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Name a Valid Island by Archipelago

For each archipelago, name one of the five largest islands that compose it.
Answers must correspond to the yellow box
Atolls and islets are excluded
Quiz by Elboy
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Last updated: March 12, 2024
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First submittedFebruary 9, 2023
Times taken10,773
Average score55.0%
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Archipelago
Five largest islands ...
Japan
Honshu | Hokkaido | Kyushu | Shikoku | Okinawa
British Isles
Great Britain | Ireland | Lewis and Harris | Isle of Skye | Mainland (Shetland)
Arctic archipelago (Canada)
Baffin Island | Victoria Island | Ellesmere Island | Banks Island | Devon Island
Philippines
Luzon | Mindanao | Samar | Negros | Palawan
Greater Antilles
Cuba | Hispaniola | Puerto Rico | Jamaica | Isla de la Juventud
Lesser Antilles
Trinidad | Martinique | Margarita Island | Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe) | Dominica
Hawaii
Hawaiʻi | Kauaʻi | Maui | Oʻahu | Molokaʻi
Canary Islands
Tenerife | Fuerteventura | Gran Canaria | Lanzarote | La Palma
Aegean Islands
Crete | Evia | Lesbos | Rhodes | Chíos
Sunda Islands
Borneo | Sumatra | Sulawesi | Java | Timor
Balearic Islands
Mallorca | Menorca | Ibiza | Formentera | Cabrera
Mascarene Islands
Mauritius | Réunion | Rodrigues
Bahama Archipelago
North Andros | Great Inagua | South Andros | Great Abaco | Grand Bahama
Comoro Islands
Grande Comore | Anjouan | Grande-Terre (Mayotte) | Mohéli | Pamanzi
Channel Islands (Europe)
Jersey | Guernsey | Alderney | Sark | Herm
Hochelaga Archipelago
Island of Montreal | Jesus Island | Île Perrot | Île Bizard | Nuns' Island
Society Islands
Tahiti | Raiatea | Moorea | Taha'a | Huahine
Archipelago Sea (Baltic Sea)
Fasta Åland | Kimitoön | Otava | Lemland | Eckerö
Florida Keys
Big Pine Key | Key West | Key Biscayne | Boca Grande Key | Bahia Honda Key
Galapagos Islands
Isabela | Santa Cruz | Fernandina | Santiago | San Cristóbal
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Level 84
Feb 9, 2023
Nice one. Small typo on Baltic.
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Level 70
Feb 9, 2023
Thanks! I fixed the typo
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Level 66
Mar 12, 2023
I got Gran Canaria, if only I'd applied the same logic to the others I could have had two more correct!
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Level 92
Feb 21, 2024
Missed the 'five largest' in the instructions, spent far too long trying islands like Wight, Anglesey, Man, and Arran, and Islay before Skye was accepted.
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Level 66
Feb 21, 2024
I live in Montréal and I never heard anyone refers to the Hochelaga archipelago.
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Level 84
Feb 21, 2024
Also from the Montreal area and never heard of Hochelaga Archipelago.
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Level 83
Feb 25, 2024
Sounds like a you problem... it may not be the most common name but it does appear to be a possible and valid name. In French it's Archipel d'Hochelaga, and it takes its name from a Native American group previously inhabiting the area
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Level 85
Mar 11, 2024
Hochelaga is correct. If you know obscure Canadian history, then the answer is easy. The name came about the same time the French mistaken the word for village (Kanata, now Canada) to be the name of the whole region.
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Level 83
Mar 12, 2024
The etymology is correct, but the fact that it was a mistake is itself a misunderstanding, from what I can find from a quick search. (There are many etymologies claimed to be foreign words applied in error, but that just implies that explorers and colonisers were bumbling fools who didn't know what they were doing, when actually their interactions with native peoples were fully conscious and fitted perfectly into their horrific plans of colonialism.)
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Level 39
Mar 13, 2024
Then you learned a fun piece of trivia about the place you live in.
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Level 60
Feb 21, 2024
Can you accept GB for Great Britain? Cool quiz otherwise.
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Level 70
Feb 22, 2024
Type-in added (change pending).
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Level 84
Feb 21, 2024
"Grand Comore" doesn't work for Grande Comore? It works in 407 Islands on the World Map.
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Level 70
Feb 22, 2024
It will be accepted (change pending).
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Level 76
Feb 21, 2024
Great quiz - how about doing an advanced version that asks for all five answers in each category?
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Level 70
Feb 23, 2024
Thank you for this good idea! I have done a 12 archipelagos version you can find here.
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Level 70
Feb 23, 2024
What about the Isle of Man for British Isles?
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Level 70
Feb 23, 2024
Not large enough compared to the others (574 km²).
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Level 74
Feb 25, 2024
Please accept Euboea for Evia
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Level 70
Feb 26, 2024
It's now accepted (after approval).
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Level 69
Feb 26, 2024
Oahu is bigger than Molokai.

Carbrera is the fifth biggest balearic island.

Hochelaga islands are inaccurate past montreal and jesus and I'm fairly sure there are some other small islands in the mascerene islands as well.

Still fun quiz :)

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Level 70
Feb 27, 2024
I have updated the quiz considering your first 2 observations. Thank you.
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Level 66
Mar 11, 2024
You missed La Gomera and El Hierro in Canary Island, but very nice quiz
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Level 70
Mar 11, 2024
Not large enough to be included.
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Level 71
Mar 11, 2024
Accept English (traditional?) names for the Galápagos:

Albemarle/Albermarle, Indefatigable, Narborough, James, Chatham.

I didn't check the quiz for this but I think San Salvador should also be accepted for Santiago.

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Level 70
Mar 12, 2024
These names will be accepted after approval.
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Level 48
Mar 11, 2024
Pls accept gran comore
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Level 70
Mar 12, 2024
I do not see why. Accepting Grand or Grande is meaningful to me because of the close pronunciation, but Gran is not used at all to describe this island.
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Level 27
Mar 11, 2024
If you count disputed territories, the 5th largest island in Japan is Iturup/Etorofu Island in Kuril Islands
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Level 60
Mar 11, 2024
Kuril Islands aren't on here?
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Level 70
Mar 12, 2024
The Kuril Islands are considered to form the northeastern boundary of the Japanese archipelago for this quiz, just as the Wiki definition suggests.