قائمة البلدان الجزرية
This is a list of island countries. An island is a landmass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water.[1] Many island countries are spread over an archipelago, as is the case with Indonesia and the Philippines (both countries consist of thousands of islands). Others consist of a single island, such as Barbados or Nauru, or part of an island, such as the Brunei Darussalam or the Dominican Republic.
The list also includes two states in free association with New Zealand, the Cook Islands and Niue, as well as two states with limited diplomatic recognition which have de facto control over territories entirely on the islands, Northern Cyprus and Taiwan.[n 1] In total, 50 island countries and 44 island territories have been included in the lists. Australia is not included as it is considered a continent, although it was historically referred to as an island because of its lack of land borders.[2] Greenland is generally considered as the largest island on Earth and listed among the island territories.
Indonesia is the world's largest island country by area (1,904,569 km2), and by total number of islands (17,504 islands).[3] It is also the world's most populous island country, with a population of over 270 million (the fourth most populous country in the world, after China, India, and the United States).
South America is the only inhabited continent without an island country.[n 2]
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Sovereign states
UN member states and states with limited recognition
Name | ISO code | Geographic configuration | Geologic location | Area (km2)[4] | Population [5] | Population density (per km2) |
Geographical location | Establishment/ Independence |
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UN member states | ||||||||
أنتيگا وبربودا | AG ATG |
Two main islands (Antigua Island and Barbuda Island) | Continental shelf | 442 | 97,120 | 220 | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles | 1981 November 1 |
البهاماز | BS BHS |
Archipelago | Continental shelf | 13,939 | 389,480 | 28 | Atlantic Ocean, Lucayan Archipelago | 1973 July 10 |
البحرين | BH BHR |
Archipelago (centered around Bahrain Island) | Continental shelf | 778 | 1,641,170 | 2,109 | Persian Gulf | 1971 December 10 |
بربادوس | BB BRB |
One island | Continental shelf[n 3] | 430 | 287,020 | 667 | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles | 1966 November 30 |
بروناي | BN BRN |
Part of a larger island (Borneo) | Continental shelf | 5,765 | 433,290 | 75 | Maritime Southeast Asia | 1984 January 1 |
الرأس الأخضر | CV CPV |
Archipelago | Oceanic | 4,033 | 549,930 | 136 | Atlantic Ocean, Macaronesia | 1975 July 5 |
جزر القمر | KM COM |
Archipelago | Oceanic | 1,861 | 850,890 | 457 | Indian Ocean, Africa, Comoros Islands | 1975 July 6 |
كوبا | CU CUB |
One main island, and several smaller islands (Isla de la Juventud, etc.) | Continental shelf | 109,884 | 11,346,346 | 103 | Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles | 1868 October 10 1902 May 20 |
قبرص[n 4] | CY CYP |
Part of a larger island, de jure sovereignty over entire island (Cyprus) | Continental shelf | 9,251 | 888,005 | 96 | Mediterranean Sea | 1960 August 16 |
دومنيكا | DM DMA |
One island | Continental shelf | 754 | 71,810 | 95 | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles | 1978 November 3 |
جمهورية الدومنيكان | DO DOM |
Part of a larger island (Hispaniola), and several smaller islands (Alto Velo, Catalina, Saona, Beata, etc.) | Continental shelf | 48,671 | 10,738,960 | 221 | Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles | 1821 December 1 1844 February 27 |
تيمور الشرقية | TL TLS |
Part of a larger island (Timor) | Oceanic | 14,919 | 1,293,120 | 87 | Maritime Southeast Asia, Lesser Sunda Islands | 2002 May 20 |
فيجي | FJ FJI |
