If the island floated and moved, might it not move in the right direction?

As you see, the islands float on, even in the ice.

The Lady's island was floating beside his, divided only by five feet or so of water.

He saw a small island floating on the moonlit lake, with trees growing down to the water's edge.

They passed through one level of thin clouds like islands floating on an invisible sea.

However, it is unclear whether this island floated in the water or in the air.

Skyworld is made up of several islands floating high above the clouds.

I looked down the slope past the meadow, out over the water to the islands floating on the horizon.

She explains about the origin of humanity, the world and how the it came to be that the islands float in the sky.

The First World was small and centered on an island floating in a the middle of four seas.