Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Top 10 Smallest Island in the World - Wikepedia

An island is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot, or holm. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago.



An island may still be described as such despite the presence of an artificial land bridge, for example Singapore and its causeway, or the various Dutch delta islands, such as IJsselmonde. Some places may even retain "island" in their names for historical reasons after being connected to a larger landmass by a wide land bridge, such as Coney Island. Conversely, when a piece of land is separated from the mainland by a man-made canal, for example the Peloponnese by the Corinth Canal, it is generally not considered an island.
Island's NameArea km2Area mi2Country or Countries
Djerba 510 197  Tunisia
Adonara 509 197  Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara)
Vangunu 509 197  Solomon Islands
Acklins 508 196  Bahamas
Nendo Island 506 195  Solomon Islands
Coiba 503 194  Panama
Zhoushan Island 503 194  People's Republic of China (Zhejiang Province)
Biliran Island 501 193  Philippines (Eastern Visayas)
Hearst Island 500 193 Antarctic territorial claims by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom
Rothschild Island 500 193 Antarctic territorial claims by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom