What Is An Island?
An island is an outcropping of land that is surrounded by water
365 days (a full year), and does not completely submerge at any time
during that year. Additionally, the outcropping must support at least
one tree in order to be called an island. Size does not matter. As long
as the tree can be sustained on the outcropping, the island could be the
size of a floor mat on your front door step.
Islands are claimed by people, although a sovereign nation will assume original ownership of any island that is in an inland lake of its land mass or its ocean territorial limits. Thus, someone might negotiate with the owning nation for an island's purchase and maintenance. The nation may place restrictions on how the purchased island can be used. These include, but are not limited to, installation and maintenance of nautical navigation beacons, limits on disturbing natural wildlife that is found on or visits (usually flies in) the island, or limits on capacity (the number of people who can be on the island at any time).
People are fascinated by islands, partly because of the exclusivity of being on one. The fascination is piqued when one owns an island, because that conjures up a feeling of royalty. "Well, yea, I am the king of my own island. Do you have one?" Islands are great settings for stories about shipwrecked sailors, buried pirate treasure, legendary parties, exotic species of wildlife, gatherings for sailboat enthusiasts, ghost stories, and escaped violators of law. They can also be scary places to be when they are pummeled by a great storm.
A storm can bring damaging wind to your island, torrential and tropical (if your island is within reach of a tropical weather system) rains, and a tidal surge beyond the normal two high tides in each 24 hour time period. If your island is mostly a pile of sand on a high point, the wind and tides might gobble it up. If your island is constructed of igneous (volcanic) rock, you could still lose your island to a long-term, generally rising sea. But, in either case, what do you care? You are the king of your own island!
Islands are claimed by people, although a sovereign nation will assume original ownership of any island that is in an inland lake of its land mass or its ocean territorial limits. Thus, someone might negotiate with the owning nation for an island's purchase and maintenance. The nation may place restrictions on how the purchased island can be used. These include, but are not limited to, installation and maintenance of nautical navigation beacons, limits on disturbing natural wildlife that is found on or visits (usually flies in) the island, or limits on capacity (the number of people who can be on the island at any time).
People are fascinated by islands, partly because of the exclusivity of being on one. The fascination is piqued when one owns an island, because that conjures up a feeling of royalty. "Well, yea, I am the king of my own island. Do you have one?" Islands are great settings for stories about shipwrecked sailors, buried pirate treasure, legendary parties, exotic species of wildlife, gatherings for sailboat enthusiasts, ghost stories, and escaped violators of law. They can also be scary places to be when they are pummeled by a great storm.
A storm can bring damaging wind to your island, torrential and tropical (if your island is within reach of a tropical weather system) rains, and a tidal surge beyond the normal two high tides in each 24 hour time period. If your island is mostly a pile of sand on a high point, the wind and tides might gobble it up. If your island is constructed of igneous (volcanic) rock, you could still lose your island to a long-term, generally rising sea. But, in either case, what do you care? You are the king of your own island!
"The Star of India," http://www.amazon.com/Star-India-Voice-Mill-Creek-ebook/dp/B00KPFBL3K
Tony is a writer, an author of several published novels, and an independent publisher. In September 2012, he wrote and published the first of a three-book drama series, "A Voice from New Mill Creek: The Methodists," as an e-book. Later, he released his second e-book and first romance novel, "Goodnight Paige," a guidebook titled "How Tony Wrote and Published Two Novels," & "The Star of India." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICK8qpv0a30
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Tony is a writer, an author of several published novels, and an independent publisher. In September 2012, he wrote and published the first of a three-book drama series, "A Voice from New Mill Creek: The Methodists," as an e-book. Later, he released his second e-book and first romance novel, "Goodnight Paige," a guidebook titled "How Tony Wrote and Published Two Novels," & "The Star of India." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICK8qpv0a30
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