Archipelago | Oceanic | 18,274 | 889,950 | 49 | Pacific Ocean, Melanesia | 1970 October 10 |
گرينادا | GD GRD |
One main island, two dependencies (Carriacou and Petite Martinique) | Continental shelf | 344 | 112,000 | 326 | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles | 1974 February 7 |
هايتي | HT HTI |
Part of a larger island (Hispaniola), and several smaller islands (Gonave, Tortuga, Les Cayemites, etc.) | Continental shelf | 27,750 | 11,743,017 | 423 | Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles | 1804 January 1 |
آيسلندا | IS ISL |
One main island | Oceanic[n 5] | 102,775 | 361,310 | 4 | Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Circle | 1918 December 1 1944 June 17 |
إندونيسيا | ID IDN |
Archipelago, including parts of larger islands (Borneo, New Guinea, Sebatik, and Timor) | Various[n 6] | 1,904,569 | 270,625,570 | 142 | Maritime Southeast Asia, Indian and Pacific oceans | 1945 August 17 |
أيرلندا | IE IRL |
Part of a larger island (Ireland), and several smaller islands | Continental shelf | 70,273 | 4,977,400 | 71 | Atlantic Ocean, British Isles | 1916 April 24 1919 January 21 |
جامايكا | JM JAM |
One main island, and several small islands (Port Royal Cays, etc.) | Continental shelf | 10,991 | 2,734,092 | 249 | Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles | 1962 August 6 |
اليابان | JP JPN |
Archipelago (Japanese Archipelago) | Continental shelf | 377,976 | 126,264,930 | 334 | Pacific Ocean, East Asia | 660 BC February 11 [n 7] |
كيريباس | KI KIR |
Archipelago | Oceanic | 811 | 117,610 | 145 | Pacific Ocean, Micronesia | 1979 July 12 |
مدغشقر | MG MDG |
One main island | Continental shelf [n 8] | 587,041 | 26,969,310 | 46 | Indian Ocean, Africa | 1960 June 26 |
المالديڤ | MV MDV |
Archipelago | Oceanic | 298 | 383,976 | 1,289 | Indian Ocean, Laccadive Sea | 1965 July 26 |
مالطا | MT MLT |
Two main islands (Malta Island and Gozo) plus other smaller islands | Continental shelf | 316 | 502,650 | 1,591 | Mediterranean Sea | 1964 September 21 |
جزر مارشال[n 9] | MH MHL |
Archipelago | Oceanic | 181 | 58,790 | 325 | Pacific Ocean, Micronesia | 1979 May 1 |
موريشيوس | MU MUS |
Archipelago | Oceanic | 2,040 | 1,265,710 | 620 | Indian Ocean, Africa, Mascarene Islands | 1968 March 12 |
ميكرونزيا[n 9] | FM FSM |
Archipelago | Oceanic | 702 | 113,810 | 162 | Pacific Ocean, Micronesia | 1979 May 10 |
ناورو | NR NRU |
One island | Oceanic | 21 | 12,580 | 599 | Pacific Ocean, Micronesia | 1968 January 31 |
نيوزيلندا | NZ NZL |
Two main islands (North Island and South Island) plus other smaller islands | Continental shelf [n 10] | 270,467 | 5,125,451 | 19 | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia | 1907 September 26 |
پالاو[n 9] | PW PLW |
Archipelago | Oceanic | 459 | 18,010 | 39 | Pacific Ocean, Micronesia | 1981 January 1 |
پاپوا غينيا الجديدة | PG PNG |
Part of a larger island (New Guinea), and several smaller islands | Continental shelf | 462,840 | 8,776,110 | 19 | Pacific Ocean, Melanesia | 1975 September 16 |
الفلپين | PH PHL |
Archipelago | Continental shelf | 300,000 | 108,116,620 | 360 | Maritime Southeast Asia | 1898 June 12 1946 July 4 |
سانت كيتس ونڤيس | KN KNA |
Two main islands (Saint Kitts Island and Nevis Island) | Continental shelf | 261 | 52,830 | 202 | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles | 1983 September 19 |
سانت لوشيا | LC LCA |
One main island | Continental shelf | 616 | 182,790 | 297 | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles | 1979 February 22 |
سانت ڤنسنت والگرنادينز | VC VCT |
Archipelago | Continental shelf | 389 | 110,590 | 284 | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles | 1979 October 27 |
ساموا | WS WSM |
Archipelago | Oceanic | 2,842 | 197,100 | 69 | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia | 1962 January 1 |
ساو تومه وپرنسيپه | ST STP |
