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The idea of landmasses suspended in the sky, whether as individual islands or entire chains, is one of my all-time favorite staple visuals in fantasy - not least because it's just so quintessentially fantastical and not present in real life - D&D 4e's Forgotten Realms, maligned as they were by the community at large, provided me with those in spades, and many times have I tried to make a setting composed of such landscapes.
And yet... As far as I'm aware, there is not a place on Golarion that's like this - at least, none that I'm aware of, where this is a prominent and hallmark feature. If there is some obscure 1e module or scenario that has them, I'd love to hear about it.
(I'm aware there's things like the floating spires of Quantium in Nex, or that one still-flying Shory city somewhere in Tian Xia, but I'm talking more about honest to god floating mountain chains and whatnot, rather than artificial structures suspended by arcane magic or what have you.)
Failing that...I suppose this is a soft request to Paizo to introduce a region (in Arcadia, south Garund, or undefined parts of Casmaron, perhaps?) that has those - for a high fantasy anything-goes kitchen-sink world, this does strike me as something that's currently missing, even though I realize there's challenges to it (with regards to maps, for instance).
FWIW, other than the examples you cited I haven't been able to find any mention of such things on Golarion.
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Given the situation with East Rift and Underchasm in the 4e Realms, I’d be very content slapping some earthmotes in the vicinity of the Pit of Gormuz - I could imagine Sarenrae’s wrath being enough to break physics like that.
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In the setting, I think the plane of Air and maybe some of the other planets is where you will find this.
Or maybe one of the vaults in the lowest Darklands, as in It could be there.
Otherwise, I think it would fit Sarusan (the whatever continent) or Vudra (thematically).
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Vudra
I’d actually love to see some floating districts, palaces, and temples in Jalmeray, and they’d fit right in with Nex. The magical chaos caused by the old wars could kick up some floating islands across the Mana Wastes, to continue the Spellplague analogues.
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In the setting, I think the plane of Air and maybe some of the other planets is where you will find this.
Or maybe one of the vaults in the lowest Darklands, as in It could be there.
Otherwise, I think it would fit Sarusan (the whatever continent) or Vudra (thematically).
The Plane of Air does have those giant metal spheres that have sometimes been colonized.
Elysium also has Titans who posses floating castles.
Probably not exactly the 'look' you were wanting, but it is something that 'could' exist in The Diaspora. generally the asteroids in the Diaspora are without air, but it might not be outside the realm of potential fantasy to have stretches of it that might actually have a captured an atmosphere and might be able to allow for living islands floating around the star.
Again, may not be what you were first imagining, but it might be an option. The Diaspora existed long before the Gap so it should exist in the Pathfinder timeframe. And it would be easy to claim that some asteroids with an embedded fragments of ancient or raw Aeon stone might 'attract' an atmosphere to surround a long stretch of several island chains, and enable them to house what might be considered traditional fantasy life, and have some fantasy magic or technological floating ships to traverse them.
I would look for information on Cloud Giants. Cloud Giants generally have cloud citadels or mobile floating cities. Source information that delves deep into Cloud Giants is Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Giants Revisited.
I would also look into Curse of the Riven Sky or Giantslayer's Shadow of the Storm Tyrant.
I would look for information on Cloud Giants. Cloud Giants generally have cloud citadels or mobile floating cities. Source information that delves deep into Cloud Giants is Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Giants Revisited.
I would also look into Curse of the Riven Sky or Giantslayer's Shadow of the Storm Tyrant.
It's unclear whether cloud giant sky cities exist in PF2.
Legends persist of floating cities ruled by magically gifted cloud giant queens and kings. While most cloud giants plainly state that such claims are pure fantasy, others are mysteriously tight-lipped or evasive about the matter.
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The Skyborne Keep is currently controlled by a storm giant.
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I didn't know about that one. That's a really cool bit of lore. :)
Side Note: From your description and the one on the Castles of the Inner Sea product page, it seems that PathfinderWiki has incorrectly identified the current owner as a cloud giant rather than a storm giant.
As others have pointed out there aren't many if any on Golarion. If you're willing to use third party supplements then Drop Dead Studios (the people behind Spheres of Power) has a setting called Skybourne which is all about floating islands. The setting is for 3.5/PF1 so you may need to update a few things. They also have a book called Ships of Skybourne that details building all sorts of vehicles, mainly airships but also land and water craft too. Personally I'd love to see an update to PF2 especially since we now have the inventor class.