island

An island /ˈaɪlənd/ or isle /ˈaɪl/ is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot /ˈaɪ.ət/, ait /ˈeɪt/, or holm. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago, e.g. the Philippines.

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GeoPicture of the week: a mystery spot [FOUND]

Mon, Mar 5, 2012

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I recently received this picture in an email from one of you guys, and while I think this picture is just mind blowing, I didn’t receive any information about where this is located or how it was formed. If you have any tips you can drop, that would be really great! If not… just enjoy [...]

The best single handed invasion attempt ever

Wed, Mar 9, 2011

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Well, it is the best, or the worst attempt ever actually, depends on your point of view. First, a little bit on the background: the attacking force was composed of an unemployed French nuclear physicist, André “mad scientist” Gardes. The defending team was a small island south of Britain named Sark, with a population of [...]

Just in case you didn’t know, there’s a garbage island twice as big as France in the Pacific Ocean

Fri, Jan 22, 2010

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I was surprised to talk to a bunch of people today and find out they didn’t know about this, so I figured this is definitely something worth knowing. Here’s the deal. There’s a whole lot of garbage floating around; a whole lot ! Some are above the surface, some are below. What happens is they [...]

120 million crabs hit the streets

Sat, Jan 9, 2010

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Every year, around this time of year, more than 100 million determined crabs take to the streets in a massive attempt to get to their spawning grounds as soon as possible; as a result, they literally flood the streets in Christmas island, covering the streets and forcing rangers to divert traffic and use some quite [...]

Everything you wanted to know about Easter Island but were too afraid to ask

Wed, Jun 4, 2008

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Geography Easter Island (Rapa Nui in the native Easter Island language) is situated in the southeastern Pacific Ocean – it’s an overseas territory of Chile. It’s the most isolated inhabitated area, and it’s famous for the monumental statues, called moai (pronounced MOE-eye) which have fascinated and baffled people for many, many years; and still, no [...]

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