30 Most Incredible Island Archipelagos
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Pacific & Oceania Archipelagos
1. Once an active volcano, the idyllic Polynesian archipelago of Bora Bora is made up of the remnants of the collapsed cone, and is one of the world’s number one destinations for romantic getaways.
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Located about 140 miles (230 km) northwest of the Tahitian capital, Papeete, Bora Bora was originally named Pora Pora, which means ‘first born’ in Tahitian, but documents from the 18/19th century list the island as Bolabolla and over time it seems the two names have become one.
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2. The lush green cliffs of Hawaii tower high above the Pacific Ocean just under 2,000 miles from the United States coastline. Hundreds of islands, scattered over 1,500 miles, make up the archipelago chain and many still demonstrate their volcanic origins, with live lava flows and steaming rocks. Hawaii is most popular with deathwish surfers seeking some of the best waves in the world.
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3. Consisting of over 3,000 islands, the entire country of Japan is an archipelago. It sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire at the juncture of three tectonic plates, making it a pretty lively country in terms of volcanic activity. Catastrophic earthquakes and tsunamis occur several times a century, with the most recent Chuetsu earthquake in 2004.
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4. The Chocolate Hills of Bohol are a geological phenomenon and one of the Philippines top tourists attractions. Spread over an area of 20 square miles are 1,268 grass-covered, cone-shaped limestone mounds, the highest being about 120 meters in height, and so called as the grass turns a chocolate brown color during the dry season. Bohol is the 10th largest island of the Philippines archipelago, which comprises 7,107 islands in total.
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5. The South Pacific islands of Fiji are an ever-popular tourist destination as the climate is warm and tropical most of the year. There are 322 islands in all but only 106 are inhabited, with the larger islands of Viti Levu and Vanua Levu being the most populated. The island of Vorovoro is currently home to sustainable development project Tribewanted, which is now in its third year and proving to be a huge success in ecotourism.
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6. Popular with scuba divers, the island archipelago of Vanuatu is relatively small in comparison to other archipelagos with just 82 islands. Ownership of the country has changed hands many times over the years but after an independence movement in the 1970s the archipelago became the Republic of Vanautu in 1980.
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7. Known to native Maoris as Aotearoa, or The Land of the Long White Cloud, New Zealand is made up of three main islands – the North Island, South Island and Stewart Island, as well as several smaller islands. Its myriad landforms make New Zealand is an exciting place, with tropical islands to the north, bubbling geysers in the sulphuric region of Rotorua, glaciers to the west of the south island and alps in the south.
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8. The island nation of Palau is located about 500 miles (800 km) east of the Philippines and is one the world’s youngest. One of the beautiful islands was used in TV show Survivor, which spurred an interest in Palau as a holiday destination.
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9. New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific region of Melanesia was named by intrepid explorer Captain Cook after Caledonia in Scotland, as it bore a remarkable resemble to the Highland country. Unlike many other archipelagos, New Caledonia is not volcanic but thought to be a fragment of the ancient continent Gondwanaland – the conglomeration of South America, Africa, India and Australia – and broke away from what is now Australia about 100 million years ago.
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November 5th, 2008 at 2:44 am
I was fascinated in finding this publication. I love islands and was trying to find a list of them round the world.
Although i would like to mention, being myself from Argentina, that Tierra del Fuego is also one of the 24 provinces of my country. Leaving aside the dispute between Chile and Argentina for territories that has been going on for years, i wanted to mention that Tierra del Fuego argentina is also a beautiful place, and has amazing islands.
In this province you can find what we argentineans call “el faro del fin del mundo” which means the lighthouse of the end of the world. A place that has a special mistic, being close to the “estrecho de Drake”, where to oceans meat. It is said that the sound of the oceans is so loud that no other noice is heard.
November 5th, 2008 at 2:45 am
“where to oceans meat” is miss written. it should say: “where 2 oceans meet”
November 5th, 2008 at 3:50 am
Nice way to encourage long-distance flights for holidays, you hypocritical eco-freaks.
November 5th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Have you ever heard of Malta?
November 5th, 2008 at 10:14 am
You forgot the Faroe Islands, an archipelago in the North Atlantic.
Named Best Island Travel Destination by the National Geographic Traveler panel of experts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow2HumAf13w
November 5th, 2008 at 10:39 am
Should be east coast of Spain.
The Stockholm archipelago in Sweden are far more interesting/beautiful/complex than the Finnish (and the German/Danish). And all of them are in the Baltic Sea.
November 5th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
the sad thing is you didn’t see fit to link to the full size images.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:52 am
Those are some gorgeous photos. The colors seem surreal. I’m going to put some of them on my Vision Board. Simply beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:55 am
wow!!!wonderful!!!i have nothing to say,
perfect!!!!
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November 6th, 2008 at 2:05 am
very beautiful islands…
too perfect for vacations!!
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November 6th, 2008 at 4:31 am
If there was such an island and I’m a billionaire, I’d ask Bond to live with me and we’d have the sun to ourselves.
November 6th, 2008 at 8:45 am
Really amazing places to see from the air and ground.
Must be great to be able to see places like this
in person. Its good to know about locations like these.
Thanks from tony
November 6th, 2008 at 11:05 am
ha ha christopher’s made me laugh……have to add
have you ever heard of MADAGASCAR??
November 6th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
rofl @ joeplumba ’s comment. i guess you could take a boat though lol
November 7th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
very nice post!
..though one correction from my side:
The Frisian Argipelagos are not all owned by Germany, five of the islands situated in the ‘Waddenzee’ are Dutch.
February 2nd, 2009 at 5:44 pm
I am surprised that there is no mention of the archipelagos in the Indian Ocean or have you not heard of the Andaman and Nicobar islands, Lakshadweep islands.
April 18th, 2009 at 7:49 am
This is gorgeous…! It’s on my “List of Places to Go Before I Die…”! (And I’m a Travel Agent!LOL)
June 19th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Greetings Islanders,
I just got back from filming Tahiti, The Islands of Love in HD.
The trailers are up on youtube.com/alphaember
If you click on the HD icon, you can see it in HD.
Please leave your comments there.
You can also see my film of the Carnivale di Venezia, & a Road Trip on Highway 1
Take care,
Regards
Bonnie
August 29th, 2009 at 9:13 am
nice report but many small ilands are absent here of south east asia.
October 9th, 2009 at 12:42 am
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