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Celebrating the world's most spectacular island locations.
Director: Richard Kirby, Colin Collis
Lying 25 miles off the east coast of Tanzania in Africa, the Zanzibar Archipelago has been labeled the most exotic island chain in the world. Pristine sands and azure blue seas make it a much-loved holiday destination, but bizarre creatures, many of enormous size, also roam the islands.
52 minutes
Between the continents of North and South America is a tropical paradise: the Caribbean. This archipelago of over 7,000 islands and reefs lies within the crystal-clear waters of the Caribbean Sea.
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Situated over 600 miles west of Ecuador in South America, the Galapagos archipelago contains 13 main islands and a hundred or so smaller rocks and reefs. The region's wilderness is so pristine and rich in life that it altered our entire view of the natural world.
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Lying like a teardrop in the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka is an island defying convention. Poised just six degrees above the equator, it's less than 30,000 square miles in size. But it has enough wildlife to rival a continent: elephants, leopards, bears, and deer.
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Lying just off the coast of west Scotland, the Hebrides archipelago is made up of more than 500 islands and islets. Isolation from the mainland has made it the perfect breeding ground for millions of creatures, making it home to some of the largest gatherings and greatest spectacles on the planet.
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Japan's 7,000 islands stretch over 1,500 miles and cover an incredible range of climates. Winter in the central and northern islands can be savage, but summer in the sweltering southern islands couldn't be more different.
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The Anavilhanas and Mariua archipelagos consist of more than 1,000 river islands and stretch along a 620-mile area of the Rio Negro, deep in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
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Vancouver Island is the largest island off the west coast of North America. Its glaciers fuel the flow of some of Canada's tallest waterfalls, and an endless network of rivers and creeks provides the ideal habitat for one of the world's most important fish, the Pacific salmon.
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The Philippines consists of a chain of around 7,000 tropical islands in the western Pacific. Plants-turned-predators line the edge of the forests, while rivers help carve a spectacular cave system.
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The Falkland's bleak, battered, windswept archipelago lies 285 miles from the South American mainland.
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