This islands of the Arctic Ocean can be classified by the country that controls the territory.
Canada
- Arctic Archipelago
- Hans Island (shared with Denmark)
- Herschel Island (in the Beaufort Sea, part of the Yukon)
Denmark
- Aasiaat Archipelago
- Clavering Island
- Geographical Society Island
- Greenland
- Kaffeklubben Island
- Milne Land
- Naresland
- Qeqertarsuaq (Disko Island)
- Shannon Island
- Traill Island
- Ymer Island
- Hans Island (shared with Canada)
Iceland
Norway
- Bear Island
- Jan Mayen
- Svalbard Archipelago:
- Barentsøya
- Alekseevøya
- Kükenthaløya
- Edgeøya
- Halvmåneøya
- Ryke Yseøyane
- Thousand Islands
- Zeiløyane
- Hopen
- Kong Karls Land
- Kvitøya (White Island)
- Nordaustlandet
- Prins Karls Forland
- Spitsbergen
- Sjuøyane
- Barentsøya
Russia
- Dikson Island
- Franz Josef Land
- Great Diomede Island
- New Siberian Islands
- Anzhu Islands
- Belkovsky Island
- Kotelny/Faddeyevsky Island (including the island of 'Bunge Land')
- New Siberia
- Lyakhovsky Islands
- Semyonovsky Island
- Stolbovoy Island
- Anzhu Islands
- Novaya Zemlya
- Severnaya Zemlya
- October Revolution Island
- Bolshevik Island
- Komsomolets Island
- Pioneer Island
- Schmidt Island
- De Long Islands
- Minor Islands in Severnaya Zemlya
- Bolshoy Island
- Maly Taymyr Island
- Sedov Archipelago
- Srednij, Golomyannyj, Domashnij, Figurnyj, Vostochnyj, Smaojlovich
- Vostothny Island
- Solovetsky Islands
- Anzersky
- Bolshaya Muksalma
- Malaya Muksalma
- Solovetsky
- Victoria Island (administered as part of Franz Josef Land, but physically separate)
- Ushakov Island (Russian Arctic) halfway between Franz Josef Land and Severnaya Zemlya
- Wrangel Island
Five new islands were discovered by Russia in October 2019.[1]
United States
See also
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Islands of the Arctic Ocean.
References
- ↑ "Melting Glaciers Reveal Five New Islands in the Arctic". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
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