Remarkable Islands

Peculiar islands (and two peninsulas) with historic, geo-political or cryptic clues
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Birth island of Freddy Mercury
Zanzibar
Sexy A-bombs
Bikini Island
Napoleon's 'Mock Kingdom' after Waterloo
Saint Helena
Lot's of space to distance yourself from inmates
Australia
Here France and the Netherlands DO share a border
St Maarten
Island(s) where Darwin allegedly discovered his walking rock
Galapagos
Dutch elections always wait 5 hours for this elective volcano to erupt
Saba
London, Paris and Poland share this island with a Banana
Kiritimati
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Occupied by Vikings, Russians, Dutch, English, French island now under norwegian jurisdiction
Svalbard
This island makes Denmark one of Europe's biggest countries.
Greenland
A place to disappear on a holiday cruise
Bermuda
One house defies this island's accessibility
Inaccessible island
Famous because of Disney penguins
Madagascar
Russia wants this present back
Crimea
The U.S. shares this island with her nemesis
Cuba
Thatcher defended her sheep well
Falkland Islands
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At least Mandela had seals for company
Robbeneiland
The 'other' China
Taiwan
A highrise pearl of Asia
Singapore
In name at least the place to be when the girlfriend is acting up (do not turn homosexual though)
Ellan Vannin or Mannin
These daft royalists supposedly where at 'war' with the Dutch for 335 years.
Syllan
This island's smokerscough gets to it's neighbour's airlines
Iceland
This island doesn't really exist in a geographical or political sence, neighbouring countries still debate about ownership rights though
North Pole
Penguins living on heated ground
Tierra del fuego
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Level 73
Jun 10, 2015
First time I've ever heard the North Pole referred to as an island. You misspelled Kiribati.
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Level 73
Jun 10, 2015
Bikini is an atoll.
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Level 77
Jun 11, 2015
I did not misspell kitibati, such as bikini (which is also referred to as bikini island) kiritimati is one island with the mentioned settlements is the multi island nation of kitibati. ;)