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Azores Islands
A Portuguese archipelago of nine volcanic islands in the central North Atlantic, near the triple junction of three tectonic plates.
This page lists islands that end with S. 15 islands are detailed below. Each entry below is a doorway into a full profile — not just a name on a list.
List of Islands That End With S
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Cook Islands
A self-governing Polynesian archipelago of 15 islands in free association with New Zealand.
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Faroe Islands
A self-governing archipelago of 18 volcanic islands within the Kingdom of Denmark, midway between Scotland and Iceland.
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Galapagos
A volcanic archipelago in the eastern Pacific famous for the unique wildlife that shaped Darwin's theory of evolution.
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Lesbos
The third-largest Greek island in the northeastern Aegean Sea, separated from Turkey by a narrow strait.
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Marquesas
A volcanic archipelago in French Polynesia, among the most remote island groups on Earth.
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Mykonos
A small Cycladic island in the Aegean Sea known worldwide for its whitewashed villages and resort nightlife.
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Nevis
The smaller of the two islands in the federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, formed by a single conical volcano.
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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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Rhodes
The largest of the Dodecanese islands in the southeastern Aegean, with a medieval old town that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Saint Kitts
The larger and more populous of the two main islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis in the Lesser Antilles.
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Solomon Islands
A Melanesian double chain of six major islands and over 900 smaller ones east of Papua New Guinea.
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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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Xisha Islands
A disputed coral archipelago in the South China Sea, known internationally as the Paracel Islands and administered by China since 1974.
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Zakynthos
A southern Ionian island of Greece, famed for Navagio shipwreck beach, sea turtles, and the resort coasts of Laganas Bay.
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