List of archipelagos by number of islands

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List of archipelagos by number of islands:

NameNumber of islandsCountry
Archipelago Sea (Turku Archipelago)Over 50,000 [1] Finland
Canadian Arctic Archipelago 36,563 [2] Canada
Stockholm Archipelago 30,000 [3] Sweden
Thirty Thousand Islands Around 30,000 [4] Canada
Malay Archipelago Around 25,000 [1] Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and Timor-Leste
Lake of the Woods Islands 14,632 [5] Canada and United States
Indonesian Archipelago 13,558 [6] Indonesia
Småland archipelago 12,740[ citation needed ] Sweden
Öregrund archipelago 9,722 [7] Sweden
Östergötland archipelago 8,888 [7] Sweden
Philippine Archipelago 7,641 [8] [9] Philippines
Japanese archipelago 6,852 [10] Japan
Kvarken Archipelago 5,600 [11] Finland
Södermanland archipelago 5,371 [7] Sweden
British Isles 4,400 [12] Ireland and United Kingdom
Blekinge archipelago 2,875[ citation needed ] Sweden
Alexander Archipelago Over 2,000 [13] United States
Thousand Islands 1,864 [14] Canada and United States
Ha Long Bay Over 1,600 [15] Vietnam
Zhoushan archipelago 1,390 [16] China
Great Barrier Reef Over 900 [17] Australia
Lucayan Archipelago 740 [18] The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom)
Seto Inland Sea Over 700 [19] Japan
Dalmatia 1,244–1246 [20] Croatia
Maldive Islands 1,190 [21] Maldives
West Estonian archipelago Almost 900 [22] Estonia
Mergui Archipelago Around 800 [23] Myanmar
Falkland Islands 780 [24] Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)
New Zealand archipelago Over 600 [25] New Zealand
Recherche Archipelago Around 105 [26] Australia

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Arctic Archipelago". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
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  4. ↑ "Island". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  5. ↑ "Lake of the Woods". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  6. ↑ Andréfouët, Serge; Paul, Mégane; Farhan, A. Riza (2022-01-01). "Indonesia's 13558 islands: A new census from space and a first step towards a One Map for Small Islands Policy". Marine Policy. 135 104848. Bibcode:2022MarPo.13504848A. doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104848. ISSN   0308-597X.
  7. 1 2 3 "Swedish islands" (PDF). SCB, The Swedish Statistics Agency. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  8. ↑ "More islands, more fun in PH". cnn. Archived from the original on 2018-06-05. Retrieved 2025-11-22.
  9. ↑ "Namria 'discovers' 400 previously 'unknown' PHL islands using IfSAR | Jonathan L. Mayuga". BusinessMirror . 10 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "Facts and Figures of Japan 2007 01: Land" (PDF). Foreign Press Center Japan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
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  12. ↑ "How many islands are there in the British Isles? | Notes and Queries | guardian.co.uk". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  13. ↑ Cook, Joseph A.; Dawson, Natalie G.; MacDonald, Stephen O. (2006-11-01). "Conservation of highly fragmented systems: The north temperate Alexander Archipelago" . Biological Conservation. 133 (1): 1–15. Bibcode:2006BCons.133....1C. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2006.05.026. ISSN   0006-3207.
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  15. ↑ "The Emerald Isles of Hạ Long Bay". earthobservatory.nasa.gov. 2022-05-07. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  16. ↑ "How many islands are there in Zhoushan?". zhoushan.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  17. ↑ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Great Barrier Reef". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  18. ↑ "The Lucayan Archipelago: Island Tapestry in the Western Atlantic | LAC Geo". lacgeo.com. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  19. ↑ "This is Japan: The Seto Inland Sea / The Government of Japan - JapanGov -". The Government of Japan - JapanGov -. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  20. ↑ "Kartografi protiv Turističke zajednice - Imamo 1246 otoka, tko je izgubio dva, ne znamo". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 8 June 2010. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  21. ↑ Mission, Maldives. "Home". Permanent Mission of the Republic of Malidves to the UN. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  22. ↑ Lääne-Eesti saarestik - Eesti Entsüklopeedia
  23. ↑ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Myeik Archipelago". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  24. ↑ "The Islands: Location". Falkland Islands Government web site. 2007. Archived from the original on 28 April 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2007.
  25. ↑ Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Nearshore islands". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  26. ↑ "Commonwealth marine environment surrounding the Recherche Archipelago". Australian Government – Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
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