List of archipelagos by number of islands, islets, reefs, coral reefs and cays:

Location (total number of islands)Name of the archipelagoNumber of islands, islets, reefs, coral reefs and cays
IndonesiaMalay Archipelago38,000 (approx.)[1]
CanadaCanadian Arctic Archipelago36,563
Sweden Stockholm archipelago 34,316
CanadaThirty Thousand Islands30,000 (approx.)
Southeast Asia Malay Archipelago 25,000 (approx.)
Canada and United States Lake of the Woods Islands14,632[2]
Swedish East Coast Archipelago (21,628[3])Småland archipelago12,740
SwedenÖregrund archipelago9,722
SwedenÖstergötland archipelago8,888
Philippines Philippine Archipelago7,641[4]
FinlandKvarken Archipelago6,500
British IslesBritish Isles6,289
Södermanland archipelago, SwedenSödermanland archipelago5,371
KoreaKorean Peninsula3,579
The BahamasBahama Archipelago (Lucayan Archipelago)3,200
Japan Japanese archipelago6,852[5]
Japan Seto Inland Sea3,000
Queensland, AustraliaGreat Barrier Reef2,900 (reefs), 900 (islands)
ChileChile43,471[6]
Quảng Ninh Province, VietnamHa Long Bay1,960 – 2,000
Saint Lawrence River, Canada–United States borderThousand Islands1,864
China (5,000)Zhoushan Archipelago1,390 (islands)
ThailandThailand1,430
IndiaAndaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep Islands, Coastal India1208
GreeceAegean Sea, Ionian Sea1,200 – 6,000
CroatiaDalmatia1,200
MaldivesMaldive Islands1,192 (coral islands)
United StatesAlexander Archipelago1,100
EstoniaWest Estonian archipelago900[7]
ItalyItaly800
Myanmar Mergui Archipelago 800
Falkland Islands, United KingdomFalkland Islands776[8]
New ZealandNew Zealand Archipelago600
TurkeyAegean Sea, Marmara Sea, Black Sea500 (approx.)
AustraliaWestern Australia,Southern Ocean, Recherche Archipelago105[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Nautical chart: International no. 1205, SE61, Baltic Sea, North, Sea of Åland" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Lake of the Woods". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Swedish islands" (PDF). SCB, The Swedish Statistics Agency. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  4. ↑ Mayuga, Jonathan (10 February 2016). "Namria 'discovers' 400 previously 'unknown' PHL islands using IfSAR". BusinessMirror. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ Lääne-Eesti saarestik - Eesti Entsüklopeedia
  8. ↑ "The Islands: Location". Falkland Islands Government web site. 2007. Archived from the original on 28 April 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2007.
  9. ↑ "Recherche Archipelago: Bay of Isles". Tourist information website. 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
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