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The World Island Map of the "Heartland Theory", as published by Mackinder in 1904. According to Mackinder, Earth's land surface was divisible into: The World Island, comprising the interlinked continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe (Afro-Eurasia). This was the largest, most populous, and richest of all possible land combinations.
Dymaxion world map with continental landmasses (I,II,III,IV) and largest islands (1–30) roughly to scale. This list of islands by area includes all islands in the world larger than 2,500 km 2 (970 sq mi) and most of the islands over 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi), sorted in descending order by area.
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 km 2), and by total number of islands (17,504 islands). It is also the world's most populous island country, with a population of over 270 million (the fourth most populous ...
Iwo Jima is unusually flat and featureless for a volcanic island. Suribachi is the only obvious volcanic feature, as the island is only the resurgent dome (raised centre) of a larger submerged volcanic caldera surrounding the island. The island forms part of the Kazan-retto islands Important Bird Area (IBA), designated by BirdLife International.
This list includes islands that are more than 500 kilometres (310 mi) away from another point of land. Notable omissions. One such omission on this list is Tristan da Cunha. While it is usually regarded as one of the most remote islands on Earth the island is actually only 320 kilometres (200 mi) from Gough Island. The island is instead known ...
The number of sea islands in the world is estimated to be more than 200,000. The total area of the world's sea islands is approx. 9,963,000 km 2, which is similar to the area of Canada and accounts for roughly 1/15 (or 6.7%) of the total land area of Earth.
Mercator 1569 world map ( Nova et Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium Emendate Accommodata) showing latitudes 66°S to 80°N. The Mercator projection ( / mərˈkeɪtər /) is a conformal cylindrical map projection presented by Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569.
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