A thing I was recently wondering. For most of the world's population, what is the largest island they can get to, other than the one they are currently on, using only fixed links (ie bridges, tunnels etc. No boats or aircraft).
And I think the answer is very straightforwardly, "Great Britain".
But if you start on Great Britain, then what is it? (I am not counting the land mass of Asia/Africa/Europe as an "island")
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in reply to Sarah Brown • •For me, it's Achill.
For those on Britain, might it be Singapore?
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in reply to RolloTreadway • • •@RolloTreadway Nah. It's tiny.
So far the biggest I have found is Skye.
Which is surprising.
ETA: As Adam points out below, Zealand, which I'd even thought about then forgotten!
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in reply to Sarah Brown • • •@geekylou Funny, I thought of that island, too, muddling up Zeeland and Zealand.
As for application of a bit of reinforced concrete to make it a larger island, the most likely candidate might be:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_o…
planned suspension bridge between Sicily and the Italian mainland
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in reply to Ed Davies • • •@Ed Davies @geekylou :transgender_flag: Yeah. That's been mooted for ages, and if they ever actually build it it would take the crown.
Although Sri Lanka is much bigger, and it would be physically easier to build a bridge. Just not political easier.
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in reply to Sarah Brown • • •Prince Edward Island (in the Canadian Maritimes) is bigger, but I'm pretty sure Long Island is next after that.
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in reply to Scott Richmond • • •Either I didn't see it or I didn't think it had a bridge to the mainland.
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in reply to Sarah Brown • • •@FeralRobots There is indeed—I didn’t realize causeways were excluded!
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in reply to Sarah Brown • • •yeh if I'd noticed a causeway on the map (& known it was bigger) I I would've gone with it instead of PEI!
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