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| Rothesay is the principal town on (Scottish island) |
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Bute |
| Flying Fish Cove – named after the ship of the Royal Navy that landed there in 1887, but often known simply as The Settlement – is the largest settlement on (Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean) |
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Christmas Island |
| Ajaccio (birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte) is the largest settlement on |
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Corsica |
| Bastia is the main commercial and industrial town on | ||
| Heraklion (capital), Hania (Chania), Rethimno, Agios Nikolaos |
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Crete |
| Limassol, Paphos, Famagusta |
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Cyprus |
| Las Palmas |
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Gran Canaria |
| Nuuk (formerly known as Godthab) is the capital of |
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Greenland |
| Honiara (capital of the Solomon Islands) |
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Guadalcanal |
| Pointe–a–Pitre |
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Guadeloupe |
| St. Peter Port is the only town on |
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Guernsey |
| Sapporo is the largest city on (and capital of the prefecture of) |
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Hokkaido |
| Tokyo, Kyoto, Yokohama, Osaka, Kobe, Hiroshima (Japan's largest island) |
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Honshu |
| Sant Antoni de Portmany – commonly known as San Antonio – described by Time Out magazine as "arguably the clubbing capital of the universe" is the second largest town on |
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Ibiza |
| Bowmore (famous for its distillery); Port Ellen is the largest settlement (also a ferry port), but the main ferry port is Port Askaig |
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Islay |
| Port Erin, Port St. Mary, Douglas, Castletown, Laxey, Peel, Ramsey |
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Isle of Man |
| Sheerness |
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Isle of Sheppey |
| Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs (not really an island!) |
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Isle of Thanet |
| Djakarta (capital of Indonesia) |
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Java |
| St. Helier is the largest settlement on, home to over one third of the population of, and is often referred to as the capital of |
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Jersey |
| Nagasaki (Japan's third largest island) |
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Kyushu |
| Arrecife |
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Lanzarote |
| Stornoway |
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Lewis (and Harris) |
| Manila (capital of the Philippines) |
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Luzon |
| Funchal (capital of) |
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Madeira |
| Alcudia (popular holiday resort), Palma |
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Majorca |
| Sliema is the largest city on, but not the capital of |
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Malta |
| Mahon – after which mayonnaise is said to be named – is the capital of |
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Minorca |
| Plymouth (capital of this British Overseas Territory, which has been derelict since a series of volcanic eruptions in 1997) |
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Montserrat |
| Tobermory; Craignure is the principal ferry port |
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Mull |
| Nassau (capital of the Bahamas) |
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New Providence Island |
| Honolulu (state capital of Hawaii) |
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Oahu |
| San Juan is the capital of |
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Puerto Rico |
| Faliraki is the main holiday resort on |
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Rhodes |
| Ponta Delgada (capital of the Azores) |
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Sao Miguel |
| Cagliari (capital of) |
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Sardinia |
| Hugh Town (capital of the Scilly Isles) |
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St. Mary's |
| Palermo is the capital of; Catania, Messina, Syracuse and Marsala are the second, third, fourth and fifth largest cities (by population) of |
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Sicily |
| Taormina – a holiday destination, which hosted a G7 summit in 2017 | ||
| Avola (gives its name to the Nero d'Avola, the island's most important wine grape) | ||
| Portree is the major town of; Armadale, Broadford, Dunvegan, Elgol, Staffin, Uig are other towns and villages on |
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Skye |
| Trincomalee |
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Sri Lanka |
| Basseterre |
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St. Kitts |
| Scarborough is the largest town on (Caribbean island) |
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Tobago |
| New Grimsby, Old Grimsby, Dolphin Town |
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Tresco (Scillies) |
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas is the main settlement on (British possession in the Atlantic Ocean)
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Tristan da Cunha |
| Victoria (capital of British Columbia) |
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Vancouver Island |
| Copenhagen |
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Zealand (Sjaelland) |
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