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Borneo
The world's third-largest island, divided between Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei, covered by some of the oldest rainforest on Earth.
Looking for 6-letter islands? Here are 20 islands that fit — each linked to a full profile.
Letters are counted across the whole name with spaces, hyphens, apostrophes, and diacritics excluded. "Apple Pie" is 8 letters; "Boeuf Bourguignon" is 16.
List of 6-letter Islands
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Djerba
A sun-baked island off the coast of southeastern Tunisia, known for its whitewashed villages, pottery, and ancient Jewish community.
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Hainan
China's southernmost province and largest tropical island, sometimes called the "Hawaii of China" for its beach resorts and warm climate.
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Honshu
The largest and most populous island of Japan, home to Tokyo, Mount Fuji, and roughly 80 percent of the country's population.
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Iturup
The largest of the disputed Kuril Islands between Russia and Japan, a chain of nine active volcanoes shrouded in fog and forest.
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Jersey
The largest of the Channel Islands, a British Crown Dependency lying just 22 km from the Normandy coast of France.
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Kodiak
The largest island of Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago, famed for its giant brown bears and one of the largest U.S. commercial fishing ports.
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Komodo
A rugged Indonesian island in the Lesser Sunda chain, the principal habitat of the Komodo dragon, the world's largest living lizard.
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Kyushu
The third-largest island of Japan, the southwestern home of the country's most active volcanoes, hot springs, and pottery traditions.
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Lesbos
The third-largest Greek island in the northeastern Aegean Sea, separated from Turkey by a narrow strait.
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Lombok
An Indonesian island east of Bali, dominated by Mount Rinjani volcano and a quieter, more rural alternative to its famous neighbor.
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Orkney
An archipelago of about 70 islands off the north coast of Scotland, rich in Neolithic monuments and Norse heritage.
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Penang
A Malaysian state and island in the Strait of Malacca whose capital George Town is a UNESCO-listed colonial port and street-food capital.
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Phuket
Thailand's largest island, a major beach tourism destination at the northern end of the Strait of Malacca.
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Quemoy
A small Taiwanese island only a few kilometers off the coast of mainland China, a Cold War flashpoint and current military garrison.
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Rhodes
The largest of the Dodecanese islands in the southeastern Aegean, with a medieval old town that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Roatan
The largest of Honduras's Bay Islands, a long thin Caribbean island lining the world's second-largest barrier reef.
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Saipan
Largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, a United States commonwealth in the western Pacific.
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Tahiti
Largest island of French Polynesia, formed from two volcanoes and home to the capital Papeete.
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Ushant
A wind-battered French island off the western tip of Brittany, the entrance to the English Channel and a key navigational landmark since antiquity.
About 6-letter islands
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