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Islands that contain C

20 islands containing the letter C — each with origin, classification, and notes.

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List of Islands That Contain C

    1

    Capri

    A small limestone island in the Bay of Naples famed for the luminous Blue Grotto sea cave.

    2

    Christmas Island

    An Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean known for its annual mass migration of red crabs.

    3

    Cook Islands

    A self-governing Polynesian archipelago of 15 islands in free association with New Zealand.

    4

    Corsica (Island)

    A French Mediterranean island with mountainous interior, north of Sardinia and southeast of mainland France.

    5

    Crete (Island)

    The largest and most populous Greek island, anchoring the southern Aegean Sea.

    6

    Cuba (Island)

    The largest island in the Caribbean, anchoring the Greater Antilles and the Cuban archipelago.

    7

    Curaçao (Island)

    The largest of the ABC Islands in the southern Caribbean and a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

    8

    Cyprus (Island)

    The third-largest Mediterranean island, divided between the Republic of Cyprus and the breakaway Turkish-administered north.

    9

    Dominica (Island)

    A mountainous volcanic island of the Lesser Antilles known as the Nature Isle for its rainforests and rivers.

    10

    Gran Canaria

    The third-largest of the Canary Islands and a circular volcanic island known for its striking interior landscapes.

    11

    Iceland (Island)

    A Nordic island nation on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, shaped by glaciers and active volcanism in nearly equal measure.

    12

    Jamaica (Island)

    Third-largest island of the Greater Antilles, lying south of Cuba and west of Hispaniola.

    13

    Mallorca

    The largest of Spain's Balearic Islands, with a mountainous northwest and beaches along the eastern coast.

    14

    Menorca

    The second-largest of Spain's Balearic Islands, designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1993.

    15

    New Caledonia (Island)

    A Melanesian archipelago of France with a long main island, Grande Terre, surrounded by the world's second-largest barrier reef.

    16

    Pitcairn

    A remote South Pacific island, the only inhabited member of the Pitcairn Islands group and a British Overseas Territory.

    17

    Puerto Rico (Island)

    An unincorporated United States territory and the smallest of the Greater Antilles, with rugged interior mountains.

    18

    Saint Lucia (Island)

    A mountainous volcanic island in the eastern Caribbean known for the twin Piton spires on its west coast.

    19

    Saint Vincent

    The main island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, dominated by the active La Soufrière volcano.

    20

    Sicily (Island)

    The largest island in the Mediterranean and an autonomous region of Italy, dominated by the active Mount Etna.

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