Island, any area of land smaller than a continent and entirely surrounded by water. Islands may occur in oceans, seas, lakes, or rivers. A group of islands is called an archipelago. Islands may be classified as either continental or oceanic. Learn more about islands in this article.
Island nations can be part of an island (such as Haiti and the Dominican Republic, which share the island of Hispaniola), one island (such as Madagascar), or many islands (such as the Philippines).
There are six different types of islands based on how they form: 1. Continental Islands. Continental islands were once part of the mainland a long time ago, but due to the shift of the tectonic plates these landmasses separated from the continents, forming islands surrounded by water.
The largest and most populous island country in the Atlantic Ocean is the United Kingdom, which consists of the island of Great Britain and the northern part of Ireland, known as Northern Ireland.
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