Some remote oceanic islands, like the Hawaiian and the Bonin Islands (5000 and 1000 km from the nearest continent or continental islands, respectively), are quite isolated from any other landmass, while some other oceanic islands close to the mainland, like Lanyu Island and Izu-Oshima Islands (20 km from mainland Japan), are largely affected by continental biota.
The crystal begins to create Lex's new landmass, while Lois attempts to escape but is attacked by a henchman.
The prefecture represents just 0.4% of Japan's landmass, while housing close to three-fourths of America's bases in Japan.
For instance, Madagascar has been an isolated landmass since the Cretaceous, while the IAA originated some 100 Ma later [ 1, 9, 49].
"But while we have a landmass half the size of Wales, we have the population of a small English village, which generates a lot of responsibilities for a small population.
While the landmass is just as intimidatingly endless as you'd imagine, the experience of playing Tamriel Unlimited lacks the atmosphere and solemnity of the earlier single-player games.
While the landmass of Mexico or Canada might not rival Russia, China or even India, they are both greater than Japan, Italy and Germany, our enemies during the second world war.
While Antarctica is a continent with landmass underneath the ice, the Arctic is basically an ocean, though the edges of other countries and regions--from Alaska and Canada to Greenland, Scandinavia, and Russia--fall within the Arctic Circle.
America is isolated, while Europe and China occupy two ends of the great Eurasian landmass that is the perennial center of gravity of geopolitics.
While the port cities on the peripheries of this landmass prospered, the interior lagged behind.
