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Skerry, a small rocky island, usually defined to be too small for habitation, especially in Ireland. Subsidiary islets, a more technical application, is applied to small land features isolated by water, lying off the shore of a larger island. Similarly, any emergent land in an atoll is also called an islet. [9]
A skerry (/ ˈ s k ɛr i / SKEHRR-ee) [1] is a small rocky island, or islet, usually too small for human habitation. It may simply be a rocky reef. A skerry can also be called a low sea stack. [2] A skerry may have vegetative life such as moss and small, hardy grasses.
This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown. Continental landmasses Continental landmasses are not usually classified as islands despite being completely surrounded by water. [Note 1] However, because the definition of continent varies between geographers, the Americas are ...
Just Room Enough Island, also known as Hub Island, [1] is an island located in the Thousand Islands chain, in New York, United States. The island is known for being the smallest inhabited island, which appears to be around 3,300 square feet (310 m 2 ), or about one-thirteenth of an acre.
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).
The island nation of Dominica with a total area of 750 km 2 (290 sq mi) includes two small, off-shore islands and one disputed island: [11] [12] Dominica (745.96 km²), 15°26′14″N 61°20′32″W / 15.43713°N 61.34216°W / 15.43713; -61.34216 (
Islands sitting on the continental shelf may be called continental islands. [3] Other islands, like those that make up New Zealand, are what remains of continents that shrank and sunk beneath the sea. [11] It was estimated that Zealandia, the continent-like area of crust that New Zealand sits on, has had 93% of its original surface area ...
Island name/other name(s): The primary name of the island, along with any additional names it may be known by. Town/county : Identifies the town and county associated with the island. This serves as a reference point, as Maine's islands often have complex jurisdictional histories, including independent towns, parts of mainland municipalities ...