Two main islands (São Tomé Island and Príncipe Island) | Continental shelf | 1,001 | 215,060 | 215 | Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Guinea, Africa | 1975 July 12 |
سيشل | SC SYC |
Archipelago | Various[n 11] | 455 | 97,630 | 215 | Indian Ocean, Africa | 1976 June 29 |
سنغافورة | SG SGP |
One main island, plus other smaller islands | Continental shelf | 728 | 5,703,570 | 7,831 | Maritime Southeast Asia | 1965 August 9 |
جزر سولومون | SB SLB |
Archipelago | Oceanic | 28,400 | 669,820 | 24 | Pacific Ocean, Melanesia | 1978 July 7 |
سريلانكا | LK LKA |
One main island, plus other small islands | Continental shelf | 65,610 | 21,803,000 | 332 | Indian Ocean, South Asia | 1948 February 4 |
تونگا | TO TON |
Archipelago | Oceanic | 748 | 104,490 | 140 | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia | 1970 June 4 |
ترنيداد وتوباگو | TT TTO |
Two main islands (Trinidad Island and Tobago Island) plus other smaller islands | Continental shelf | 5,131 | 1,394,970 | 272 | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles | 1962 August 31 |
توڤالو | TV TUV |
Archipelago | Oceanic | 26 | 11,650 | 448 | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia | 1978 October 1 |
المملكة المتحدة[n 12][7][ناقش] | GB or UK GBR |
One main island, part of second island (Ireland), plus several minor islands | Continental shelf | 244,820 | 67,886,004 | 277 | Atlantic Ocean, British Isles | 1707 May 1 |
ڤانواتو | VU VUT |
Archipelago | Oceanic | 12,189 | 299,880 | 25 | Pacific Ocean, Melanesia | 1980 July 30 |
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قبرص الشمالية[n 13] | CY CYP |
Part of a larger island (Cyprus) | Continental shelf | 3,355 | 313,626[8] | 93 | Mediterranean Sea | 1974 July 20 |
تايوان[n 1] | TW TWN |
One main island, and several smaller islands | Continental shelf | 36,193 | 23,603,121 | 652 | Pacific Ocean, East Asia | 1912 January 1 1949 December 7 [n 14] |
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Associated states
Name | ISO code | Geographic configuration | Geologic location | Associated with | Area (km2) | Population | Density (per km2) |
Geographical location |
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جزر كوك[n 15] | CK COK |
Archipelago | Oceanic | New Zealand | 236 | 10,777 | 45.7 | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia |
نيووِيْ[n 15] | NU NIU |
One island | Oceanic | New Zealand | 260 | 1,269 | 4.9 | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia |
Dependencies and other territories
Name | Geographic configuration | Geologic location | Sovereign state | Area (km2) | Population | Density (per km2) |
Geographic location |
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أولاند | Archipelago[n 16] | Continental shelf | فنلندا | 1,580 | 28,355 | 17.9 | Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia |
ساموا الأمريكية[n 17] | Archipelago | Oceanic | الولايات المتحدة | 199 | 54,947 | 276 | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia |
أنگويلا | One main island | Continental shelf | United Kingdom | 91 | 15,423 | 169 | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles |
أروبا | One main island | Continental shelf | هولندا | 180 | 107,635 | 598 | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles |
برمودا | Archipelago | Oceanic | United Kingdom | 53.3 | 62,500 | 1,170 | Atlantic Ocean, North America |
أراضي المحيط الهندي البريطانية | Archipelago | Oceanic | United Kingdom | 60 | 3,000 | 50 | Indian Ocean |
ج. العذراء البريطانية | Archipelago | Continental shelf | United Kingdom | 151 | 31,148 | 206 | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles |
جزر الكاريبي الهولندية | Three main islands | Continental shelf | هولندا | 127 | 21,133 | 166 | Caribbean Sea |
جزر كايمان | Three islands | Continental shelf | United Kingdom | 264 | 52,560 | 199 | Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles |
