Are their any island that are right next to africa beside cape verde

Question

Are their any island that are right next to africa beside cape verde

Answer 1

Canary Islands.  A lot of smaller islands along Africa's coast but not as many as other continents.

Answer 2

The larger and/or more well known or significant islands are:

In the Mediterranean Sea:

Sicily

Malta

Balearic Islands

In the Atlantic Ocean:

The Canary Islands

Cape Verde

São Tomé and Principe Islands

Annobón and Bioko Islands

In the Indian Ocean:

Madagascar

Comoros Islands

Mayotte

Seychelles

Zanzibar

Socotra

Answer 3

Madagascar

Answer 4

There are many more island countries in Africa, namely:

Madagascar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar)

Comoros (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comoros)

Seychelles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychelles)

In addition, many African countries contain islands. For example:

Tanzania which owns Zanzibar, among others (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania)

Equatorial Guinea which owns Annobón and Bioko (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_...

Of course, this has barely scratched the surface.  Off the coast of  Cape Town, South Africa alone there's both Robben Island (famous as the site of Nelson Mandela's incarceration) and Seal Island (famous for its seal population and by extension its great white shark population).

Answer 5

Madagascar is an island right next to Africa isn't it. Hope that answers your question !!!  

Answer 6

Canary Islands off the coast of Western Sahara and Morocco.

Archipelago dos Bijagos off the coast of Guinea-Bissau

Iles de Tristao off the coast of Gabu

Iles de Los, off the coast of Guinea

Banana Island, Turtle Island, and Sherbro Island off the coast of Sierra Leone

Malabu off the coast of Cameron

Sao Tome off the coast of Gabo

Comoros Islands just north of Madagascar and several other islands in the same area -- Mauritius, Tromelin ISland, Mayotte, Juan de Nova and the Seychelles.