Islands of the U.S.

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One of the first European settlements in North America, founded in 1585 by Walter Raleigh and Ralph Lane. All 100+ settlers of the island would disappear years later, sparking an ongoing debate regarding what truly happened.

Mormon prophet Jesse Strang led his followers to this Midwestern island, chasing off the natives and declaring himself King in 1850, following an elaborate coronation. Strang's reputation among LDS members remains contentious to this day.

Contender for the title of 51st state, this island adjacent the Dominican Republic is home to over 3 million people, the vast majority of whom speak Spanish as their first language.

Home to one of the deadliest battles of WWII's Pacific theater. The eponymous battle resulted in an American victory and the recapture of the Aleutian archipelago from the Japanese.

Group of islands once part of a territorial dispute between the United States and British North America, which very nearly escalated to war in early 1859.

Most populated island of the U.S., divided from the rest of NYC by the East River. It contains the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, and stretches out nearly 100 miles into the Atlantic.

Ceded after the Spanish-American War, this island is the largest in Micronesia. It's home to nearly 170,000 people, most of whom live in and around the city of Dededo.

Former maximum-security prison off the coast of San Francisco. It has since become a tourist attraction, often colloquially referred to as "The Rock".

Largest in the state of Rhode Island, in the past referred to only by the state's name, or the "Isle of Rhodes", an homage to the Greek island of the same name.

Most populated island of the Hawaiian archipelago, it's home to the state's capital of Honolulu and Pearl Harbor.

Contested island between the state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick. A lighthouse in the center is manned at all times by Canada out of protest.

Most densely populated island in the country, it's New York's smallest borough by area and home to the city's financial center.

Once the site of a massive immigrant inspection facility. Approximately 12 million immigrants arrived to the island via boat between 1892 and 1954.

Archipelago off of Florida's southernmost mainland point. Home to large tourist attractions centered around tropical vacation and late-night partying.

One of the main settings of the novel "Moby-Dick". Once a notorious whaling port for English immigrants, the island is now home to a large summer colony.