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An islet is a very small island.
As suggested by its origin as islette, an Old French diminutive of "isle",[1] use of the term implies small size, but little attention is given to drawing an upper limit on its applicability.
Whether an islet is considered a rock or not can have significant economic consequences under Article 121 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which stipulates that "Rocks which cannot sustain human habitation or economic life of their own shall have no exclusive economic zone or continental shelf." One long-term dispute over the status of such an islet was that of Snake Island (Black Sea).[2][3][4]
The International Court of Justice jurisprudence however sometimes ignores islets, regardless of inhabitation status, in deciding territorial disputes; it did so in 2009 in adjudicating the Romania-Ukraine dispute, and previously in the dispute between Libya and Malta involving the islet of Filfla.[2][5]
There are thousands of islets on Earth: approximately 24,000 islands and islets in the Stockholm archipelago alone. The following is a list of example islets from around the world.
Iceland, Denmark, Greenland, Norway, Faroese language
Miami, Marathon, Florida, Biscayne National Park, Monroe County, Florida, Islamorada, Florida
Marshall Islands, Guam, Australia, New Zealand, United States
Isle of Man, India, Canada, European Union, British Overseas Territories
Hawaii, Honolulu, Maui, Oahu, United States
Pembrokeshire, Fishguard, Haverfordwest, Milford Haven, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire
Papua New Guinea, Australia, Manila, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland
Hawaii, Hawaii (island), Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Maui, Midway Atoll
Black Sea, Romania, World War II, Ukraine, Russian Empire