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« on: April 19, 2021, 01:23:32 PM »

Having just been to another island, I decided to make this poll. Not counting airports, I've been to 17:

San Juan Island, WA
Orcas Island, WA
Whidbey Island, WA
Bainbridge Island, WA
Vashon Island, WA
Mercer Island, WA
Vancouver Island, Canada
Alcatraz, CA
Kauai, HI
Maui, HI
Long Island, NY
Manhattan, NY
Great Britain, UK
Taiwan
Honshu, Japan
Luzon, Philippines
Mindoro, Philippines

(I don't think Duck Island counts)
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« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2021, 01:32:52 PM »
« Edited: April 19, 2021, 02:24:51 PM by Хahar 🤔 »

Not a lot that I can recall, but I find that it's always fun to ask people when they were last on an island because they never expect that question. I'm not counting islands that I just passed through in a vehicle.

Angel Island, California
Palm Beach Island, Florida
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Manhattan, New York
Long Island, New York
Randall's Island, New York
Great Britain
Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Singapore
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« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2021, 01:51:46 PM »
« Edited: April 19, 2021, 03:07:36 PM by Crumpets »

Hmmm...

West Coast:
Mercer Island, WA
Bainbridge Island, WA
Harbor Island, WA
Blake Island, WA
Herron Island, WA
Lopez Island, WA
Orcas Island, WA
Whidbey Island, WA
Fidalgo Island, WA
Vancouver Island, BC
Lulu Island, BC
Sea Island, BC
Yerba Buena Island, CA

East Coast:
Roosevelt Island, DC
Kent Island, MD
Manhattan, NY
Long Island, NY
Liberty Island, NJ
Ellis Island, NJ
Merritt Island, FL

Elsewhere:
Kauai
Great Britain
Ireland
Cuba
Singapore
Venice
Ile de la Cite

So 27 off the top of my head.
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« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2021, 01:59:48 PM »

Yerba Buena Island, CA

Kauai, HI
Maui, HI

Hayden Island, OR

Camano Island, WA
Canada Island, WA
Ebey Island, WA
Fidalgo Island, WA
Fir Island, WA
Harbor Island, WA
Hat Island, WA
Indian Island, WA
Jetty Island, WA
Marsh Island, WA
Mercer Island, WA
Orcas Island, WA
San Juan Island, WA
Silcott Island, WA
Spencer Island, WA
Whidbey Island, WA
Unnamed island in Lake Cavanaugh, WA

Vancouver Island, BC

Venice (various)
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« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2021, 02:00:30 PM »

Fort Yates used to be an island...but no longer is thanks to Dutch-style land reclamation around the roads leading in. So I guess it doesn't count.

...not a lot. Grey Cloud Island in Minnesota isn't really an island anymore either because of the same landbridge on the road leading in. Nicollet Island (in Minneapolis) would count though. There are a couple actual islands in the Missouri River between Bismarck and Mandan but I doubt I've been to them because they're not accessible aside from swimming or by boat and are completely undeveloped with no reason to go there. So the only other likely candidates are really small unnammed islands in lakes near where I went camping with my family and whatnot. This question seems to imply actually developed islands where people live, so for that, Nicollet Island and Grey Cloud Island if you're willing to still count it would be it.
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« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2021, 02:04:06 PM »

More than 50, almost certainly — there are 70+ islands in Pinellas County alone, that + visiting the Keys gets me over 50.
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« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2021, 02:29:39 PM »
« Edited: April 19, 2021, 04:45:53 PM by Alex »

Miami Beach
Isla Margarita, Venezuela
Aruba
Chiloé, Chile
Venice
Aegina, Greece

River/Estuary islands:
Isla Martin Garcia, Argentina
A few other islands in the Paraná Delta, Argentina
Manhattan and Staten Island, NY
Île de la Cité and Île St-Louis, Paris

I'm likely forgetting about quite a few


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« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2021, 02:41:31 PM »
« Edited: April 20, 2021, 11:39:41 AM by L.D. Smith »

Angel Island, CA
Yerba Buena, CA
Alameda, CA
Brothers Islands, CA
Emerald Bay, CA [yes, in the middle of Lake Tahoe]
Britain, UK
Ireland
Venice, Italy
Oahu, HI


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« Reply #8 on: April 19, 2021, 03:01:49 PM »

Everywhere is an island if you think about it. 
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« Reply #9 on: April 19, 2021, 03:04:38 PM »
« Edited: April 19, 2021, 03:13:31 PM by RINO Tom »

In order of when I first visited:

CARIBBEAN
Tortola, BVI
St. Thomas, USVI
Anguilla
Anegada, BVI
St. Maarten, FWI/DWI
St. John, USVI
Jost Van Dyke, BVI
St. Barths, FWI
I have only ever flown through Puerto Rico, so I won't count that.

