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A view of some of the Thousand Islands, photographed in 2015 from atop the 1000 Islands Tower, facing northwest. The Thousand Islands are a North American archipelago of 1,864 islands that straddles the Canada–US border in the St. Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast corner of Lake Ontario.

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. (Full article...)

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Australian soldiers with a Japanese flag captured during the fighting at Goodenough Island

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Buna campaign. Following a short but intense fight, the Japanese forces withdrew to Fergusson Island on 27 October. After the battle, Goodenough Island was developed into a major Allied base for operations later in the war. (Full article...

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Arroz con gandules, widely regarded as "Puerto Rico's national dish"
Puerto Rican cuisine consists of the cooking style and traditional dishes original to Puerto Rico. It has been primarily influenced by the ancestors of the Puerto Rican people: the indigenous Taínos, Spanish colonizers, and sub-Saharan African slaves. As a territory of the United States, the culinary scene of Puerto Rico has also been moderately influenced by American cuisine. (Full article...)

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... that in 1908, Island No. 2 in California was simultaneously deeded to two different people?
... that Leskov Island is probably inaccessible for penguins?
... that Monet decorated his house at Giverny with Kuniyoshi's In the Snow at Tsukahara, Sado Island, one of about 231 Japanese prints in Monet's personal collection?
... that in 1972, Catalina Island was occupied by the Brown Berets, who claimed that the territory rightfully belonged to Mexico?
... that Chadd Cumberbatch, a Montserratian poet and playwright, wrote a play called 1768 to tell the story of the island's St Patrick's Day slave rebellion?
... that the flightless suliforme Klallamornis likely went extinct when the volcanic islands it used for shelter along the coast of the Pacific Northwest eroded away into the Pacific Ocean?

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Image 1Aerial view of the port city of Hydra on Hydra Island (from List of islands of Greece)
Image 2Ko Chang (from List of islands of Thailand)
Image 3Ko Lipe (from List of islands of Thailand)
Image 4A fishing village in Jurmo (from List of islands of Finland)
Image 5The Shamanka
Olkhon (from List of islands of Russia
)

Image 6The
Palaui Island (from List of islands of the Philippines
)

Image 7Aruba (from List of islands of the Netherlands)
Image 8The islet of Pontikonisi (mouse island) which has the shape of a mouse. (from List of islands of Greece)
Image 9Ko Yang of the Tarutao group (from List of islands of Thailand)
Image 10Ko Phi Phu Leh (from List of islands of Thailand)
Image 11Northern Sporades (from List of islands of Greece)
Image 1217th century Dutch map of Sri Lanka with the Dutch names of the Jaffna islands (from List of islands of Sri Lanka)
Image 13The islet of Leon, on the left, next to the larger islet of Souda, within Souda bay (from List of islands of Greece)
Image 14
Manamoc Island as seen from the north (from List of islands of the Philippines
)

Image 15Curaçao (from List of islands of the Netherlands)
Image 16Mardanas Island, officially known as Siluag (from List of islands of the Philippines)
Image 17Main Ionian Islands (from List of islands of Greece)
Image 18Ko Kram (from List of islands of Thailand)
Image 19Panguan Island, The last island of the Sulu Archipelago nearest the Philippine-Malaysian border (from List of islands of the Philippines)
Image 20Ioannina island in Lake Pamvotida (from List of islands of Greece)
Image 21Atlasov Island from space, September 1992 (from List of islands of Russia)
Image 22White sand beach at
Sabtang island (from List of islands of the Philippines
)

Image 23Harbor of the island of Astypalaia (from List of islands of Greece)
Image 24Islands of Phang Nga Bay (from List of islands of Thailand)
Image 25Archipelago Sea has more than 40,000 islands and islets (from List of islands of Finland)
Image 26An aerial view of Polillo Island (from List of islands of the Philippines)
Image 27Panampangan Island, The island with the longest sandbar in the Philippines (from List of islands of the Philippines)
Image 28Ko Tarutao (from List of islands of Thailand)
Image 29Ukonkivi island (from List of islands of Finland)
Image 30Cape Melville Lighthouse on the southern point of Balabac Island, circa 1892 (from List of islands of the Philippines)
Image 31Sri Lanka (from List of islands of Sri Lanka)
Image 32Echinades islands (from List of islands of Greece)
Image 33A view from Tinaga beach in
Tinaga at sunset (from List of islands of the Philippines
)

Image 34Beach of Texel (from List of islands of the Netherlands)
Image 35Cauit Island overlooking from Cagsao, Calabanga, Camarines Sur (from List of islands of the Philippines)
Image 36NASA image of Rhodes (from List of islands of Greece)
Image 37The islet of Trafos in the Libyan Sea (from List of islands of Greece)
Image 38Spinalonga (Kalydon) (from List of islands of Greece)
Image 39Carrera (left), Cronstadt Island (right) (from List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 40Saba (from List of islands of the Netherlands)
Image 41Boats at
Cadlao Island (from List of islands of the Philippines
)

Image 42A view of the southern side of Isla de Convalecencia from the Ayala Bridge over the Pasig River (from List of islands of the Philippines)
Image 43Ithaca is to the upper right of the larger
Kefalonia island in this picture. The small island in the top-right corner is the uninhabited Atokos island (NASA World Wind satellite picture). (from List of islands of Greece
)

Image 44Aerial view of Suomenlinna (from List of islands of Finland)
Image 45Satellite image of Second Thomas Shoal (Ayungin Shoal), an island of the Spratly Islands group in the South China Sea (from List of islands of the Philippines)
Image 46A
light house on Jussarö (from List of islands of Finland
)

Image 47Ao Thong Nai Pan, Ko Pha Ngan (from List of islands of Thailand)
Image 48Ko Poda (from List of islands of Thailand)
Image 49Cyclades islands (from List of islands of Greece)
Image 50Kakaraitivu Island (from List of islands of Sri Lanka)
Image 51Beaches of Ko Phi Phi Don (from List of islands of Thailand)
Image 52Bone Island, Batticaloa (from List of islands of Sri Lanka)
Image 53A sandy beach of Kaunissaari (from List of islands of Finland)
Image 54An aerial view of Gato Island (from List of islands of the Philippines)
Image 55Grande Island (from List of islands of the Philippines)
Image 56Dodcanese Islands (from List of islands of Greece)
Image 57NASA image of Crete (from List of islands of Greece)
Image 58Pigeon Island (from List of islands of Sri Lanka)
Image 59
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in November 2010 (from List of islands of Russia
)

Image 60Ko Mak (from List of islands of Thailand)
Image 61An aerial view of islands in the Seychelles (from Lists of islands)
Image 62An aerial view of Sibuyan Island (from List of islands of the Philippines)
Image 63The main beach on the southern shore of Pamalican (from List of islands of the Philippines)
Image 64Iconic windmills of Mykonos (from List of islands of Greece)
Image 65Ko Kut (from List of islands of Thailand)
Image 66One of the islands in Lakshadweep (from List of islands of India)
Image 67The Netherlands (from List of islands of the Netherlands)
Image 68Monos (front) and Chacachacare (back). Venezuelan mainland (Paria Peninsula) seen in the horizon and Patos Island seen to the left. (from List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 69Nainativu (from List of islands of Sri Lanka)
Image 70A 1941 map of
Corregidor Island (from List of islands of the Philippines
)

Image 71Regions for Greek islands (from List of islands of Greece)
Image 72Islands of Phang Nga Bay (from List of islands of Thailand)
Image 73Ko Tapu (from List of islands of Thailand)

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