Islands Flashcards
World’s Largest Islands
1 - Greenland (Administered by Denmark)
2 - New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)
3 - Boreno (Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei)
4- Madagascar (Formerly Malagasy Republic, A French Colony)
5 - Baffin Island (Canada)
6 - Sumatra (Indonesia)
7 - Honshu (Japan)
8 - Great Britain
9 - Victoria Island (Canada)
10- Ellesmere Island (Canda)
Caribbean Sea’s Largest Islands (all part of greater Antilles)
1 - Cuba
2 - Hispaniola
3 - Jamaica
4 - Puerto Rico
Napoleon’s Islands
1 - Corsica (Birthplace)
2 - Elba (Exiled there for 100 Days)
3 - St. Helena (Exiled in the South Atlantic, Where he Died)
French Caribbean Islands
1 - Guadeloupe
2 - Martinique
3 - St. Martin/St. Maarten (Owned by Netherlands)
Oceania’s Islands
Small Islands – Micronesia
Black Islands – Melanesia
Many Islands – Polynesia
Caribbean ABC Islands
Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao
Australia’s Largest Island
Tasmania
New Zealand’s Main Islands
North and South Island
Chile’s Pacific Island
Easter Island
Chile and Argentina’s Southern Island
Tierra Del Fuego
Equador’s Pacific Islands
Galapagos
Blue Grotto Island
Capri
IRish Sea Island
Isle of Man
Pony Island in English Channel
Shetland Island
Danish Islands Between Iceland and Britain
Faroe Islands
Islands 500 Miles Northwest of Scotland
Hebrides
Europe’s Smallest Island Nation
Malta
Islands of the world’s worst Airline Disaster
Canary Islands
Owned by Spain
Portugese Islands in Atlantic
Azores
Bahama’s Most Populous Island
New Providence
Texas Island that is one hundred miles long
Padre Island
the Statue of LIberty Sits on this Island
Bedloe’s Island
Island that welcomed 19th Century US Immigratns
Ellis Island
California Immigrant Island
Angel Island
Disney World Island
Pleasure Island
Prison Located on San Fran Bay Island
Alcatraz
Bounty Mutineer’s Island
Pitcairn
Major Dreyfus and Papillon Were Exciled Here
Devil’s Island
Island of Mr. Suribachi
Iwo Jima
Marshall Island’s Site of First Atomic Test in Pacific
Eniwetok
Marshall Island’s Site of First Hydrogen Bomb Test
Bikini
Largest Tropical Island
New Guinea
Island of Giant Monitor Lizards
Komodo
Brunei’s Island
Borneo
Jakarta’s Island
Java
Indonesia’s Western-Most Main Island
Sumatra
Largest Island in Meiterranean
Sicily
Second-Largest Island in the Mediterranean
Sardinia
Asia’s Smallest Island Country
Sri Lanka (Formerly Ceylon)
Tanzania’s Island
Zanzibar
Formerly Known as Cook Islands
New Zealand
Formerly Known as the Malagasy Republic
Madagascar
US Navel Base in Southern Indian Ocean
Diego Garcia
Main Island of the Phillipines
Luzon
Island in Manila Bay
Corregidor
Main Island of Japan
Honshu
Large Northern Island of Japan
Hokkaido
Larger Southern Island of Japan
Kyushu
Largest Island in the United States
Hawaii (The Big Island)
Alaska’s Largest Island
Kodiak Island
Canada’s Largest Island
Baffin Island
Canada’s Northern-Most Island
Ellesmere Island
Western Canada’s Largest Island
Vancouver Island
Nova Scotia Island
Cape Breton
Europe’s Largest Island
Great Britian
Antigua’s Sister Island
Barbuda
Largest Island of netherland Antilles
Curacao
St. Vincent’s Sister Island
Grenadines
Tahiti Island Greoup
Society Islands
Bikini Island Group
Marshall Islands
Raratonga Island Group
Cook
Guam Island Group
Mariana or Micronesia
Guadalcanal Island Group
Solomon Island
Mallorca and Ibiza Island Goup
Balearic Islands
Island Group Including Tenerife
Canardy Islands
St. Croix and St. Thomas Island Group
Virgin Islands