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Island geography

World geography: places, cities, history of various islands/island nations
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1) The largest island on Earth, covered in vast ice
landscapes, belonging to the kingdom of Denmark
Greenland
2) Capital of the above island
Nuuk
3) Rastafarianism, Bob Marley, and Usain Bolt hail
from this tropical Caribbean nation
Jamaica
4) This island nation in the Mediterranean Sea has
a history of both Greek and Turkish claims on each side
Cyprus
5) The largest island in the Mediterranean, south of
mainland Italy
Sicily
6) This Spanish resort island is famous for its clubs and party scene
Ibiza
7) This "key" island city lies over 150 miles from Miami across various
bridges and smaller islands
Key West
8) The Emerald Isle, Eire, Cliffs of Moher, Dublin
Ireland
9) This large island nation lies off the eastern coast of Africa and is
home to a native lemur population
Madagascar
10) Capital of the above nation
Antananarivo
11) This island nation is often called the teardrop of India, lying to the
southeast of the Indian subcontinent
Sri Lanka
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12) The Maori people hail from this island nation in Oceania, also called
Aotearoa
New Zealand
13) This Ecuadorian island is famous for its abundant animal life, where
Charles Dawin documented his findings for the theory of evolution
Galapagos
14) These remote islands off of South America are British overseas territories
but have been argued as claimed by Argentina
Falkland
15) Remote Chilean island in the South Pacific where the famous Moai statues
of the Rapa Nui people
Easter Island
16) This island nation, despite being less than 20 miles from mainland Venezuela, are
considered part of North America. Its capital is Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
17) This rocky island in the middle of San Francisco Bay houses the ruins
of the infamous penitentiary and escape of 1962
Alcatraz
18) This Asian island is home to over 800 indigenous languages
Papua New Guinea
19) Remote volcanic archipelago in the North Atlantic belonging to Portugal. Its capital
is Ponta Delgada
Azores
20) These islands are British overseas territories and considered one of the most remote in the world. Its capital is a settlement called Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
Tristan Da Cunha
21) The largest island in Australia
Tasmania
22) Small Canadian island province north of New Brunswick, its capital is Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
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Level 65
Dec 24, 2024
13. Use archipelago rather than island