This is a list of archipelagos, organised by oceans, then seas, then finally arranged alphabetically, with geographically isolated islands included as well.
Arctic Ocean
Archipelagos of the Arctic Ocean:
- Arctic Alaska
- Kasegaluk Lagoon Islands
- Midway Islands
- Pye Islands
- Pencil Islands
- Seahorse Islands
- Bear Island
- Canadian Arctic Archipelago
- Akvitlak Islands
- Arvalik Islands
- Astronomical Society Islands
- Bate Islands
- Belcher Islands
- Berens Islands
- Beverly Islands
- Bird Islands
- Bjorne Islands
- Cape Chidley Islands
- Cape Hope Islands
- Carter Islands
- Champan Islands
- Cheere Islands
- Clarence Islands
- Copeland Islands
- Crown Prince Islands
- Digges Islands
- Duke of York Archipelago
- Finlayson Islands
- Harrison Islands
- Hay Islands
- Hecla and Fury Islands
- Hovgaard Islands
- Keith Islands
- Leo Islands
- Low Islands
- Martin Islands
- Miles Islands
- Minto Islands
- Nastapoka Islands
- Nauyan Islands
- Nuvuk Islands
- Outcast Islands
- Outpost Islands
- Paint Hills Islands
- Plover Islands
- Queen Elizabeth Islands
- Sisters Islands
- Tasmania Islands
- Tennent Islands
- Twin Islands
- Saneruarsuk Islands
- Solomons Temple Islands
- Spicer Islands
- Strutton Islands
- Greenland
- Jan Mayen
- Northern Norway
- Arkticheskiy Institut Islands
- Ayon Island
- Begichev Islands
- Bely Island
- Bolshoy Begichev Island
- Dunay Islands
- Izvestiy TSIK Islands
- Faddey Islands
- Firnley Islands
- Franz Josef Land
- Heiberg Islands
- Kamennye Islands
- Kirov Islands
- Kolguyev Island
- Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands
- Labyrintovye Islands
- Medvezhyi Islands
- Mona Islands
- New Siberian Islands
- Nordenskiöld Archipelago
- Novaya Zemlya
- Oleny Island
- Plavnikovye Islands
- Routan Islands
- Severnaya Zemlya
- Saint Peter Islands
- Scott Hansen Islands
- Serykh Gusey Islands
- Shelonsky Islands
- Shokalsky Island
- Solovetsky Islands
- Tillo Islands
- Ushakov Island
- Vilkitsky Island (Kara Sea)
- Wiese Island
- Wrangel Island
- Zveroboy Islands
Atlantic Ocean
Archipelagos of the Atlantic Ocean:
Along the coast of Europe
- Berlengas
- Estelas Islets
- Farilhões-Forcados Islets
- British Isles
- England
- Ireland
- Scotland
- Channel Islands
- Columbretes Islands
- Cíes Islands
- Danish Isles
- Faroe Islands
- Formigues Islands
- Glénan Islands
- Iceland
- Lofoten
- Medes Islands
- East Frisian Islands
- Heligoland
- North Frisian Islands
- West Frisian Islands
Along the coast of Africa
- Arquipélago dos Bijagós
- Baboon Islands
- Bight of Bonny Islands
- Bissagos Islands
- Islas de Elobey
- Islas Kai Hai
- Saint Helena
- Tristan da Cunha
- Turtle Islands, Sierra Leone
- Îles de Los
Along the coast of the Americas
- Abrolhos Archipelago
- Belcher Islands
- Bermuda Islands
- Bocas del Toro
- Broken Islands
- Corn Islands
- Cranberry Isles
- Diego Ramírez Islands
- Falkland Islands
- Fernando de Noronha
- Flat Islands, Bovista Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Flat Islands*
- Florida Keys
- Hermite Islands
- Ildefonso Islands
- Karl Oom Islands
- Magdalen Islands (Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
- Marcopeet Islands
- Mingan Archipelago
- Outer Lands (New England-New York islands)
- Payne Islands
- Plover Islands
- Puerto Rico
- Punuk Islands
- Saint Peter and Paul Rocks
- Salvation's Islands
- San Blas Islands
- Thimble Islands
- Tierra del Fuego
- Trindade and Martin Vaz
- Wollaston Islands
Macaronesia
Archipelagos of Macaronesia:
Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia and Gulf of Finland
- Archipelagos of the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia and Gulf of Finland
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Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico
- Archipelagos of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico
- Archipelago of San Bernando
- Cayman Islands
- Florida Keys
- Rosario Islands
- Swan Islands
- West Indies: Antilles
- Greater Antilles
- Lesser Antilles
- Leeward Islands
- Leeward Antilles
- Lucayan Archipelago
- Abacos Islands
- Bimini Islands
- Berry Islands
- Cat Cays
- Deadman Cays
- Double Headed Shot Cays
- Elbow Cays
- Factory Cays
- Inagua Islands
- Plana Cays
- Schooner Cays
- Water Cays
- Victory Cays
- Turks and Caicos
- Six Hill Cays
- Turks and Caicos
- Windward Islands
- Brooks Rocks
- Cow And Calves Islands
- Grenadines
Caspian Sea
Archipelagos of the Caspian Sea:
- Baku Archipelago
- Podvodnyye Islands
- Tuledi Araldary
- Tyuleniy Archipelago
Mediterranean Sea
- Archipelagos of the Mediterranean Sea
- Aegean Islands
- Aegadian Islands
- Aeolian Islands
- Alhucemas Islands
- Ayvalık
- Balearic Islands
- Brijuni
- Campanian Archipelago
- Cres-Lošinj Archipelago
- Elaphiti Islands
- Galite Islands
- Ionian Islands
- Kerkennah Islands
- Kornati
- Ksamil Islands
- Maddalena Archipelago
- Maltese Islands
- Mola Islands
- Paklinski Islands
- Pelagian Islands
- Phlegraean Islands
- Pityusic Islands
- Pontine Islands
- Rovinj Archipelago
- St Paul's Islands
- Tremiti Islands
- Tuscan Archipelago
- Venetian Lagoon
- Zadar Archipelago
North Sea
Archipelagos of the North Sea:
- Frisian Islands (or Wadden Islands)
- Gothenburg Archipelago
- Vega Islands (Vegaøyan)
Bering Strait
Archipelagos of the Bering Strait:
Indian Ocean
Archipelagos of the Indian Ocean:
Along the coast of Africa
- Bajuni Islands
- Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon)
- Choazil Islands (Malandzamia Islands)
- Comoro Islands
- Glorioso Islands
- Khuriya Muriya Islands
- Mascarene Islands
- Mayotte
- Quirimbas Islands
- Seychelles
- Socotra Archipelago
- Zanzibar Archipelago
- Mafia Archipelago
- Songosongo Archipelago
Along the coast of Asia
- Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands
- Bahrain Archipalego
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Hawar Islands
- Langkawi
- Lakshadweep (Laccadives)
- Logo Islands (artificial)
- Logo Islands (other artificial one)
- Maldives
- Mentawai Islands
- Nurana Islands
- Mergui Archipelago
- Palm Jumeirah (artificial)
- The World (artificial)
Along the coast of Australia
- Bonaparte Archipelago
- Buccaneer Archipelago
- Houtman Abrolhos
- Lacepede Islands
- Lamu Archipelago
- Mary Anne Group
- Recherche Archipelago
Outlying archipelagos
Red Sea
Archipelagos in the Red Sea:
- Dahlak Archipelago
- Farasan Islands
- Hanish Islands
- Hurghada Archipelago
- Sa'ad ad-Din Islands
- Seven Brothers Islands
- Suakin Archipelago
- Zubair Group
Pacific Ocean
Archipelagos of the Pacific Ocean:
Along the coast of the Americas
- Aleutian Islands
- Alexander Archipelago
- Archipelagoes of Patagonia
- Guaitecas Archipelago (Archipiélago de las Guaitecas)
- Guayaneco Archipelago (Archipiélago Guayaneco)
- Chonos Archipelago (Archipiélago de los Chonos)
- Diego Ramírez Islands (Islas Diego Ramírez)
- Katalalixar Archipielago
- Madre de Dios Archipelago
- Pearl Islands
- Queen Adelaide Archipelago (Archipelago de La Reina Adelaida)
- Tierra del Fuego (Archipiélago de Tierra del Fuego)