جزيرة عيد الميلاد | One island | Oceanic | أستراليا | 135 | 1,496 | 11.1 | Indian Ocean, Australasia |
جزر كوكوز | Archipelago | Oceanic | أستراليا | 14 | 596 | 42.6 | Indian Ocean, Australasia |
كوراساو | One main island | Continental shelf | هولندا | 444 | 145,834 | 328 | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles |
جزيرة عيد الفصح | One Island | Oceanic | تشيلي | 163.6 | 6,148 | 37.5 | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia |
جزر فوكلاند | Two main islands | Continental shelf | United Kingdom[n 18] | 12,173 | 3,140 | 0.26 | Atlantic Ocean, South America |
جزر فارو | Archipelago | Continental shelf | Denmark | 1,393 | 49,483 | 35.5 | Atlantic Ocean |
پولينيزيا الفرنسية | Archipelago | Oceanic | فرنسا | 3,827 | 274,512 | 71.7 | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia |
گرينلاند | One main island with archipelagos | Continental shelf | Denmark | 2,166,086 | 57,695 | 0.03 | North America |
گوادلوپ | One main island | Continental Shelf | فرنسا | 1,628 | 405,500 | 250 | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles |
گوام[n 17] | One main island | Oceanic | الولايات المتحدة | 544 | 159,914 | 293 | Pacific Ocean, Micronesia |
قالب:Country data Bailiwick of Guernsey[n 19][9] | Three main islands | Continental shelf | United Kingdom | 78 | 65,849 | 844 | English Channel, Channel Islands |
جزيرة مان[n 19][9] | One main island | Continental shelf | United Kingdom | 572 | 85,421 | 149 | Irish Sea, British Isles |
جرزي[n 19][9] | One main island | Continental shelf | United Kingdom | 116 | 94,949 | 819 | English Channel, Channel Islands |
مكاو | One main island and a peninsula on a river island | Continental shelf | الصين | 32.9 | 680,000 | 20,668 | South China Sea, Pearl River Delta |
مارتينيك | One island | Continental shelf | فرنسا | 1,128 | 403,795 | 360 | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles |
مايوطة | One main island | Oceanic | فرنسا | 374 | 194,000 | 498.5 | Indian Ocean, Africa, Comoros Islands |
مونتسرات | One island | Continental shelf | United Kingdom | 102 | 5,164 | 50.6 | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles |
كاليدونيا الجديدة | One main island | Continental shelf[n 10] | فرنسا | 18,275 | 260,166 | 14.2 | Pacific Ocean, Melanesia |
جزيرة نورفوك | One main island | Continental shelf[n 10] | أستراليا | 36 | 2,182 | 60.6 | Pacific Ocean, Melanesia |
جزر ماريانا الشمالية[n 17] | Archipelago | Oceanic | الولايات المتحدة | 464 | 51,395 | 111 | Pacific Ocean, Micronesia |
جزر پيتكيرن | Archipelago | Oceanic | United Kingdom | 47 | 48 | 1.0 | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia |
پورتو ريكو[n 17] | One main island, archipelago | Continental shelf | الولايات المتحدة | 8,870 | 3,690,923 | 416 | Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles |
ريونيون | One main island | Oceanic | فرنسا | 2,512 | 893,500 | 330 | Indian Ocean, Africa, Mascarene Islands |
سان بارتليمي | One main island | Continental shelf | فرنسا | 21 | 7,332 | 349 | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles |
سانت هيلينا | Three main islands distant from each other | Oceanic | United Kingdom | 308 | 7,728 | 25.1 | Atlantic Ocean |
Saint Martin | Part of a larger island (Saint Martin) | Continental shelf | فرنسا | 54.4 | 30,959 | 569 | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles |
سان پيير وميكلون | Two main islands | Continental shelf | فرنسا | 242 | 5,831 | 24.1 | North America |
سانت مارتن | Part of a larger island (Saint Martin) | Continental shelf | هولندا | 34 | 39,088 | 1,150 | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles |
جورجيا الجنوبية وجزر ساندويتش الجنوبية | Archipelago | Continental shelf | United Kingdom[n 18] | 3,903 | 30 | 0.008 | Atlantic Ocean |
أكروتيري وذكليا | Part of a larger island (Cyprus) | Continental shelf | United Kingdom | 254 | 15,700 | 61.8 | Mediterranean Sea |
