The Beautiful Uummannaq Island, Greenland
Kaushik Patowary
May 25, 2015
Uummannaq is a picturesque island and town in the Qaasuitsup municipality, in northwestern Greenland, located 590 kilometers north of the Ar...
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The Wall of Tears, Galapagos Islands
Kaushik Patowary
May 19, 2015
The Galápagos Islands are best known for their diverse flora and fauna. The islands were made famous by Charles Darwin whose keen observatio...
Hundred Island National Park Philippines
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 6, 2015
The Hundred Islands National Park actually consist of 124 separate islands (123 at high tide) scattered in Lingayen Gulf in northern Philipp...
The 98 Rock of Wake Island
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 2, 2015
Wake Island is a coral atoll located in the North Pacific Ocean, just north of the Marshall Islands. The island is an unorganized, unincorpo...
The Hidden Town of Monemvasia
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 27, 2015
Monemvasia is a Gibraltar-like rocky island off the east coast of the Peloponnese, in Greece, and linked to the mainland by a short causeway...
Pearl-Qatar, A Luxurious Artificial Island
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 2, 2014
The Pearl-Qatar in Doha, Qatar, is a luxurious residential complex that is being developed on an artificial island, off the coast of Doha’s ...
Mexican Venice: The Island of Mexcaltitán
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 13, 2014
Mexcalitán is a small village on an island located in one of the lakes in the estuaries north of San Blas, in the municipality of Santiago I...
Saint Helena Island: The Place of Napoleon's Imprisonment
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 20, 2014
Saint Helena, a British Overseas Territory, is a remote island located in the South Atlantic Ocean about 1,950 km west of the south-western ...
St Michael's Mount of Cornwall
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 18, 2014
St. Michael's Mount is a tidal island located about 360 meters off the coast of Mount's Bay coast of Cornwall, England. Perched on t...
The Sand Dunes of Maspalomas
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 17, 2014
The Dunes of Maspalomas is a spectacular 4 square km field of sand located in the tourist town of Maspalomas in the south of the island of G...
Goree Island: Senegal’s Slave Trade Center
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 12, 2014
Gorée is a small island located off the coast of Dakar, in Senegal, about 2 km out into the sea. It was the site of one of the earliest Euro...
Passage du Gois: A Tidal Causeway in France
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 8, 2014
Passage du Gois is a submersible causeway in the Bay of Bourgneuf, linking the island of Noirmoutier to the mainland in the department of Ve...
The Guano Covered Island of Grassholm
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 2, 2014
Grassholm is a small uninhabited island, just 200 meters across, located 13 kilometers off the southwestern Pembrokeshire coast in Wales. Th...
Via Krupp of Capri Island
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 19, 2014
One of the world’s most beautiful footpath - Via Krupp, is located on the island of Capri, in the Tyrrhenian Sea, on the south side of the G...
The Enchanting Island of Gaztelugatxe
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 14, 2014
Gaztelugatxe is a little island situated in the Bay of Biscay just outside the Spanish coast in Basque Country. The island is crowned by a s...
Raja Ampat Islands
Kaushik Patowary
May 5, 2014
Raja Ampat, or the Four Kings, is an archipelago comprising over 1,500 small islands, cays, and shoals in the northwest tip of Bird's He...
Palmerston Island, Where Everyone is Related
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 24, 2014
Palmerston Island is a coral atoll in the Cook Islands in one of the most isolated part of the Pacific Ocean, about 3,200 km from New Zealan...
Rockall – An Isolated Rocky Islet Claimed by Four Nations
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 13, 2014
Rockall is a very small, unremarkable and uninhabited rocky island located around 480 km off the west coast of mainland Scotland. At just ov...
Diomede Islands: Two Islands Split by the US-Russian Border and the International Date Line
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 28, 2014
The Diomede Islands are a pair of rocky islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait between mainland Alaska and Siberia. Though the t...
The Colorful Island of Burano, Italy
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 25, 2014
Burano is an island in the Northern Venetian Lagoon, just 40 minutes away from Venice by boat. Burano is an old fishing village, and the fis...