- Wollaston Islands (Islas Wollaston)
- Wellington Archipelago
- Baranof Archipelago
- Barren Islands
- Bird Rocks
- Broughton Archipelago
- Channel Islands of California
- Chiloé Archipelago (Archipiélago de Chiloé)
- Chinchas Islands
- Chriswell Islands
- Coronado Islands
- Desventuradas Islands
- Easter Island
- Farallon Islands
- Flat Islands
- Galápagos Islands (Archipiélago de Colón)
- Goose Group
- Gulf Islands
- Haida Gwaii
- Islas Secas
- Juan Fernández Islands
- Minx Islands
- Pleiades Islands
- Pribilof Islands
- Renell Islands
- Revillagigedo Islands
- San Juan Islands
Along the coast of Asia
- Amakusa Islands
- Banzhou Archipelago
- Chàm Islands
- Côn Đảo
- Changsan Archipelago
- Chastye Islands
- Coco Islands
- Chumphon Islands
- Eugénie Archipelago
- Fishers' Islands
- Japanese archipelago (including Sakhalin)
- Indonesian Archipelago (Island country)
- Asia Islands
- Ayu Islands
- Bacan Islands
- Balabalagan Islands
- Banda Arc
- Banda Islands
- Banggai Islands
- Bangka Belitung Islands
- Banyak Islands
- Barat Daya Islands
- Boo Islands
- Derawan Islands
- Erà Islands
- Gili Islands
- Gorong Archipelago
- Hinako Islands
- Kangean Islands
- Karakaralong Islands
- Karimata Islands
- Karimun Islands
- Kepulauan Mentawai
- Krakatoa Archipelago
- Kuran Islands
- Laut Kecil Islands
- Lease Islands
- Leti Islands
- Lingga Islands
- Lucipara Islands
- Maluku Islands
- Masalembu Islands
- Mentawai Islands Regency
- Nias Islands
- Obi Islands
- Spermonde Archipelago (Pabbring Islands)
- Raja Ampat Islands
- Riau Archipelago
- Tudjuh Archipelago
- Anambas Islands
- Badas Islands
- Natuna Islands
- Tambelan Archipelago
- Riau Islands (separate from the Riau Archipelago)
- Tudjuh Archipelago
- Sabalana Islands
- Sangihe Islands
- Schouten Islands (Known as Biak Islands and Geelvink Islands)
- Selayar Islands
- Macan Islands
- Taka Bonerate Islands
- Sula Islands Also Known As Xulla Islands
- Sunda Islands
- Talaud Islands
- Tayandu Islands
- Tengah Islands
- Thousand Islands (Indonesia)
- Togian Islands
- Tukangbesi Islands
- Wakatobi Regency
- Widi Islands
- Kinmen Islands
- Koh Rong Archipelago
- Korean Archipelago
- Kuril Islands
- Liancourt Rocks
- Miaodao Archipelago
- Ogasawara Islands
- Penghu Islands
- Philippine Islands (Island nation)
- Baco Islands
- Batanes
- Babuyan Islands
- Calamian Islands
- Semirana Islands
- Cuyo Archipelago
- Mangsee Islands
- Spratly Islands
- Sulu Archipelago
- Sangboy Islands
- Tangawayan Islands
- Tinalisayan Islets
- Visayas
- Camotes Islands
- Coaman Islets
- Cuatro Islands
- Dinagat Islands
- Cabilan Islands
- Gigantes Islands
- Olango Island Group
- Poulo Wai islands
- Rimsky-Korsakov Archipelago
- Shantar Islands
- Shengsi Islands
- South China Sea Islands
- Paracel Islands
- Amphitrite Group
- Crescent Group
- Duncan Islands
- Spratly Islands
- Zhongsha Islands
- Paracel Islands
- Taehwa-Do
- Volcano Islands
- Yam Islands
Oceania
Australia
- Archipelago of the Recherche
- Beagle Islands
- Bird Isles
- Bonaparte Archipelago
- Breaksea Islands
- Buccaneer Archipelago
- Bustard Islands
- Celery Top Islands
- Corkwood Islands
- Crocodile Islands
- Dampier Archipelago
- Easter Group
- Fairfax Islands
- Fig Islands
- Fisherman Islands
- Furneaux Group
- Glennie Group
- Governor Islands
- Hakea Islands
- High Cliffy Islands
- Home Islands
- Hunter Islands
- Islands on the Great Barrier Reef
- Sir James Smith Group
- Anchor Islands
- Barrow Islands
- Bird Isles
- Brook Islands