سڤالبارد[n 20] | Archipelago | Continental shelf | النرويج | 62,045 | 2,752 | 0.03 | Arctic Ocean |
توكلاو[n 21] | Archipelago | Oceanic | New Zealand | 12 | 1,368 | 114 | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia |
جزر تركس وكايكوس | Archipelago | Continental shelf | United Kingdom | 948 | 46,335 | 48.9 | Atlantic Ocean, Lucayan Archipelago |
الجزر العذراء الأمريكية[n 17] | Archipelago | Continental shelf | الولايات المتحدة | 346 | 105,275 | 304 | Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles |
والس وفوتونا | Three main islands | Oceanic | فرنسا | 264 | 15,289 | 57.9 | Pacific Ocean, Polynesia |
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Former sovereign island nations and primarily island-based countries
Africa
- State of Anjouan (1997-2008)
- Sultanate of Bambao (Ngazidja, 1886–1908)
- Merina Kingdom
- Mohéli (1997-1998)
- Mwali Sultanate
- Sultanate of Ndzuwani
- قالب:Country data Sultanate of Zanzibar
Asia
- East Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Aceh Sultanate
- Aru Kingdom
- Bali Kingdom
- Sultanate of Banjar
- قالب:Country data Banten Sultanate
- Blambangan Kingdom
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Buton Sultanate
- Rajahnate of Butuan
- Sultanate of Cirebon
- Sultanate of Deli
- Demak Sultanate
- Galuh Kingdom
- Sultanate of Gowa
- Janggala
- Kediri Kingdom
- Lanfang Republic
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
- Ma-i
- Majapahit
- Mataram Kingdom
- قالب:Country data Mataram Sultanate
- Maynila
- Melayu Kingdom
- Pagaruyung Kingdom
- جمهورية الفلپين الأولى
- Pontianak Sultanate
- Riau-Lingga Sultanate
- Sultanate of Sambas
- قالب:Country data Raj of Sarawak
- Sultanate of Siak
- Kingdom of Singapura
- Singhasari
- Srivijaya
- Sugbu
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Sunda Kingdom
- Tarumanagara
- Sultanate of Ternate
- Sultanate of Tidore
- South Asia
- قالب:Country data Anuradhapura Kingdom Kingdom of Anuradhapura
- Dominion of Ceylon
- Kingdom of Dambadeniya
- Kingdom of Gampola
- قالب:Country data Jaffna Kingdom Jaffna Kingdom
- قالب:Country data Kingdom of Kandy Kingdom of Kandy
- قالب:Country data Kingdom of Kotte Kingdom of Kotte
- Kingdom of Polonnaruwa
- قالب:Country data Kingdom of Sitawaka Kingdom of Sitawaka
- United Suvadive Republic
- Western Asia
Europe
- Mediterranean Sea
- Archaic Greek city-states
- Kingdom of Corsica (1736)
- Corsican Republic
- Anglo-Corsican Kingdom
- Emirate of Crete
- قالب:Country data Cretan State
- قالب:Country data Kingdom of Cyprus
- Duchy of the Archipelago
- Gozo (independent state)
- Hospitaller Malta
- Hospitaller Rhodes
- Kingdom of Majorca
- Triarchy of Negroponte
- Sardinian Judicati
- Republic of Sassari
- Emirate of Sicily
- مملكة صقلية, (1282-1816) [n 23]
- North Europe/West Europe
- Dál Riata
- Commonwealth of England / قالب:Country data Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
- Kingdom of England
- مملكة بريطانيا العظمى
- Heptarchy (seven kingdoms before the unification of England )
- Kingdom of Mann and the Isles
- Commonwealth of Iceland
- قالب:Country data Kingdom of Iceland
- Gaelic Ireland
- Norman Ireland
- أيرلندا
- Irish Free State[n 24]
- Soviet Republic of Naissaar
- Kingdom of Scotland (Kingdom of Alba before the First War of Scottish Independence)
- Kingdom of Strathclyde
- Principality of Wales
North America
Oceania
Former colonies, possessions, protectorates, and other territories
- Cape Breton Island, now part of Nova Scotia, Canada
- Danish West Indies, now the United States Virgin Islands
- The Territory of Hawaii, now Hawaii, a state of the United States
- Hong Kong Island (1841–1860), now a part of Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China[n 26]
- United States of the Ionian Islands, protectorate of the United Kingdom.
