World Geography Flashcards
Largest tropical island
New Guinea
Asia’s smallest island country
Singapore
Prison located on San Francisco bay island
Alcatraz
Bounty mutineer’s island
Pitcairn
Major Dreyfus and Papillon were exiled here
Devil’s Island
Island of Mt. Suribachi
Iwo Jima
Island that welcomed 19th century U.S. immigrants
Ellis Island
Marshall Island’s site of first Hydrogen bomb test
Bikini
The Statue of Liberty sits on this island
Bedloe’s Island
Island of giant monitor lizards
Komodo
Brunei’s island
Borneo
Jakarta’s island
Java
Indonesia’s western-most main island
Sumatra
Largest island in the Mediterrenean
Sicily
World’s second highest mountain chain
Andes
Marshall Island’s site of first atomic test in pacific
Eniwetok
Danish islands between Iceland and Great Britain
Faroe Islands
New Zealand’s main islands
North and South islands
Chile’s Pacific island
Easter island
Chile and Argentina’s southern island
Tierra del Fuego
Equador’s Pacific islands
Galapagos
Blue Grotto island
Capri
California immigrant island
Angel Island
“Pony” island in English Chanel
Shetland Island
Island just south of India
Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon)
Islands 500 miles Northwest of Scotland
Hebrides
Europe’s smallest island nation
Malta
Islands of the world’s worst airline disaster - owned by Spain
Canary Islands
Portuguese islands in Atlantic
Azores
Bahama’s most populous island
New Providence
Texas island that is one hundred miles long
Padre Island
Irish Sea island
Isle of Man
Guadalcanal island group
Solomon Islands
Second-largest island in the Mediterrenean
Sardinia
Antigua’s sister island
Barbuda
Largest island of the Netherland Antilles
Curacao
St. Vincent’s sister island
Grenadines
Tahiti island group
Society Islands
Nova Scotia island
Cape Breton
Guam island group
Mariana or Micronesia
Western Canada’s largest island
Vancouver Island
Mallorca and Ibiza Island group
Balearic islands
Island Group including Tenerife
Canary Islands
St. Croix and St. Thomas Island group
Virgin Islands
World’s highest Mountain
Mt. Everest
World’s second highest mountain
K-2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen)
Sea between Russia and Alaska
Bering Sea
Bikini island group
Marshall Islands
Main island of Japan
Honshu
Tanzania’s island
Zanzibar
Formerly known as Cook Islands
New Zealand
Formerly known as Sandwich islands
Hawaii
Formerly known as the Malagasy Republic
Madagascar
U.S. naval base in souther Indian Ocean
Diego Garcia
Europe’s largest island
Great Britain
Island in Manila Bay
Corregidor
Southwest USA/Northern Mexico Desert
Sonoran Desert
Large northern island of Japan
Hokkaido
Large 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
Main island of the Philippines
Luzon
World’s longest freshwater lake
Lake Tanganyika
Australia’s largest island
Tasmania
World’s largest swamp
Gran Pantanal (Brazil)
World’s largest marsh
Everglades
World’s largest bay
Hudson bay
World’s largest gulf
Gulf of Mexico
Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan sea
Aral sea
World’s deepest lake
Lake Baikal (Siberia)
Sea in Israel - a.k.a. Lake Tiberias
Sea of Galilee
Largest lake in South America
Lake Titicaca
Deepest lake in the U.S.
Crater Lake
Largest lake lying within U.S. boundaries
Lake Michigan
Source of the Mississippi River
Lake Itaska - Minnesota
World’s longest strait
Strait of Malacca (Indonesia)
Persian Gulf Strait
Strait of Hormuz
World’s highest tide
Bay of Fundy (Canada)
Sea between Ireland and Great Britain
Irish Sea
Sea between Italy and Balkan peninsula
Adriatic sea
Sea between China and Korea
Yellow Sea
Sea west of Vietnam - east of the Philippines
South China Sea
Sea east of Australia - home to great barrier reef
Coral sea
Sea between India and Arabian Peninsula
Arabian Sea
World’s largest sea
South China Sea
Latvia - Lithuania - and Estonia Sea
Baltic Sea
Strait dividing Asia and North America
Bering Strait
World’s saltiest body of water
Dead Sea
Sea between Egypt and Saudi Arabia
Red Sea
Georgia - Bulgaria and Ukraine Sea
Black Sea
Sea north of Black Sea and Crimean peninsula
Sea of Azov
Sea between Greece and Turkey
Aegean Sea
Sea separating Asian and European Turkey
Sea of Marmara
Belgium - Norway and Denmark Sea
North Sea
Indian/Pakistan desert
Thar desert
Lake behind Grand Coulee Dam
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake
Lake behind Hoover Dam
Lake Mead
Lake behind Aswan High Dam
Lake Nasser
New York-Vermont lake
Lake Champlain
North African Desert
Sahara Desert (World’s largest)
Strait between English Channel and North Sea
Strait of Dover