Only a short stretch of water separates it from the island of Inchcruin.

It is separated from the island of Moloka'i by the Kalohi Channel to the north.

Eysturoy is separated by a narrow sound from the main island of Streymoy.

In the 18th century it was separated from the main island by a canal which roughly followed what is now Parnell Place.

There was a narrow channel separating it from the next island in the chain.

Running over hills, it was separated by the river Glushets from the island containing the central city.

It is separated from the island of Hokkaidō by the Tsugaru Strait.

To the south, the Bay of Jiguey separates it from the main island of Cuba.

They approached the sandbanks that separated the mainland from the island, on which they had built the fireships.

It is separated only by narrow channels from the main island of New Guinea.