Islands
- Island of Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi 19°49′15″N 155°28′5″W / 19.82083°N 155.46806°W / 19.82083; -155.46806 (Island of Hawaii) — most extensive island in all U.S. territory at 4,028 square miles (10,433 km2) and tallest island in all U.S. territory and the entire Pacific Ocean at 13,796 feet (4205 m)
- Kodiak Island, Alaska 57°28′N 153°26′W / 57.46667°N 153.43333°W / 57.46667; -153.43333 (Kodiak Island) — most extensive Gulf of Alaska island at 3,595.09 square miles (9,311.24 km2)
- Island of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico 18°15′N 66°30′W / 18.25°N 66.5°W / 18.25; -66.5 (Island of Puerto Rico) — most extensive island of U.S. Caribbean territory at 3,515.1 square miles (9104.0 km2)
- Prince of Wales Island, Alaska 55°37′55″N 132°54′27″W / 55.63194°N 132.9075°W / 55.63194; -132.9075 (Prince of Wales Island) — most extensive island of the Alexander Archipelago at 2,577 square miles (6,674 km2)
- Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska 63°24′54″N 170°23′58″W / 63.415°N 170.39944°W / 63.415; -170.39944 (Saint Lawrence Island) — most extensive Bering Sea island at 1,791.56 square miles (4,640.12 km2)
- Unimak Island, Alaska 54°46′6″N 164°11′12″W / 54.76833°N 164.18667°W / 54.76833; -164.18667 (Unimak Island) — most extensive Aleutian island at 1,571.41 square miles (4,069.9 km2)
- Long Island, New York 26°50′40″N 97°22′04″W / 26.84444°N 97.36778°W / 26.84444; -97.36778 (Long Island) — most extensive island of the U.S. Atlantic coast at 1,401 square miles (3,629 km2)
- Padre Island, Texas 26°50′40″N 97°22′04″W / 26.84444°N 97.36778°W / 26.84444; -97.36778 (Padre Island) — most extensive Gulf of Mexico island at 209 square miles (541 km2) and longest barrier island on Earth at 113 miles (182 km)
- Isle Royale in Lake Superior, Michigan 48°0′N 88°55′W / 48°N 88.91667°W / 48; -88.91667 (Isle Royale) — most extensive island in a lake in all U.S. territory at 206.73 square miles (535.43 km2)
- Whidbey Island, Washington 48°8′11″N 122°34′57″W / 48.13639°N 122.5825°W / 48.13639; -122.5825 (Whidbey Island) — most extensive island of Puget Sound at 168.67 square miles (436.85 km2)
- Santa Cruz Island, California 34°0′13″N 119°43′35″W / 34.00361°N 119.72639°W / 34.00361; -119.72639 (Santa Cruz Island) — most extensive of the Channel Islands of California at 97 square miles (250 km2)
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Famous quotes containing the word islands:
“What are the islands to me
if you are lost
what is Naxos, Tinos, Andros,
and Delos, the clasp
of the white necklace?”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
“The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line—the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men in Asia and Africa, in America and the islands of the sea. It was a phase of this problem that caused the Civil War.”
—W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt)