List of archipelagos

Last updated January 25, 2026

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:

Russian Arctic islands

Svalbard

Atlantic Ocean

Archipelagos of the Atlantic Ocean:

Along the coast of Europe

Berlengas
- Estelas Islets
- Farilhões-Forcados Islets
British Isles

Along the coast of Africa

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
- Arch Islands
- Jason 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
- Mona Islands
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

Åland
Archipelago Sea
Beryozovye Islands
Blekinge Archipelago
Bothnian Bay archipelago^[1]
- Haparanda archipelago ^[2]
- Kalix archipelago ^[3]
- Luleå archipelago ^[4]
- Piteå archipelago ^[5]
- Skellefteå archipelago^[6]
Froan
Kvarken Archipelago
Norrbotten Archipelago
Oskarshamn archipelago
Pakri Islands
South Funen Archipelago

Swedish East Coast Archipelago
- Gräsö archipelago
- Oskarshamn archipelago
- Stockholm Archipelago
  - Rödlöga archipelago
  - Skarv Archipelago
- Södermanland archipelago
- Öregrund archipelago
- Östergötland archipelago
  - Gryt archipelago
  - Sankt Anna's Archipelago
  - Tjust Archipelago
- Småland archipelago
Turku archipelago
West Estonian archipelago

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
  - Cuban Islands
  - Puerto Rican Islands
- Lesser Antilles
  - Leeward Islands
    - Petite Terre islands
    - Virgin Islands
      - British Virgin Islands
        Dog Islands
        Little Sisters
        Seal Dog Islands
      - US Virgin Islands
    - Îles des Saintes
  - 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
  - Windward Islands
    - Brooks Rocks
    - Cow And Calves Islands
    - Grenadines

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:

Diomede Islands

Indian Ocean

Archipelagos of the Indian Ocean:

Along the coast of Africa

Along the coast of Asia

Ad Dimaniyat Islands

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

Aleutian Islands
- Andreanof Islands
- Bolshoi Islands
- Delarof Islands
- Fox Islands
- Islands of Four Mountains
- Komandorski Islands
- Kudomin Islands
- Near Islands
- Rat Islands
- Semidi Islands
- Shumagin 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)
- Bonin Islands
- Habomi Islands
- Nanpō Islands
- Ryukyu Archipelago
  - Okinawa Islands
    - Aguni Islands
    - Iheya-Izena Islands
    - Kerama Islands
    - Yokatsu Islands
  - Sakishima Islands
    - Miyako Islands
    - Yaeyama Islands
  - Satsunan Islands
  - Daitō Islands
Indonesian Archipelago (Island country)
- - Asia Islands
  - Ayu Islands
  - Bacan Islands
  - Balabalagan Islands
  - Banda Arc
  - Banda Islands
  - Banggai Islands
    - Bowokan Islands
  - Bangka Belitung Islands
  - Banyak Islands
  - Barat Daya Islands
    - Babar 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
    - Aru Islands
    - Kai Islands
    - Penyu Islands
    - Watubela Archipelago
  - Masalembu Islands
  - Mentawai Islands Regency
  - Nias Islands
    - Batu Islands
  - Obi Islands
  - Spermonde Archipelago (Pabbring Islands)
  - Raja Ampat Islands
    - Fam Islands
  - Riau Archipelago
    - Tudjuh Archipelago
    - Riau Islands (separate from the Riau 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
    - Greater Sunda Islands
    - Lesser 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
- Philippine Islands (Island nation)
  - Baco Islands
  - Batanes
  - Babuyan Islands
    - Balintang 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
Ogasawara Islands
Penghu Islands
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
Taehwa-Do
Volcano Islands
Yam Islands

Oceania

 *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
- Forty-Fours
- The Sisters
Cook Islands (Hervey Islands)
- Northern Cook Islands
- Southern Cook 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)
- Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
  - French Frigate Shoals
  - Gardner Pinnacles
Judge and Clerk Islets
Mercury Islands
New Zealand (main chain)
- Bream Islands
- Cavalli Islands
- Chetwode Islands
- Islands of the Hauraki Gulf
  - Hen and Chicken Islands (NZ)
  - Marotere Islands
  - Mayne Islands
  - Mercury Islands
  - Mokihinau Islands
  - Motukawao Islands
  - The Noises
- Kermadec Islands
- Poor Knights Islands
- Simmonds Islands
- Rurima Rocks
  - Moutoki Islands
  - Tokata Islands
- Open Bay Islands
- Rangitoto Islands
- Solander Islands
- Sugar Loaf Islands
- Tata Islands
- Three Kings Islands
- Tītī / Muttonbird Islands
Pitcairn Islands
Samoan Islands (Navigators' Islands)
- Aleipata Islands
  - American Samoa (Eastern Samoa)
    - Manu'a
  - Samoa (Western Samoa)
Snares Islands
Tonga Islands (Friendly Islands)
Tokelau (Union Islands)
Tuvalu (Ellice Islands)
Wallis and Futuna Islands
- Horne Islands

Southern Ocean

Islands of the Southern Ocean:

Antarctica

Bouvet Island
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Kerguelen Islands
South Georgia
South Sandwich Islands

Lakes and rivers

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
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

References

↑ "Bottenvikens skärgård (translated to English by Google Translate)" . Retrieved 12 May 2011.
↑ "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.

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[1] "Bottenvikens skärgård (translated to English by Google Translate)" . Retrieved 12 May 2011.

[2] "Haparanda skärgård (translated to English by Google Translate)" . Retrieved 12 May 2011.

[3] "Kalix skärgård (translated to English by Google Translate)" . Retrieved 12 May 2011.

[4] "Luleå archipelago". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011.

[5] "Piteå skärgård (translated to English by Google Translate)" . Retrieved 12 May 2011.

[6] "Skellefteå kusten (translated to English by Google Translate)" . Retrieved 12 May 2011.

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List of archipelagos

Contents

Arctic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Along the coast of Europe

Along the coast of Africa

Along the coast of the Americas

Macaronesia

Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia and Gulf of Finland

Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico

Caspian Sea

Mediterranean Sea

North Sea

Bering Strait

Indian Ocean

Along the coast of Africa

Along the coast of Asia

Along the coast of Australia

Outlying archipelagos

Red Sea

Pacific Ocean

Along the coast of the Americas

Along the coast of Asia

Oceania

Australia

Melanesia

Micronesia*

Polynesia

Southern Ocean

Lakes and rivers

By population

See also

References