ISLANDS

FACTS ABOUT ISLANDS

• LARGEST ISLAND IN THE WORLD

GREENLAND

• THE ISLAND WHICH IS LOCALLY KNOWN AS 'KALAALLIT NUNAAT

GREENLAND

• MOST POPULATED ISLAND IN THE WORLD

JAVA OF INDONESIA

• SECOND LARGEST ISLAND IN THE WORLD BY SURFACE AREA

NEW GUINEA

• SECOND MOST POPULOUS ISLAND

HONSHU OF JAPAN

• LARGEST VOLCANIC ISLAND IN THE WORLD

ICELAND

• ISLAND KNOWN AS 'ISLANDS OF TORTOISES'

GALAPAGOS ISLAND

• ISLAND CALLED AS 'THE PEARL OF ANTILLES'

CUBA

• ISLAND CALLED AS 'EMERALD ISLAND'

IRELAND

• LARGEST ARCHIPELAGO IN THE WORLD

INDONESIA

• LARGEST ISLAND IN JAPAN

HONSHU

• LARGEST ISLAND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

SICILY (PART OF ITALY)

• THE RIVER IN WHICH THE THOUSAND ISLANDS IS SITUATED

SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER

• ISLAND SITUATED  IN US-CANADA BORDER

THOUSAND ISLANDS

• THE EASTER ISLAND WHICH IS FAMOUS FOR MONUMENTAL STATUES IS SITUATED IN

PACIFIC OCEAN

• THE ISLAND IN THE INDIAN OCEAN WHICH IS A MILITARY BASE OF UNITED STATES

DIEGO GARCIA

• LARGEST RIVER ISLAND IN THE WORLD

MAJULI

• THE RIVER IN WHICH MAJULI ISLAND IS SITUATED

BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER

• INDIAN CITY WHICH IS KNOWN AS 'CITY OF SEVEN ISLAND ' IS

MUMBAI

• THE ISLAND WHICH IS CALLED AS 'NAKKAVARAM' IN ANCIENT TIMES

NICOBAR ISLANDS

• THE ISLANDS WERE ALLEGEDLY LEASED TO THE  CHINA BY MYANMAR GOVERNMENT

COCO ISLAND

• INDIA'S ONLY ACTIVE VOLCANO BARREN ISLAND IS SITUATED AT

NORTHERN ANDAMAN

• LARGEST ISLAND IN THE ANDAMAN -NICOBAR ISLANDS

MIDDLE ANDAMAN

• NUMBER OF ISLANDS IN LAKSHADWEEP

36

• LARGEST ISLAND IN LAKSHADWEEP

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