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edit   The Islands Portal A small Fijian island An island /ˈaɪlənd/ or isle /ˈaɪl/ is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or an island in a lake may be called an eyot /ˈaɪ.ət/ (also ait /ˈeɪt/), or holm. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago. There are two main types of islands: continental islands and oceanic islands. There are also artificial islands. edit   Selected article Japan i/dʒəˈpæn/ (Japanese: 日本 Nihon or Nippon; formally 日本国  Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku, literally "[the] State of Japan") is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun". edit   Related articles See also: Category:Islands Ait Archipelago Islet List articles List of islands List of archipelagos by number of islands List of archipelagos List of artificial islands List of divided islands List of fictional islands List of island countries List of islands by area List of islands by highest point List of islands by name List of islands by population density List of islands by population List of islands in lakes List of islands named after people List of islands of the European Union List of private islands edit   Selected picture Jamaica is an island country edit   Categories ▼ Islands ► Islands by body of water ► Islands by city ► Islands by continent ► Islands by country ► Lists of islands ► Archipelagoes ► Artificial islands ► Atolls ► Barrier islands ► Calves (islands) ► Coral islands ► Island countries ► Disputed islands ► Islands in fiction ► Floating islands ► Former islands ► Freehold islands ► Island Games ► Insular ecology ► International islands ► New islands ► People by island ► Private islands ► Reefs ► Island resorts ► Island restoration ► Skerries ► Tidal islands ► Tied islands ► Uninhabited islands ► Volcanic islands ► Wikipedia categories named after islands edit   Related portals Geography Volcanoes Environment Ecology edit   WikiProjects WikiProject Islands WikiProject Geography edit   Things to do Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Assess : Locate and tag all relevant article talk pages with the project's banner: {{WikiProject Islands|class=|importance=}}. Remember to properly assess all relevant articles, using the project's quality-scale. Assess the backlog of unassessed articles in Category:Unassessed Islands articles. Infobox : If an article needs it, add {{Infobox islands}} or {{Infobox disputed islands}}, filling in the relevant information. Maintain : Island Photo : If the article doesn't include either a photo or map, tag the talk page with either {{photo requested}} or {{map requested}}. Other : Add links to the Islands Portal to island articles using {{Portal|Islands}} edit   Wikimedia The following Wikimedia sister projects provide more on this subject: edit   Wikipedia's portals All Portals Overview Glossaries Indices Lists Outlines Categories Reference Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Nature People Philosophy Religion Society Technology Featured portals About portals