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Top 10 islands -- and they're not what you'd think

January 6, 2008

The top islands, per National Geographic Traveler:

1. Faroe Islands, Denmark

2. Azores, Portugal

3. (tie) Lofoten, Norway; Shetland Islands, Scotland; Chiloe, Chile

6. Isle of Skye, Scotland

7. (tie) Kangaroo Island, South Australia; Mackinac Island, Mich.; Iceland

10. Molokai, Hawaii

(Judged by a panel of 522 experts in sustainable tourism)

Related topic galleries: Hawaii

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