Belle Isle , located only a couple of miles away from downtown Detroit is the largest island park in the US covering 982-acre (1.534 sq mi). It’s larger than Central Park in NYC and the third largest island in the Detroit River […]
Islands
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Ellis Island , located in the Upper New York Bay , New Jersey has a land area of 32.030 acres (12.962 ha). The entire island has been owned and administered by the U.S. Federal Government since 1808. History Ellis Island was […]
standard South Island , New Zealand
The South Island located in New Zealand, is the larger of the two major islands , the other one being North Island. The South Island neighbors are : north Cook Strait, west the Tasman Sea, south and east the Pacific […]
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Santa Catalina Island, also called Catalina Island, or Catalina, is situated off the coast of the California , United States . Measuring 22 miles (35 km) long and 8 miles (13 km) across , Santa Catalina has its highest point of 2,097 feet […]
standard Great Barrier Reef , Australia
The Great Barrier Reef , located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland , Australia , is the world’s largest reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) over an […]
standard Bali , one of the most popular tourist destination
Bali located in the western end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, between Java and Lombok , is an Indonesian island and one of the country’s 33 provinces with the capital at Denpasar. With a population recorded as 3,551,000 in 2009, […]
standard Alcatraz Island , San Francisco
Alcatraz Island , located in the San Francisco Bay, 1.5 miles offshore from San Francisco, California. Also called The Rock, the small island served as a lighthouse, a military fortification, a federal prison, and a Federal Bureau of Prisons until 1963. […]
standard Baffin Island – The 5th Largest Island in the World
Baffin Island , located in Nunavut , is the largest island in Canada and the 5th largest island in the world.The area has 507 451 km2, 1500 km long and 200-700 km wide and it’s separated from Greenland by Davis […]
standard The World Islands , Dubai
The World ,also called World Islands , is an ambitious project developed in Dubai , United Arab Emirates that consists in building small islands constructed in the rough shape of a world map . The World is located 4.0 kilometers […]
standard The Palm Islands , Dubai
There are three man-made islands being constructed just off the shore of Dubai , United Arab Emirates called Palm Islands . Palm Jumeirah, the Palm Jebel Ali and the Palm Deira are being constructed by Nakheel Properties who hired world’s […]
standard Zanzibar – The Spice Island
Zanzibar Island also known as the spice island , Pemba Island and couple of other smaller islands make together a semi-autonomous archipelago called simple , Zanzibar . Zanzibar was the location of the world’s shortest war in 1896 when they […]
standard Barbados – the real fantasy island
Barbados , the real fantasy island, gives a dreamlike intimate feeling to your trip. Barbados is an island nation of the Lesser Antilles, 34 km (21 mi) in length and as much as 23 km(14 mi) in width, amounting to […]
standard The Maldives – The last paradise on Earth
The islands of Maldives persuade tourists with promises of ‘the last paradise on earth’ . The Maldives The Maldives lies in two rows of atolls in the Indian Ocean, just across the equator. The country is made up of 1,190 […]
standard U.S. Virgin Islands – Paradise next to home
The United States Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John, is the most popular tourist destination in the Caribbean. The US Virgin Islands is a preferred destination for those who don’t want to worry about having a passport […]
standard Harbour Island – Tropical Paradise in Bahamas
Harbour Island is an island located off the northeast coast of Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas. The largest city in Harbour Island Bahamas is Dunmore Town, and the island still maintains much of the old time charm of the Bahamas […]