List of archipelagos by number of islands

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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 archipelagosNumber of islands, islets, reefs, coral reefs and cays
NorwayNorwegian Archipelago240,000[1]
FinlandArchipelago Sea40,000 (approx.)[2]
CanadaCanadian Arctic Archipelago36,563
CanadaThirty Thousand Islands30,000 (approx.)
Stockholm archipelago, Sweden (34,316[3])Stockholm archipelago28,945
Södermanland archipelago, SwedenSödermanland archipelago5,371
IndonesiaIndonesian Archipelago17,508 – 18,306[4]
Philippines Philippine Archipelago7,641[5]
Swedish East Coast Archipelago (21,628[3])Småland archipelago12,740
Östergötland archipelago8,888
SwedenÖregrund archipelago9,722
The Bahamas 3,200[6]Bahama Archipelago3,200
Japanese archipelago 6,852[7]Seto Inland Sea3,000
FinlandKvarken Archipelago6,500
British IslesBritish Isles6,289
China (5,000)Zhoushan Archipelago1,390 (islands)
KoreaKorean Peninsula3,579
Queensland, AustraliaGreat Barrier Reef2,900 (reefs), 900 (islands)
ChileChile2,324
Quảng Ninh Province, VietnamHa Long Bay1,960 – 2,000
Saint Lawrence River, Canada–United States borderThousand Islands1,864
ThailandThailand1,430
IndiaAndaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep Islands, Coastal India1208
GreeceAegean Sea1,200 – 6,000
CroatiaDalmatia1,200
MaldivesMaldive Islands1,192 (coral islands)
EstoniaWest Estonian archipelago900[8]
ItalyItaly800
Falkland IslandsFalkland Islands776[9]
New ZealandNew Zealand Archipelago600
TurkeyAegean Sea, Marmara Sea, Black Sea500 (approx.)

See also


References

  1. ↑ "Norge er lengre enn tidligere antatt". Aftenposten, for SSB. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Nautical chart: International no. 1205, SE61, Baltic Sea, North, Sea of Åland" (PDF).
  3. 1 2 "Swedish islands" (PDF). SCB, The Swedish Statistics Agency. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  4. ↑ Central Intelligence Agency. (2009-10-28). "East & Southeast Asia :: Philippines". The World Factbook. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  5. ↑ Mayuga, Jonathan (10 February 2016). "Namria 'discovers' 400 previously 'unknown' PHL islands using IfSAR". BusinessMirror. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ Lääne-Eesti saarestik - Eesti Entsüklopeedia
  9. ↑ "The Islands: Location". Falkland Islands Government web site. 2007. Archived from the original on 28 April 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2007.
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