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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-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-074R.jpgEU-074 France Bretagne (Cotes-d'Armor Centre) Region group40 viewsBréhat is an island and commune located near Paimpol, a mile off the northern coast of Brittany. Administratively, it is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in northwestern France. Bréhat is actually an archipelago composed of two main islands, separated only at high tide, and many smaller ones.
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EU-077.jpgEU-077 Spain La Coruna / Lugo Province group40 viewsIlla Coelleira, or Colleira, is a small island located in the mouth of the Barqueiro river, off the town of Viveiro, in the Rias Altas coastal region of Galicia, Spain. The island is part of O Vicedo municipality. It is known best as the site of a former monastery, and today houses a lighthouse to aid navigation
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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-086R.jpgEU-086 Russia Pechorskoye Sea Coast East group40 viewsMatveev Island is located in the eastern part of the Pechora Sea, near the Kara Gate, the area which separates the Pechora and Kara Seas. It is part of the Nenetsky nature reserve (zapovednik) and is home to approx 2000 walrus.
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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-102.jpgEU-102 Russia Pechorskoye Sea Coast Centre group40 viewsDolgy Island (Russian: оÑтров ДоÌлгий, meaning "Long Island") is an island in the Pechora Sea, east of the Khaypudyr Bay. The landscape of the island is relatively flat with small lakes and tundra patches.
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EU-106.jpgEU-106 Wales St Tudwal's Islands40 viewsSaint Tudwal's Islands are a small archipelago lying south of Abersoch on the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales, at the western end of Tremadog Bay. They were apparently referred to as the Studwells in the early 19th century. The islands are known for their seal population. The western island houses the St Tudwal’s Lighthouse, and the eastern has the remains of a priory.
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EU-111.jpgEU-111 Scotland Monach Islands40 viewsThe Monach Islands, are an island group west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The islands have been uninhabited since 1942, but were populated by up to 100 people for centuries (possibly for a millennium or more) prior to 1810. The islands, formerly a National Nature Reserve[8], are of special interest for undisturbed machair and their grey seal population.
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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-117.jpgEU-117 Gulf of Finland North group40 viewsMaly Vysotsky Island or Malyj Vysotskij Island is an island in northwest Russia, that was leased to Finland. It is located in Vyborg Bay, next to Vysotsk, 12 km southwest of Vyborg.
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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-135R.jpgEU-135 Sweden Vasterbotten County group40 viewsHolmöarna is an island group in the Kvarken narrows of the Gulf of Bothnia between Sweden and Finland. The islands form part of Umeå Municipality in Västerbotten County. The islands have 75 year-round inhabitants[and the largest islands are Holmön, Ängesön, Grossgrunden, Holmögadd and Lilla and Stora Fjäderägg. Large areas of the islands have been set aside as nature reserves.
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EU-136.jpgEU-136 Croatia Kvarner group40 viewsLošinj is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, in the Kvarner Gulf. It is almost due south of the city of Rijeka and part of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.
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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-152.jpgEU-152 Spain Almeria / Grande / Malaga Province group40 viewsThe Terreros Island and Negra Island Natural Monument is located on the eastern part of the AlmerÃa coast, on the border with the province of Murcia, facing the village of San Juan de Terreros, PulpÃ.
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EU-156.jpgEU-156 France Basse-Normandie (Manche West) Region group40 viewsTombelaine is a small tidal island off the coast of Normandy in France. It lies a few kilometres north of Mont Saint-Michel. At low tide the island can be reached on foot (with a guide) from the coast of Cotentin, 3.5 kilometres (2.2 miles) to the northeast, and from Mont Saint-Michel.[The island lies just to the south of the course of the Sélune river, which has to be forded to access the island from Cotentin. The island is 250 m (820 ft) by 150 m (490 ft), and 45 m (148 ft) high.
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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-172R.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-032.jpgEU-032 France Poitou-Charentes Region group39 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-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-040.jpgEU-040 Portugal Estremadura Province group39 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 Archipelago39 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 group39 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 group39 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-055.jpgEU-055 Norway Sogn og Fjordane / Hordaland / Rogaland County group39 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-057.jpgEU-057 Germany Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State group39 viewsRügen is Germany's largest island by area. It is located off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea and belongs to the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
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EU-060R.jpgEU-060 Greece Sterea Ellas Region group39 viewsSkyros is an island in Greece, the southernmost of the Sporades, an archipelago in the Aegean Sea. At 209 square kilometres (81 sq mi) it is the largest island of the Sporades, and has a population of about 3,000 (in 2011). It is part of the regional unit of Euvoia.
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EU-061.jpgEU-061 Norway Vest Agder to Ostfold County group39 viewsHvaler is a municipality that is a group of islands in the southwestern part of Østfold County, Norway. The Hvaler archipelago consists of 833 islands, islets, and skerries.
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