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Island Area (km 2) Area (sq mi) Country or Countries 112 Little San Salvador Island: 9.7 - Bahamas: 113 Catalina Island: 9.6 - Dominican Republic: 114 Terre-de-Bas: 9 - Guadeloupe: 115 Conception Island: 8.5 3 Bahamas: 116 Ronde Island: 8.1 - Grenada: 117 Jost Van Dyke: 8 3 British Virgin Islands: 118 Union Island: 8 3 Saint Vincent and the ...
Antigua and Barbuda [c] is a sovereign archipelagic country composed of Antigua, Barbuda, and numerous other small islands.Antigua and Barbuda has a total area of 440 km 2 (170 sq mi), making it one of the smallest countries in the Caribbean.
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 ...
The Caribbean Sea. Most of the Caribbean countries are islands in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few in inland lakes. The largest islands include Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico. Some of the smaller islands are referred to as a rock or reef. Islands are listed in alphabetical order by sovereign state.
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 first settlers picked it up and put it in the center of the island. [At the time the island] had no name, but from that day it was called Santa Cruz del Islote." [6] Because of the island's small size, some locals would later migrate to neighboring islands, such as Tintipán Island or Múcura Island. [citation needed]
With 261 square kilometres (101 sq mi) of territory, and roughly 48,000 inhabitants, it is the smallest sovereign state in the Western Hemisphere, in both area and population, as well as the world's smallest sovereign federation. [1] The country is a Commonwealth realm, with Charles III as king and head of state. [1] [8]
Saba (/ ˈ s eɪ b ə / ⓘ SAY-bə, [6] Dutch: ⓘ) [7] is a Caribbean island and the smallest special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands. [8] [9] It consists largely of the dormant volcano [10] Mount Scenery, which at 870 metres (2,854.3 ft) is the highest point of the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands.