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Cyprus
Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, located off the coast of the Levant in West Asia. Cyprus' capital and largest municipality is Nicosia. The northeast portion of the island is occupied by Turkey, and the United Nations Buffer Zone separates it from the area controlled by the Republic of Cyprus. In the south of the island are the British sovereign military bases of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. Cyprus is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, after Sicily and Sardinia.
Ireland
Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Irelanda sovereign state covering five-sixths of the island) and Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdomcovering the remaining sixth). It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest in the world. As of 2022, the population of the entire island is just over
Borneo
Borneo () is the third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda Islands, located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and east of Sumatra. The island is crossed by the equator, which divides it roughly in half. In Indonesia, the island is also known as Kalimantan, which is also the name of the Indonesian region located on the island.
New Guinea
island in the Pacific Ocean
Hispaniola
Hispaniola is an island in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean, located between Cuba and Puerto Rico. It is the most populous island in the West Indies and the second-largest by land area, after Cuba. Covering an area of , it is divided into two separate sovereign countries: the Spanish–speaking Dominican Republic () to the east and the French and Haitian Creole–speaking Haiti () to the west. The only other divided island in the Caribbean is Saint Martin, which is shared between France () and the Netherlands (). At the time of the European arrival of Christopher Columbus, Hispaniola was home
Timor
Timor (; ; ) is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The name is a variant of timur, Malay for "east"; it is so called because it lies at the eastern end of the Lesser Sunda Islands. Mainland Australia is less than 500 km away, separated by the Timor Sea. The island covers an area of .
Saint Martin
French and Dutch island in the Lesser Antilles
Usedom
Usedom ( , ) is a Baltic Sea island in Pomerania, divided between Germany and Poland. It is the second largest Pomeranian island after Rügen, and the most populous island in the Baltic Sea.
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
island of Argentina and Chile
Hans Island
island off the coast of Ellesmere Island, belonging to Canada and Denmark
Pheasant Island
condominium ruled alternately by France and Spain
Märket
Märket ('The Mark', ) is a uninhabited skerry in the Baltic Sea shared by Sweden and Finland (in the area of the autonomous region Åland), with a lighthouse as its salient humanmade feature. Märket has been divided between the two countries since the Treaty of Fredrikshamn of 1809 defined the border between Sweden and Grand Duchy of Finland as going through the middle of the island. The Finnish side of the island is part of the Municipality of Hammarland in the autonomous region of Åland and is the westernmost land point of Finland. The Swedish part of the island is itself divided between two
Vozrozhdeniya island
former island in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Sebatik Island
island in Nunukan Regency, North Kalimantan Province, Indonesia
Three-Country Cairn
international tripoint between Sweden, Norway and Finland
Dall Island
island in Alaska, United States of America
Martín García Island
Argentine island enclaved within the Uruguayan waters of the Río de la Plata
Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island
sedimentary island at the confluence of the Ussuri and Amur rivers
Kataja
Kataja is an islet south of Haparanda in Norrbotten. It is the easternmost point of Sweden and it is part of the Haparanda archipelago. The islet has an area of . It is about long and wide.
list of divided islands
Wikimedia list article
Koiluoto
Koiluoto (Cyrill. ) is an island in the Bay of Virolahti of the Gulf of Finland. It is divided by the border between Russia and Finland.
Ankoko Island
Island located at the confluence of the Cuyuni River and Wenamu River
Abagaitu Islet
island in Russia
Province Island
island on the Canada and the United States border
Corocoro Island
island on the Venezuela–Guyana border
Timoteo Domínguez Island
island in Uruguay
Island K
island in the Black Sea, disputed between Romania and Ukraine
Kalmasaari
Kalmasaari (, also Kalmosaari, ) is an island in the lake Vuokkijärvi in Karelia. It is divided by the border between Russia and Finland. The island is located in the areas of Suomussalmi (Finland) and Kostomuksha (Russia). On both sides, it is part of the border zone and is off-limits to the general public.
Passport Island
artificial island located on the Bahrain–Saudi Arabia border, 25 km west of Manama, Bahrain