Here are several messages answering the question about a list of islands.
Johnnie
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Re: Island lists:
ZKELLOGG@PORTLAND
Tue, 17 Aug 93 16:23:01 EDT
I don't know of one myself, but the Island Institute of Rockland, Maine
might know if such a list exists. Philip Conkling is the Executive
Director and is quite knowledgeable. Although the mission of this
organization primarily relates to islands off the Maine coast, Conkling
wouldn't limit his interests to those. He'd be a good contact if
no one else has any easy ideas. I'm sure their number would be available
through information (area code 207). Regards, Zip Kellogg, U. of So. Me.
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Tue Aug 17 16:25:43 EDT 1993
Re: Island Lists
Isn't there a glossy magazine called Islands? Wonder if they have a master
list?
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Wed, 18 Aug 93 10:28:36 BST
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Re: Island lists
There is a fairly complete list of islands and island groups
posted on the Biodiversity and Biological Collections Gopher
at Harvard University. It is in the subdirectory "Biodiversity
Authority Files" under "Islands and their Political Affiliations".
This list was compiled by Anthony Kirchgessner, of the Harvard
University Herbaria. It is intended to be a guide for the placement
of islands and island groups into geographical and political
affiliations. I would suggest contacting him prior to posting
this list at an ftp site or other info. server other than the
Harvard Biodiversity Gopher. His internet addresss is:
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Another similar list is available within the "Cross Reference Index"
of a U.S. Government document ("DIAM 65-18") that lists all countries
of the world and their administrative divisions, together with a
standardized set of alphanumeric codes ("data items" / "data codes").
I think this document was produced by the Defense Mapping Agency or
the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. The hard-copy edition I have is
out of date (1984), but there may be a current edition in digital format
available from the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (Office of Geography,
Dept. of the Interior?). If any netters out there are aware of any ftp-
able digital copies of "DIAM 65-18", I would be most interested to learn
where they are posted !!
J.D.Weintraub
Dept. of Entomology
Natural History Museum
London SW7 5BD U.K.
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Wed, 18 Aug 1993 10:40 MST
BARBARA COX <[log in to unmask]>
islands
Try World facts and figures/Victor Showers.--NY:Wiley, 1979.
This is made up of lists, often in ranking order. The island lists have
about 200 entries and are by continent. Read the fine print; after a certain
point in each list they are not inclusive. For example,under North America
the largest 60 or so are ranked. The rest of the list is in order by size
but is not claimed to be inclusive but rather "other well-known islands".
Thus, Manhattan is listed but not some of medium-sized islands in the Great
Lakes which are actually larger in area.
BTW, They do pass the Cox test of attention to detail. Drummond Island
(north shore of Lake Huron, eastern tip of Michigan's Upper Peninsula) is
included. Drummond is a good test case for attention to detail in small
scale maps. It is not unknown for it to be shown but to colored as part of
Ontario. But then, it is not unknown for the whole of the U.P. to be colored
as for Wisconsin. Signed, A Summer Resident of a Lake Huron Island
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