Colleagues interested in the definitions of islands versus rocks may like to read this recent journal article, which proposes new definitions of both terms after a study of 0.27 sq. km Zmiyinyj Island, 35km offshore in the Black Sea near Rumania.
Yu. Shuisky
"Scientific substantiation of the concept of 'Island' (by the example of Zmiyinyj Island)"
Ukraine Geographical Journal, 2006 #3, pages 3-8.
In Ukrainian with English abstract.
Dr Brendan Whyte
Ubon Ratchathani University
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