Located in the distant Near Islands (in the southwest of the Aleutian chain), the 233 km² Agattu is one of the largest uninhabited islands of the Aleutians. Measuring 29 km in length and up to 14 km across, the island's tundra-like terrain rises to height of 632 m.
Attu is the westernmost island in the Near Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, making it the westernmost point of land in Alaska and the United States. Attu Station is located at 52°51' north latitude, 173°11' east longitude.
It is nearly 1,700 km (1,100 miles) from the Alaskan mainland and 1200 km (750 miles) northeast of the northernmost of the Kurile Islands of Ja...
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The Galapagos Islands are found 1000 kilometres (600 miles) off the west coast of Ecuador, South America. The archipelago is made up of 13 large islands, 6 smaller islands and 107 rocks and islets. The very first island is thought to have formed between 5 and 10 million years ago, as a result of tectonic activity. The youngest islands, Isabela and Fernandina...
The largest of the Northern Islands and second largest member of the Kuril Islands after Iturup, Paramushir measures 100 km in length and averages around 20 km across covering an area of 2,053 km². The island is composed of a series of volcanoes that include Ekebo (1,156 m), Chikurachki (the tallest at 1,816 m), Tatarinov (1,530 m) and Fuss Peak (1,772 m).
Matua or Matsuwa is an island in the central Kuril Islands archipelago. It is located at 48.1° N 153.2° E and has an area of 52 km2.
In the northwestern end of the island is Sarychev Peak, elevation 1496 m, which has periodically erupted and is one of the most active volcanoes in the Kuril Islands. This peak has erupted at least 14 times since 1765. The largest such eruption occu...
The Republic of Kiribati is an island nation consisting of some 33 atolls near the equator in the central Pacific. Before Europeans found the islands, they had been inhabited for two millennia by indigenous Micronesians. In 1820, the British named the islands the Gilbert Islands, after Captain Thomas Gilbert, who discovered some of the atolls in 1788. The islands eventually gained their indepen...
The Hundred Islands National Park is the foremost tourist destination in the province of Pangasinan in northern Philippines. It is located in Alaminos City, Pangasinan and consists of 123 islands. Only three of them have been developed for tourists, namely: Governor Island, Quezon Island, and Children's Island.
Group of Islands North of the waddenzee in Holland, with a clearer view by overlays, one per Island: Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland, Schiermonnikoog and the German Island of Borkum
Here you can find 2 boats sailing. And there are several strange structures on this islands. I investigated on internet and find out the truth. The name of the island is Okinotorishima Lsland---720km from the Hikashi Islands, the southernmost island of Japan---also the smallest island in the world.Japan government built these structures to protect 2 large rocks which are the only "islands&...
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