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islands noun, plural—群岛 n (often used) ()岛屿 n ()Examples:Guernsey (Channel Islands)—Cordillera, series of mountain ranges stretching from Patagonia in South America through Alaska and Aleutian islands—Zhoushan prefecture level city in Zhejiang (consisting solely of islands)—Jersey (Channel Islands)—Spratly islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam—South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands—Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan—Aleutian islands (trailing 2250 km southwest of Alaska almost down Kamtchatka)—Alderney (Channel Islands)—Penglai, one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals—Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands—Diaoyu or Senkaku Islands between Taiwan and Okinawa (administered by Japan), also known as the Pinnacle Islands—Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands)—Malvinas Islands (also known as Falkland Islands)—Kuril Islands (chain between Kamchatka and Hokkaido)—one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals—Gran Canaria (in the Canary islands)—Charlotte Amalie, capital of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI)—Senkaku Islands (administered by Japan as part of Okinawa prefecture)—Solomon Islands in southwest Pacific—Matsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan—Kinmen County, Taiwan (the Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast)—Yingzhou, easternmost of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality—Senkaku Islands (Japanese name for Diaoyu Islands), also known as the Pinnacle Islands—Peikan Island, one of the Matsu Islands—Jeju Island special autonomous province (Cheju Island), South Korea, a World Heritage site—Majuro, capital of Marshall Islands—Penghu or Pescadores, archipelago of 90 islands west of Taiwan—mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan)—the Ryukyu or Luchu islands (incl. Okinawa)—Batan Islands in Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines—Honiara, capital of Solomon Islands (Tw)—Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands) (Tw)—Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island—Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk—Penghu island county of Taiwan, off the coast of Kaohsiung—Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds—Jeju island special autonomous province, South Korea, a World Heritage site—Jeju Island special autonomous province, South Korea, a World Heritage site—Formosa (from Ilha Formosa, "Beautiful Isle", the name given Taiwan Island by passing Portuguese mariners in 1544)—Bashi Channel between south Taiwan and Luzon Island, north the Philippines—Hormuz Island, Iran, at the mouth of the Persian gulf—Tongariro, volcanic area on North Island, New Zealand—Macclesfield Bank, series of reefs in the South China Sea southeast of Hainan Island—heat island (i.e. large city centers are hotter)—Cape San Diego or Santiao, easternmost point of Taiwan Island—Haiti, the western third of Caribbean island Hispaniola—Republic of Palau or Belau (Pacific island nation)—Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai—Devil's Island, notorious French prison off the coast of French Guyana—Scarborough Shoal (Philippines' name for Huangyan Island)—Grenada, island country in the Caribbean Sea (Tw)—St Vincent and Grenadines, Caribbean island in Lesser Antilles—Charlottetown, capital of Prince Edward Island, Canada—Itsukushima island in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan, with a famous shrine—Tanegashima, Japanese Island off Kyushu, the Japanese space launch site—Kalimantan (Indonesian part of the island of Borneo)—Luzon Strait between Taiwan and Luzon Island (Philippines)—island (the superstructure of an aircraft carrier, on the starboard side of the deck)—Fusang, mythical island of ancient literature, often interpreted as Japan—Kuril island chain between Kamchatka and Hokkaidō—fabled island in Eastern sea, abode of immortals—New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea—Baengnyeong Island of South Korea, near the Northern Limit Line—Mt Cook on New Zealand South Island, national park and highest peak—city heat island (i.e. large city centers are hotter)—Rabaul, port city and capital of New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea—Qiongzhou Strait (between Hainan Island and Mainland China)— |