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:
Name of the archipelago | Number of islands, islets, reefs, coral reefs and cays | Location (total number of islands) |
Archipelago Sea (Åland Archipelago) | 50,000 (Approx.) | Finland |
Canadian Arctic Archipelago | 36,563 | Canada |
Stockholm Archipelago | 34,316 | Sweden |
Thirty Thousand Islands | 30,000 (approx.) | Canada |
Malay Archipelago (inc. Indonesian and Philippine Archipelago) | 25,000 (approx.) | Indonesia, Philippines, Southeast Asia |
Indonesian Archipelago | 17,000–18,000 (approx.) | Indonesia |
Lake of the Woods Islands | 14,632[1] | Canada and United States |
Småland archipelago | 12,740 | Swedish East Coast Archipelago (21,628) |
Öregrund archipelago | 9,722 | Sweden |
Östergötland archipelago | 8,888 | Sweden |
Philippine Archipelago | 7,641[2] | Philippines |
Kvarken Archipelago | 6,500 | Finland |
British Isles | 6,289 | British Isles |
Södermanland archipelago | 5,371 | Södermanland archipelago, Sweden |
Bahama Archipelago (Lucayan Archipelago) | 3,200 | The Bahamas |
Japanese archipelago | 6,852[3] | Japan |
Seto Inland Sea | 3,000 | Japan |
Great Barrier Reef | 2,900 (reefs), 900 (islands) | Queensland, Australia |
Chile | 43,471[4] | Chile |
Ha Long Bay | 1,960–2,000 | Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam |
Thousand Islands | 1,864 | Saint Lawrence River, Canada–United States border |
Zhoushan Archipelago | 1,390 (islands) | China (5,000) |
Dalmatia | 1,200 | Croatia |
Maldive Islands | 1,192 (coral islands) | Maldives |
Alexander Archipelago | 1,100 | United States |
West Estonian archipelago | 900[5] | Estonia |
Mergui Archipelago | 800 | Myanmar |
Falkland Islands | 776[6] | Falkland Islands, United Kingdom |
New Zealand Archipelago | 600 | New Zealand |
Recherche Archipelago | 105[7] | Australia |
See also
- Islands portal
- Lists portal
References
- ^ "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.