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| [[The Bahamas]] 3,200<ref>http://botany.si.edu/projects/cpd/ma/ma-carib.htm</ref> || [[Lucayan Archipelago]] || 3,200
| [[The Bahamas]] 3,200<ref>http://botany.si.edu/projects/cpd/ma/ma-carib.htm</ref> || [[Lucayan Archipelago]] || 3,200
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| [[Japanese archipelago]] 6,852<ref>{{cite web | title = ''Facts and Figures of Japan 2007 01: Land'' | url = http://fpcj.jp/old/e/mres/publication/ff/pdf_07/01_land.pdf | publisher = Foreign Press Center Japan | accessdate = 2010-08-20}}</ref> || [[Seto Inland Sea]] || 3,000
| [[Japanese archipelago]] 6,852<ref>{{cite web|title=''Facts and Figures of Japan 2007 01: Land'' |url=http://fpcj.jp/old/e/mres/publication/ff/pdf_07/01_land.pdf |publisher=Foreign Press Center Japan |accessdate=2010-08-20 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731072744/http://fpcj.jp/old/e/mres/publication/ff/pdf_07/01_land.pdf |archivedate=2009-07-31 |df= }}</ref> || [[Seto Inland Sea]] || 3,000
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| [[Finland]] || [[Kvarken|Kvarken Archipelago]] || 6,500
| [[Finland]] || [[Kvarken|Kvarken Archipelago]] || 6,500

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

Location (total number of islands) Name of the archipelagos Number of islands, islets, reefs, coral reefs and cays
Norway Norwegian Archipelago 240,000[1]
Finland Archipelago Sea 40,000 (approx.)[2]
Canada Canadian Arctic Archipelago 36,563
Stockholm archipelago, Sweden (34,316[3]) Stockholm archipelago 28,945
Södermanland archipelago, Sweden Södermanland archipelago 5,371
Malay Archipelago (25,000 – 30,000) Indonesian Archipelago 17,508 – 18,306[4]
Philippines Philippine Archipelago 7,600 (approx.)[5]
Swedish East Coast Archipelago (21,628[6]) Småland archipelago 12,740
Östergötland archipelago 8,888
Sweden Öregrund archipelago 9,722
The Bahamas 3,200[7] Lucayan Archipelago 3,200
Japanese archipelago 6,852[8] Seto Inland Sea 3,000
Finland Kvarken Archipelago 6,500
British Isles British Isles 6,289
China (5,000) Zhoushan Archipelago 1,390 (islands)
Korea Korean Peninsula 3,579
Queensland, Australia Great Barrier Reef 2,900 (reefs), 900 (islands)
Chile Chile 2,324
Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam Ha Long Bay 1,960 – 2,000
Saint Lawrence River, Canada–United States border Thousand Islands 1,864
Thailand Thailand 1,430
Greece Greece 1,200 – 6,000
Croatia Dalmatia 1,200
Maldives Maldive Islands 1,192 (coral islands)
Estonia West Estonian archipelago 900[9]
New Zealand New Zealand Archipelago 600

See also

References

  1. ^ "Norge er lengre enn tidligere antatt". Aftenposten, for SSB. Retrieved 8 July 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ Nautical chart: International no. 1205, SE61, Baltic Sea, North, Sea of Åland.
  3. ^ "Swedish islands" (PDF). SCB, The Swedish Statistics Agency. Retrieved 18 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Central Intelligence Agency. (2009-10-28). "East & Southeast Asia :: Philippines". The World Factbook. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  5. ^ Mayuga, Jonathan (10 February 2016). "Namria 'discovers' 400 previously 'unknown' PHL islands using IfSAR". BusinessMirror. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Swedish islands" (PDF). SCB, The Swedish Statistics Agency. Retrieved 18 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ http://botany.si.edu/projects/cpd/ma/ma-carib.htm
  8. ^ "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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Lääne-Eesti saarestik - Eesti Entsüklopeedia