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Identify this islands or island chains from their descriptions. Most are countries some however are parts of countries.

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The largest island in the world a possession of DenmarkGreenland
A dependency of the Netherlands near VenezuelaAruba
A Portugese possession in the AtlanticThe Azoros
Part of Spain named after a birdCanary Islands
Large island off the coast of Australia, ___ devilTasmania
Island group part of the US, its 50th stateHawaian Islands
Island country off India formerly called CeylonSri Lanka
Large island in the Meditterean divided between Greece and TurkeyCyprus
Island near Japan major battle was fought in 1945, Mt SarabachiIwo Jima
Island over the coast of France, Napoleon was born thereCorsica
Island where a major nuclear test was done in 1946, named after women's two piece swimsuitBikini
St. John, St. Thomas, St. Croix owned by the US, purchased from DenmarkU.S. Virgin Islands
US possession in the Caribbean captured from SpainPuerto Rico
Island in Northern CanadaBaffin
Island chain that is considered part of Alaska, home of the "Deadliest Catch"Aleutian Islands
Island in the South Atlantic where Napleon was ultimately exiled to, he died thereSt. Helena
Islands that are in dispute between Britain and Argentina in the South AtlanticFalkands/Malvinas
Island which large stone statues in the Pacific, owned by ChileEaster Island
This island nation includes the islands of Java and SumatraIndonesia
These islands were formerly occupied by Japan and seized by Russia after WWIIKurile Islands
Island in the Meditterean part of Greece seized by Germany in World War II by an airborne assaultCrete
This island chain recently caused the international dateline to be moved eastwardSomoa (its neighbor is an American dependency American Somoa)
This Meditterean island held out against continually Axis air attack. It is closer to Africa than Europe. A famous movie was called the ____FalconMalta (Maltese)
This Commonwealth country is in the Atlantic the same latitude as North CarolinaBermuda
This island is the home of Usain Bolt, its capital is KingstonJamaica
This island is due east of Florida and its capital is NassauThe Bahamas
This island is shared by the Dominican Republic and HaitiHispianola
This island is the largest in the CaribbeanCuba
This island is the easternmost of Canada's provinces.Newfoundland
This island nation is the easternmost island in the CaribbeanBarbados
This country is known as the Emerald IsleIreland
This country's main islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and ShikokuJapan
Name the island nations of AfricaMadagascar, Comoros, Seychelles, Mauritiusm Sao Tome and Principe, and Cape Verde
This large island is the southernmost part of ItalySicily
This island in the Pacific was where the planes carrying the atom bombs took off from at the end of World War IITianin
This island off the coast of China is home to the Republic of China and one of its names means butterfly in PortugueseTaiwan (Formosa)
This island was a former Portuguese colony that reverted to Chinese rule and is known for gambling casinosMacau
This major trading area was a former British colony that reverted to Chinese control in 1997Hong Kong
This large island in the Persian Gulf is home to the US naval force in the Gulf it has a Sunni monarchy with a Shia majority. Recent protests were quelled by Saudi ArabiaBahrain
This group of islands off the coast of France are part of the United Kingdom. William the Conquerer used them as a springboard to conquer England. They were the only part of the UK occupied by Germany during the war.The Channel Islands
This island was were Napoleon was first exiled. He escaped after 100 days to FranceElbe
Last major island campaign against the Japanese by the US in World War II. Much of the island today houses US military personnel.Okinawa
Island country where the island of Luzon contains the capital of ManilaPhilippines
Small island chain in the Pacific that is contested over by a number of countries including China, the Philippines, and Vietnam among othersSprately Islands
Greek Island in the Aegean city where this Colossos stoodRhodes
Island that is owned by the UK but is leased to the US as an naval and airbase in the Indian OceanDiego Garcia
Islands seized by Iran from the UAE in the 1970s in the Persian GulfAbu Musa and Greater and Lesser Thumb
Island that Japan received from Russia after the Russo-Japanese War and which the Soviet Union got back after World War IISakhalin
Island in San Francisco Bay which used to house a federal prison, nicknamed the RockAlcatraz
Island that has the NYC suburban counties of Nassau and Suffolk and is attached to Queens and BrooklynLong Island
Island off of MA where both Presidents Clinton and Obama enjoy to vacation with their families.Martha's Vineyard
This island was formally known as Christmas island but based on the book by Daniel Defao about a shipwrecked seaman who had been marooned on that island was renamedRobinson Crusoe Island
This island nation is south of Australia and has its capital at Wellington, named after a German provinceNew Zealand
This large island is off of the west coast of ItalySardenia
Queen Elizabeth II is head of state of this nation of two islands in the northern part of the Leeward group of the Lesser Antilles in the Eastern Caribbean SeaSaint Kitts and Nevis
These islands are in the eastern Caribbean and part of the Windward IslandsSaint Vincent and the Grenadines


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