Category Archives: Island

Wrangel Island-Russia

Posted on October 21, 2011 by admin

Wrangel Island is about 125 km (78 mi) wide and 7,600 km2 (2,900 sq mi) in area. It consists of a southern coastal plain that is as wide as 15 km (9.3 mi); a central belt of low-relief mountains; and a northern coastal plain that is as … Continue reading →

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Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands-Russia

Posted on October 20, 2011 by admin

The Solovetsky Monastery was founded by three monks from the Kirillo-Belozersk and Valaam Monasteries in the 1430s. It expanded in subsequent centuries to cover not only the main islands of the archipelago, but also large stretches of land on the … Continue reading →

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The North Frisian Islands-Germany

Posted on October 12, 2011 by admin

The North Frisian Islands are a group of islands in the Wadden Sea, a part of the North Sea. off the western coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Germany’s North Frisian Islands are a chain of low-lying barrier islands on the edge … Continue reading →

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The East Frisian Islands-Germany

Posted on October 9, 2011 by admin

The genuine language of East Frisia was East Frisian which now is almost extinct, largely replaced by East Frisian Low Saxon. Original East Frisian survived somewhat longer in several remote places as for example in the islands, such as Wangerooge. … Continue reading →

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Bora Bora Island-France

Posted on October 7, 2011 by admin

Bora Bora is a major international tourist destination, famous for its aqua-centric luxury resorts. The island is served by Bora Bora Airport on Motu Mete in the north, with Air Tahiti providing daily flights to and from Papeet on Tahiti. … Continue reading →

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The Corfu Island-Greece

Posted on October 3, 2011 by admin

The town of Corfu stands on the broad part of a peninsula, whose termination in the Venetian citadel (Greek: Παλαιό Φρούριο) is cut off from it by an artificial fosse formed in a natural gully, with a seawater moat at … Continue reading →

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Rhodes Island-England

Posted on October 3, 2011 by admin

The largest of the Dodecanese islands, Rhodes is geographically located close to the Turkish coasts. In the ancient times, it was famous for its Colossus, the giant statue of god Helios (the Sun) that used to stand above the port. … Continue reading →

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Santorini-Greece

Posted on October 1, 2011 by admin

Santorini is essentially what remains after an enormous volcanic explosion that destroyed the earliest settlements on what was formerly a single island, and created the current geological caldera. A giant central lagoon, more or less rectangular, and measuring about 12 … Continue reading →

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The Farne Islands-England

Posted on September 27, 2011 by admin

The Farnes are resistant igneous Dolerite outcrops. These would originally have been connected to the mainland and surrounded by areas of less resistant limestone. Through a combination of erosion of the weaker surrounding rock, and sea level rise following the … Continue reading →

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Gorgona Island-Colombia

Posted on September 16, 2011 by admin

Gorgona is a small 25 km² island that is home to a natural paradise and a mecca for eco-tourism and fauna and flora research due to its coral reef and tropical rainforest ecosystems. For this reason, it is known as … Continue reading →

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