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Introduction

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Aceh – see Sumatra

Açores

Aegean Islands

Åland Islands

Alderney

Aleutian Islands

Alexander

American Samoa

Amsterdam, Ile

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Anglesey

Anguilla

Annobon

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba

Ascension

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

Austral Islands

Axel Heiberg

Azores – see Açores

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Baffin Island

Bahamas, The

Bahrain

Baker Island

Balearic Islands

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Bali

Banks

Barbados

Basilan – see Mindanao

Bassas da India

Berkner

Bermuda

Bioko

Bombay -- see Mumbai

Bonaire

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Borneo – see Kalimantan

Bornholm

Bougainville

Bouvet Island

British Indian Ocean Territory

British Virgin Islands

Brunei

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Camiguin – see Mindanao

Canary Islands

Cape Breton

Cape Verde

Capri

Cayman Islands

Celebes -- see Sulawesi

Ceylon – see Sri Lanka

Chagos Archipelago -- see British Indian Ocean Territory

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Chatham Islands

Cheju

Chongming

Christmas Island

Chuuk

Clipperton Island

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Comoros

Cook Islands

Coral Sea Islands

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Corsica

Crete

Crozet, Ile

Cuba

Curaçao

Cyclades – see Aegean Islands

Cyprus

Cyprus, North

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Devon

Diego Garcia

Dodecanese – see Aegean Islands

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Dutch West Indies – see Netherlands Antilles

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East Timor - see Timor Leste

Easter Island

Elba

Ellesmere

Ellice Islands – former name for Tuvalu

Europa Island

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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

Falster – see Laaland-Falster

Faroe Islands

Federated States of Micronesia – see Micronesia, Federated States of

Fiji

French Polynesia

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Futuna – see Wallis and Futuna

Fyn

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Galapagos Islands

Gambier Islands

Gilbert Islands – Part of Kiribati

Glorioso Islands

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Gotland

Gozo

Greenland

Grenada

Guadeloupe

Guam

Guernsey

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Hainan

Haiti

Hawai'i

Hawai'i, Island of

Hawaii – see Hawai'i

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

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Herm

Hiiumaa

Hispaniola

Hokkaido

Hong Kong

Honshu

Howland Island

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Iceland

Ile Amsterdam – see Amsterdam, Ile

Ile Crozet – see Crozet, Ile

Ile Saint Paul – see Saint Paul, Ile

Iles de Saintes – see Saintes, Iles de; part of Guadeloupe

Iles Kerguelen – see Kerguelen, Iles

Iles Tubuaï – see Austral Islands

Ilha do Marajó – see Marajó, Ilha do

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Indonesia

Ionian Islands

Ireland

Irian Jaya - see Papua/West Papua/Irian Jaya

Islas Malvinas – see Falkland Islands

Isle of Man – see Man, Isle of

Isle of Skye -- see Skye, Isle of

Isle of Wight – see Wight, Isle of

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Jamaica

Jan Mayen

Japan

Jarvis Island

Java – see Jawa

Jawa

Jeju - see Cheju

Jersey

Johnston Atoll

Juan de Nova Island

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Kalimantan

Karafuto -- see Sakhalin

Kaua'i

Kauai -- see Kaua'i

Keeling Islands– see Cocos (Keeling) Islands

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Kerguelen, Iles

Kingman Reef

Kiribati

Kodiak

Kosrae

Kusaie – see Kosrae

Kwajalein - part of the Marshall Islands

Kyushu

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La Desirade

Laaland-Falster

Laccadive Islands — see Lakshadweep

Lakshadweep

Line Islands – Part of Kiribati

Lofoten Islands

Lolland-Falster – see Laaland-Falster

Long Island

Luzon

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Macau

Madagascar

Madeira

Malagasy Republic – Former name for Republic of Madagascar

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Malaysia

Maldives

Malta

Malvinas, Islas – see Falkland Islands

Man, Isle of

Manhattan

Manus

Marajó, Ilha do

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Marie-Galante

Marquesa Islands

Marshall Islands

Martha's Vineyard

Martinique

Maui

Mauritius

Mayotte

McDonald Islands – see Heard Island and McDonald Islands

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Melville

Micronesia, Federated States of

Midway Islands

Mindanao

Miquelon – see Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Montserrat

Mumbai (Bombay)

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Nantucket

Nauru

Navassa Island

Netherlands Antilles

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New Britain

New Britain, East

New Britain, West

New Caledonia

New Guinea

New Ireland

New Zealand

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Newfoundland

Nicobar Islands – see Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Niue

Norfolk Island

North Island (New Zealand)

North Solomons – see Solomon Islands, North

Northern Mariana Islands

Novaya Zemlya North

Novaya Zemlya South

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Oahu

Okinawa

Oland

Orkney Islands

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Pagalu -- see Annobon

Palau

Palmyra Atoll

Papua/West Papua/Irian Jaya

Papua New Guinea

Paracel Islands

Pemba

Philippines

Phoenix Islands – Part of Kiribati

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Pitcairn Islands

Pohnpei

Ponape – see Pohnpei

Pribilof Islands

Prince Edward Island

Puerto Rico

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Quelpart - see Cheju

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Rapa Nui – see Easter Island

Réunion

Rota - part of the Northern Mariana Islands

Rotuma - see Fiji

Rügen

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Saaremaa

Saba

Saint Barthelemy

Saint Helena

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Martin

Saint Paul, Ile

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saintes, Iles des

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Saipan - part of the Northern Mariana Islands

Sakhalin

Samoa

Sao Tome and Principe

Sardinia

Sark

Severny – see Novaya Zemlya North

Seychelles

Shanghai - see Chongming

Shetland Islands

Shikoku

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Sicily

Singapore

Sint Eustatius

Sint Maarten

Sjælland

Skye, Isle of

Society Islands

Socotra

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Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands, North

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

South Island (New Zealand)

South Sandwich Islands – see South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Southampton

Spitzbergen – see Svalbard

Sporades – see Aegean Islands

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Spratly Islands

Sri Lanka

St. … – see Saint …

Staten Island

Statia – see Sint Eustatius

Sulawesi

Sumatra

Suqutra -- see Socotra 

Svalbard

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Tahiti

Taiwan

Tasmania

Tawi-Tawi Archipelago – see Mindanao

Tierra del Fuego

Timor Leste

Tinian - part of the Northern Mariana Islands

Tjörn

Tobago – see Trinidad and Tobago

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Tokelau

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tristan da Cunha

Tromelin Island

Tuamotu Islands

Tubuaï, Iles – see Austral Islands

Turks and Caicos Islands

Tuvalu

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United Kingdom

United States Virgin Islands – see Virgin Islands, U.S.

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Vancouver

Vanuatu

Victoria

Virgin Islands, British – see British Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands, U.S.

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Wake Island

Wallis and Futuna

West Papua — see Papua/West Papua/Irian Jaya

Western Isles

Western Samoa – see Samoa

Wight, Isle of

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Yap

Ynys Môn - see Anglesey

Yuzhny – see Novaya Zemlya South

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Zealand – see Sjælland

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