ASIA IMPORTANT ISLANDS

NAME	LOCATION	PART OF OCEAN
Severnaya Islands	North of Russia	Arctic Ocean
New Siberian Islands	North of Russia	Between Laptev Sea and East Siberian Sea, Arctic Ocean
Wrangel Islands	North of Russia	East Siberian Sea, Arctic Ocean
Kurile Islands An extension of the volcanic Kamchatka peninsula.	Between Kamchatka Peninsula and Hokkaido Island	Pacific Ocean
Ryukyu Islands An example of submerged island.	Between Kyushu and Taiwan	Pacific ocean
Bonin Island	East of Ryukyu Island	Pacific Ocean
Babuyan Islands	Between Taiwan and Luzon (Philippines)	Pacific Ocean
Spartly and Parcel Islands  A disputed group of islands claimed by china, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, Philippines, Brunei because of vast reserves of oil beneath these islands.	A group of atolls in south china Sea	Pacific Ocean
The Philippines archipelago	Lying 1200 km east of Vietnam and 15˚ north of Equator. LUZON The largest and the important island of the Philippines is known as the ‘Rice Bown of Philippines’ Mount Mayon, the only active volcano of the Philippines, is located in the Luzon. Good quality cigar tobacco is grown in the northern Luzon (Mainly Cagayan valley). Igorot tribe lives in the Northern region of Island. MINDANO ISLAND Second largest island located in southern part of the Philippines. Mount apo, a dormant volcano on Mindanao, is the country’s highest peak.	Pacific Ocean