dun yi
- Wolof: Iil
- Wu Chinese: 岛
- Wu Chinese: 岛屿
- Wu Chinese: 島
- Yakut: Арыы
- Yiddish: אינדזל
- Yiddish: אינזל
- Yiddish: אינזעל
- Yoruba: Erekusu
- Yoruba: Erékùsù
- Yoruba: Erékùṣù
- Yoruba: Island
- Yue Chinese: 島
- Yue Chinese: 島嶼
- Yue Chinese: 嶼
- Yue Chinese: 洲
- Zeeuws: Eiland
- Ailen
- Eyja
- Girav
- Pôr do Sol
- Saari
- Tlalhuac
- Tlalhuactli
- Tlālhuac
- Tlālhuāctli
- Îsla
- Îṡla
- Đảo
- Острів
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