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Islands that contain M

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

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    1

    Bahamas (Island)

    An archipelago of about 700 islands and 2,400 cays stretching across the western North Atlantic.

    2

    Bermuda (Island)

    A British Overseas Territory of about 180 islands in the North Atlantic, sitting on an extinct volcanic seamount.

    3

    Christmas Island

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

    4

    Dominica (Island)

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

    5

    Guam (Island)

    The southernmost and largest island in the Mariana archipelago, an unincorporated territory of the United States.

    6

    Jamaica (Island)

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

    7

    La Palma

    A volcanically active Canary Island nicknamed La Isla Bonita, with steep rugged terrain and dark-sky reserves.

    8

    Madeira (Island)

    The largest and most populous island of the Portuguese Madeira archipelago, known for steep coasts and laurel forests.

    9

    Mallorca

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

    10

    Malta (Island)

    The largest of the three inhabited islands of the Maltese archipelago in the central Mediterranean.

    11

    Manhattan

    A narrow island at the mouth of the Hudson River, the most densely populated borough of New York City.

    12

    Marquesas

    A volcanic archipelago in French Polynesia, among the most remote island groups on Earth.

    13

    Martinique (Island)

    An overseas region of France in the Lesser Antilles, dominated by the active stratovolcano Mount Pelée.

    14

    Maui

    Second-largest Hawaiian island, formed by two volcanoes joined by an isthmus, known as the Valley Isle.

    15

    Menorca

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

    16

    Molokai

    Fifth-largest Hawaiian island, home to the world's tallest sea cliffs and a famously slow-paced rural lifestyle.

    17

    Mykonos

    A small Cycladic island in the Aegean Sea known worldwide for its whitewashed villages and resort nightlife.

    18

    Samoa (Island)

    The Samoan archipelago of volcanic islands in the South Pacific, divided between independent Samoa and American Samoa.

    19

    Solomon Islands

    A Melanesian double chain of six major islands and over 900 smaller ones east of Papua New Guinea.

    20

    Tuamotus

    The world's largest chain of coral atolls, spanning roughly 1,500 km of the South Pacific in French Polynesia.

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