- Bunker Group
- Capricorn Group
- Duke Islands
- Fairfax Islands
- Family Islands
- Frankland Islands
- Home Islands
- Hoskyn Islands
- Ingot Islets
- Jeffreys Rocks
- Kippel Islands
- Moonboom Islands
- Red Cliff Islands
- Repulse Islands
- Torres Strait Islands
- Turtle Group
- Two Brothers
- Two Islands
- Whitsunday Islands
- Sir James Smith Group
- Investigator Group
- Kent Group
- Kingsmill Islands
- Leschenaultia Islands
- Louis Islands
- Maatsuyker Islands
- Mangrove Islands
- Mart Islands
- Middle Pasco Islands
- Minnieritchie Islands
- Montebello Islands
- Moonboon Islands
- Mud Islands
- Mulga Islands
- North East Isles
- Nuyts Archipelago
- Pearson Islands
- Pelsaert Group
- Peron Islands
- Quandong Islands
- Saint Alouarm Islands
- Sir Graham Moore Islands
- Sir Joseph Banks Group
- Smith Islands
- Tasmania
- The English Company Islands
- Tiwi Islands
- Tory Islands
- Twin Peak Islands
- Vernon Islands
- Wallabi Group
- Wellesley Islands
- Whitsunday Islands
Melanesia
- Bismarck Archipelago
- D'Entrecasteaux Islands
- Fiji Islands
- Lau Islands (Also known as Lau Group, Eastern Group and Eastern Archipelago)
- Marmanuca Islands
- Moala Islands
- Rotuma Group
- Viti Levu Group
- Yasawa Islands
- Louisiade Archipelago
- Bentley Islands
- Dumolin Islands
- New Caledonia (Kanaky)
- New Guinea
- Shepherd Islands
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Trobiand Islands
- Vanuatu (New Hebrides)
- Banks Islands
- Maskelyne Islands
- Mathew and Hunter Islands (Disputed between Vanuatu and France so it could be in here or not)
- Shephard Islands
- Torres Islands
Micronesia*
- Caroline Islands
- Faichuk Islands
- Nomiwisofo Group
- Gilbert Islands (Kiribati)
- Hall Islands
- Line Islands
- Makur Islands
- Mariana Islands
- Marshall Islands
- Mortlock Islands (Nomoi Islands)
- Palau
- Phoenix Islands
- Senyavin Islands
*Subdivision of Oceania not country
Polynesia
- Adams Rocks
- Aldermen Islands
- Antipodes Islands
- Auckland Islands
- Bishop and Clerk Islets
- Bounty Islands
- Main Group
- Centre Group
- East Group
- Campbell Islands
- Chatham Islands
- Cook Islands (Hervey Islands)
- Folly Islands
- French Polynesia
- Acteon Group
- Austral Islands
- Gambier Islands
- Marquesas
- Rurutu
- Society Islands
- Îles du vent (Windward Islands)
- Îles sous le vent (Leeward Islands)
- Tuamotus
- Tubuai Group
- Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
- Judge and Clerk Islets
- Mercury Islands
- New Zealand (main chain)
- Pitcairn Islands
- Samoan Islands (Navigators' Islands)
- Snares Islands
- Tonga Islands (Friendly Islands)
- Tokelau (Union Islands)
- Tuvalu (Ellice Islands)
- Wallis and Futuna Islands
Southern Ocean
Islands of the Southern Ocean:
- Aagaard Islands
- Afuera Islands
- Allison Islands
- Al'bov Rocks
- Auster Islands
- Austin Rocks
- Azimuth Islands
- Balleny Islands
- Biscoe Islands
- Bugge Islands
- Burkett Islands
- Colbeck Archipelago
- Dellbridge Islands
- Dumoulin Islands
- Faure Islands
- Flat Islands
- Hydrographer Islands
- Joinville Island group
- Law Islands
- Marshall Archipelago
- Mikkelsen Islands
- Nøkkelholmane Islands
- Palmer Archipelago
- Ross Archipelago
- Smith Islands
- South Orkney Islands
- South Shetland Islands
- Wilhelm Archipelago
- Windmill Islands
Bouvet Island
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Kerguelen Islands
South Georgia
South Sandwich Islands
Lakes and rivers
- Angai Archipelago
- Archipelago of Lake Saint-Pierre
- Apostle Islands
- Beaver Archipelago
