Islands

Island Week Image Update

Last week was our our third annual Island Week, and we had another fascinating week! This year even more of you than ever sent in brilliant islands for us, most of which we simply didn't have time to post.1 Here's…

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Monday, 8th September 2008

Island Monument Mystery (Island Week 3)

It’s Island Week 3 here at GSS, which means we’ll mostly be posting about Islands. It'll probably last about a week. Here in the Mentawai Islands of West Sumatra, Indonesia there is a tiny, seemingly unnamed, almost totally-forested island. The…

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Friday, 5th September 2008

The Sunken Island of Jordsand (Island Week 3)

It's Island Week 3 here at GSS, which means we'll mostly be posting about Islands. It'll probably last about a week. This is what used to be the island of Jordsand in the Wadden Sea, just off the coast of…

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Thursday, 4th September 2008

Tristan da Cunha (Island Week 3)

It’s Island Week 3 here at GSS, which means we’ll mostly be posting about Islands. It'll probably last about a week. The island of Tristan da Cunha and its surrounding archipelago are located in the southern Atlantic ocean, 2816 km…

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Thursday, 4th September 2008

Lindisfarne (Island week 3)

It’s Island Week 3 here at GSS, which means we’ll mostly be posting about Islands. It'll probably last about a week. Lindisfarne is a tidal island, off the north-east coast of England, which thanks to having been home to a…

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Wednesday, 3rd September 2008

Visiting Bruny Island (Island Week 3)

It’s Island Week 3 here at GSS, which means we’ll mostly be posting about Islands. It'll probably last about a week. Bruny is one of 20 islands and island groups in the Australian state of Tasmania, the largest island of…

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Tuesday, 2nd September 2008

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Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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