Important World Islands and Groups

Sections:

1. Arctic Ocean

2. Atlantic Ocean

3. Baltic Sea

4. Caribbean Sea

5. Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf

6. Mediterranean Sea

7. Pacific Ocean

8. Malay Archipelago

9. North American Minor Waters

1. ARCTIC OCEAN
Islands and groups		Area in square miles	Area in square km
Axel Heiberg, Canada		16,671	43,178
Baffin I., Canada		195,928	507,451
Banks I., Canada		27,038	70,028
Bathurst I., Canada		6,194	16,042
Devon I., Canada		21,331	55,247
Ellesmere I., Canada		75,767	196,236
Franz Josef Land, Russia		8,000	21,000
Melville I., Canada		16,274	42,149
Novaya Zemlya, Russia
	Severny	18,882	48,904
	Yuzhny	12,848	33,275
Prince of Wales I., Canada		12,872	33,339
Prince Patrick I., Canada		6,119	15,848
Somerset I., Canada		9,570	24,786
Southampton I., Canada		15,913	41,214
Spitsbergen Group, Svalbard		23,641	61,230
	Edgeoya	1,942	5,030
	Nordaustlandet	5,486	14,210
	Vestspitsbergen	15,075	39,044
Victoria I., Canada		83,896	217,291
Vrangelya (Wrangel), Russia		3,030	7,850

2. ATLANTIC OCEAN
Islands and groups			Area in square miles	Area in square km
Anticosti, Canada			3,066	7,941
Ascension, UK			34	88
Azores, Portugal			868	2,247
		Faial	66	171
		Pico	167	433
		Sao Jorge	85	220
		Sao Miguel	291	754
		Terceira	153	396
Bahamas			5,353	13,864
Bermuda Islands, UK			20.6	53.3
Bioko, Equatorial Guinea			779	2,017
Block I., Rhode Island			11	28
British Isles
		Anglesey, Wales	275	712
		Great Britain	83,698	216,777
		Hebrides	2,744	7,107
		Lewis with Harris	770	1,994
		Mull	357	925
		Skye, Isle of	643	1,665
		Ireland, Ireland-UK	32,589	84,406
		Man, Isle of	221	572
		Orkney Islands	377	976
		Scilly Islands, England	6	16
		Shetland Islands	553	1,432
		Wight, Isle of	147	381
Canary Islands, Spain			2,808	7,273
		Fuerteventura	668	1,730
		Gran Canaria	592	1,533
		Tenerife	795	2,059
Cape Breton I., Canada			3,981	10,311
Cape Verde Islands			1,557	4,033
Channel Islands			75	194
	Alderney		3.1	7.9
	Guernsey		24.5	63.4
	Jersey		44.9	116.2
	Sark		2.0	5.2
Faeroe Islands, Denmark			540	1,399
Falkland Islands, UK			4,700	12,170
	East Falkland		2,550	6,605
	West Falkland		1,750	4,532
Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil			7	18
Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Isla, Argentina-Chile			18,530	47,992
Greenland			822,700	2,130,800
Iceland			39,702	102,828
Long Island, New York			1,401	3,629
Madeira Islands, Portugal			306	794
Marajo, Brazil			15,500	41,100
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts			91	236
Mount Desert I., Maine			106	275
Nantucket, Massachusetts			57	148
Newfoundland, Canada			42,031	108,860
Prince Edward I., Canada			2,170	5,620
Robben I., South Africa			2	5
St. Helena, UK			47	122
Sao Tome			319	845
South Georgia I., UK			1,450	3,756
Tristan da Cunha, UK			38	98

3. BALTIC SEA
Islands and groups	Area in square miles	Area in square km
Aland Islands, Finland	590	1,527
Bornholm, Denmark	227.0	587.9
Gotland, Sweden	1,159	3,001
Oland, Sweden	519	1,344
Rugen, Germany	358	926.4
Saaremaa, Estonia	1,032	2,674
Sjaelland, Denmark	2,714.8	7,031.3

4. CARIBBEAN SEA
Islands and groups		Area in square miles	Area in square km
Antigua		108	280
Aruba		75	193
Barbados		166	430
Barbuda, Antigua		62	161
Bay Islands, Honduras		100	261
Cayman Islands		100	260
Cozumel, Mexico		189	490
Cuba		40,543	105,007
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles		171	444
Dominica		289	749
Gonave, Ile, Haiti		270	700
Grenada		120	311
Guadeloupe
	Basse-Terre	327	847
	Grande-Terre	228	591
Hispaniola, Dominican Republic-Haiti		28,840	74,700
Jamaica		4,244	10,991
Juventud (Youth), Isla de, Cuba		850	2,201
Margarita, Isla, Venezuela		414	1,072
Martinique, France		425	1,101
Montserrat		39.5	106
Puerto Rico		3,435	8,897
St. Martin (Sint Maarten)		34	88
St. Lucia		240	622
St. Vincent		133	345
Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago		116	300
Trinidad		1,864	8,897
Virgin Islands, British		59	153
	Tortola	21	54
	Virgin Gorda	8	21
Virgin Islands, U.S.		136	352
	St. Croix	81.9	212
	St. John	19.2	50
	St. Thomas	27	70

5. INDIAN OCEAN AND PERSIAN GULF
Islands and groups		Area in square miles	Area in square km
Andaman Islands, India		2,448	6,340
Bahrain, Persian Gulf		247.8	642
Comoros		719	1,862
Diego Garcia		17	44
Grande Terre, Kerguelen		2,555	6,617
Kharg I., Iran, Persian Gulf		9	23
Madagascar		226,658	587,041
Maldives		115	298
Mauritius		709	1,836
Nicobar Islands, India		754	1,953
Pemba, Tanzania		379	982
Penang (Pinang), Malaysia		108	280
Reunion		969	2,512
Seychelles		171	443
	Mahe	56	145
Sri Lanka		25,200	65,268
Zanzibar, Tanzania		640	1,658

6. MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Islands and groups		Area in square miles	Area in square km
Balearic Islands, Spain		1,936	5,014
	Majorca	1,405	3,640
Capri, Italy		4	10
Corfu, Greece		228.6	592.1
Corsica, France		3,351	8,681
Crete, Greece		3,189.7	8,261.2
Cyprus		3,572	9,251
Djerba, Tunisia		197	510
Elba, Italy		86	223
Euboea, Greece		1,411.2	3,655.1
Malta
	Malta	94.9	246
	Gozo	25.9	67
Rhodes, Greece		539.8	1,398.1
Santorini (Thira), Greece		29.3	35.8
Sardinia, Italy		9,194	23,813
Sicily, Italy		9,830	25,460
Stromboli, Italy		4.7	12

7. PACIFIC OCEAN
Islands and groups		Area in square miles	Area in square km
Admiralty Island, Alaska		1,684	4,362
Aleutian Islands, Alaska		6,391	16,553
	Adak	280	725
	Akutan	127	329
	Amchitka	119	309
	Amlia	177	459
	Atka	410	1,061
	Attu	346	896
	Kanaga	142	369
	Kiska	107	278
	Shemya	6	16
	Tanaga	204	529
	Umnak	692	1,793