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South American islands are often remote and scenic and include the rugged coastline of Easter Island and the unique animal and plant life of the Galápagos Islands. Learn more about the islands of South America.

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Marajó Island, an island on the northern coast of Brazil, in Pará state. It covers about 15,000 square miles (39,000 km2) in the Amazon River delta. See more »

Devil's Island

Devil's Island, part of the French overseas department of French Guiana. It is one of the Safety Islands, located about 10 miles (16 km) off the Atlantic coast of South America.

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Easter Island

Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, the eastern-most inhabited island of the Polynesian group in the South Pacific Ocean.

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Marajo Island

Marajó Island, an island on the northern coast of Brazil, in Pará state. It covers about 15,000 square miles (39,000 km2) in the Amazon River delta.

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South Georgia

South Georgia, an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, about 1,200 miles (1,900 km) east of Cape Horn.

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The Galapagos Islands

Archipiélago de Colón), a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. They form a territory of Ecuador.

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The Juan Fernandez Islands

Juan Fernández Islands, a group of three Chilean islands—Robinson Crusoe (formerly Más a Tierra), Alejandro Selkirk, and tiny Santa Clara—in the Pacific Ocean.

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