Most Dispersed Island Nations
Which countries have the lowest percentage of their land area on their 2 largest land masses?
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Quizmaster
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Apr 16, 2019
The Maldives is composed of hundreds of coral atolls, and the highest point is just 5 meters above sea level, with the average elevation just 1.5 meters.
JWC1202
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Level 70
Apr 16, 2019
Yes, aerial images of the capital, Malé, are astounding. It looks like a large city just rising up out of the surrounding ocean.
tshalla
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Level 71
Jun 28, 2019
Actually, there are 26 physical atolls. "Physical" because atoll is a loan word from Dhivehi, where atolhu means "province." (Maldivian political atolls often correspond with physical atolls, but some physical atolls are split and others are combined.) The atolls in the north are oldest and are degraded, so that there is virtually no ring reef left, whereas in the south they are younger and it's much easier to see the ancient shoreline of the now-submerged volcanic islands. Enjoyed the quiz.
KoljiVriVoda
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Level 73
Apr 16, 2019
Clever one.
interopia
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Level 81
Apr 16, 2019
Great idea~!
Yosherax
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Level 64
Apr 16, 2019
Island quizzes are awesome
Ourania
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Level 53
Apr 17, 2019
I don't get the question.please rephrase?
TWM03
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Level 63
Apr 17, 2019
It's asking about which countries have their land spread out most over different islands. To measure this the following method is used. Countries that are not spread out will have most of their land on one or two landmasses (the UK, for example, has almost all of its land on Great Britain or Ireland). For this reason this quiz is using the smallest percentage of the land lying on an island that is the largest or second-largest island in the country.
Antimatter
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Level 45
Apr 17, 2019
Very interesting! :)
joedimaggio
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Level 67
Jun 28, 2019
I was really surprized of Micronesia, which I assumed was like Marshall Island or Tuvalu, but then I checked and there is two "really big" islands, Pohnpei and Weno, and then just atolls.
AlexThirkell
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Level 65
Nov 23, 2020
Must've changed...
CatcoolH
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Level 48
Jun 28, 2019
Nice quiz, only one I missed was Cape Verde!
loganite
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Level 83
Jun 28, 2019
Fun quiz! I was so focused on nations made up of lots of small islands, I almost forgot the two made up of lots of big islands! ;)
Sifhraven
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Level 67
Jun 28, 2019
Makes you think much harder than expected. Good quiz !
Oatmeal11
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Level 57
Jul 3, 2019
Very good quiz! 12/13 forgot Solomon Islands
mapgeek
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Level 48
Aug 24, 2020
I can't believe I actually missed the Phillipines
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