ISLANDS

Islands that end with D

57 islands ending with the letter D — each with origin, classification, and notes.

List of Islands That End With D

    1

    Aruba (Island)

    A small flat island in the southern Caribbean, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

    2

    Baffin Island

    The largest island of Canada and the fifth-largest in the world, a mountainous Arctic landmass in Nunavut with fjords, glaciers, and Inuit hamlets.

    3

    Bahamas (Island)

    An archipelago of about 700 islands and 2,400 cays stretching across the western North Atlantic.

    4

    Barbados (Island)

    The easternmost island of the Caribbean, formed from uplifted coral on a tectonic accretionary prism.

    5

    Bermuda (Island)

    A British Overseas Territory of about 180 islands in the North Atlantic, sitting on an extinct volcanic seamount.

    6

    Christmas Island

    An Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean known for its annual mass migration of red crabs.

    7

    Corsica (Island)

    A French Mediterranean island with mountainous interior, north of Sardinia and southeast of mainland France.

    8

    Crete (Island)

    The largest and most populous Greek island, anchoring the southern Aegean Sea.

    9

    Cuba (Island)

    The largest island in the Caribbean, anchoring the Greater Antilles and the Cuban archipelago.

    10

    Curacao (Island)

    The largest of the ABC Islands in the southern Caribbean and a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

    11

    Cyprus (Island)

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

    12

    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.

    13

    Devon Island

    The largest uninhabited island on Earth, a frigid Arctic landmass in Nunavut whose Mars-like terrain hosts NASA analog research stations.

    14

    Dominica (Island)

    A mountainous volcanic island of the Lesser Antilles known as the Nature Isle for its rainforests and rivers.

    15

    Easter Island

    Remote volcanic Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific famous for its nearly 1,000 monumental moai statues.

    16

    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.

    17

    Ellesmere Island

    The northernmost island of Canada and the world's tenth-largest island, an ice-capped High Arctic landmass with fjords, ice shelves, and muskoxen.

    18

    Fiji (Island)

    An archipelago of more than 330 islands in Melanesia, of which roughly 110 are permanently inhabited.

    19

    Greenland

    The world's largest island, an autonomous territory of Denmark covered overwhelmingly by an ice sheet.

    20

    Grenada (Island)

    The main island of the Grenada nation, a Lesser Antilles volcanic island known as the Spice Isle.

    21

    Guadeloupe (Island)

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

    22

    Guam (Island)

    The southernmost and largest island in the Mariana archipelago, an unincorporated territory of the United States.

    23

    Hawaii (Island)

    The largest of the Hawaiian Islands, dominated by two active volcanoes and known as the Big Island.

    24

    Iceland (Island)

    A Nordic island nation on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, shaped by glaciers and active volcanism in nearly equal measure.

    25

    Jamaica (Island)

    Third-largest island of the Greater Antilles, lying south of Cuba and west of Hispaniola.

    26

    Long Island

    An island east of New York City, the longest and largest island in the contiguous United States.

    27

    Madagascar (Island)

    The world's fourth-largest island, off the southeastern coast of Africa, a biological wonderland where lemurs and 80 percent of plant species are endemic.

    28

    Madeira (Island)

    The largest and most populous island of the Portuguese Madeira archipelago, known for steep coasts and laurel forests.

    29

    Malta (Island)

    The largest of the three inhabited islands of the Maltese archipelago in the central Mediterranean.

    30

    Martinique (Island)

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

    31

    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.

    32

    New Caledonia (Island)

    A Melanesian archipelago of France with a long main island, Grande Terre, surrounded by the world's second-largest barrier reef.

    33

    Newfoundland

    A large island off the east coast of Canada, the bigger and more populous part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

    34

    Oland

    Sweden's second-largest island, a long thin landmass in the Baltic Sea linked to the mainland by the country's longest bridge.

    35

    Puerto Rico (Island)

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

    36

    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.

    37

    Saint Lucia (Island)

    A mountainous volcanic island in the eastern Caribbean known for the twin Piton spires on its west coast.

    38

    Samoa (Island)

    The Samoan archipelago of volcanic islands in the South Pacific, divided between independent Samoa and American Samoa.

    39

    Sardinia (Island)

    The second-largest island in the Mediterranean and an autonomous region of Italy, with rugged interior highlands.

    40

    Sicily (Island)

    The largest island in the Mediterranean and an autonomous region of Italy, dominated by the active Mount Etna.

    41

    Sri Lanka (Island)

    A teardrop-shaped island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern tip of India, known for tea, ancient Buddhist sites, and biodiversity hotspots.

    42

    Staten Island

    The southernmost and least densely populated borough of New York City, lying southwest of Manhattan.

    43

    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.

    44

    Tonga (Island)

    A South Pacific archipelago of more than 170 islands forming the constitutional kingdom of Tonga.

    45

    Trinidad (Island)

    The larger of the two main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, lying just off the northeast coast of Venezuela.

    46

    Vancouver Island

    A large rugged island off the southwest coast of Canada, home to the British Columbia capital Victoria and ancient temperate rainforest.

    47

    Vanuatu (Island)

    A Y-shaped Melanesian archipelago of about 80 volcanic islands in the South Pacific.

    48

    Victoria Island

    A massive island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the eighth-largest island in the world, split between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.

    49

    Vis (Island)

    A small Croatian island in the central Adriatic, the farthest inhabited Croatian island from the mainland and a former Yugoslav military zone.

    50

    Visby Island

    The harbor city of Visby on the Swedish Baltic island of Gotland, a medieval Hanseatic town within preserved stone walls.

    51

    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.

    52

    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.

    53

    Wrangel Island

    A remote Russian Arctic island in the Chukchi Sea, a UNESCO-listed refuge where woolly mammoths survived until 1700 BCE.

    54

    Xiamen Island

    A subtropical Chinese island in Fujian province linked to the mainland by causeways, home to the major port and special economic zone of Xiamen.

    55

    Xochimilco Island

    A network of canal-fed chinampa islands in southern Mexico City, originally cultivated by the Aztecs and now a UNESCO World Heritage site.

    56

    Yas Island

    A largely manmade leisure and entertainment island in Abu Dhabi, home to a Formula 1 circuit, Ferrari World, and Warner Bros. World.

    57

    Zealand

    The most populous Danish island, home to Copenhagen and connected to Sweden by the Oresund Bridge.

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