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Orust. Hisingen. Tjörn. Other major Atlantic islands: Azores (Portugal) - politically and culturally associated with Europe. Madeira (Portugal) - politically and culturally associated with Europe. Canary Islands (Spain) - politically and culturally associated with Europe. Faroe Islands (Denmark) Greenland (Denmark) - geographically a part of ...
The IHO limits of the Atlantic Ocean. This is a list of islands in the Atlantic Ocean, the largest of which is Greenland.Note that the definition of the ocean used by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) excludes the seas, gulfs, bays, etc., bordering the ocean itself.
Islands over 200 km2. Largest island of Europe. Largest island of the Republic of Ireland. Northern Island of Novaya Zemlya. Largest island of Russia within Europe. Largest island of Svalbard (62% of its entire area) and of Norway. Southern Island of Novaya Zemlya. Largest island of Italy, largest island of the Mediterranean Sea .
Many island countries are spread over an archipelago, as is the case with Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines —these countries consist of thousands of islands. Others consist of a single island, such as Barbados, Dominica, and Nauru; a main island and some smaller islands, such as Cuba, Iceland, and Sri Lanka; a part of an island, such as ...
This is a list of the lists of islands in the world grouped by country, by continent, by body of water, and by other classifications. For rank-order lists, see the other lists of islands below. Lists of islands by country [ edit ]
It is hard to find statistics on Île de la Cité and Île Saint-Louis, the two islands in the Seine in Paris, or to decide whether they belong to the list. Population figures of some small islands of Iceland (f.ex Heimaey are deducted from the population of the republic of Iceland. Madeira Island of Portugal is not included, as it is not a ...
While not having a coastline in the Mediterranean, Portugal, Andorra, San Marino, Vatican City, Kosovo, Serbia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Jordan are located within the Mediterranean Basin and are often included on the list of Mediterranean countries. [2] [3] Such classification is mostly based on their geographical, economic, geopolitical ...
This is a list of islands of Ireland. Ireland is itself an island, lying west of the island of Great Britain and northwest of mainland Europe . The Hebrides off Scotland and Anglesey off Wales were grouped with Ireland ("Hibernia") by the Greco - Roman geographer Ptolemy, [1] but this was not geographically correct and is purely of historical ...