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The islands of Europe are as diverse geographically as the countries that claim them. From the Greek isles to the British Isles, learn about the geography of Europe's major island groups.
Featured Article: Jersey
Jersey, the largest island of Great Britain's Channel Islands. Jersey is in the English Channel, 14 miles (23 km) southwest of the French coast and 90 miles (145 km) southeast of the English coast. See more »
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Capri
Capri, an Italian island in the Bay of Naples. It has an area of approximately four square miles (10 km2) and is edged by steep cliffs.
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Corfu,(modern Greek: Kérkira,ancient name: Corcyra), a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, about 200 miles (320 km) northwest of Athens.
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Crete (modern Greek: Kriti), a Greek island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It is separated from continental Greece by the Sea of Crete, an arm of the Aegean Sea.
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Elba, an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, about 6 miles (10 km) off the coast of Tuscany and 115 miles (185 km) northwest of Rome.
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Euboea (modern Greek: Éwoia, â'vyä), the largest Greek island after Crete. It is in the Aegean Sea off Greece's east coast, northeast of Athens.
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Gotland, Sweden, the largest island in the Baltic Sea. It lies 50 miles (80 km) east of the mainland.
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Guernsey, the second largest of Britain's Channel Islands (Jersey is larger). It is in the English Channel, 20 miles (32 km) west of the French coast and 75 miles (120 km) south of the English coast.
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Iona, Scotland, an island that was an early center of Christianity. Iona is one of the Inner Hebrides, and has an area of about 3.5 square miles (9 km2).
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Man, Isle of, an island dependency of the United Kingdom. The Isle of Man lies near the middle of the Irish Sea, about equally distant from England, Scotland, and Ireland.
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Jersey, the largest island of Great Britain's Channel Islands. Jersey is in the English Channel, 14 miles (23 km) southwest of the French coast and 90 miles (145 km) southeast of the English coast.
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Lemnos (modern Greek: Límnos), a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. The island's area is 175 square miles (453 km2).
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Lesbos, a Greek island in the Aegean Sea off the western coast of Asia Minor. It was settled in ancient times by Aeolian Greeks, and by 700 B.C.
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Pátmos, a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. It is one of the Dodecanese Islands, and has a land area of about 20 square miles (52 km2).
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Rhodes (modern Greek: Ródhos), a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, 12 miles (19 km) off the coast of Asiatic Turkey.
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Samos, a Greek island of the Sporades group in the Aegean Sea just off the coast of Turkey.
See more »Sardinia
Sardinia,(Italian:Sardegna), a political division of Italy and the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Sicily, (Italian:Sicilia), the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Politically, it is part of Italy.
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Stromboli, an active volcano and small island in the Lipari, or Aeolian, group off the coast of Sicily.
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Åland Islands, (Finnish: Ahvenanmaa,), a group of about 6,500 rocky islands and islets making up a province of Finland.
See more »The Azores
Azores,(Portuguese: Açores), a group of nine islands and numerous rocky islets in the North Atlantic Ocean, some 850 miles (1,370 km) west of the Portuguese coast.
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