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    Polynesia (redirect from Polynesian islands)
    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...
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    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...
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    islands, many tiny. The name Tsushima generally refers to all the islands of the Tsushima archipelago collectively. Administratively, Tsushima Island...
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    Madeira (redirect from Madeira islands)
    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...
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    [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...
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    Vanuatu (redirect from Vanuatu Islands)
    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...
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    The Princes' Islands (Turkish: Prens Adaları; the word "princes" is plural, because the name means "Islands of the Princes", Greek: Πριγκηπονήσια, Pringiponisia)...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Svalbard (redirect from Svalbard Islands)
    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...
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    Ogasawara Islands" (PDF). Asian Perspectives. 24 (1): 111–138. "Chronique Geographique". Bulletin de Géographie d'Aix-Marseille. 17. Société de Géographie de...
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    et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XII, Parigi 1953, coll. 147-148 Vitalien Laurent, v. Cythnos, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    the Hoorn Islands (also known as the Futuna Islands) in the southwest, including Futuna Island proper and the mostly uninhabited Alofi Island. Since 28...
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    Bioko (redirect from Fernando Po Island)
    Ses Habitants [The Island of Fernando Po, its current state and its inhabitants] (in French) (Bulletin De La Société De Géographie, Septième Série. -...
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    Kunashir (redirect from Kunashir Island)
    Cenozoic deposits of the Iturup island (Kuril islands). Geology and Mineral resources of the Sakhalin and Kuril islands. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 19e31 (in Russian)...
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    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...
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    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...
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    International Geographical Congress, Comptes Rendus du Congrès International de Géographie, Amsterdam, 1938, Leiden, Brill, 1938, tome II, section IV, p.127. Soleyman...
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    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...
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    Republic of Madagascar, is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast...
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    convention (e.g. Ascension Island, the South Sandwich Islands). Another example is the grouping into Oceania of the Pacific Islands with Australia and Zealandia...
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    Arwad (redirect from Arwad Island)
    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}}:...
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    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...
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    Ryukyu Kingdom (category Ryukyu Islands)
    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...
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    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...
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    Phú Quốc (redirect from Phu Quoc Island)
    (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...
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    Kerkennah Islands (Tunisian Arabic: قرقنة qarqna; Ancient Greek: Κέρκιννα Cercinna; Spanish:Querquenes) are a group of islands lying off the east coast...
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