List of archipelagos explained
This is a list of archipelagos, organised by oceans then seas and finally arranged alphabetically. Geographically isolated islands are included as well.
Arctic Ocean
Archipelagos of the Arctic Ocean:
Atlantic Ocean
Archipelagos of the Atlantic Ocean:
Along the coast of Europe
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Along the coast of Africa
Along the coast of the Americas
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:
Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico
Archipelagos of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Caspian Sea
Archipelagos of the Caspian Sea:
Mediterranean Sea
Archipelagos of the Mediterranean Sea:
North Sea
Archipelagos of the North Sea:
Bering Strait
Archipelagos of the Bering Strait:
Indian Ocean
Archipelagos of the Indian Ocean:
Along the coast of Africa
Along the coast of Asia
Along the coast of Australia
Outlying archipelagos
Red Sea
Archipelagos in the Red Sea:
Pacific Ocean
Archipelagos of the Pacific Ocean:
Along the coast of the Americas
Along the coast of Asia
Oceania
Australia
Melanesia
Micronesia (Subdivision of Oceania not country)
Polynesia
Southern Ocean
Islands of the Southern Ocean:
Lakes and rivers
By population
Indonesia 267,000,000Philippines 108,576,000
Japan 125,950,000Sakhalin 498,000Kuril Islands 19,434
Great Britain 60,800,000 Ireland 6,572,728
Greater Antilles 38,400,500Lesser Antilles 3,950,000Lucayan Archipelago 443,000Leeward Antilles 770,000
- Danish Archipelago 3,000,000
- Maluku Islands 2,844,131
- Riau Islands 2,241,570
- Mascarene Islands 2,195,087
- Canary Islands 2,153,400
- Sulu Archipelago 1,996,970
- Ryukyu Islands 1,550,161
- Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii 1,415,870
Bioko 334,463 São Tomé and Príncipe 211,000 Annobón 5,232
- Cape Verde 550,483
- Malta 493,559
- Maldives 374,775
- Andaman Islands 343,125
- Madeira 289,000
- Society Islands 275,918
- Samoan Islands 257,574
- Azores 246,772
- Mariana Islands 228,600
- Ionian Islands 207,855
- Channel Islands 169,592
- Virgin Islands 145,727
- Caroline Islands 122,368
- Croatian Archipelago 121,366
- Cyclades 119,549
- Gilbert Islands 83,382
- Frisian Islands 81,341
- Lakshadweep 70,365
- Bermuda 64,055
- Faroe Islands 52,337
- Hebrides 46,632
- 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
- Pelagie 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
References
- Web site: Bottenvikens skärgård (translated to English by Google Translate) . 12 May 2011.
- Web site: Haparanda skärgård (translated to English by Google Translate) . 12 May 2011.
- Web site: Kalix skärgård (translated to English by Google Translate) . 12 May 2011.
- Web site: Luleå archipelago . 12 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720010840/http://www.batlivlulea.nu/english/ . 20 July 2011 .
- Web site: Piteå skärgård (translated to English by Google Translate) . 12 May 2011.
- Web site: Skellefteå kusten (translated to English by Google Translate) . 12 May 2011.
