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Island ( Korean : 아일랜드) is a 2022–2023 South Korean television series starring Kim Nam-gil, Lee Da-hee, Cha Eun-woo, and Sung Joon. Part 1 of the series aired on TVING from December 30, 2022, to January 13, 2023, [7] and later aired on tvN from February 10 to 25, 2023, every Friday and Saturday at 22:10 ( KST ). [8]
Philippines (1898–1899): annexed as unincorporated, unorganized territories on April 11, 1899, when the Treaty of Paris took effect. Cuba (1898–1902): granted independence on May 20, 1902. Panama Canal (1903–1999): Canal Zone abolished on October 1, 1979, after the signing of the Torrijos–Carter Treaties in 1977.
The largest island, Borneo is shared with Brunei and Indonesia . 1,192 islands in total of 10 atolls; 187 islands are inhabited. 29 atolls and 5 isolated islands. Approximate number within about 50 km (31 mi) of the two main islands; excludes associated states and Antarctic islands.
Many island countries are spread over an archipelago, as is the case with Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines —these countries consist of thousands of islands. Others consist of a single island, such as Barbados, Dominica, and Nauru; a main island and some smaller islands, such as Cuba, Iceland, and Sri Lanka; a part of an island, such as ...
A map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. As an archipelago, the Philippines comprises about 7,641 islands [1] [2] clustered into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Only about 2,000 islands are inhabited, [3] and more than 5,000 are yet to be officially named.
Majority of granitic Seychelles, which were remnants of India splitting from Africa to form Madagascar. Majority of the Great Chagos Bank. Nazareth Bank. Owen Bank, Chagos Arch., submerged atoll. Owen Bank (Seychelles) (not to be confused with Chagos atoll) Saya de Malha, Formerly largest Mascarene Island.
Midway Atoll. / 28.20750°N 177.35000°W / 28.20750; -177.35000. Midway Atoll ( colloquial: Midway Islands; Hawaiian: Kuaihelani, lit. 'the backbone of heaven'; Pihemanu, 'the loud din of birds') [3] [4] is a 2.4 sq mi (6.2 km 2) atoll in the North Pacific Ocean. Midway Atoll is an insular area of the United States and is an unorganized ...
The umbrella term Pacific Islands has taken on several meanings. [1] Sometimes it is used to refer only to the islands defined as lying within Oceania. [2] [3] [4] At other times, it is used to refer to the islands of the Pacific Ocean that were previously colonized by the British, French, Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch, or Japanese, or by the United States.