ISLANDS

Islands that contain P

17 islands containing the letter P — each with origin, classification, and notes.

Below are islands that contain the letter P anywhere in the name. Each of the 17 islands below opens to a full profile.

Table of contents 17 entries
CapriCyprus (Island)Dauphin IslandElephant Island
GalapagosGuadeloupe (Island)HispaniolaIturup
La PalmaPalawanPenangPhuket
PitcairnPuerto Rico (Island)Rapa NuiSaipan
Yap

List of Islands That Contain P

    1

    Capri

    A small limestone island in the Bay of Naples famed for the luminous Blue Grotto sea cave.

    2

    Cyprus (Island)

    The third-largest Mediterranean island, divided between the Republic of Cyprus and the breakaway Turkish-administered north.

    3

    Dauphin Island

    A narrow barrier island at the mouth of Mobile Bay in Alabama, known for white-sand beaches and a major bird migration stopover.

    4

    Elephant Island

    A bleak, ice-covered island off Antarctica famous as the refuge of Ernest Shackleton's crew after the loss of the Endurance in 1916.

    5

    Galapagos

    A volcanic archipelago in the eastern Pacific famous for the unique wildlife that shaped Darwin's theory of evolution.

    6

    Guadeloupe (Island)

    A French overseas region in the Lesser Antilles formed by two main islands shaped like a butterfly.

    7

    Hispaniola

    Second-largest Caribbean island, shared between Haiti in the west and the Dominican Republic in the east.

    8

    Iturup

    The largest of the disputed Kuril Islands between Russia and Japan, a chain of nine active volcanoes shrouded in fog and forest.

    9

    La Palma

    A volcanically active Canary Island nicknamed La Isla Bonita, with steep rugged terrain and dark-sky reserves.

    10

    Palawan

    A long, narrow Philippine island province in the western archipelago, renowned for limestone karst, hidden lagoons, and biodiversity.

    11

    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.

    12

    Phuket

    Thailand's largest island, a major beach tourism destination at the northern end of the Strait of Malacca.

    13

    Pitcairn

    A remote South Pacific island, the only inhabited member of the Pitcairn Islands group and a British Overseas Territory.

    14

    Puerto Rico (Island)

    An unincorporated United States territory and the smallest of the Greater Antilles, with rugged interior mountains.

    15

    Rapa Nui

    The native Polynesian name for Easter Island, used by its indigenous people and increasingly in official contexts.

    16

    Saipan

    Largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, a United States commonwealth in the western Pacific.

    17

    Yap

    A cluster of four high islands in the Federated States of Micronesia, famous for stone money disks and traditional thatched meeting houses.

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