- Septinsular Republic, protectorate in the Ionian Islands under nominal Russo-Ottoman joint sovereignty.
- Labuan, briefly part of British North Borneo, the Straits Settlements and Sabah, now a federal territory of Malaysia
- Mayotte, now an overseas department and region of France
- Colony of Newfoundland (1583–1907) [n 27]
- قالب:Country data New Hebrides New Hebrides, now Vanuatu
- Prince of Wales Island between 1786 and 1800, at that point joined by Province Wellesley (now Seberang Perai). Now as the state of Penang in the Malaysian federation.
- Prince Edward Island, now a province of Canada
- Réunion, now an overseas department and region of France
- قالب:Country data Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, former British overseas territory dissolved in 1983.
- Socotra Archipelago, now a governorate of Yemen
- Tasmania, now a state of Australia, shares a land boundary with Victoria on Boundary Islet
- Vancouver Island, now a part of British Columbia, Canada
- People's Republic of Zanzibar, now a member of the United Republic of Tanzania.
Island countries with man-made fixed links to continents
- البحرين to السعودية via the King Fahd Causeway
- سنغافورة to ماليزيا via the Johor–Singapore Causeway since 1924, with the Tuas Second Link added in 1998
- المملكة المتحدة to فرنسا via the Channel Tunnel
See also
- Archipelagic state
- List of archipelagos
- List of Caribbean island countries by population
- List of countries that border only one other country
- List of divided islands
- List of islands
- List of islands by area
- List of islands by population
- List of islands by population density
- List of Oceanian countries by population
- List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Oceania
- List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Indian Ocean
- Small Island Developing States
- Thalassocracy
Notes
- ^ أ ب Since the conclusion of the Chinese Civil War, the Republic of China (ROC) retains actual rule over the islands of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and other minor islands, all of which are collectively known as the "Free Area" (or Taiwan Area) in contrast to Mainland China being under communist rule, thus making it a de facto island nation, and has become known colloquially as simply "Taiwan" due to the island of Taiwan forming the majority of the ROC-controlled territories; nonetheless, the ROC has not officially renounced its constitutional-defined territories which include areas effectively controlled by the People's Republic of China, Mongolia, Tuva (a Russian republic) etc. If claimed territories were taken into account, the ROC would not be a borderless country, nor a country centred around a major island. The ROC-controlled territories are also claimed by the People's Republic of China. See: Political status of Taiwan, Two Chinas, One-China policy, and Cross-Strait relations.
- ^ Unless Trinidad and Tobago, a Caribbean island country located on the northern portion of the South American continental shelf, is considered a South American country. The Falkland Islands is a South American island territory; whereas Aruba and Curaçao, constituent countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, are located on South American continental shelf as in the case of Trinidad and Tobago.
- ^ A microcontinent on continental crust.
- ^ The northern part of the island of Cyprus is the de facto independent state of Northern Cyprus, which is recognized only by Turkey. In the south of the island are the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, controlled by the United Kingdom.
- ^ The largest oceanic island in the world.
- ^ The western portion of the country is on the continental shelf of Asia while the eastern portion of the country is on the continental shelf of Australia. The central portion of the country consists of oceanic islands in Wallacea.
- ^ In Japanese tradition, 11st of February in 660 B.C. is regarded as the accession date of the first Emperor of Japan in legendary, Emperor Jimmu, marking the establishment of the Yamato dynasty. However, no historical evidence that Jimmu actually existed and his story was largely narrated by Japanese mythology. February 11 was also the day when the Constitution of the Empire of Japan was proclaimed in 1889. See: National Foundation Day
- ^ The largest microcontinent in the world.
