diff --git a/android/assets/jsons/translations/template.properties b/android/assets/jsons/translations/template.properties
index 5fa53b9299..2a4347ce50 100644
--- a/android/assets/jsons/translations/template.properties
+++ b/android/assets/jsons/translations/template.properties
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ Map Generation Type =
 Default = 
 Pangaea = 
 Smoothed Random = 
+Continent and Islands = 
 Two Continents = 
 Three Continents = 
 Four Corners = 
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/MapParameters.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/MapParameters.kt
index 76a81e5606..e7ae4a4e9d 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/MapParameters.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/MapParameters.kt
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ object MapShape : IsPartOfGameInfoSerialization {
 object MapType : IsPartOfGameInfoSerialization {
     const val default = "Default"
     const val pangaea = "Pangaea"
+    const val continentAndIslands = "Continent and Islands"
     const val twoContinents = "Two Continents"
     const val threeContinents = "Three Continents"
     const val fourCorners = "Four Corners"
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/mapgenerator/MapLandmassGenerator.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/mapgenerator/MapLandmassGenerator.kt
index dfacd5fe35..bbeb7a1c40 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/mapgenerator/MapLandmassGenerator.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/mapgenerator/MapLandmassGenerator.kt
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class MapLandmassGenerator(val ruleset: Ruleset, val randomness: MapGenerationRa
         when (tileMap.mapParameters.type) {
             MapType.pangaea -> createPangaea(tileMap)
             MapType.innerSea -> createInnerSea(tileMap)
+            MapType.continentAndIslands -> createContinentAndIslands(tileMap)
             MapType.twoContinents -> createTwoContinents(tileMap)
             MapType.threeContinents -> createThreeContinents(tileMap)
             MapType.fourCorners -> createFourCorners(tileMap)
@@ -137,6 +138,22 @@ class MapLandmassGenerator(val ruleset: Ruleset, val randomness: MapGenerationRa
         }
     }
 
+    private fun createContinentAndIslands(tileMap: TileMap) {
+        val isNorth = randomness.RNG.nextDouble() < 0.5
+        val isLatitude =
+                if (tileMap.mapParameters.shape === MapShape.hexagonal || tileMap.mapParameters.shape === MapShape.flatEarth) randomness.RNG.nextDouble() > 0.5f
+                else if (tileMap.mapParameters.mapSize.height > tileMap.mapParameters.mapSize.width) true
+                else if (tileMap.mapParameters.mapSize.width > tileMap.mapParameters.mapSize.height) false
+                else randomness.RNG.nextDouble() > 0.5f
+
+        val elevationSeed = randomness.RNG.nextInt().toDouble()
+        for (tile in tileMap.values) {
+            var elevation = randomness.getPerlinNoise(tile, elevationSeed)
+            elevation = (elevation + getContinentAndIslandsTransform(tile, tileMap, isNorth, isLatitude)) / 2.0
+            spawnLandOrWater(tile, elevation)
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun createTwoContinents(tileMap: TileMap) {
         val isLatitude =
                 if (tileMap.mapParameters.shape === MapShape.hexagonal || tileMap.mapParameters.shape === MapShape.flatEarth) randomness.RNG.nextDouble() > 0.5f
@@ -192,6 +209,36 @@ class MapLandmassGenerator(val ruleset: Ruleset, val randomness: MapGenerationRa
         return min(0.3, 1.0 - (5.0 * distanceFactor * distanceFactor + randomScale) / 3.0)
     }
 
+    private fun getContinentAndIslandsTransform(tileInfo: TileInfo, tileMap: TileMap, isNorth: Boolean, isLatitude: Boolean): Double {
+        // The idea here is to create a water area separating the two land areas.
+        // So what we do it create a line of water in the middle - where latitude or longitude is close to 0.
+        val randomScale = randomness.RNG.nextDouble()
+        var longitudeFactor = abs(tileInfo.longitude) / tileMap.maxLongitude
+        var latitudeFactor = abs(tileInfo.latitude) / tileMap.maxLatitude
+
+        // We then pick one side to become islands instead of a continent
+        if (isLatitude) {
+            if (isNorth && tileInfo.latitude < 0 || !isNorth && tileInfo.latitude > 0)
+                latitudeFactor = 0.2f
+        } else {
+            // In longitude mode North represents West
+            if (isNorth && tileInfo.longitude < 0 || !isNorth && tileInfo.longitude > 0)
+                longitudeFactor = 0.2f
+        }
+
+        var factor = if (isLatitude) latitudeFactor else longitudeFactor
+
+        // If this is a world wrap, we want it to be separated on both sides -
+        // so we make the actual strip of water thinner, but we put it both in the middle of the map and on the edges of the map
+        if (tileMap.mapParameters.worldWrap)
+            factor = min(factor,
+                (tileMap.maxLongitude - abs(tileInfo.longitude)) / tileMap.maxLongitude) * 1.1f
+
+        // there's nothing magical about this, it's just what we got from playing around with a lot of different options -
+        //   the numbers can be changed if you find that something else creates better looking continents
+        return min(0.2, -1.0 + (5.0 * factor.pow(0.6f) + randomScale) / 3.0)
+    }
+
     private fun getTwoContinentsTransform(tileInfo: TileInfo, tileMap: TileMap, isLatitude: Boolean): Double {
         // The idea here is to create a water area separating the two land areas.
         // So what we do it create a line of water in the middle - where latitude or longitude is close to 0.
@@ -213,8 +260,8 @@ class MapLandmassGenerator(val ruleset: Ruleset, val randomness: MapGenerationRa
     }
 
     private fun getThreeContinentsTransform(tileInfo: TileInfo, tileMap: TileMap, isNorth: Boolean, isEastWest: Boolean): Double {
-        // The idea here is to create a water area separating the two four areas.
-        // So what we do it create a line of water in the middle - where longitude is close to 0.
+        // The idea here is to create a water area separating the three land areas.
+        // So what we do it create a line of water in the middle - where latitude or longitude is close to 0.
         val randomScale = randomness.RNG.nextDouble()
         var longitudeFactor = abs(tileInfo.longitude) / tileMap.maxLongitude
         var latitudeFactor = abs(tileInfo.latitude) / tileMap.maxLatitude
@@ -253,8 +300,8 @@ class MapLandmassGenerator(val ruleset: Ruleset, val randomness: MapGenerationRa
     }
 
     private fun getFourCornersTransform(tileInfo: TileInfo, tileMap: TileMap): Double {
-        // The idea here is to create a water area separating the two four areas.
-        // So what we do it create a line of water in the middle - where longitude is close to 0.
+        // The idea here is to create a water area separating the four land areas.
+        // So what we do it create a line of water in the middle - where latitude or longitude is close to 0.
         val randomScale = randomness.RNG.nextDouble()
         var longitudeFactor = abs(tileInfo.longitude) / tileMap.maxLongitude
         var latitudeFactor = abs(tileInfo.latitude) / tileMap.maxLatitude
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/newgamescreen/MapParametersTable.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/newgamescreen/MapParametersTable.kt
index 2894b068e2..ceeb5f0510 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/newgamescreen/MapParametersTable.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/newgamescreen/MapParametersTable.kt
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ class MapParametersTable(
         val mapTypes = listOfNotNull(
             MapType.default,
             MapType.pangaea,
+            MapType.continentAndIslands,
             MapType.twoContinents,
             MapType.threeContinents,
             MapType.fourCorners,