Islands of South Holland
The southern part of the province of South Holland consists of a number of islands lying in the Rhine-Meuse river delta. Although technically islands in the sense that they are surrounded by rivers, canals or other bodies of water, most of these islands are well connected to the rest of the province.
The islands are listed here alphabetically. A few of these islands bear the same name as a municipality (and are therefore linked to the information about the municipality).
- Dordrecht (7 on the map)
- Goeree-Overflakkee (1 on the map)
- Hoeksche Waard (6 on the map)
- IJsselmonde (9 on the map)
- Rozenburg (10 on the map)
- Tiengemeten (2 on the map)
- Voorne-Putten (4 & 5 on the map)
Read more about this topic: South Holland
Famous quotes containing the words islands, south and/or holland:
“Consider the islands bearing the names of all the saints, bristling with forts like chestnut-burs, or Echinidæ, yet the police will not let a couple of Irishmen have a private sparring- match on one of them, as it is a government monopoly; all the great seaports are in a boxing attitude, and you must sail prudently between two tiers of stony knuckles before you come to feel the warmth of their breasts.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“These South savannahs may yet prove battle-fields.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“The tragedy of Northern Ireland is that it is now a society in which the dead console the living.”
—Jack Holland (b. 1947)