The fact that the Aeginetan standard of weights and measures ( developed in the mid-7th century ) was one of the two standards in general use in the Greek world ( the other being the Euboic-Attic ) is sufficient evidence of the early commercial importance of the island.

The island measures in area, making it the 77th largest island in the world and Canada's 18th largest island.

The island is located west of Jérémie on the south west peninsula of Haiti, and measures.

It has been an island for approximately 8, 000 years and at its current extremes it measures 10 miles east to west and six miles north to south.

The island measures in area ( comprising 93. 0 % of the country's total area ) with an average length of and an average width of.

The territory consists of the main island of Tristan da Cunha itself, which measures about across and has an area of, along with the uninhabited Nightingale Islands and the wildlife reserves of Inaccessible Island and Gough Island.

According to a 1971 documentary on the History of Alcatraz, the island measures by and is at highest point during mean tide.

One of the British overseas territories, the Caribbean island of Anguilla measures only long by wide, so transport is simpler than in many countries.

The island measures about 50 km from east to west and 60 km north — south, a total area of 2, 326. 1 km².

Residents of the island have broadly opposed such measures, fearing the consequences of the PRC government's policies on their standard of living and political freedom.

The island measures about 180 km ( 110 mi ) north-south and about 65 km ( 40 mi ) at its widest point.

The remainder of the island, which only measures 30, 000 square metres, is heavily fortified ; high ramparts with gun platforms surmount the island's cliffs.

The route measures in length and completes a loop around the northern tip of the island, passing along and through the scenic Cape Breton Highlands.

The island measures by, and is from the coast of Bodrum, Turkey, and the ancient region of Caria.

This led Nogi to take measures to improve on the health care infrastructure of the island.

The island measures about at its longest and at its widest breadth.

Despite the grave problems which the Nauruan authorities faced in the early 21st Century, the years under the Presidency of Ludwig Scotty saw some measure of stability return to the island Republic, albeit constrained by austerity measures.

However, many residents have objected to restrictions on land cultivation and improvement brought about by the measures in place to protect the Iriomote cat and other species on the island.

The island measures approximately across, east to west, and from north to south.

Off the coast of Boca del Río is an island called Isla de Sacrificios ( part of Veracruz Municipality ), which measures 450 meters long and 198 meters wide, the largest of a group of islands that are in front of the Boca del Río and Veracruz ports.

Amrum's area measures 20. 46 km², making it the tenth-largest island of Germany.

Based on assessments by UNESCO, management plans include: better communication and collaboration between the ASI, on-site staff, and other responsible government departments ; improved public information and awareness programs ; monitoring environmental impact of tourists on the cave and island environment ; greater attention to the maintenance of the rocks to address water leakages into the caves ; and daily monitoring of both structural and chemical conservation measures.

The land on the Arctic Circle is divided among eight countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the United States ( Alaska ), Canada, Denmark ( Greenland ), and Iceland ( where it passes through the small offshore island of Grímsey ).

Archipelagos are often volcanic, forming along island arcs generated by subduction zones or hotspots, but may also be the result of erosion, deposition and land elevation.

In addition to this, the land the Ainu lived on was distributed to the Wajin who had decided to move to Hokkaido, who had been encouraged by the Japanese government of the Meiji era to take advantage of the island ’ s abundance of natural resources, and to create and maintain farms in the model of western industrial agriculture.

After some thought, they rescinded this order, and only put to death the leading 1000 ringleaders of the revolt, and redistributed the land of the entire island to Athenian shareholders, who were sent out to reside on Lesbos.

According to Critias, the Hellenic gods of old divided the land so that each god might own a lot ; Poseidon was appropriately, and to his liking, bequeathed the island of Atlantis.

It is also the first known European record ( in chapter 38 ) that mentions Vinland ( Winland ) island ( insula ), a land centuries later possibly identified as Newfoundland, Canada, North America, as well as dog-headed people in Scandinavia.

The island has a land area of.

The first Antarctic land discovered was the island of South Georgia, visited by the English merchant Anthony de la Roché in 1675.

The tribal name, probably a derivation from batawjō (" good island ", from Germanic bat-" good, excellent " and awjō " island, land near water "), refers to the region's fertility, today known as the fruitbasket of the Netherlands ( the Betuwe ).

Deeper waters separating Borneo from neighboring Sulawesi prevented a land connection to that island, creating the divide between Asian and Australia-New Guinea biological regions known as Wallace's Line.

When Snodgrass and Heller visited Clipperton in 1898, they reported that " no land plant is native to the island ".

Introduction of pigs by guano miners at the beginning of the 20th century reduced the crab population on the island, which in turn allowed grassland to gradually cover about 80 percent of the land surface ( Sachet, 1962 ).

In 563 he was granted land on the island of Iona, off the west coast of Scotland, which became the centre of his evangelising mission to the Picts.

In his fictional historical essay " The Hyborian Age ", Howard describes how the people of Atlantis — the land where his character King Kull originated — had to move east after a great cataclysm changed the face of the world and sank their island, settling where Ireland and Scotland would eventually be located, Thus they are ( in Howard's work ) the ancestors of the Irish and Scottish ( the Celtic Gaels ) and not the Picts, the other ancestor of modern Scots who also appear in Howard's work.

The Taíno people called the island Quisqueya ( mother of all lands ) and Ayiti ( land of high mountains ).

The land border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti, which occupies the western one-third of the island, is 388 km long.

In 1967, Stoddart described the land area of Diego Garcia as having a littoral hedge of Scaevola taccada, while inland, Cocos nucifera ( Coconut ) was the most dominant tree, covering most of the island.

On the large island, there exists a " wall of deserts " that separates the island into a large main area and separate smaller strips of land.

The two largest islands are Saaremaa ( literally, island land ), at, and Hiiumaa, at.

The island was greatly expanded with land reclamation between 1892 and 1934.

The island has a land area of, most of which was created through land reclamation.