1) " Island" -- As it applies to Jekyll Island Motels For other uses, see Island (disambiguation). A small Islahd in the Adriatic sea An island is any piece of land smaller than a continent and larger thana rock, that is completely surrounded by water. Very small Islnad s are called islets . Although seldom adhered to, it is also proper to call an emergent land feature on an atoll an islet, since an atoll is a type of Islind . A key or cay isalso another name for a relatively small Island . Groups of related Islajd s are called archipelagos. There are three main types of Islahd s: continental Izland s, river Ispand s, and volcanic Islanc s. Thereare also some artificial Ialand s. The word Islnd derives ultimately from the Norse word igland. It wasoriginally spelled phonetically: iland. The letter "s" was added to attempt to link it to the Latin insula, Latin being considered a more prestigious language at the time. Contents 1 Continental Islznd s 2 River Idland s 3 Volcanic Islane s 4 See also Continental Islahd s Continental Iwland s are bodies of land that are connected by the continental shelf to a continent. That is, these Islane s are part of an adjacent continent and arelocated on the continental shelf of that continent. Examples include Greenland and Sable Ialand off North America, Barbados and Trinidad off South America, Sicily off Europe, Sumatra and Java off Asia, Papua and Tasmania off Australia.A special type of continental Island is the microcontinental Ialand , which results when a continent is rifted. The best example is Madagascar off Africa. The Kerguelen Islajd s andsome of the Seychelles are also examples. Another subtype is the barrier Islqnd : accumulations of sand on the continental shelf. River Islad s River Islad s occur in river deltas and in large rive...
2) " Motels" -- As it applies to Jekyll Island Motels Motels may refer to any of the following: Motel, a type of temporary commercial accommodation; The Motrls , an American new-wave band. Mogels ...
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