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Pitcairn Islands (Island Week 2)

(It’s Island Week 2 here at GSS, which means we’ll mostly be posting about Islands. For about a week.) The Pitcairns are a group of four islands: Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno, which are all located…

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Tuesday, 28th August 2007

Second Annual Google Sightseeing Island Week!

Surprisingly on-time, the following week of Google Sightseeing will be dedicated to our Second Annual Island Week. Following on from the success of last year's Island Week, we'll be posting sights related to small pieces of…

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Tuesday, 28th August 2007

Low Isles (Island Week)

Island Week is technically over, but we had to squeeze one more post in after loyal reader woowoowoo alerted us to Low Isles, off Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia. The Low Isles comprise of Low Island to…

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Monday, 4th September 2006

Republic of the Marshall Islands (Island Week)

Consisting of 29 atolls and 5 separate islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands could have been Island Week all on its own. It probably could have been island month - all but 9 of the…

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Saturday, 2nd September 2006

Wake Island (Island Week)

Located in the North Pacific Ocean, Wake Island was an island of great strategic importance during World War II, and over the last few days it's been in the news again, as is it was directly…

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Friday, 1st September 2006

James Island (Island Week)

No man is an island, but in Gambia I've found James Island and it even comes complete with Fort James! Thanks: Mememe

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Friday, 1st September 2006

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