island - a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by waterAnguilla - a British colony in the West Indies Aran Islands - three small islands belonging to Ireland at the entrance to Galway Bay Cayman Islands - a British colony in the Caribbean northwest of Jamaica; an international banking center Antigua - the largest of the islands comprising Antigua and Barbuda Barbuda - an island in Antigua and Barbuda Redonda - an island in Antigua and Barbuda Bermuda, Bermudas - a group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast; British colony; a popular resort Montserrat - a volcanic island in the Caribbean; in the West Indies Falkland Islands - a group of over 100 islands in the southern Atlantic off the coast of Argentina; a British crown colony Ceylon - an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India Chiloe - the largest Chilean island and the only one to be settled; located off south-central Chile Formosa, Taiwan - an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea Netherlands Antilles - a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles just north of Venezuela that are administered by The Netherlands Aruba - a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles Bonaire - a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles Curacao - a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles Saba - a island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano Cuba - the largest island in the West Indies Guadeloupe - an island territory of France located in the eastern West Indies; tourism is the major industry Culebra - a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico with miles of beautiful beaches Vieques - a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico used for target practice by the United States Navy Jamaica - an island in the West Indies south of Cuba and west of Haiti Virgin Islands - a group of islands in northeastern West Indies (east of Puerto Rico) discovered by Christopher Colombus in 1493; owned by United States and Britain Barbados - easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles north of Venezuela Tobago - island in West Indies Cyprus - an island in the eastern Mediterranean Dominica - a volcanic island in the Windward Islands that was once a stronghold of the Carib Indians Bioko - an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Equatorial Guinea Spitsbergen, Spitzbergen - islands in the Svalbard archipelago east of northern Greenland; belonging to Norway Galapagos, Galapagos Islands - a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life Fiji Islands, Fijis - a group of more than 800 islands (100 inhabited) in the southwestern Pacific; larger islands (Viti Levu and Vanua Levu) are of volcanic origin surrounded by coral reefs; smaller islands are coral |