- ^ أ ب ت The Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau are states in free association with the United States, under the Compact of Free Association.
- ^ أ ب ت A part of the submerged continent of Zealandia.
- ^ The Granitic Seychelles is a part of the Seychelles microcontinent. The Coralline Seychelles consists of oceanic islands.
- ^ The British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar is a peninsular exclave which shares a land border with Spain and can thus be regarded as a part of continental Europe, with the United Kingdom retaining the full authority for its defence and foreign relations. However, Gibraltar and other BOTs are considered to be dependent territories of the British Crown with varying degrees of self-governance, not parts of the United Kingdom proper nor of any of its four constituent countries.
- ^ In 1983, Northern Cyprus declared independence from Cyprus. Northern Cyprus' sovereignty has been recognized by only one United Nations member state (Turkey). It is not a member state of the United Nations. Most states recognize Cyprus' claim to sovereignty over Northern Cyprus.
- ^ The Republic of China (ROC) was formally established on 1 January 1912 following the Xinhai Revolution, which succeeded the former Qing dynasty's territories on Mainland China, while the islands of Taiwan and Penghu were under Japanese rule at the time. The ROC gained control over the latter after the Surrender of Japan in 1945, but soon lost its control of mainland to the communists due to the Chinese Civil War. The ROC government was relocated to Taipei in 7th December 1949 as its provisional capital. Constitutionally, the ROC on Taiwan still views itself as the continuation of former Chinese republic, with legitimate sovereignty over mainland China despite no actual control. 7th December 1949 is listed as the date of formation of its governing authority fully established on the islands. See: Political status of Taiwan, Retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan, and Four-Stage Theory of the Republic of China.
- ^ أ ب The political status of the Cook Islands and Niue is defined as states in free association with New Zealand. The Cook Islands and Niue are internally self-governing, with New Zealand retaining responsibility for their defence and for some foreign affairs. However, these responsibilities confer New Zealand no rights of control and can only be exercised at the request of the Cook Islands and Niue. See Niue Constitution Act.
- ^ Finland and Sweden share a border over the small island of Märket; however, the property including the lighthouse is owned by the Finnish rather than Åland government.
- ^ أ ب ت ث ج An insular area of the United States. See Territories of the United States.
- ^ أ ب The Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are also claimed by Argentina.
- ^ أ ب ت The Bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey, and the Isle of Man are peculiars of the British Crown and not part of the United Kingdom; foreign relations and defence are provided by the UK.
- ^ Administered by Norway under the Svalbard Treaty.
- ^ Tokelau is a dependent territory of New Zealand.
- ^ By 1910, the Empire of Japan was restricted to the majority of the Japanese archipelago and Taiwan before its official annexation of Korea.
- ^ Before the outbreak of Sicilian Vespers in 1282, the Kingdom of Sicily encompassed both the island of Sicily and south Italy; the war resulted the division of the kingdom into two parts as "Kingdom of Trinacria" (island part), and Kingdom of Naples (mainland part) which still officially called itself "Kingdom of Sicily". The two Sicilian kingdoms had since remained separate until 1816, when they remerged to form the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
- ^ Under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State included all of the island of Ireland but Northern Ireland exercised its option to leave the Irish Free State and rejoin the United Kingdom on 8 December 1922. Therefore, from 6 December 1922 to 8 December 1922, the Irish Free State was a borderless island country.
- ^ Dissolved in 1962 and then divided into Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
- ^ The Crown Colony of Hong Kong covered only Hong Kong Island from 1841 to 1860. Kowloon, south of Boundary Street on the continent, was added in 1860, and extended to include the New Territories in 1898.
- ^ The colony covered the island of Newfoundland before 1809. In 1809, part of the Labrador Peninsula was transferred to Newfoundland from Lower Canada. In other words, before 1809, Newfoundland was an island colony. From 1809 onwards, the Colony of Newfoundland and, since 1907, the Dominion of Newfoundland had been an island plus Labrador (an area on the continent of North America).
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