ISLANDS

Islands that contain Q

7 islands containing the letter Q — each with origin, classification, and notes.

Below are islands that contain the letter Q anywhere in the name. Each of the 7 islands below opens to a full profile.

Table of contents 7 entries
MarquesasMartinique (Island)Qeshm IslandQueimada Grande
QuemoyQuirimbasXiaoliuqiu

List of Islands That Contain Q

    1

    Marquesas

    A volcanic archipelago in French Polynesia, among the most remote island groups on Earth.

    2

    Martinique (Island)

    An overseas region of France in the Lesser Antilles, dominated by the active stratovolcano Mount Pelee.

    3

    Qeshm Island

    The largest island in the Persian Gulf, a free-trade zone off the southern coast of Iran with mangrove forests and dramatic salt domes.

    4

    Queimada Grande

    A small Brazilian island off Sao Paulo state, also called Snake Island, infamous for hosting one of the world's densest populations of pit vipers.

    5

    Quemoy

    A small Taiwanese island only a few kilometers off the coast of mainland China, a Cold War flashpoint and current military garrison.

    6

    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.

    7

    Xiaoliuqiu

    A small coral island off the southwest coast of Taiwan, the only coral island among Taiwan's outlying islands, famed for sea turtle encounters.

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