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:''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==
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* 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]]
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