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EU-167R.jpgEU-167 Portugal Baixo Alentejo Province group41 viewsPessegueiro Island (Portuguese: Ilha do Pessegueiro), literally island of the Peachtree, is a small island/islet located along the southwest coast of the civil parish of Porto Covo in the municipality of Sines. The island and the adjacent coast are part of Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park, but Pessegueiro island is also notable for the 15th-16th century fort located at its centre and Roman ruins along the coast.
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EU-172R.jpgEU-172 Denmark Jylland East and Fyn group41 viewsÆrø is a narrow Danish island in the Baltic Sea. Ærø measures roughly 20 km from northwest to southeast and varies in width from around 4 to 8 km. There are three small towns on the island: the largest is Marstal with a population of 2,266. Ærøskøbing has 925 inhabitants and Søby 496. Fourteen villages and a number of farms complete the island's pattern of settlement.
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EU-175.jpgEU-175 Central Azores group41 viewsTerceira is an volcanic island in the Azores archipelago, in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. It is one of the larger islands of the archipelago, with a population of 56,000 inhabitants in an area of approximately 396.75 square kilometres.
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eu-028r.jpgEU-028 Italy Toscana (Tuscany) Region group40 viewsIsola del Giglio; English: Giglio Island is an Italian island and comune situated in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the coast of Tuscany, and is part of the Province of Grosseto. The island is one of seven that form the Tuscan Archipelago, lying within the Arcipelago Toscano National Park. In 2012, the cruise ship Costa Concordia foundered off the coast of the island.
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eu-032.jpgEU-032 France Poitou-Charentes Region group40 viewsÃŽle-d'Aix is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department off the west coast of France. It occupies the territory of small island of ÃŽle d'Aix in the Atlantic. It is a popular place for tourist day-trips during the summer months.
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eu-033.jpgEU-033 Norway Vesteralen Islands / Troms County South group40 viewsVesterålen is a district and archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. It is located just north of the Lofoten district and archipelago and west of the town of Harstad. It is the northernmost part of Nordland county, including the municipalities of Andøy, Bø, Hadsel, Sortland, and Øksnes
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eu-035.jpgEU-035 Russia Novaya Zemlya40 viewsNovaya Zemlya is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean in northern Russia and the extreme northeast of Europe, the easternmost point of Europe lying at Cape Flissingsky on the Northern island. West of Novaya Zemlya is the Barents Sea, and to the east is the Kara Sea. Novaya Zemlya is composed of two main islands, the northern Severny Island and the southern Yuzhny Island.
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eu-038.jpgEU-038 Netherlands Noord Holland / Friesland / Groningen Province group40 viewsTexel is a municipality and an island with a population of 13,641 in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. It is the largest and most populated island of the West Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea. The island is situated north of Den Helder, northeast of Noorderhaaks, also known as "Razende Bol" and southwest of Vlieland.
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eu-039.jpgEU-039 France Chausey Islands40 viewsChausey is a group of small islands, islets and rocks off the coast of Normandy, in the English Channel. It lies 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Granville and forms a quarter of the Granville commune in the Manche département. Chausey forms part of the Channel Islands from a geographical point of view, but, because it is under French jurisdiction, it is almost never mentioned in the context of the other Channel Islands.
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eu-040.jpgEU-040 Portugal Estremadura Province group40 viewsThe Berlengas archipelago is a group of small islands 10 to 15 kilometres (6.2–9.3 miles) off the Portuguese coast, west of the town of Peniche in Oeste region. These islands were traditionally known to British mariners as "the Burlings". The only habitable island is the largest island, Berlenga Grande, although there is no permanent habitation there at present. The other islands are grouped into two groups of islets, the Estelas Islets and the Farilhões-Forcados Islets.
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eu-040r.jpgEU-040 Portugal Estremadura Province group40 viewsThe Berlengas archipelago is a group of small islands 10 to 15 kilometres (6.2–9.3 miles) off the Portuguese coast, west of the town of Peniche in Oeste region. These islands were traditionally known to British mariners as "the Burlings". The only habitable island is the largest island, Berlenga Grande, although there is no permanent habitation there at present. The other islands are grouped into two groups of islets, the Estelas Islets and the Farilhões-Forcados Islets.
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eu-041.jpgEU-041 Italy Maddalena Archipelago40 viewsThe 'Maddalena Archipelago' is a group of islands in the Strait of Bonifacio between Corsica (France) and north-eastern Sardinia (Italy). The whole archipelago makes the territory of the La Maddalena comune. The archipelago consists of seven main islands and numerous small islets
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eu-042r.jpgEU-042 Germany Schleswig-Holstein State North West group40 viewsPellworm is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland,in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The municipality is located on the island of Pellworm – one of the North Frisian Islands on the North Sea coast of Germany. Its area is 37 km², and its population is roughly 1,200.
