Islands

Definition (http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept?cp=4514&langcode=en&ns=1)

An island is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, or a holm. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago (Wikipedia)

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Approved Date
02-Jan-2014

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