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Prince of Wales Island (island, Canada)
Prince of Wales Island: uninhabited 33,339 km2 Arctic island in Nunavut, Canada, in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago between Victoria and Somerset islands, south of Viscount Melville Sound, at 72.67N 99W.
Prince Olav Coast
Prince Olav Coast (Kronprins Olav Kyst), coast of Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica, between Lützow-Holm Bay (40°E) and Shinnan Glacier (44°38'E); discovered by Riiser-Larsen in 1930 and named for the later King Olav V of Norway.
Prince Patrick Island
Prince Patrick Island is an uninhabited island in the Northwest Territories, Canada, at the western edge of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Arctic Archipelago.
Princess Martha Coast
Princess Martha Coast (Kronprinsesse Märtha Kyst, Kronprinzessin-Märtha-Küste) is the western coast of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, between 05°00'E and Stancomb-Wills Glacier, discovered by Riiser-Larsen in 1930.
Princess Ragnhild Coast
Princess Ragnhild Coast (Prinsesse Ragnhild Kyst) is a coast of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, between 20°E and the Riiser-Larsen Peninsula at 34°E, discovered from the Norvegia in 1931 and named for Princess Ragnhild of Norway.
Princess Royal Island
Princess Royal Island, British Columbia: a roughly 2,200 km2 uninhabited island on BC's north coast in the Great Bear Rainforest, Kitasoo/Xai'xais territory, known for Kermode spirit bears, wolves, Laredo Inlet conservancy, and the Butedale cannery.
Prins Karls Forland
Prins Karls Forland, Svalbard's westernmost island off Spitsbergen, 85 km long, highest peak Monacofjellet 1084 m; Forlandet National Park (1973), northernmost harbor seals and Brünnich's guillemot colony, named after King Charles I.
Private island
Private island: an island or island portion owned by individuals, corporations, or conservation groups rather than government. Remains under national sovereignty; shoreline and submerged lands often public; freehold or leasehold tenure; $1.25 billion 2025 market.
Psara (Ψαρά)
Psara (Ψαρά) is a small Greek island in the northeastern Aegean, about 10 nautical miles northwest of Chios, area 42 km2, in the Regional Unit of Chios. Known for its fireship fleet in the Greek War of Independence and its destruction by Ottoman forces on June 21-22, 1824.
Puffball Islands
Puffball Islands, also recorded as Puffball, Islotes (Chile) and Bejin, islotes (Argentina), are scattered ice-covered islets and rocks in southern Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, named by the FIDS in 1948 after nearby Mushroom Island.
Pukapuka
Pukapuka (Danger Island) is a 1.3 km² coral atoll in the northern Cook Islands with 451 residents (2011), a 6.5 km lagoon, reef cores dating to 600,000 years, and thinning freshwater lenses.
Pulau Adonara
Pulau Adonara (Adonara Island), Indonesian island in the Solor Archipelago, East Flores Regency, NTT; 580 km2, dominated by Iliboleng volcano (1,659 m, last erupted 1993); former Portuguese mission island and 16th-17th century trade port.
Pulau Akalo
Pulau Akalo is a small Indonesian islet in Central Sulawesi, listed at 1.4S 123.16E in some databases as Sulawesi Tenggara; distinct from Akalo localities in Nigeria and Uganda.
Pulau Ambon
Pulau Ambon (Ambon Island) is a 775 km² volcanic island in the Banda Sea, Maluku, Indonesia, southwest of Seram, hosting provincial capital Kota Ambon; two peninsulas flank tectonic Ambon Bay, with Plio-Quaternary ambonite volcanism and Suli-Tulehu geothermal potential.
Pulau Babar
Pulau Babar (Babar Island), main island of the Babar Island Group in Southwest Maluku Regency, Indonesia; coralline limestone, 386 m elevation, satellites Dai, Dawera, Daweloor, Marsela, Wetang; Lettic languages, historic barter networks, Dutch contact from 1882.
Pulau Belitung
Pulau Belitung, known on maps as Billiton, is an Indonesian island off east Sumatra named a UNESCO Global Geopark in 2021 for its granite landscape and tin heritage.
Pulau Bori
Pulau Bori (Bori Besar, Pulau Bori Besar) is an islet in North Maluku Province, Indonesia, near Bacan; GeoNames ID 1648153, Wikidata Q24997228, with neighboring Bori Kecil Island and villages Babang and Bori nearby.
Pulau Kabaena
Pulau Kabaena (Kabaena, Tokotua) is an 873-894 km2 island in the Flores Sea off Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, in Bombana Regency; known for its ophiolite nickel laterite deposits, Bajau coastal communities, and severe nickel-mining deforestation and marine pollution.
Pulau Karakelang
Pulau Karakelang (Karakelong), largest island of Indonesia's Talaud Islands in North Sulawesi, holds regency capital Melonguane, Mount Manuk at 648 m, endemic birds, and Neolithic cave sites.
Pulau Kawula
Pulau Kawula (Kewula, Kawela) is a colonial-era name for Lembata island in the Solor archipelago, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, formerly mapped as Lomblen; renamed Lembata in the 1960s, capital Lewoleba, home to Lamalera whalers and Mount Ili Lewotolok.
Pulau Koholifano
Pulau Koholifano, also Kogholifano Island, is a small inhabited island and village in the Buton Strait, Muna Regency, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, near Mataindaha. About 151 hectares, 2-9 m elevation, rocky elliptical shoreline, roughly 900 Muna-speaking Muslim villagers living by fishing and farming.
Pulau Komoran
Pulau Komoran, also called Pulau Komolom or Silam, is a flat, sparsely populated Indonesian island of about 695 km² south-east of Yos Sudarso Island, South Papua.
Pulau Laut
Pulau Laut, or Laut Island, is an Indonesian island in Kotabaru Regency, South Kalimantan, lying off southeastern Borneo and separated from the mainland by the Selat Laut.
Pulau Mangole
Pulau Mangole (Mangoli) is one of the three main Sula Islands in Kepulauan Sula Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia, at about 1.84°S, 125.85°E, home to the Mangole people and coconut, clove, nutmeg, and cocoa farming.
Pulau Maya
Pulau Maya (Pulau Maja, Maya Island) is an island in the Maya-Karimata group, Karimata Strait, North Kayong Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, separated from Borneo by Selat Maya, with Gunung Dusun at 529 m and Hindu-Buddhist archaeological sites.
Pulau Middle Ketir
Pulau Middle Ketir, also known as Keter Laut, is a low, wooded islet in Bintan Regency, Riau Islands, Indonesia, lying off the southern coast of Pulau Bintan.
Pulau Nuhuyut
Pulau Nuhuyut (Nuhu Yuut) is an island in the Kei Islands, Maluku, Indonesia, near Ohoiwat and Fako at 5°37′S 133°02′E, elevation 278 m; the name is also the indigenous designation of Kei Besar, Great Kei.
Pulau Obi
Pulau Obi (Obira, Groot Obi), main island of the Obi Islands in South Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia; 2,542 km2 hilly island with nickel mining by Harita Group since 2010, distinct from Pulau Ubin, Singapore.
Pulau Pagai Utara
Pulau Pagai Utara (North Pagai), 622.3 km2 Mentawai island off west Sumatra at 2.67S 100.10E; district population 6,495 (2023), main settlement Sikakap, high coastal vulnerability, 2010 tsunami affected east coast.
Pulau Pandang
Pulau Pandang (Pandang Island), an island in Batu Bara Regency, North Sumatra, in the Malacca Strait, known for granite coast, lighthouse, coral reefs, and a proposed 658.93-hectare marine conservation area.