all the islands of the Pacific. In 1831, Jules Dumont d'Urville proposed a narrower definition during a lecture at the Société de Géographie of Paris...

world. The number of the islands would later be reduced to one by the poet Pindar. According to Greek mythology, the islands were reserved for those who...

islands, many tiny. The name Tsushima generally refers to all the islands of the Tsushima archipelago collectively. Administratively, Tsushima Island...

Desertas Islands (14.2 km2 or 5.5 sq mi), including the three uninhabited islands: Deserta Grande Island, Bugio Island and Ilhéu de Chão. Savage Islands (3...

[kɛʁɡelɛn]), also known as the Desolation Islands (Îles de la Désolation in French), are a group of islands in the sub-Antarctic region. They are among...

southeast of Solomon Islands, and west of Fiji. Vanuatu was first inhabited by Melanesian people. The first Europeans to visit the islands were a Spanish expedition...

The Princes' Islands (Turkish: Prens Adaları; the word "princes" is plural, because the name means "Islands of the Princes", Greek: Πριγκηπονήσια, Pringiponisia)...

geology of the Canary Islands is dominated by volcanoes and volcanic rock. The Canary Islands are a group of volcanic islands in the North Atlantic Ocean...

the Solomon Islands, east-northeast of Papua New Guinea, southeast of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of the Marshall Islands. With an area...

the North Pole. The islands of the group range from 74° to 81° north latitude, and from 10° to 35° east longitude. The largest island is Spitsbergen, followed...

Ogasawara Islands" (PDF). Asian Perspectives. 24 (1): 111–138. "Chronique Geographique". Bulletin de Géographie d'Aix-Marseille. 17. Société de Géographie de...

et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XII, Parigi 1953, coll. 147-148 Vitalien Laurent, v. Cythnos, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques...

Île Longue is one of the Kerguelen Islands situated near to the south-east coast of Grande Terre, the principal island. The highest point is a mountain...

This article is about the history of the Ryukyu Islands southwest of the main islands of Japan. The name "Ryūkyū" originates from Chinese writings. The...

Kerguelen Islands and the Heard Island and McDonald Islands are about 480 kilometers away from each other. Other fairly remote islands include Ducie Island, South...

the Hoorn Islands (also known as the Futuna Islands) in the southwest, including Futuna Island proper and the mostly uninhabited Alofi Island. Since 28...

Ses Habitants [The Island of Fernando Po, its current state and its inhabitants] (in French) (Bulletin De La Société De Géographie, Septième Série. -...

Japanese residents. Japan continues to claim the islands and considers the northern edge of the island to be its own northernmost point. The modern English...

Cenozoic deposits of the Iturup island (Kuril islands). Geology and Mineral resources of the Sakhalin and Kuril islands. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 19e31 (in Russian)...

the island of New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and Western New Guinea), the Aru Islands, the Ashmore and Cartier Islands, most of the Coral Sea Islands, and...

The Guanche were the indigenous inhabitants of the Spanish Canary Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean some 100 kilometres (60 mi) to the west of modern...

International Geographical Congress, Comptes Rendus du Congrès International de Géographie, Amsterdam, 1938, Leiden, Brill, 1938, tome II, section IV, p.127. Soleyman...

convention (e.g. Ascension Island, the South Sandwich Islands). Another example is the grouping into Oceania of the Pacific Islands with Australia and Zealandia...

Republic of Madagascar, is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast...

Beck. p. 94. ISBN 978-3-406-56244-0. Maurice Sartre (1867). Strabon, Géographie, Livre XVI, 2, 14 (in French and Greek). Paris. pp. 464–465.{{cite book}}:...

country. The island has an area of about 237 square kilometers, making it the second-largest island in the archipelago. Togean and the other islands in the...

end the Sanzan period, and extended the kingdom to the Amami Islands and Sakishima Islands. The Ryukyu Kingdom played a central role in the maritime trade...

2023-02-19. Maspero, Jean; Wiet, Gaston (1919). "Materiaux pour servir à la Géographie de l'Égypte". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 53 (4): 68. Brian...

(Vietnamese: [fǔ kǔə̯k]) is the largest island in Vietnam. Phú Quốc and nearby islands, along with the distant Thổ Chu Islands, are part of Kiên Giang Province...

Kerkennah Islands (Tunisian Arabic: قرقنة qarqna; Ancient Greek: Κέρκιννα Cercinna; Spanish:Querquenes) are a group of islands lying off the east coast...