An Island is also known as Isle. Some small Islands are emerged with the atolls that can be called as islets, skerries, cays or the keys. An Island in a river or lake is called as an eyot or ait. There are so many famous islands around the world for site seeing. But, here we covered Top 10 famous islands in the word only.
Small islands on the coast are called as a holm. There are two main types of the Islands in the sea they are continental and oceanic. There are also artificial islands that are man-made.
Top 10 famous Islands in the world
- Maldives
- Bora Bora
- Santorini
- Bali
- Seychelles
- Palawan
- Lofoten archipelago
- Phi Phi Islands
- Galapagos Islands
- Mallorca
Maldives
- Maldives are an archipelagic state that was located in South Asia.
- Maldives are situated in Indian Ocean.
- Maldives official languages were Dhivehi and English.
- Maldives religion was Sunni Islam (official).
- Maldives ethnic group was Maldivians.
- Maldives demonym was Maldivian.
- Maldives government was unitary presidential constitutional republic.
- Present Maldives president was Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.
- Maldives legislature was People’s Majlis.
- Maldives currency was Maldivian Rufiyaa (MVR), United States dollar (USD, used in Maldivian resort islands).
- Maldives time zone was UTC+5 (Maldives Time).
Bora Bora Island
- Bora Bora was an Island group of the Leeward Islands.
- Bora Bora is an archipelago Society Islands.
- Bora Bora area was 30.55 km (11.80 sq miles).
- Bora Bora highest elevation was 727 meters (2385 feet).
- Bora Bora highest point was Mount Otemanu.
- Bora Bora overseas collectivity was French Polynesia.
- Bora Bora administrative subdivision was Leeward Islands.
- Bora Bora largest settlement was Vaitape.
- Bora Bora population was 10,605 as per 2017.
- Bora Bora is a major international tourist destination famous for its seaside and luxury resorts.
Santorini Island
- Santorini was an Island in the southern Aegean Sea.
- Santorini was located in Greece.
- Santorini population was 1,857 as per 2011.
- Recorded as the site of the largest volcanic eruption in history near the island of Santorini.
- Santorini was the most active volcanic centre in the South Aegean Volcanic Arc.
- Santorini volacnic arc length was 500 km (310 miles).
- Santorini volcanic arc width was 20 km to 40 km (12 miles to 25 miles).
- Santorini Island was first become volcanically active around 3 to 4 million years ago.
Bali Island
- Bali Island was located in the country of Indonesia.
- Bali was established in the year 14th August 1958.
- Denpasar is capital of Bali. It is one of the largest city in the country.
- Bali highest governing body was Bali provincial government.
- Bali highest elevation was 3,031 meters (9,944 feet).
- Bali ethnic groups name was Balinese.
- Bali religion was 86.91% Hinduism.
- Bali languages were Indonesian (official), Balinese (native) and English.
- Bali nominal per capita income was $ 4,119 USD in the year 2019.
- Seychelles Island located at Africa continent.
- Seychelles was an archipelago of 115 Islands in the Indian Ocean.
- Seychelles capital was Victoria.
- Seychelles climate was tropical maritime climate.
- Seychelles ethnic groups were 93% Seychellois Creoles.
- Seychelles religion was 89.2% Christianity, 76.2% Catholicism, 6.1 Anglicanism, 6.9% other Christian, 2.4% Hinduism, 1.6% Islam, 1.1 % others, 0.9% none and 4.8% undeclared.
- Seychelles demonyms was Seychellois, Seychellois and Seselwa (Creole).
- Seychelles government was Unitary Presidential republic.
- Seychelles currency was Seychellois rupee (SCR).
- Palawan Island was located in the country of Philippines.
- Palawan region was Mimaropa.
- Palawan was founded in the year of 1818.
- Palawan capital was Puerto Princesa.
- Palawan present governor was Victorino Dennis M. Socrates.
- Palawan monsoon season was June month to September month.
- Palawan type was Sangguniang, Panlalawigan.
- Palawan island was a stretch between Mindoro Island in the northeast and Borneo in the southwest.
- Palawan length was 450 km.
- Palawan width was 50 km (31 miles).
Lofoten archipelago
- Lofoten was an archipelago in Norway.
- Lofoten nearest major Islands were Austvågøy, Vestvågøy, Flakstad, Moskenesøya, Værøy, Røst.
- Lofoten population was 1,227 km (474 sq miles).
- Lofoten was one of the world’s largest elevated temperature anomalies relative to its high latitude.
- Vestvågøya Island is one of Best Island in the Lofoten archipelago.
- Lofoten length was 20 km (12 miles).
- Lofoten width was 8.5 km (5.28 miles).
- Lofoten has distinctive scenery, dramatic mountains and peaks, open sea and sheltered bays, untouched lands and beaches.
- Phi Phi Islands were located in the country Thailand.
- Phi Phi province was Krabi.
- Phi Phi district was Mueang Krabi.
- Phi Phi total population was 2,500.
- Phi Phi beach was surrounded by limestone cliffs.
- Phi Phi is an Island group in Thailand between the large Island of Phuket and the Straits of Malacca coast of the Thailand.
- Phi Phi islands are largest and most populated island of the group.
- Phi Phi islands was reachable by speedboat or long-tail boats most often from Krabi town.
- Galapagos was located in Pacific Ocean.
- Galapagos total Islands were 21.
- Galapagos major islands were 18.
- Galapagos highest elevation was 1,707 meters (5600 feet).
- Galapagos highest point was Volcán Wolf.
- Galapagos Islands province was Galapagos.
- Galapagos capital city was Puerto, Baquerizo and Moreno.
- Galapagos Islands type was natural.
- Galapagos population was 25,000 as per 2010.
- Galapagos region was Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Some of the Galapagos Islands became extinct from 2007 to 2010.
- Galapagos Islands first recorded visit to the islands happened in the year 1535.
Mallorca Island
- Mallorca was located in Mediterranean, in the country of Spain.
- Mallorca was an archipelago in Balearic Islands.
- Mallorca total islands were 5.
- Mallorca major islands were Balearic Islands.
- Mallorca area was 3,640.11 km (1,505.45 sq miles).
- Mallorca highest elevation was 1,436 miles (4711 feet).
- Mallorca highest point was Puig Major.
- Mallorca province was Palma.
- Mallorca Island largest city was Palma.
- Mallorca demonym was Majorcan.
- Mallorca was an autonomous community of the Balearic Islands.
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