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+/- place=island Description An island is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water and isolated from other significant landmasses. Used on these elements Useful combination name=* is_in=* Status Approved Tools for this tag Combinations worldwide in Australia/Oceania in Europe (list) in Asia (list) in Central America (list) in South America (list) in Africa (list)  (via overpass turbo - help)

Description

An island is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water and isolated from other significant landmasses.

Islands in the sea

Draw a closed way counterclockwise along the coastline of the island (water is always on the right hand side). Then add the tag: natural=coastline

If the island has a name, it can be tagged with: place=island and name=*

Groups of islands

add the natural=coastline into a multipolygon.

Islands in waterways

Island within lakes or rivers should be mapped using multipolygon relations. The way for the island should be given the role inner, while the way for lake or river should have the role outer.

If the island has a name, it can be tagged with: place=island and name=*

You can specify what the land is actually used for, or covered by, using a natural=* or landuse=* tag.

Rendering hints

Mapnik (the default map rendering) draws the coastline using a different method as compared to all other features. It sometimes takes months before changes to the coastline are seen in the tiles. For more details, see Coastline.

If you place an island on dry land, you shouldn't expect water to magically appear around the island.

Adding this tag to an island will place an italicized label on it.

See also

• place=islet for hamlet sized or smaller islands
• Original proposal for this feature