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Andros Island
(Encyclopedia)Andros Island: see Bahamas.Gardiner's Island
(Encyclopedia)Gardiner's Island, c.3,000 acres (1,210 hectares), in Gardiners Bay between the two flukelike peninsulas of E Long Island, SE N.Y. It was settled by colonist Lion Gardiner in 1639 as the first permane...Flinders Island
(Encyclopedia)Flinders Island, Australia: see Furneaux Group. ...Fogo Island
(Encyclopedia)Fogo Island fōˈgō [key], c.100 sq mi (260 sq km), at the entrance to Notre Dame Bay, NE Ne...Humphrey Island
(Encyclopedia)Humphrey Island: see Manihiki.James Island
(Encyclopedia)James Island: see Charleston, S.C. ...Easter Island
(Encyclopedia)Easter Island, Span. Isla de Pascua, Polynesian Rapa Nui, remote island (2020 est. pop. 5,000), 66 sq mi (171 sq km), in the South Pacific, c.2,200 ...Edge Island
(Encyclopedia)Edge Island: see Edgeøya.Devils Island
(Encyclopedia)Devils Island, Fr. Île du Diable, the smallest and southernmost of the Îles du Salut, in the Caribbean Sea off French Guiana. A penal colony founded in 1852, it was used largely for political prison...Dongsha Island
(Encyclopedia)Dongsha Island, South China Sea: see Pratas Island. ...Browse by Subject
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