List of archipelagos by number of islands, islets, reefs, coral reefs and cays
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List of archipelagos by number of islands, islets, reefs, coral reefs and cays:
Location (total number of islands) | Name of the archipelago | Number of islands, islets, reefs, coral reefs and cays |
Finland | Archipelago Sea (Åland Archipelago) | 50,000 (Approx.) |
Indonesia | Malay Archipelago | 38,000 (approx.)[1] |
Canada | Canadian Arctic Archipelago | 36,563 |
Sweden | Stockholm archipelago | 34,316 |
Canada | Thirty Thousand Islands | 30,000 (approx.) |
Southeast Asia | Malay Archipelago | 25,000 (approx.) |
Canada and United States | Lake of the Woods Islands | 14,632[2] |
Swedish East Coast Archipelago (21,628) | Småland archipelago | 12,740 |
Sweden | Öregrund archipelago | 9,722 |
Sweden | Östergötland archipelago | 8,888 |
Philippines | Philippine Archipelago | 7,641[3] |
Finland | Kvarken Archipelago | 6,500 |
British Isles | British Isles | 6,289 |
Södermanland archipelago, Sweden | Södermanland archipelago | 5,371 |
Korea | Korean Peninsula | 3,579 |
The Bahamas | Bahama Archipelago (Lucayan Archipelago) | 3,200 |
Japan | Japanese archipelago | 6,852[4] |
Japan | Seto Inland Sea | 3,000 |
Queensland, Australia | Great Barrier Reef | 2,900 (reefs), 900 (islands) |
Chile | Chile | 43,471[5] |
Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam | Ha Long Bay | 1,960 – 2,000 |
Saint Lawrence River, Canada–United States border | Thousand Islands | 1,864 |
China (5,000) | Zhoushan Archipelago | 1,390 (islands) |
Thailand | Thailand | 1,430 |
India | Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep Islands, Coastal India | 1208 |
Greece | Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea | 1,200 – 6,000 |
Croatia | Dalmatia | 1,200 |
Maldives | Maldive Islands | 1,192 (coral islands) |
United States | Alexander Archipelago | 1,100 |
Estonia | West Estonian archipelago | 900[6] |
Italy | Italy | 800 |
Myanmar | Mergui Archipelago | 800 |
Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Falkland Islands | 776[7] |
New Zealand | New Zealand Archipelago | 600 |
Turkey | Aegean Sea, Marmara Sea, Black Sea | 500 (approx.) |
Australia | Western Australia,Southern Ocean, Recherche Archipelago | 105[8] |
See also
- Islands portal
- Lists portal
References
- ^ "Nautical chart: International no. 1205, SE61, Baltic Sea, North, Sea of Åland" (PDF).
- ^ "Lake of the Woods". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ^ Mayuga, Jonathan (10 February 2016). "Namria 'discovers' 400 previously 'unknown' PHL islands using IfSAR". BusinessMirror. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Bienes Nacionales estima que existen 43.471 islas en Chile: Más de 11 mil aún no tienen nombre". 16 October 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ Lääne-Eesti saarestik - Eesti Entsüklopeedia
- ^ "The Islands: Location". Falkland Islands Government web site. 2007. Archived from the original on 28 April 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2007.
- ^ "Recherche Archipelago: Bay of Isles". Tourist information website. 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.