UNITED STATES
Sanibel Island, FL
Marco Island, FL
Washington Island - Door County, WI (not sure if this counts, lol...)
Key Largo, FL

EUROPE
Great Britain, UK

VISITS IN NEAR FUTURE
Captiva Island, FL (friend's wedding)
Venice, Italy (vacation in 2022)
Greek Isles (vacation in 2023, not sure which islands yet)
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« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2021, 05:11:08 PM »

A  couple of hundred at least.
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« Reply #11 on: April 19, 2021, 05:22:01 PM »

At least two:  the WORLD ISLAND and AMERICA
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« Reply #12 on: April 19, 2021, 05:32:28 PM »

None
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« Reply #13 on: April 19, 2021, 06:04:20 PM »

I literally live on an island lmao

Let me recap:

All 7 of the Canaries + the La Graciosa Islet just north of Lanzarote
Malta
2 islands just off the coast of Athens (Aegina and Agistri)
Ireland + one of the Aran islands off the west coast of Ireland
Britain
Venice

I am not going to count Copenhagen's island for this since it is connected by bridges to the rest of Denmark (and to Sweden)

So that should be 15 islands in total. Not bad at all!
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« Reply #14 on: April 19, 2021, 06:28:08 PM »

Britain is the largest I've been to.

I probably have been to the Florida Keys and Miami Beach back when I was a toddler living in Coral Gables, but I have no memories of them.

James, Island, Folly Island and Sullivan's Island in SC and the various islands of the Outer Banks in NC completes my list of islands I'm certain I've been to. There probably are some others I've incidentally been through.
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« Reply #15 on: April 19, 2021, 06:34:56 PM »

River/lake islands
Sauvie Island (Oregon)
Hayden Island (Oregon)
Ross Island (Oregon)
Day Island (Oregon)
Government Island (Oregon)*
Mercer Island (Washington)*

Sea islands
Bainbridge Island (Washington)
Fidalgo Island (Washington)
Vancouver Island (BC)
Lulu Island (BC)
Alcatraz Island (California)
Yerba Buena Island (California)*
Puerto Rico
Australia

*-just over the freeway

Really not that many
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« Reply #16 on: April 19, 2021, 06:41:32 PM »

No idea, but Britain is one
Ile de la cité is two
Ile d'Olèron is three

I think this is about it.
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« Reply #17 on: April 19, 2021, 07:19:32 PM »

I can count up to at least 31 in total. You don't realize that a lot of places are islands.

Petrie Island (Ottawa River), ON
Victoria Island (Ottawa River), ON
Toronto Islands, ON (2-3 of them?)
Île de Hull, QC (i.e. downtown/old Hull)
Montreal Island, QC
Nuns' Island, QC
Île Sainte-Hélène, QC
Île Notre-Dame, QC
Île Jésus (Laval, QC)
Grosse Île, QC

Manhattan, NY
Heart Island, NY (Boldt Castle)
Goat Island, NY
Absecon Island, NJ (AC)

Cuba
Cayo Santa María, Cuba
Isla Holbox, Mexico
Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Cozumel, Mexico
Some island in the Rosario Islands, Colombia

Cézembre, France
Grand Bé, France (tidal island)
Île de la Cité and Île St-Louis, France
Venice, Italy

Cyprus
Bahrain
3 islands in the Maldives (Malé, the airport and the resort island), maybe more
Koh Samui, Thailand
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« Reply #18 on: April 19, 2021, 07:22:58 PM »

Only 3 that I can think of

Antelope Island, Utah
Stansbury Island, Utah (I have no memory of being on this but supposedly I was at some point)
Mont-Saint-Michel, France
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« Reply #19 on: April 19, 2021, 07:29:48 PM »
« Edited: April 19, 2021, 07:38:38 PM by TDAS04 »

That I know of:

Great Britain
Île de la Cité, France
Prince Edward Island
Island of Montreal, QC
Vancouver Island, BC
San Juan Island, WA
Baranof Island, AK
Revillagigedo Island, AK
Long Island, NY
Estero Island, FL
Cozumel, Mexico
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Jamaica
Hispaniola (Haiti side) (Am I the only one here who's been to Haiti?)
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« Reply #20 on: April 19, 2021, 07:46:07 PM »

Mackinac Island, MI
South Padre Island, TX
Siesta Key, FL
St. Armand's Key, FL
Longboat Key, FL
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« Reply #21 on: April 19, 2021, 08:38:36 PM »

At least 2, maybe 3.

1. Put-in-Bay, Ohio
2. Mackinac Island, Michigan. The tourist trap with no cars allowed. Smelly.
3. If there is a third, it's in the same area as Put-in-Bay, Ohio.

The last time I was on an island was probably Mackinac, which was in 2008.
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« Reply #22 on: April 19, 2021, 09:00:41 PM »

Ten:

Honshu -Tokyo (Japan)
Luzon -Manila (the Philippines)
Borocay (same country as above)
Maui (Hawaii, USA)
San Juan Island (Washington state, USA)
Orcas Island (same)
Vancouver Island -Victoria (British Columbia, Canada)
Whitsunday Island (northern Queensland, Australia)
North and South islands (New Zealand)
Zanzibar (Tanzania)


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« Reply #23 on: April 19, 2021, 09:43:32 PM »

I’m sure I’m forgetting some, but if we’re not counting airport layovers, then these are the ones that I can remember visiting:

Long Island, NY
Manhattan, NY
Nantucket, MA
Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Whichever islands in the Outer Banks of NC that takes tourists
Puerto Rico (main island)
One of the other islands of Puerto Rico whose name I don’t remember
Vancouver Island, BC
Great Britain
Tasmania, Australia
Java, Indonesia
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« Reply #24 on: April 20, 2021, 02:32:21 AM »

Fraser Island
Rottnest Island
Alesund
Lofoten Islands
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