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Archipelago

    Index

    2,651 archipelagos, 57,572 islands, 176,503 islets and 209,468 rocks cataloged

    major + minor, catalogedlargest count a source givescataloged
    Malay ArchipelagoPhilippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, Singapore and Indonesia5,23112,0265,97525,0002,022,829 km²4,095 m
    IndonesiaIndonesia, Timor-Leste and Malaysia3,8488,1053,24017,0001,727,159 km²4,095 m
    Pacific IslandsPapua New Guinea, Japan, Philippines, Russia, Taiwan, Canada, Ecuador, United States, Kiribati, France, Niue, Chile, Pitcairn Islands, Tuvalu and Tokelau2,8318,89413,249—2,281,179 km²4,884 m
    CaribbeanCuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, United States, Trinidad & Tobago, Bahamas, France, Venezuela, Dominica, Haiti, St. Lucia, Barbados, Netherlands, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Grenada, Turks & Caicos Islands, Antigua & Barbuda, Cayman Islands, St. Kitts & Nevis, Montserrat, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands and Nicaragua2,1497,9464,7745370,905 km²3,098 m
    Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Vanuatu and Philippines2,0454,2541,3066902,644 km²4,884 m
    MelanesiaFiji, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Indonesia and France1,4042,053584—874,298 km²4,884 m
    PhilippinesPhilippines1,3573,8802,7097,641294,605 km²2,963 m
    AntillesCuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, United States, Trinidad & Tobago, France, Venezuela, Dominica, Haiti, St. Lucia, Barbados, Netherlands, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Grenada, Antigua & Barbuda, Cayman Islands, St. Kitts & Nevis, Montserrat, Anguilla and British Virgin Islands1,1323,4622,525—220,212 km²3,098 m
    Society IslandsFrance, Kiribati, Niue, Chile, Pitcairn Islands, Tuvalu, United States and Tokelau1,0172,9291,11614288,810 km²2,241 m
    The BahamasBahamas and Turks & Caicos Islands1,0044,4072,20770013,046 km²63 m
    Lucayan ArchipelagoTurks & Caicos Islands, Bahamas and United Kingdom1,0034,3812,16174013,046 km²63 m
    Leeward IslandsFrance, Kiribati, Niue, Chile, Pitcairn Islands, Tuvalu, United States and Tokelau1,0012,9001,0949287,606 km²1,266 m
    Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea9941,368351—843,261 km²4,884 m
    PolynesiaPitcairn Islands, Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, New Zealand, Chile, France, United States, Niue and Tokelau9472,7099301,000287,172 km²1,266 m
    Greater AntillesCuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, United States, Haiti and Cayman Islands8902,8351,854—205,770 km²3,098 m
    TuamotusFrance6802,2143127811,742 km²108 m
    Maluku IslandsIndonesia6689501731,00077,561 km²3,027 m
    LuzonPhilippines5711,3901,180—138,963 km²2,963 m
    MicronesiaKiribati, United States, Nauru and Marshall Islands5461,1961792,0004,482 km²965 m
    Malayo-IndonesianIndonesia, Timor-Leste and Malaysia5351,27742417,000858,892 km²3,805 m
    Sunda IslandsIndonesia, Timor-Leste and Malaysia5351,277424—858,892 km²3,805 m
    MaldivesMaldives523845521,192295 km²26 m
    Canadian ArcticCanada48727211536,5631,391,239 km²2,616 m
    Norrbotten archipelagoSweden and Finland4721,090322—435 km²78 m
    Chonos ArchipelagoChile4622,6892,274—10,658 km²1,303 m
    British IslesGuernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, United Kingdom and Ireland4373,1228,4556,000314,194 km²1,345 m
    MindanaoPhilippines4321,7061,163—99,974 km²2,954 m
    Marshall IslandsMarshall Islands367958675415 km²29 m
    Alexander ArchipelagoUnited States and Canada3242,8283,7651,10034,565 km²1,643 m
    Greater Sunda IslandsBrunei, Malaysia and Indonesia3026542154760,716 km²3,805 m
    TurkuFinland2963,5203,505—291 km²65 m
    Aegean IslandsTürkiye and Greece2846196,263—22,633 km²2,456 m
    FijiFiji28258317833018,772 km²1,324 m
    HebridesUnited Kingdom2682,5176,981367,293 km²992 m
    Japanese archipelagoJapan2641,2128,47414,125746,368 km²3,776 m
    Florida KeysUnited States259997810—406 km²27 m
