Island Games IslandsYou are in: Jersey > Island Games > Games Islands  Guernsey is the second largest of the Channel Islands and is situated some 80 miles south of the UK.  The Spanish island of Menorca is situated in the middle of the Western Mediterranean.  Greenland is the world's largest island, located where the northern Atlantic meets the Arctic.  Gibraltar is recognised as the southernmost point of Europe.  Gotland is situated in the middle of the Baltic Sea, 50-60 miles from the Swedish mainland.  The Faroe Islands are situated in the North Atlantic 430 km south-east of Iceland  Geologically Bermuda emerged on the summits of submerged volcanic mountain ranges.  Frøya and Hitra are neighbouring islands situated off the coast of Central Norway.  Grand Cayman and Little Cayman are flat, while Cayman Brac has a limestone plateau rising to 140 ft.  The Western Isles is a chain of over 100 islands located 55 km off Scotland’s West Coast.  Hosts for 2005, Shetland is a cluster of over 100 islands situated between Scotland and Scandinavia.  Sark, all 1,274 acres of it, is the smallest of the four major Channel Islands.  The Island of St. Helena lies in an isolated position in the South Atlantic.  Saaremaa is Estonia's biggest island, situated in the Baltic close to the mainland coast of Estonia.  The Greek Island of Rhodes is situated in the eastern Mediterranean basin.  Prince Edward Island has the distinction of being Canada's smallest political unit.  Orkney is a thriving, fertile island archipelago of 70 islands lying 7 miles north of the mainland.  The Isle of Wight is separated from the south coast of England by the Solent.  Isle of Man is not part of the UK but an independent country which controls its own affairs.  The Aland Islands lie between Sweden and Finland in an archipelago of 6,500 islands.  Alderney's culture reflects the diversity of influences the island has endured over the years  The Falkland Islands are a British Crown Colony in the South Atlantic 8,000 miles from Britain.  The Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn) is the largest island off the coast of England and Wales. You are in: Jersey > Island Games > Games Islands |
