Island

An island was a type of landmass, usually surrounded by water and generally smaller than a continent. (ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: Uncertain Logic, TTN novel: Over a Torrent Sea, DS9 episode & novelization: What You Leave Behind)

Bajor had islands in the southern hemisphere. (DS9 episode: "Battle Lines")

History[]

In 2165, the USS Pioneer visited the Kyraw homeworld, a planet dominated by islands dotting a large ocean instead of continents. (ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: Uncertain Logic)

In the 2370s, the Great Link was an amorphous mass made up of joined Changelings. For interactions with solids, they surrounded a small rocky island. (DS9 episode & novelization: What You Leave Behind, DS9 - Twist of Faith novel: Avatar, Book Two)

In the mirror universe, Miles O'Brien and his wife Keiko Ishikawa returned to Earth and settled on Inis Mór, an island off the west coast of Ireland, in 2378. (ST - Mirror Universe novel: Rise Like Lions)

From 2409, a popular summer destination for Alpha Quadrant Alliance officers and other vacationers was the Summer Resort on Risa, which was based on a tropical island and surrounding atolls and rocks. (STO - Legacy of Romulus mission: "Welcome to Risa")

In 2410, the Alliance worked with the jahSepp to remove a foreign corruption from islands - floating rocks with up/down differentiation - from several islands in the mycelial realm. (STO - J'Ula's Discovery mission: "Beneath the Skin")