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List of archipelagos by number of islands, islets, reefs, coral reefs and cays
List of
archipelagos by number of
islands,
islets,
reefs,
coral reefs and
cays:
Location (total number of islands) |
Name of the archipelago |
Number of islands, islets, reefs, coral reefs and cays
|
Finland |
Archipelago Sea (
Åland Archipelago) |
50,000 (Approx.)
|
Indonesia |
Malay Archipelago |
38,000 (approx.)
[1]
|
Canada |
Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
36,563
|
Sweden
|
Stockholm archipelago
|
34,316
|
Canada |
Thirty Thousand Islands |
30,000 (approx.)
|
Southeast Asia
|
Malay Archipelago
|
25,000 (approx.)
|
Canada and
United States |
Lake of the Woods Islands |
14,632
[2]
|
Swedish East Coast Archipelago (21,628)
|
Småland archipelago
|
12,740
|
Sweden |
Öregrund archipelago |
9,722
|
Sweden |
Östergötland archipelago |
8,888
|
Philippines
|
Philippine Archipelago |
7,641
[3]
|
Finland |
Kvarken Archipelago |
6,500
|
British Isles |
British Isles |
6,289
|
Södermanland archipelago,
Sweden |
Södermanland archipelago |
5,371
|
Korea |
Korean Peninsula |
3,579
|
The Bahamas |
Bahama Archipelago (Lucayan Archipelago) |
3,200
|
Japan
|
Japanese archipelago |
6,852
[4]
|
Japan
|
Seto Inland Sea |
3,000
|
Queensland,
Australia |
Great Barrier Reef |
2,900 (reefs), 900 (islands)
|
Chile |
Chile |
43,471
[5]
|
Quảng Ninh Province,
Vietnam |
Ha Long Bay |
1,960 – 2,000
|
Saint Lawrence River,
Canada–United States border |
Thousand Islands |
1,864
|
China (5,000) |
Zhoushan Archipelago |
1,390 (islands)
|
Thailand |
Thailand |
1,430
|
India |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
Lakshadweep Islands,
Coastal India |
1208
|
Greece |
Aegean Sea,
Ionian Sea |
1,200 – 6,000
|
Croatia |
Dalmatia |
1,200
|
Maldives |
Maldive Islands |
1,192 (coral islands)
|
United States |
Alexander Archipelago |
1,100
|
Estonia |
West Estonian archipelago |
900
[6]
|
Italy |
Italy |
800
|
Myanmar
|
Mergui Archipelago
|
800
|
Falkland Islands,
United Kingdom |
Falkland Islands |
776
[7]
|
New Zealand |
New Zealand Archipelago |
600
|
Turkey |
Aegean Sea,
Marmara Sea,
Black Sea |
500 (approx.)
|
Australia |
Western Australia,
Southern Ocean,
Recherche Archipelago |
105
[8]
|
See also
References