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Aitutaki
A triangular Polynesian atoll in the Cook Islands group, ringed by a turquoise lagoon and 15 motu islets.
Below are islands that contain the letter U anywhere in the name. Each of the 45 islands below opens to a full profile.
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List of Islands That Contain U
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Antigua
The larger of the two main islands of Antigua and Barbuda, a Lesser Antilles country in the eastern Caribbean.
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Aruba (Island)
A small flat island in the southern Caribbean, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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Bermuda (Island)
A British Overseas Territory of about 180 islands in the North Atlantic, sitting on an extinct volcanic seamount.
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Cuba (Island)
The largest island in the Caribbean, anchoring the Greater Antilles and the Cuban archipelago.
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Curacao (Island)
The largest of the ABC Islands in the southern Caribbean and a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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Cyprus (Island)
The third-largest Mediterranean island, divided between the Republic of Cyprus and the breakaway Turkish-administered north.
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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.
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Fuerteventura
The second-largest of the Canary Islands and the closest to the African mainland, known for long sandy beaches.
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Guadeloupe (Island)
A French overseas region in the Lesser Antilles formed by two main islands shaped like a butterfly.
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Guam (Island)
The southernmost and largest island in the Mariana archipelago, an unincorporated territory of the United States.
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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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Jeju
A volcanic island off the southern coast of Korea, a popular honeymoon destination centered on the shield volcano Hallasan.
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Kauai
Oldest and northernmost of the main Hawaiian Islands, nicknamed the Garden Isle for its lush vegetation.
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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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Marquesas
A volcanic archipelago in French Polynesia, among the most remote island groups on Earth.
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Martinique (Island)
An overseas region of France in the Lesser Antilles, dominated by the active stratovolcano Mount Pelee.
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Maui
Second-largest Hawaiian island, formed by two volcanoes joined by an isthmus, known as the Valley Isle.
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Mauritius (Island)
A volcanic island east of Madagascar, a multicultural Indian Ocean republic famed for coral lagoons and as the former home of the extinct dodo.
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Newfoundland
A large island off the east coast of Canada, the bigger and more populous part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Niue
One of the world's largest raised coral atolls, a self-governing island state in free association with New Zealand.
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Oahu
Third-largest Hawaiian island and home to Honolulu, holding the majority of the state's population.
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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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Puerto Rico (Island)
An unincorporated United States territory and the smallest of the Greater Antilles, with rugged interior mountains.
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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.
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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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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.
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Rapa Nui
The native Polynesian name for Easter Island, used by its indigenous people and increasingly in official contexts.
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Reunion
A volcanic French overseas department in the western Indian Ocean, home to one of the world's most active volcanoes and a UNESCO-listed mountainous interior.
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Saint Lucia (Island)
A mountainous volcanic island in the eastern Caribbean known for the twin Piton spires on its west coast.
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Shikoku
The smallest of the four main islands of Japan, famous for its 88-temple Buddhist pilgrimage route circling the island.
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Sulawesi
A distinctively K-shaped Indonesian island with four peninsulas, world-class diving, and the elaborate funeral traditions of the Toraja people.
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Sumatra
The sixth-largest island in the world, the westernmost of Indonesia's Greater Sundas, defined by volcanoes, rainforest, and Lake Toba.
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Tuamotus
The world's largest chain of coral atolls, spanning roughly 1,500 km of the South Pacific in French Polynesia.
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Uist
A chain of inhabited Hebridean islands in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, known for white-sand beaches, Gaelic culture, and machair grasslands.
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Ulleungdo
A volcanic Korean island in the East Sea, known for towering basalt cliffs, squid fishing, and the only native pumpkin taffy of Korea.
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Unalaska
A volcanic island in the eastern Aleutian chain of Alaska, home to Dutch Harbor, one of the busiest commercial fishing ports in the United States.
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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.
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Utila
The smallest and easternmost of Honduras's main Bay Islands, a budget diving hub at the southern end of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef.
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Vancouver Island
A large rugged island off the southwest coast of Canada, home to the British Columbia capital Victoria and ancient temperate rainforest.
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Vanuatu (Island)
A Y-shaped Melanesian archipelago of about 80 volcanic islands in the South Pacific.
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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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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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Yonaguni
The westernmost inhabited island of Japan, lying close to Taiwan, known for hammerhead shark dives and a mysterious underwater rock formation.
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