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I am generalizing geological maps and as a part of the process I am dealing with "Island Polygons". For that, I first need to identify them or select them. I

I already tried: Select Select by Location, by creating another layer from the same layer and used intersect the source layer, which select not only island polygons but polygons which touch the polygon also. So, the question is,

How do I need to select only Island polygons which are surrounded only by one polygon.?

enter image description here Can anyone suggest any other methods?

I am generalizing geological maps and as a part of the process I am dealing with "Island Polygons". For that, I first need to identify them or select them. I already tried: Select by Location, by creating another layer from the same layer and used intersect the source layer, which select not only island polygons but polygons which touch the polygon also. So, the question is, I need to select only Island polygons which are surrounded only by one polygon.enter image description here Can anyone suggest any other methods?

I am generalizing geological maps and as a part of the process I am dealing with "Island Polygons". For that, I first need to identify them or select them.

I already tried Select by Location, by creating another layer from the same layer and used intersect the source layer, which select not only island polygons but polygons which touch the polygon also.

How do I select only Island polygons which are surrounded only by one polygon?

enter image description here

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How to detect/select/identify island polygons

I am generalizing geological maps and as a part of the process I am dealing with "Island Polygons". For that, I first need to identify them or select them. I already tried: Select by Location, by creating another layer from the same layer and used intersect the source layer, which select not only island polygons but polygons which touch the polygon also. So, the question is, I need to select only Island polygons which are surrounded only by one polygon.enter image description here Can anyone suggest any other methods?