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This is a list of
This is a list of island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An isla ...
s of the United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...
, as ordered by area. It includes most islands with an area greater than 20 square miles (approximately 52 km2). Mainland
Mainland is defined as "relating to or forming the main part of a country or continent, not including the islands around it egardless of status under territorial jurisdiction by an entity" The term is often politically, economically and/or dem ...
areas cut by man-made canal
Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface f ...
s are not considered islands.
Islands over
Islands
This section of the list might not be complete, but covers almost all of the islands in the United States over .Islands
This section of the list is not complete, although it should cover most of the islands in the United States over .See also
*List of islands by area
This list of islands by area includes all islands in the world larger than and most of the islands over , sorted in descending order by area. For comparison, four very large continental landmasses are also shown.
Continental landmasses
Contine ...
* List of islands of the United States
This is a partial list of notable islands of the United States, including its insular areas, which are listed at the end.
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
* Sentinel Island, Lake Dillon
* Silver Dollar Island, Lake D ...
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The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...
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