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eu-043.jpgEU-043 Sweden Goteborg och Bohus / Halland County group40 viewsNidengen Island is is southwest of Onsala near Kungsbacka in Halland, Sweden. The island is home to Swedens first lighthouse and a few cabins are available for holiday stays
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eu-044.jpgEU-044 Norway Finnmark County West group40 viewsKvaløya is an island in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. At 737 square kilometres (285 sq mi), it is the fifth largest island in mainland Norway. It is connected to the neighboring island of Tromsøya to the east by the Sandnessund Bridge, to the island of Ringvassøya to the north by the sub-sea Kvalsund Tunnel, to the small island of Sommarøya to the west by the Sommarøy Bridge, and to the mainland to the south by the Rya Tunnel.
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eu-045.jpgEU-045 Italy Lazio Region group40 viewsThe Pontine Islands are an archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the west coast of Italy. The islands were collectively named after the largest island in the group, Ponza. The other islands in the archipelago are Palmarola, Zannone, and Gavi to the northwest, Ventotene and Santo Stefano to the southeast.
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EU-055.jpgEU-055 Norway Sogn og Fjordane / Hordaland / Rogaland County group40 viewsBorøya or Borøy is an island in Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The 3.4-square-kilometre island lies along the Oksefjorden between the islands of Sandøya and Tverrdalsøya. Some of the villages on the island include Sandvika, Borøkilen, Utgårdstrand, and Snarsund.
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EU-056.jpgEU-056 Norway More og Romsdal County Centre group40 viewsIn Haram, Norway you will find the Nordøyane islands. Strung out like pearls on a string, the four islands of Løvsøy, Haramsøy, Flemsøy and Fjørtoft sit just off the coast
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EU-058R.jpgEU-058 France Provence-Cote d'Azur (Alpes Maritimes) Region group40 viewsThe Lérins Islands are a group of four Mediterranean islands off the French Riviera, in Cannes. The two largest islands in this group are the Île Sainte-Marguerite and the Île Saint-Honorat. The smaller Îlot Saint-Ferréol and Îlot de la Tradelière are uninhabited. Administratively, the islands belong to the commune of Cannes.
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EU-059.jpgEU-059 Scotland St Kilda Island40 viewsSt Kilda is an isolated archipelago situated 64 kilometres (40 mi) west-northwest of North Uist, in the North Atlantic Ocean. It contains the westernmost islands of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The largest island is Hirta, whose sea cliffs are the highest in the United Kingdom. Three other islands (Dùn, Soay and Boreray) were also used for grazing and seabird hunting. The islands are administratively a part of the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar local authority area
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EU-067R.jpgEU-067 Greece Kyklades (Cyclades)40 viewsThe Cyclades (Greek: Κυκλάδες Kykládes) are Greek islands located in the southern part of the Aegean Sea. The archipelago contains some 2,200 islands, islets and rocks; just 33 islands are inhabited.
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EU-068R.jpgEU-068 France Bretagne (Finistere South West) Region group40 viewsThe Île de Sein is a French island in the Atlantic Ocean, off Finistère, eight kilometres from the Pointe du Raz (raz meaning "water current"), from which it is separated by the Raz de Sein. Its Breton name is Enez Sun. The island, with its neighbouring islets, forms the commune of Île-de-Sein in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Île-de-Sein are called in French Sénans.
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EU-071R.jpgEU-071 Iceland Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands)40 viewsVestmannaeyjar (Western Islands) is an archipelago off Iceland’s south coast, formed by underwater volcanic eruptions. The youngest island, Surtsey, was formed in 1963. Heimaey is the largest and only inhabited island. It has 2 volcanoes, Helgafell and Eldfell.
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EU-078.jpgEU-078 Spain Gerona Province group40 viewsThe Illes Medes is a small and craggy group of seven islets in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Administratively, the Medes Archipelago belongs to the Baix Empordà comarca, Catalonia, Spain. The islands are located close to the shore, east of the coastal town of L'Estartit
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EU-080.jpgEU-080 Spain Pontevedra Province group40 viewsThe Ons Island is the main island of a small archipelago in the coast of Pontevedra in Galicia, Spain. Ons belongs administratively to the municipality of Bueu, which has a regular ferry boat connection to the island, as have the mainland towns of Portonovo, Sanxenxo, MarÃn and Aldán
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EU-083.jpgEU-083 Italy Liguria Region group40 viewsTino is an Italian island situated in the Ligurian Sea, at the westernmost end of the Gulf of La Spezia. It is part of an archipelago of three closely spaced islands jutting out south from the mainland at Portovenere. The largest of the three, Palmaria, lies to the north and the tiny Tinetto to the south
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EU-087.jpgEU-087 Sweden Vasternorrland County group40 viewsAlnö ("the aln-ey") is an island in the Gulf of Bothnia just outside Sundsvall in Medelpad, Sweden. It has an area of 67.79 km2 and a permanent population of 8,298. The island is 15 km long and 6 km wide on the widest spot. It is connected to the mainland by a 1,042-meter-long (3,419 ft) bridge, which was the longest bridge in Sweden when it was opened in 1964.
