International audienceRegarded as obvious, does the island, as a concept, concern only topographical spaces? Isislandification of continental spaces also possible in a topological space, notably by the use oftransportation networks?In the first hand, our proposed method here first underlines epistemological foundations of insularityconcept. It shows numerous markers of topographical insularity (fragmentation, subordination,peripheral location, vulnerability) then deepens their meanings according to transport geographer:territorial or spatial continuity solutions, multiple breakings in speeds and mobile rhythms, perimeterconstraint.On the other hand, we examine a possible translation of insularity concept in a continentalenvironment. Defined...