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Hawaii (Island)
The largest of the Hawaiian Islands, dominated by two active volcanoes and known as the Big Island.
Below are islands that contain the letter W anywhere in the name. Each of the 11 islands below opens to a full profile.
List of Islands That Contain W
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Isle of Wight
A diamond-shaped island off the south coast of England, a popular Victorian-era seaside destination and host of major music festivals.
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New Caledonia (Island)
A Melanesian archipelago of France with a long main island, Grande Terre, surrounded by the world's second-largest barrier reef.
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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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Okinawa
The largest island of the Ryukyu chain in southern Japan, known for coral reefs, U.S. military bases, and its distinct Ryukyuan culture.
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Palawan
A long, narrow Philippine island province in the western archipelago, renowned for limestone karst, hidden lagoons, and biodiversity.
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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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Taiwan (Island)
The main island of the Republic of China, a mountainous landmass off the southeast coast of mainland China and a global semiconductor hub.
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Wake Island
A V-shaped coral atoll in the central Pacific, an unincorporated U.S. territory used as a military airfield with a heroic 1941 defense.
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Whidbey Island
A long island in Puget Sound, Washington, the largest island in the state and home to U.S. Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.
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Wrangel Island
A remote Russian Arctic island in the Chukchi Sea, a UNESCO-listed refuge where woolly mammoths survived until 1700 BCE.
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