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This is a partial list of notable islands of the United States, including its insular areas, which are listed at the end. Alabama Alaska ...
Satellite image of the Big Island of Hawaii, the largest island in the United States. Scale depiction of the 5 largest islands in the US, with some other significant islands. This is a list of islands of the United States, as ordered by area. It includes most islands with an area greater than 20 square miles (approximately 52 km 2).
The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
Pages in category "Lists of islands of the United States" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Long Island, largest Atlantic island of the United States, most populous island of the United States, and the world's 17th most populous island. New York Barrier Islands; Block Island; Conanicut Island; Aquidneck Island (Rhode Island) Elizabeth Islands; Martha's Vineyard; Nantucket Island; Monomoy Island; Boston Harbor Islands
Indonesia is the world's largest island country by area (1,904,569 km 2), and by total number of islands (17,504 islands). [4] It is also the world's most populous island country, with a population of over 270 million (the fourth most populous country in the world, after India , China , and the United States ).
Uninhabited islands of the United States (3 C, 36 P) Pages in category "Islands of the United States" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
In 1917, at the height of World War I, Denmark sold the Danish Virgin Islands to the United States. [4] The U.S. Navy annexed Kingman Reef in 1922. Spain had sold the Northern Mariana Islands to Germany in 1899. [5] The islands passed to Japan, which in turn lost them to the United States in 1945 after the end of World War II.