![]() ![]() Pop: 450 300 (2010 est) Azores group of islands in the N Atlantic, c. Area: 88 sq km (34 sq miles) Auckland the chief port of New Zealand, in the northern part of North Island: former capital of New Zealand (1840–65). Area: about 181 sq km (70 sq miles) Ascension an island in the S Atlantic, northwest of St Helena: uninhabited until claimed by Britain in 1815. Area: about 8500 sq km (3300 sq miles) Aruba an island in the Caribbean, off the NW coast of Venezuela, a dependency of the Netherlands with special status part of the Netherlands Antilles until 1986. Area: 427 sq km (165 sq miles) Aru or Arru a group of islands in Indonesia, in the SW Moluccas. Area: 46 sq km (18 sq miles) Arran an island off the SW coast of Scotland, in the Firth of Clyde. Area: 279 sq km (108 sq miles) Antilles main island group of the West Indies, including all but the Bahamas Antipodes New Zealand and Australia Aran a group of three islands in the Atlantic, off the W coast of the Republic of Ireland: Aranmore or Inishmore (the largest), Inishmaan, and Inisheer. ![]() Area: 7881 sq km (3043 sq miles) Antigua an island in the Caribbean, one of the Leeward Islands: a British colony, with its dependency Barbuda, until 1967, when it became a British associated state it became independent in 1981 as part of the state of Antigua and Barbuda. Area: 90 sq km (35 sq miles) Anticosti an island of E Canada, in the Gulf of St Lawrence part of Quebec. Area: 720 sq km (278 sq miles) Anguilla an island in the Caribbean, in the Leeward Islands: part of the British associated state of St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla from 1967 until 1980, when it reverted to the status of a British dependency and is now a UK Overseas Territory. Area: about 311 sq km (120 sq miles) Anglesey an island and county of N Wales, formerly part of Gwynedd (1974–96), separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait. Area: 3710 sq km (1432 sq miles) Andros an island in the Aegean Sea, the northernmost of the Cyclades: long famous for wine. Area: 8140 sq km (3143 sq miles) Andreanof a group of islands in the central Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Pop: 314 804 (2001) Andaman and Nicobar a territory of India, in the E Bay of Bengal, consisting of two groups of over 200 islands suffered badly in the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004. Area: 1000 sq km (386 sq miles) Andaman a group of islands in the E Bay of Bengal, part of the Indian territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Area: 85 sq km (33 sq miles) Alcatraz an island in W California, in San Francisco Bay: a federal prison until 1963 Aldabra an island group in the Indian Ocean: part of the British Indian Ocean Territory (1965–76) now administratively part of the Seychelles Alderney one of the Channel Islands, in the English Channel: separated from the French coast by a dangerous tidal channel (the Race of Alderney) Aleutian a chain of over 150 volcanic islands, extending southwestwards from the Alaska Peninsula between the N Pacific and the Bering Sea Alexander a group of over 1000 islands along the coast of SE Alaska Amboina an island in Indonesia, in the Moluccas. The majority are under Greek administration Aegina an island in the Aegean Sea, in the Saronic Gulf. Area: about 2000 sq km (800 sq miles) Aegean the islands of the Aegean Sea, including the Cyclades, Dodecanese, Euboea, and Sporades. Pop: 2620 (2002) Admiralty a group of about 40 volcanic and coral islands in the SW Pacific, part of Papua New Guinea, in the Bismarck Archipelago: main island: Manus. Achill an island in the Republic of Ireland, off the W coast of Co Mayo.
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