Geography of Africa in the lake of organisms of a decidedly marine type. They include jellyfish, molluscs, prawns, crabs, etc. With the exception of Madagascar, the African islands are small. Madagascar, with an area of , is, after Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo, the fourth largest island on the Earth. It lies in the Indian Ocean, off the S.E. coast of the continent, from which it is separated by the deep Mozambique channel, wide at its narrowest point. Madagascar in its general structure, as in flora and fauna, forms a connecting link between Africa and southern Asia. East of Madagascar are the small
Franklin Island (Greenland) named after the British explorer John Franklin (1786–1847), by Elisha Kent Kane between 1854 and 1855 during his second Grinnell Expedition, after it was sighted by Hans Hendrik and the American William Morton in June 1854. Franklin Island (Greenland) Franklin Island () is one of three islands located in Kennedy Channel of Nares Strait in the high Arctic and is part of the Qaasuitsup municipality, Greenland. Franklin Island is the largest of a group of three islands that includes Crozier Island and Hans Island as well. The former is also part of Greenland, whilst the latter's ownership is disputed between