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Galapagos
A volcanic archipelago in the eastern Pacific famous for the unique wildlife that shaped Darwin's theory of evolution.
Looking for 9-letter islands? Here are 13 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 9-letter Islands
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Greenland
The world's largest island, an autonomous territory of Denmark covered overwhelmingly by an ice sheet.
3
Isle of Man
A self-governing British Crown dependency in the Irish Sea known for its Tynwald parliament, motorcycle TT races, and Manx cat.
4
Lanzarote
The easternmost of the main Canary Islands, shaped by sustained volcanic eruptions in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Manhattan
A narrow island at the mouth of the Hudson River, the most densely populated borough of New York City.
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Marquesas
A volcanic archipelago in French Polynesia, among the most remote island groups on Earth.
7
Quirimbas
A chain of 32 mostly coral islands along the northern coast of Mozambique, protected within a national park renowned for sea life and Swahili ruins.
8
Santorini
A volcanic caldera in the southern Aegean known for cliffside whitewashed villages overlooking a sunken crater.
9
Ulleungdo
A volcanic Korean island in the East Sea, known for towering basalt cliffs, squid fishing, and the only native pumpkin taffy of Korea.
10
Vis (Island)
A small Croatian island in the central Adriatic, the farthest inhabited Croatian island from the mainland and a former Yugoslav military zone.
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Yakushima
A subtropical Japanese island off the southern tip of Kyushu, a UNESCO World Heritage site celebrated for ancient cedar forests.
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Yas Island
A largely manmade leisure and entertainment island in Abu Dhabi, home to a Formula 1 circuit, Ferrari World, and Warner Bros. World.
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Zakynthos
A southern Ionian island of Greece, famed for Navagio shipwreck beach, sea turtles, and the resort coasts of Laganas Bay.
About 9-letter islands
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