word | | Geography - note |
| Islands | Curacao | Curacao is a part of the Windward Islands (southern) group |
| islands | Estonia | the mainland terrain is flat, boggy, and partly wooded; offshore lie more than 1,500 islands |
| islands | Faroe Islands | archipelago of 17 inhabited islands and one uninhabited island, and a few uninhabited islets; strategically located along important sea lanes in northeastern Atlantic; precipitous terrain limits habitation to small coastal lowlands |
| islands | Fiji | includes 332 islands; approximately 110 are inhabited |
| islands | French Polynesia | ... archipelagoes (four volcanic, one coral); Makatea in French Polynesia is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Nauru |
| islands | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | islands component is widely scattered across remote locations in the southern Indian Ocean Bassas da India (Iles Eparses): the atoll is a circular reef that sits atop a long-extinct, submerged volcano ... |
| islands | Greece | strategic location dominating the Aegean Sea and southern approach to Turkish Straits; a peninsular country, possessing an archipelago of about 2,000 islands |
| islands | Grenada | the administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada |
| Islands | Guam | largest and southernmost island in the Mariana Islands archipelago; strategic location in western North Pacific Ocean |
| islands | Hong Kong | composed of more than 200 islands |
| islands | Indonesia | archipelago of 17,508 islands (6,000 inhabited); straddles equator; strategic location astride or along major sea lanes from Indian Ocean to Pacific Ocean |
| Islands | Jersey | largest and southernmost of Channel Islands; about 30% of population concentrated in Saint Helier |
| islands | Kiribati | 21 of the 33 islands are inhabited; Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Makatea in French Polynesia ... |
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