Islet 240849 225533799 2008-07-14T04:54:37Z 69.63.53.83 /* List of islets */ {{distinguish|eyelet}} :''For human anatomy, see [[Islets of Langerhans]]'' [[Image:Mokolea Rock.jpg|right|thumb|260px|Mōkōlea Rock in Kailua Bay, [[Oahu|O‘ahu]], [[Hawaii|Hawai‘i]], 2.2 km off North Beach, [[Marine Corps Base Hawaii]]]] An '''islet''' is a small [[island]]. ==Definition of Types== ===Rock=== A "rock", sometimes a synonym for a type of "islet", is a landform composed of [[rock (geology)|rock]], lying offshore, having no or minimal vegetation, and uninhabited (see [[Mokolua Rock|Mōkōlua Rock]] at right). ===Sandbar=== An exposed [[bar (landform)|sandbar]] is another type of islet. A more technical application is to small land features, isolated by water, lying off the shore of a larger island. And in related fashion, any emergent land on an [[atoll]] (a type of island) is also called an islet. ===Size=== As with many of these terms, the actual size limits of islets are subjective, and vary. ==Synonymous Terms== {{Wiktionary}} * Islets are often called '''[[cay]]s''' or '''keys''' in the [[Caribbean]] and West Atlantic. [[Rum Cay]] in the [[Bahamas]] and the [[Florida Keys]] off [[Florida]] are examples of islets. * In [[Scotland]] and [[Ireland]], they are often called '''inches''', from the [[Goidelic languages|Gaelic]] ''innis'', which originally meant island, but has been supplanted to refer to smaller islands. In Ireland they are often termed '''skerries'''. * In the [[Channel Islands]], they are often identified by the suffix ''-hou'' from the Norse ''-holmr''. * ''Holm'' or ''Holmen'' is a common suffix too in [[Nordic countries|Nordic]] and northern European lands ("holme" means "islet" in Norwegian). ==List of islets== * [[Abagaitu Islet]], China, in the Amur River, ceded by Russia * [[Águila Islet]], the southernmost point of [[The Americas]] * [[Anton Rock]], in Buck Lake, Ontario * [[Aplin Islet (Queensland)]] * [[Bay Islet]] or See Chau, [[Hong Kong]] * [[Boundary Islet]], Australia * [[Briggs Islet]], southeastern Australia * [[Bushy Islet (Queensland)]] * [[List of islets of Caroline Island|Islets of Caroline Island]], in [[Kiribati]] * [[Chão]], in the [[Madeira]] Islands, Portugal * [[Cholmondeley Islet (Queensland)]] * [[Cone Islet]], southeastern Australia * [[Dokdo]], between Korea and Japan * [[Douglas Islet (Queensland)]] * [[Dugay Islet]], southeastern Australia * [[Edwards Islet]], southeastern Australia * [[Filfla]], southern Malta * [[Halfway Islet (Queensland)]] * [[Imia/Kardak]], between Greece and Turkey * [[Jardine Islet (Queensland)]] * [[Keelung Islet]], off the northern shore of [[Taiwan]] * [[Magra Islet (Queensland)]] * [[Martin Islet (New South Wales)]] * [[Islets of Mauritius]] * [[Mid Woody Islet]], southeastern Australia * [[Milman Islet (Queensland)]] * [[Monchique Islet]], Europe's westernmost point, in the [[Azores]], Portugal * [[Penguin Islet (Tasmania)]] * [[Rockall]] * [[Saunders Islet (Queensland)]] * [[Seacrow Islet]], southeastern Australia * [[Sinclair Islet (Queensland)]] * [[Skull Islet]], in British Columbia, Canada * [[Silver Islet, Ontario]] * [[Star Keys/Motuhope]], New Zealand * [[Sue Islet (Queensland)]] * [[Sunday Islet (Queensland)]] * [[Thomson Islet (Queensland)]] * [[Wallace Islet (Queensland)]] * [[Westward Islet]], in the [[Pitcairn Islands]] [[Category:Coastal geography]] [[Category:Islands]] [[zh-min-nan:Hái-ta]] [[br:Enezennig]] [[ca:Illot]] [[cs:Ostrůvek]] [[da:Småø]] [[de:Eiland]] [[et:Laid]] [[el:Νησίδα]] [[es:Islote]] [[fr:Îlot]] [[lt:Salelė]] [[nb:Holme (geografi)]] [[nn:Holme]] [[pl:Wysepka]] [[pt:Ilhéu]] [[sv:Holme]]