World Directory, North America, United States, California, Orange County

Charming island and peninsula, with great beaches. Despite all of its charms, it's often overlooked by tourists and area residents alike, which keeps it relatively uncrowded. The seven islands of Newport Beach Harbor lie cradled inside Balboa Peninsula, and are some of the most expensive real estate in Southern California. Homes costing $1.5 million and up are surrounded by one of the world's largest small yacht harbors. Newport Beach is a quiet, relaxed place where you're more likely to meet the harbor patrol than the highway patrol, and you'll hear more birds than automobiles.

World Directory, Africa, Seychelles, Mahe, Mahe

The largest island in the archipelago, 27kms long and 12kms at its widest, the economic centre and seat of government with approximately 85 percent of the population. The island is spectacular with its huge mountains and lush tropical vegetation rising to 905 meters at its highest.

World Directory, North America, Canada, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia

Cape Sable Island is located at the southernmost point of the Nova Scotia peninsula, Canada joined to the mainland by the narrow strait of Barrington Passage, and is a great birding and seafood lover destination.

World Directory, Asia, Japan, Hokkaido, Hokkaido

Rebun Island lies in the Sea of Japan off the northwestern tip of Hokkaido, Japan. Rebun stretches 29 kilometers in the north-south direction and 8 kilometers east-west, covering about 80 square kilometers. The island is known for its alpine flowers and the 8-Hour Hiking Course which runs from one end of the island to the other, north to south. The hiking course can be broken into two sections, known as the 4-Hour Hiking Courses. The island is part of the Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park.

World Directory, Oceania, New Zealand, North Island, Kermadec Islands

Anvil-shaped Raoul Island (Sunday Island), the largest and northernmost of the main Kermadec Islands, (located at 29°15′S 177°55′W, 900 km (560 mi) SSW of 'Ata Island of Tonga and 1,100 km (680 mi) NNE of New Zealand's North Island), has been the source of vigorous volcanic activity during the past several thousand years that was dominated by dacitic explosive eruptions.

World Directory, North America, United States, Florida, Lee County

Sanibel is a city in Lee County, Florida, United States, on Sanibel Island. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers Metropolitan Statistical Area.

World Directory, North America, United States, Florida, Charlotte

Gasparilla Island is a barrier island in southwest Florida, United States, on the border of Charlotte and Lee Counties. Its largest town is Boca Grande, and it is the location of the Gasparilla Island State Park.

World Directory, North America, United States, Michigan, Marquette

Granite Island is a 2 1/2 acre island in Lake Superior located about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Marquette in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.

World Directory, Oceania, New Zealand, Stewart Island, Foveaux Strait

On Stewart Island we have lots of beautiful bush walks, anything from ten minutes to ten days and we are handy for several tracks. On Stewart Island you can have a sandy beach to yourself even at the height of the season. Bus tours cover the entire road system [30 km!] daily. The island is larger than Singapore but apart from a very small area around the only township, is covered in native forest or tussock. Tramping tracks take you into more remote areas. There are comfortable huts at reasonable intervals.

World Directory, Asia, Japan, Kyushu, Okinawa

Ishigaki is an island west of Okinawa Honto and the second-largest island of the Yaeyama Island group. It is within the City of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture.