1.   The islands lie in an arc in the eastern Caribbean.

2.   The islands lie in the Indian Ocean midway between Madagascar and Tanzania.

3.   The islands lie at the southern end of the Kurile chain.

4.   The island lies due south of the headland.

5.   The island actually lies much closer to Nicaragua, which maintains a long-standing territorial claim over San Andres.

6.   The island lies in the middle of the Nile, just across from the hotel.

7.   The islands lie near the entrance to the Dardanelles, the straight in northwestern Turkey that connects the Mediterranean to the Sea of Marmara.

8.   Some began swimming, convinced an island lay just ahead.

9.   The Caribbean islands lie along the drug trade route from Central and South America to Europe and the United States.

10.   The islands lie near the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Gulf.