    Lesser AntillesBritish Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Montserrat, U.S. Virgin Islands, Dominica, Antigua & Barbuda, Grenada, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela, Barbados, France, Netherlands and United States247659689—14,606 km²1,467 m
    Caroline IslandsMicronesia and Palau2428422189631,202 km²767 m
    Lesser Sunda IslandsTimor-Leste and Indonesia23162320997586,506 km²3,726 m
    Falkland IslandsUnited Kingdom and Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)222504151—12,005 km²705 m
    VisayasPhilippines217499259—54,661 km²2,465 m
    SporadesGreece and Türkiye2114192,859248,140 km²1,611 m
    Belcher IslandsCanada2081,3509081,5003,231 km²170 m
    New Georgia IslandsSolomon Islands19975389—5,065 km²1,770 m
    Queen Adelaide ArchipelagoChile1962,0382,136—2,325 km²917 m
    Ralik ChainMarshall Islands19344440—161 km²28 m
    Upernavik ArchipelagoGreenland19316116—2,686 km²1,039 m
    Stockholm ArchipelagoSweden19127170334,316870 km²70 m
    Aleutian IslandsUnited States and Russia18672248730017,835 km²2,857 m
    Tierra del FuegoArgentina and Chile1781,6631,107—65,486 km²2,568 m
    Aru IslandsIndonesia17225023958,150 km²110 m
    Luleå archipelagoSweden1683101221,312207 km²76 m
    Biscoe Islands158229560923 km²633 m
    KiribatiKiribati15720522211,855 km²81 m
    Ten Thousand IslandsUnited States153589329—338 km²20 m
    Windward AntillesUnited Kingdom, France, United States, Trinidad & Tobago, Dominica, St. Lucia, Barbados, Netherlands, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Grenada, Antigua & Barbuda, St. Kitts & Nevis, Montserrat, Anguilla and British Virgin Islands153421444—11,881 km²1,467 m
    Solomon IslandsPapua New Guinea and Solomon Islands1504591181,00030,192 km²2,712 m
    ÅlandFinland1491,6745,2896,500972 km²129 m
    DalmatianCroatia145301144—2,945 km²780 m
    Severnaya ZemlyaRussia1444528—37,031 km²965 m
    Calamian IslandsPhilippines140241158—1,657 km²620 m
    Sabana-Camagüey ArchipelagoCuba1408289962,5171,020 km²25 m
    Andaman IslandsIndia and Myanmar (Burma)139111105725,986 km²732 m
    Ryukyu ArcJapan1367254,633—4,643 km²1,936 m
    Ryukyu IslandsJapan1367254,6331004,643 km²1,936 m
    Outer HebridesUnited Kingdom1351,5294,586193,116 km²799 m
    Inner HebridesUnited Kingdom1339972,452354,179 km²992 m
    Palmer Archipelago13340310—3,566 km²2,761 m
    Kerguelen IslandsFrance131843412—7,255 km²1,850 m
    Louisiade ArchipelagoPapua New Guinea130155803002,079 km²1,036 m
    Kalix archipelagoSweden12836886792104 km²78 m
    VanuatuVanuatu12810255—12,265 km²1,879 m
    Riau ArchipelagoIndonesia1241124—2,694 km²438 m
    Kepulauan AnambasIndonesia11413525255626 km²561 m
    Bismarck ArchipelagoPapua New Guinea112104181847,483 km²2,340 m
    Lower KeysUnited States112679570—186 km²27 m
    Lower KeysUnited States111656564—185 km²27 m
    SvalbardNorway111172178—60,383 km²1,713 m
    Dahlak ArchipelagoEritrea1105931—1,064 km²54 m
    New HebridesVanuatu1109855—12,238 km²1,879 m
    Southern SporadesGreece1102051,7201653,479 km²1,443 m
    Leeward IslandsAntigua & Barbuda, France, Dominica, Netherlands, United States, St. Kitts & Nevis, Montserrat, Anguilla and British Virgin Islands109301369304,976 km²1,467 m
    Franz Josef LandRussia105214419215,356 km²622 m
    Haida GwaiiCanada1032,0891,44415010,053 km²1,097 m
    Queen Elizabeth IslandsCanada1026716—348,475 km²2,616 m
    DodecaneseGreece1001881,479122,705 km²1,215 m
    Gilbert IslandsKiribati9814120—960 km²23 m
    Piteå archipelagoSweden9515848—114 km²38 m
    South Shetland Islands9518916623,519 km²2,105 m
    Geiyo IslandsJapan9412926543610 km²542 m
    VesterålenNorway932,0922,200—4,536 km²2,045 m
    Le Jardin au Bout du MondeCanada9100—276 km²686 m
    LofotenNorway912,1531,990—3,612 km²1,262 m
    Broughton ArchipelagoCanada84694331—1,018 km²1,469 m
    Cook IslandsNew Zealand and Cook Islands8344814—421 km²652 m
    Haparanda archipelagoSweden and Finland832737879252.9 km²30 m
    Wilhelm Archipelago8210513—45.3 km²775 m
    WellingtonChile79770750—9,969 km²1,450 m
    Barusan IslandsIndonesia787810—12,219 km²856 m
    SeychellesSeychelles7811949115481 km²905 m