- Channel Islands
- Dome Islands
- Lake Erie Islands
- Hen and Chicken Islands (USA)
- Hochelaga Archipelago
- Mabanda Islets
- Sandy Islands (Lake Winnipeg)
- Sandy Islands (Lake Wollasten)
- Si Phan Don
- Slate Islands
- Solentiname Islands
- Solovetsky Islands
- Spider Islands
- Ssese Islands
- Thousand Islands
- The McKivens Archipelago
- Thirty Thousand Islands
- Ushkan Islands
- Vesi Archipelago
By population
- Malay Archipelago 430,000,000 inhabitants
- Indonesian Archipelago 280,000,000
- Maluku Islands 3,131,860
- Riau Islands 2,183,290
- Philippine Islands 112,729,484
- Sulu Archipelago 1,996,970
- Indonesian Archipelago 280,000,000
- Japanese archipelago (including Sakhalin) 124,000,000
- Ryukyu Islands 1,550,161
- Kuril Islands 21,500
- British Isles 71,900,000
- Antilles 43,563,500
- Greater Antilles 38,400,500
- Lesser Antilles 3,950,000
- Leeward Antilles 770,000
- Lucayan Archipelago 443,000
- Virgin Islands 150,000
- Danish Isles 3,000,000
- Canary Islands 2,268,035
- Mascarene Islands 2,195,087
- Zanzibar Archipelago 2,000,000
- Hawaiian Islands 1,415,870
- Aegean Islands 1,400,000
- Cyclades 119,549
- Balearic Islands 1,231,768
- Comoro Islands 1,153,195
- Bight of Bonny islands 660,000
- Bioko 335,000
- São Tomé and Príncipe 220,000
- Annobón 5,000
- Maldives 601,269
- Maltese Islands 519,562
- Cape Verde 491,233
- Andaman Islands 343,125
- Madeira Islands 250,769
- Samoan Islands 249,839
- Azores 236,440
- Mariana Islands 228,600
- Society Islands 207,333
- Ionian Islands 207,855
- Channel Islands 171,916
- Caroline Islands 125,000
- Gilbert Islands 83,382
- Frisian Islands 81,341
- Lakshadweep 64,473
- Bermuda Islands 63,913
- Faroe Islands 56,210
- Hebrides 45,000
- Outer Hebrides 26,000
- Inner Hebrides 19,000
- Nicobar Islands 36,842
- Tuscan Archipelago 34,389
- Bissagos Islands 30,000
- Åland 29,884
- Caicos Islands 26,519
- Galapagos Islands 25,124
- Lofoten 24,500
- Shetland 23,210
- Orkney 22,100
- Grenadines 20,880
- San Juan Islands 17,582
- Southern Cook Islands 16,418
- Kerkennah Islands 15,501
- Aeolian Islands 15,419
- Tuamotus 15,346
- Arctic Archipelago 14,000
- Bocas del Toro Archipelago 13,000
- Magdalen Islands 12,781
- Islands of the Clyde 12,534
- Marquesas Islands 9,346
- Line Islands 8,813
- Aleutian Islands 8,162
- Austral Islands 6,965
- Pelagian Islands 6,556
- Haida Gwaii 4,761
- Torres Strait Islands 4,514
- Vestmannaeyjar 4,500
- Aegadian Islands 4,292
- Pontine Islands 4,066
- Falkland Islands 4,000
- Chagos Archipelago 3,000–5,000
- Fernando de Noronha 3,061
- Dahlak Archipelago 3,000
- Svalbard 2,667
- Bonin Islands 2,440
- Isles of Scilly 2,224
- Gambier Islands 1,533
- Aran Islands 1,225
- Northern Cook Islands 1,041
- Paracel Islands 1,000+
- Juan Fernandez Islands 900
- Chatham Islands 663
- Commander Islands 613
- Tremiti Islands 489
- Diomede Islands 135
- Phoenix Islands 24
See also
See also
References
References
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- "Haparanda skärgård (translated to English by Google Translate)". Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- "Kalix skärgård (translated to English by Google Translate)". Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- "Luleå archipelago". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- "Piteå skärgård (translated to English by Google Translate)". Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- "Skellefteå kusten (translated to English by Google Translate)". Retrieved 12 May 2011.