island
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The A855 road encircles the Trotternish peninsula in the north of the island and a diversion route is now in place.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Army live-fire drill on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
About 4,000 people call the island home year-round.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Up to 1.2 billion people could be displaced by 2050, with Pacific island countries experiencing sea level rise at twice the global average, said the report released in August.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Because your map is exactly like our map and your hero’s island is exactly where our island is.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
In Antigua and Barbuda, a state named after its two main tropical islands, the royals will attend a parade to mark 45 years of independence.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Ronnie Eunson runs Uradale Farm on the west side of the islands and breeds native sheep and cattle which graze on the nearby hills and coastline.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
When he was 15, he spent nearly three months living in Rapa Nui, one of the world’s most remote Polynesian islands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
And building private islands has been a masterstroke.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
To the west, about eighty miles, was Bikini Atoll, a group of small coral islands.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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