Saturday 26 November 2011

9 the most beautiful island in the world

1.      Bali in Indonesia
Bali is the name of a province in Indonesia and also the name of the largest islands that are part of the province. In addition consists of the island of Bali, Bali Province is also made ​​up of islands surrounding a smaller, namely the island of Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan Island, the island of Nusa Island Ceningan and attack.
Bali lies between Java and Lombok Island. Denpasar is the provincial capital located on the southern island. The majority of Balinese are Hindu. In the world, Bali is famous as a tourist destination with a unique variety of art-culture, especially for Japanese and Australian tourists. Bali is also known as Thousand Island Island of the Gods and temples.

2.       Seychelles Island in Indian Ocean
Seychelles island is an island nation that includes an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean in the Indian Ocean, about 1,600 miles east of mainland Africa, northeast of Madagascar. Neighboring countries and territories are Mauritius and Reunion to the south, Comoro and Mayotte to the southwest, and the Maldives to the northeast. Seychelles, with an estimated population of 86,525, has the smallest population in Africa. Seychelles is part of the Mascarene Islands together with Mauritius, and Reunion.

3.       Maldives Island
Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives is an archipelago island contains coral reefs located in the Indian Ocean, south of the island of Lakshadweep, India. It is located about 700 miles or (435 miles) southwest of Sri Lanka. There are 26 coral gazetted as areas containing a total of 1.192 small islands. However, only about 200 islands are inhabited only by men. Name this country is derived from the "mountainous Islands" (malai in Tamil, meaning "mountain" and teevu on in Tamil meaning "island") it also probably means "a thousand islands". Some scholars believe that the name "Maldives" maladvipa taken from the Sanskrit word, means "arrangement of the islands," or from "mahila dvipa", meaning "island of women". There are those who believe the name means "palace" (from the Mahal in Arabic), following the introduction of Islam in 1153, the island became part of the Portuguese (1558), Netherlands (1654) and title of British colonial rule (1887). In 1965, Maldives declared its independence from Britain, and in 1968, the Sultanate was replaced by a Republic. However, over 38 years, Maldives has had only two presidents even though political restrictions have been relaxed recently.

4.       Bora Bora in Tahiti
Bora Bora is one of the islands in the archipelago of Tahiti, French Polynesia. One of the islands are surrounded by a lagoon blue, turquoise green around the main island, and in the middle of the island there are three volcanoes. Islands in Tahiti is mostly due to volcanic eruptions that occurred hundreds or thousands of years ago that ultimately formed the islands and lagoon-lagoon around it.





5.       Lanikai in hawaii
Lanikai Beach is a not so great, but it is a beach with the clearest, bluest water in Hawaii. Complete with a view of two small islands called Mokuluas in the distance.










6.       Fraser Island in Australia
Fraser Island is an island located along the southern coast of Queensland, Australia, approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of Brisbane. Its length is about 120 kilometres (75 mi) and its width is approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi). It was inscribed as a World Heritage site in 1992. The island is considered to be the largest sand island in the world at 1840 km². It is also Queensland's largest island, Australia's sixth largest island and the largest island on the East Coast of Australia.
The island has rainforests, eucalyptus woodland, mangrove forests, wallum and peat swamps, sand dunes and coastal heaths. It is made up of sand that has been accumulating for approximately 750,000 years on volcanic bedrock that provides a natural catchment for the sediment which is carried on a strong offshore current northwards along the coast. Unlike many sand dunes, plant life is abundant due to the naturally occurring mycorrhizal fungi present in the sand, which release nutrients in a form that can be absorbed by the plants. Fraser Island is home to a small number of mammal species, as well as a diverse range of birds, reptiles and amphibians, including the occasional saltwater crocodile. The island is part of the Fraser Coast Region and protected in the Great Sandy National Park.
Fraser Island has been inhabited by humans for as much as 5,000 years. Explorer James Cook sailed by the island in May 1770. Matthew Flinders landed near the most northern point of the island in 1802. For a short period the island was known as Great Sandy Island. The island became known as Fraser due to the stories of a shipwreck survivor named Eliza Fraser. Today the island is a popular tourism destination. Its resident human population was 360 at the census of 2006.

7.       Saint Barthélemy
is an overseas collectivity of France. Often abbreviated to Saint-Barth in French, or St. Barts (also, St. Barth's) in English, the indigenous people called the island Ouanalao.The collectivity is one of four territories among the Leeward Islands in the northeastern Caribbean that comprise the French West Indies, along with Guadeloupe (200 km southeast), Martinique and Saint Martin. St. Barts lies c. 35 km southeast of Sint Maarten/Saint Martin, and north of St Kitts. Puerto Rico is 240 km to its west in the Lesser Antilles.
St. Barts, a volcanic island fully encircled by shallow reefs, has an area of 21 km² and a population of 8,823 (census 2008). Its capital is Gustavia, which also contains the main harbour to the island. It is the only Caribbean island which was a Swedish colony for any significant length of time; Guadeloupe was under Swedish rule only briefly, at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Symbolism from the Swedish national arms, the Three Crowns, still appears in the island's coat of arms. The language, cuisine and culture, however, are distinctly French. The island is a popular tourist destination during the winter holiday season.

8.      Usedom: The Singing Island Germany
Though anchored to the German coast with bridges at both north and south ends (and a railway over the northern bridge), Usedom lies so far east that the eastern tip is actually part of Poland — you can walk down the beach from Ahlberg to the large commercial port of Swinoujscie. But it’s the German side that’s the tourist magnet, a beloved getaway since the early 19th century; Usedom has been nicknamed the “Bathtub of Berlin.” Usedom’s other nickname, “the singing island,” came about because the white sand of its 25-mile strand is so fine that it squeaks when you walk on it. A handful of nearby “wellness hotels” and thermal baths preserve old-world spa traditions. Landscaped garden promenades, open-air concert pavilions, and tree-lined side streets hark back to genteel seaside holiday traditions; each resort town also has a long pleasure pier extending into the Baltic, where you can still envision a parade of ladies with parasols and bustled dresses and gents in well-cut linen suits.

9.      Langkaw in Malaysia
Langkawi is one of the districts in the state of Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia. Langkawi Island were given tax-exempt status in 1987. Today, the island is rich with natural beauty and legends of the past has been to present ourselves as one of the most popular tourist destinations in Malaysia. Langkawi is actually an island chain in which the island of Langkawi is the largest.

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