This list of settlements excludes research stations of Antarctica and its surrounding islands.

On June 12, 1746, he bought Monhegan Island and its surrounding islands for £10, 13 shillings.

Annette Island and its surrounding islands today comprise the only Indian reservation in Alaska.

The joint armies plundered Achill and its surrounding islands, killing all they found upon it.

After five or ten minutes of looking at the surrounding island, the impatient monks hurry travelers down the stairs.

The soldiers are forced to leave in an enemy aircraft; the Commander's bomb destroys the fortress, the vehicles and much of the surrounding island.

It contains two species restricted to Africa and its surrounding islands.

Most of the layers of West Falkland and its surrounding islands are slightly inclined from the horizontal.

Through the cage exits we could see the vegetation of the surrounding island, flooded with sunlight.

Flatey and its surrounding islands are, as a creation, believed to have forged from under the weight of a great glacier during the previous Ice age.