Portal:Islands
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This is a list of the lists of islands in the world grouped by country, by continent, by body of water, and by other classifications. For rank-order lists, see the other lists of islands below. (Full article...)
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Isle Royale (/ˈrɔɪəl/, ROY-əl) is an island of the Great Lakes located in the northwest of Lake Superior and part of the U.S. state of Michigan. The island, 450 smaller islands, and the surrounding waters make up Isle Royale National Park.
Isle Royale is 45 miles (72 km) long and 9 miles (14 km) wide, with an area of 206.73 square miles (535.4 km2), making it the fifth-largest lake island in the world. In addition, it is the largest natural island in Lake Superior, the second-largest island in the Great Lakes (after Manitoulin Island), the third-largest in the contiguous United States (after Long Island and Padre Island), the largest in the contiguous U.S. with no road link to the mainland, and the 33rd-largest island in the United States. (Full article...)
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Caribbean cuisine is a fusion of West African, Creole, Amerindian, European, Latin American, Indian/South Asian, Chinese, Javanese/Indonesian, North American, and Middle Eastern cuisines. These traditions were brought from many countries when they moved to the Caribbean. (Full article...)
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- ... that a plan to reclaim three islets in Penang was scaled down to just one—Silicon Island—after an intervention by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim?
- ... that a derailment in 2005 was caused by a train attempting to travel a 10 mph (16 km/h) crossing at 69 mph (111 km/h)?
- ... that Bob Hobman recreated a possible sea journey by Palaeolithic humans after 130,000-year-old tools were found on the island of Crete?
- ... that Solomon Islands at the 2024 Summer Olympics were represented by the only all-female delegation at the games?
- ... that New York City's Roosevelt Island Tramway was placed next to a bridge to prevent collisions with planes?
- ... that the United States Armed Forces funded a radio station on Ascension Island that transmitted from an extinct volcano?
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