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A as in Atoll

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Originally posted by @handyandy
None makes the cut.

The two remaining islands have been in more than a few movies and TV films.
Somewhere like Iwo Jima?

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Alcatraz
La Palma

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Originally posted by @wolfgang59
Somewhere like Iwo Jima?
No other vowel but A.

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Originally posted by @kewpie
Alcatraz
La Palma
Yes to Alcatraz, no to La Palma.

One to go.

The last is by far the most famous.

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Originally posted by @handyandy
No other vowel but A.
I meant famous for the same reason as Iwo Jima ...

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Originally posted by @wolfgang59
I meant famous for the same reason as Iwo Jima ...
More famous for many reasons.

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Originally posted by @handyandy
More famous for many reasons.
Tarawa Atoll ?

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Originally posted by @wolfgang59
Tarawa Atoll ?
No.

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Originally posted by @handyandy
No.
Bugger ... I thought I'd nailed it!

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If only Casablanca was an island.

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Originally posted by @kewpie
If only Casablanca was an island.
It's a clue. A member of the cast of Casablanca (the movie) was born on the island in question.

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Originally posted by @handyandy
It's a clue. A member of the cast of Casablanca (the movie) was born on the island in question.
I could kick myself.

Manhattan.

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Originally posted by @kewpie
I could kick myself.

Manhattan.
Never heard of it.

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Originally posted by @kewpie
I could kick myself.

Manhattan.
Bingo! Sometimes the most obvious is the hardest to find.

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Well played.