List of archipelagos
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This is a list of archipelagos, organized by oceans and seas and then arranged alphabetically. Archipelagoes within archipelagoes are shown by indentation.
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[edit] Arctic Ocean
- Canadian Arctic Archipelago ( the world's second largest )
- Franz Josef Land
- Lofoten
- New Siberian Islands
- Novaya Zemlya
- Severnaya Zemlya
- Svalbard
[edit] Atlantic Ocean
[edit] Along coast of Europe
- Berlengas
- British Isles ( the world's fourth largest )
- Faroe Islands
- Lofoten
- Vestmannaeyjar
[edit] Along coast of Africa
- Bight of Bonny Islands
- Saint Helena islands
- Canary islands
- Tristan da Cunha
[edit] Along coast of the Americas
- The Bahamas, Bahama Islands
- Bermuda Islands
- Fernando de Noronha
- Magdalen Islands
- Outer Lands (New England-New York islands)
- Saint Peter and Paul Rocks
- South Sandwich Islands
- Tierra del Fuego
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
[edit] Macaronesia
[edit] Baltic Sea
- Åland Islands
- Archipelago Sea
- Bothnian Bay archipelago [1]
- Swedish east coast archipelago
- Turku archipelago
- West Estonian archipelago
[edit] Caribbean Sea/Gulf of Mexico
[edit] Mediterranean Sea
- Aegean Islands
- Balearic Islands
- Ionian Islands
- Kornati
- Malta islands
- Pontine Islands
- Tuscan Archipelago
- Venice islands
[edit] North Sea
- Frisian Islands (or Wadden Islands)
- Southern Gothenburg Archipelago
[edit] Indian Ocean
- Andaman Islands
- Chagos Archipelago
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Comoro Islands
- Crozet Islands
- Kerguelen Islands
- Langkawi
- Lakshadweep (Laccadives)
- Maldives
- Mascarene Islands
- Mentawai Islands
- Mergui Archipelago
- Mozambique Channel Islands: Bassas da India, Europa, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova
- Nicobar Islands
- Prince Edward Islands
- Seychelles Islands
- Socotra
- Tromelin Island
- The World (Artificial)
- Zanzibar Archipelago
[edit] Red Sea
[edit] Pacific Ocean
[edit] Along coast of the Americas
- Aleutian Islands
- Alexander Archipelago
- Channel Islands of California
- Chiloé Archipelago (Archipiélago de Chiloé)
- Desventuradas Islands
- Galápagos Islands (Archipiélago de Colón)
- Guaitecas Archipelago (Archipiélago de las Guaitecas)
- Guayaneco Archipelago (Archipiélago Guayaneco)
- Gulf Islands
- Juan Fernández Islands
- Patagonic Archipelago
- Chonos Archipelago (Archipiélago de los Chonos)
- Diego Ramírez Islands (Islas Diego Ramírez)
- Katalalixar Archipielago
- Madre de Dios Archipelago
- Queen Adelaide Archipelago (Archipelago de La Reina Adelaida)
- Tierra del Fuego (Archipiélago de Tierra del Fuego)
- Wollaston Islands (Islas Wollaston)
- Wellington Archipelago
- Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii)
- San Juan Islands
[edit] Along coast of Asia
- Japanese Archipelago (including Sakhalin) - the world's third largest (Island Nation)
- Kuril Islands
- Malay Archipelago - (the world's largest)
- South China Sea Islands
[edit] Oceania
[edit] Australia
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[edit] Melanesia
- Bismarck Archipelago
- D'Entrecasteaux Islands
- Fiji Islands
- Louisiade Archipelago
- New Caledonia (Kanaky)
- New Guinea
- Solomon Islands
- Vanuatu (New Hebrides)
[edit] Micronesia
- Caroline Islands
- Gilbert Islands (Kiribati)
- Line Islands
- Mariana Islands
- Marshall Islands
- Palau
- Phoenix Islands
[edit] Polynesia
- Auckland Islands
- Chatham Islands
- Cook Islands (Hervey Islands)
- French Polynesia
- Austral Islands
- Gambier Islands
- Marquesas
- Society Islands
- Îles du vent (Windward Islands)
- Îles sous le vent (Leeward Islands)
- Tuamotus
- Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
- New Zealand (main chain - the world's fifth largest)
- Pitcairn Islands
- Samoan Islands (Navigators' Islands)
- Tonga Islands (Friendly Islands)
- Tokelau (Union Islands)
- Tuvalu (Ellice Islands)
- Wallis and Futuna Islands
[edit] Southern Ocean
- Balleny Islands
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Palmer Archipelago
- South Orkney Islands
- South Shetland Islands
[edit] Freshwater
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Bottenvikens skärgård (translated to English by Google Translate)". http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=www.bottenvikensskargard.se. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ "Haparanda skärgård (translated to English by Google Translate)". http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=www.bottenviken.se/haparanda. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ "Kalix skärgård (translated to English by Google Translate)". http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=www.bottenviken.se/kalix. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ "Luleå archipelago". http://www.batlivlulea.nu/english/. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ "Piteå skärgård (translated to English by Google Translate)". http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=www.bottenviken.se/pitea. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ "Skellefteå kusten (translated to English by Google Translate)". http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=www.bottenviken.se/skelleftea. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
