| POLLENESIA | Islands of flowers? |
| HOKKAIDO | The northernmost of the four main islands of Japan. It is bordered by the Sea of Japan (East Sea), the Sea of Okhotsk to the north, and the Pacific Ocean. (8) |
| INLANDSEA | Body of water separating three of the four main islands of Japan (6,3) |
| HAVREAUXMAISONS | One of the islands of Iles de la Madeleine in Quebec that's a 'haven-of-houses' |
| AINU | What is a member of the indigenous race of the northern-most islands of Japan? (4) |
| MOLUCCASEA | Coral-rich body of water bordered by the Indonesian Islands of Celebes, Halmahera and the Sula Islands (7,3) |
| SARONICGULF | Inlet of the Aegean Sea on the SE coast of Greece that includes the islands of Aegina, Salamis and Poros (7,4) |
| OKINAWA | Largest of the Ryukyu Islands of SW Japan; site of the prefectural capital Naha (7) |
| ORANGUTAN | Any of three species of Asian great apes found in rainforests on the Southeast Asian islands of Sumatra and Borneo. |
| OCEANIA | Geographical area of around 8.5 million square kilometres comprising most of the islands of the Pacific (7) |
| ELBA | Largest of the seven major islands of the Tuscan Archipelago, lying north of Montecristo (4) |
| YAP | Group of four islands in the Caroline Islands of the Pacific which were an important Japanese naval base in the Second World War (3) |
| IRABU | One of the Miyako Islands of Japan |
| LASPALMAS | Chief city of the Canary Islands of Spain |
| LAS | ___ Palmas (city of the Canary Islands of Spain) |
| TUATARA | Greenish-grey reptile of the family Sphenodontidae that occurs only on certain small islands of New |
| STCROIX | Largest of the Virgin Islands of the US (2,5) |
| IONIANSEA | Setting of the so-called "Seven Islands" of Greece |
| KEYS | The 'Overseas Highway' is a 127.5 mile stretch of roads and bridges traversing the islands of the Fl |
| BORABORA | Island in the Leeward group of the Society Islands of French Polynesia used as a US military supply |
