This is a list of island countries. An island is a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water. Many island countries are spread over an archipelago, as is the case with the Federated States of Micronesia and the Philippines (which consists of thousands of islands). Others consist of a single island, such as Nauru, or part of an island, such as Haiti. Although Australia is designated as a continent, it is often referred to as an island, as it has no land borders. Some declared island countries are not universally recognized as politically independent, such as Northern Cyprus. Some states, such as Taiwan, officially claim to hold continental territories but are de facto limited to control over islands.
Andros
Republic of Anguilla
Anjouan
Bruneian Empire
Kingdom of Corsica (1736)
Corsican Republic
Anglo-Corsican Kingdom
Cretan State
Kingdom of Cyprus
Delos
Duchy of the Archipelago
Kingdom of England
Republic of Ezo
Republic of Formosa
Franceville, New Hebrides
Gozo (independent state)
Hawaii
Kingdom of Great Britain
Kingdom of Hawaii
Commonwealth of Iceland
Kingdom of Iceland
Kingdom of Ireland
Irish Free State
Khios
Lesbos
Kingdom of Majorca
Majapahit
Kingdom of Man
Mataram Sultanate
Merina
Milos
Minoans
Mohéli
Republic of the North Solomons
Dominion of Newfoundland (1907–1949), now part of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador of Canada
Pholegandros
Islands of Refreshment
Rhodes
Ryūkyū Kingdom
Sailendra
Samos
Kingdom of Sarawak
Kingdom of Scotland
Kingdom of Sicily
Kingdom of Singapura
Srivijaya
Principality of Trinidad
Tuʻi Tonga Empire
West Indies Federation, split up into Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tobago, Trinidad, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Zakynthos
Cape Breton Island, now part of Nova Scotia, Canada
Danish West Indies, now the United States Virgin Islands
Hong Kong Island (1841–1860), now part of Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China
Labuan, briefly part of British North Borneo, the Straits Settlements and Sabah, now a federal territory of Malaysia
Mayotte, now an overseas department of France
Colony of Newfoundland (1583–1907), covered the island of Newfoundland before 1809. In 1809, part of the Labrador Peninsula was transferred to Newfoundland from Lower Canada. In other words, before 1809, Newfoundland was an island colony. From 1809 onwards, the Colony of Newfoundland and, since 1907, the Dominion of Newfoundland had been an island plus Labrador (an area on the continent of North America).
New Hebrides, now Vanuatu
Prince Edward Island, now a province of Canada
Réunion, now an overseas department of France
Socotra, now part of Yemen
Tasmania, now a state of Australia, shares a land boundary with Victoria (Australia) on Boundary Islet
Vancouver Island, now a part of British Columbia, Canada
The People's Republic of Zanzibar, now a member of the United Republic of Tanzania.
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