Island (disambiguation)

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An island is a land mass entirely surrounded by water.

Island may also refer to:

Contents 1 In Ecology 2 In geography 3 In film 4 In literature 5 In music 6 Other

[edit] In Ecology

• Ecological island refers to a micro-habitat within a larger differing ecosystem.

[edit] In geography

• The Island, Chicago's smallest neighborhood
• Island, Belfast - an electoral ward of East Belfast
• Island County, Washington
• Island, Kentucky, a city in the United States
• Island, Yonne, a commune of the Yonne département France
• The Isle of Wight, also known as The Island
• Manitoulin Island, also known as The Island (the largest freshwater island in the world)
• In the New York Metropolitan Area, "The Island" refers to Long Island

Lands

• Iceland, also known as Ísland, its Icelandic and German name

[edit] In film

• The Island (1980 film), a film directed by Michael Ritchie
• The Island (1998 film), a film portraying John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe
• The Island (2005 film), a science-fiction film directed by Michael Bay with Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson
• The Island (2006 film) (Russian: Остров), a film on religious themes directed by Pavel Lungin.

[edit] In literature

• Island (1962 novel), a novel by Aldous Huxley
• Islands (1976 novel), a novel by Marta Randall
• The Island (1979 novel), a novel by Peter Benchley
• Island (1987 novel), a novel by Thomas Perry
• Island (2001 novel), a novel by Gordon Korman
• The Island (2005 novel) by Victoria Hislop
• The Island (1973 play), a play by Athol Fugard
• Island (manhwa), a Korean comic series set on the Korean Jeju-do island province
• Island (2000 book), a collection of short stories by Alistair MacLeod
• The Island (Paulsen novel), a novel by Gary Paulsen

[edit] In music

• Island (David Arkenstone album), a 1989 music album by David Arkenstone and Andrew White
• Islands (King Crimson album), a 1971 music album by King Crimson
• Islands (The Band album), a 1977 music album by The Band
• Islands (Mike Oldfield album), a 1987 music album by Mike Oldfield
• Islands (band), an indie rock band from Canada, including former members of The Unicorns
• Island (musical group), a Cypriot pop group
• Island Records, a record label
• Island (band), a Swiss progressive band
• "Islands", a song by Cat Power from her 2006 album The Greatest
• "The Island", a 12 minute, 3 part ballad off The Decemberists' 4th full length album, The Crane Wife
• "The Island", by Paul Brady from the 1985 music album 'Back to the Centre'
• Several record labels:
  • Island Blue Records
  • The Island Def Jam Music Group
  • Island Masters
  • Island Records
  • Island Reggae Greats

[edit] Other

Island may also refer to:

• The Islands, a defunct provincial electoral district in British Columbia
  • Saanich North and the Islands, a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly from 1941 to 1963
  • Nanaimo and the Islands, a provincial electoral district from 1941 to 1963
• The Island, which in British Columbia English is a common term for Vancouver Island
• Inet, previously known as Island ECN, an Electronic Communication Network acquired by Instinet and subsequently by NASDAQ
• In linguistics, the syntactic or extraction islands
• The command and control area of an aircraft carrier
• A traffic island, a strip between directions of a road
• A refuge island, a small area pedestrians can stop before finishing crossing a road
• The Islands of Langerhans, the endocrine-producing formations in the pancreas