No landform rewards the aerial view like an island. The ring of a drowned volcano, the shallow shelf where the reef grows, the windward coast bitten by swell and the leeward side where every settlement chose to be.
Volcanic islands, coral atolls and inhabited archipelagos, each with aerial views, photographs, video and a guide to how the island formed, who settled it and how to reach it.
3 Islands in China, each with aerial views, photos, videos and an in-depth guide.
Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong. It has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km², as of 2008. The island had a population of about 3,000 inhabitants scattered in a dozen fishing villages when it was oc…
Macau ( (listen); 澳門, Cantonese: [ōu.mǔːn]; Portuguese: [mɐˈkaw]), also spelled Macao and officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the P…
Cheung Chau (Chinese: 長洲, lit. "Long Island") is an island 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) southwest of Hong Kong Island. It is nicknamed the 'dumbbell isl…