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EU-091.jpgEU-091 Italy Puglia (Lecce / Brindisi / Bari) Region group40 viewsSant'Andrea Island (Italian: Isola di Sant'Andrea) is a small island near Gallipoli in the Ionian Sea.
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EU-092.jpgEU-092 Scotland Summer Isles 40 viewsThe Summer Isles (Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan Samhraidh, pronounced [nə ˈhelanən ˈs̪ãũɾɪ] (About this soundlisten)) are an archipelago lying in the mouth of Loch Broom, in the Highland region of Scotland.
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EU-097.jpgEU-097 Finland Etela-Suomi (Uusimaa) Province group40 viewsEmäsalo (Swedish Emsalö) is an island and a village in the city of Porvoo in Southern Finland. The population is approximately 400, but during summer many people come to spend their holidays at their summer cottages on the island. The majority of the population are Swedish-speaking Finns. The island has had a bridge connected to the Finland mainland since 1992.
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EU-114R.jpgEU-114 Guernsey group40 viewsGuernsey is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy. It lies roughly north of Saint-Malo and to the west of Jersey and the Cotentin Peninsula. With several smaller nearby islands, it forms a jurisdiction within the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. The jurisdiction is made up of ten parishes on the island of Guernsey, three other inhabited islands (Herm, Jethou and Lihou), and many small islets and rocks.
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EU-125R.jpgEU-125 Denmark Jylland West group40 viewsFanø is a Danish island in the North Sea off the coast of southwestern Denmark, and is the very northernmost of the Danish Wadden Sea Islands. Fanø municipality is the municipality that covers the island and its seat is the town of Nordby
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EU-126.jpgEU-126 Finland Lappi Province group40 viewsKuljunkari Island lies in the Bothnian Bay in northern Finland. If an island is defined as an area of land more than 20 square metres (220 sq ft) that is surrounded by water, the Bay of Bothnia has 4,001 islands. Many of the islands are uninhabited and in a natural state. In the winter the larger islands may be accessed via ice roads. Some of them are inhabited or have seasonal fishing villages used by people from the mainland
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EU-141.jpgEU-141 Norway Finnmark County East group40 viewsVardo is an island in Finnmark county in the extreme northeastern part of Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is also the town of Vardø. The island is connected to the mainland via the undersea Vardø Tunnel (Norway's first such structure).
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EU-142.jpgEU-142 Spain Oviedo / Santander Province group40 viewsMouro Island, originally Mogro Island, is a small uninhabited island in the Bay of Biscay, located off the Magdalena Peninsula. It lies close to the entrance to the Bay of Santander near the city of Santander, Cantabria along the north coast of Spain
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EU-146R.jpgEU-146 Netherlands Zuid Holland / Zeeland Province group40 viewsGoeree-Overflakkee is the southernmost delta island of the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is separated from Voorne-Putten and Hoeksche Waard by the Haringvliet, from the mainland of North Brabant by the Volkerak, and from Schouwen-Duiveland by Lake Grevelingen.
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EU-171.jpgEU-171 Denmark Jylland North group40 viewsThe North Jutlandic Island is in the northernmost part of Denmark and of Jutland. The area was not surrounded by water until a storm in February 1825, which caused a connection between the North Sea and the fjord Limfjorden.
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EU-172.jpgEU-172 Denmark Jylland East and Fyn group40 viewsÆrø is a narrow Danish island in the Baltic Sea. Ærø measures roughly 20 km from northwest to southeast and varies in width from around 4 to 8 km. There are three small towns on the island: the largest is Marstal with a population of 2,266. Ærøskøbing has 925 inhabitants and Søby 496. Fourteen villages and a number of farms complete the island's pattern of settlement.
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eu-039r.jpgEU-039 France Chausey Islands39 viewsChausey is a group of small islands, islets and rocks off the coast of Normandy, in the English Channel. It lies 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Granville and forms a quarter of the Granville commune in the Manche département. Chausey forms part of the Channel Islands from a geographical point of view, but, because it is under French jurisdiction, it is almost never mentioned in the context of the other Channel Islands.
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EU-054R_28229.jpgEU-054 Italy Egadi Islands39 viewsThe Aegadian Islands are a group of five small mountainous islands in the Mediterranean Sea off the northwest coast of Sicily, Italy, near the cities of Trapani and Marsala, with a total area of 37.45 square kilometres (14.46 sq mi).
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