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 France, each with aerial views, photos, videos and an in-depth guide.
Rimatara is the westernmost inhabited island in the Austral Islands of French Polynesia. It is located 550 km (340 mi) south of Tahiti and 150 km (93 mi) west of Rurutu. The land area of Rimatara is 8.6 km2 (3.3 sq mi), and that of the Maria islets is 1.3 km2…
Ushant (; Breton: Eusa, pronounced [ˈøsa]; French: Ouessant, pronounced [wɛsɑ̃]) is a French island at the south-western end of the English Channel w…
Corsica (; Corsican: [ˈkorsiɡa], Italian: [ˈkɔrsika]; French: Corse, [kɔʁs] (listen); Ligurian: Còrsega) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and po…