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:
Name of the archipelago |
Number of islands, islets, reefs, coral reefs and cays
|
Location (total number of islands)
|
Archipelago Sea (Åland Archipelago) |
50,000 (Approx.)
|
Finland
|
Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
36,563
|
Canada
|
Stockholm Archipelago
|
34,316
|
Sweden
|
Thirty Thousand Islands |
30,000 (approx.)
|
Canada
|
Malay Archipelago (inc. Indonesian and Philippine Archipelago)
|
25,000 (approx.)
|
Indonesia, Philippines, Southeast Asia
|
Indonesian Archipelago
|
17,000–18,000 (approx.)
|
Indonesia
|
Lake of the Woods Islands |
14,632[1]
|
Canada and United States
|
Småland archipelago
|
12,740
|
Swedish East Coast Archipelago (21,628)
|
Öregrund archipelago |
9,722
|
Sweden
|
Östergötland archipelago |
8,888
|
Sweden
|
Philippine Archipelago |
7,641[2]
|
Philippines
|
Kvarken Archipelago |
6,500
|
Finland
|
British Isles |
6,289
|
British Isles
|
Södermanland archipelago |
5,371
|
Södermanland archipelago, Sweden
|
Bahama Archipelago (Lucayan Archipelago) |
3,200
|
The Bahamas
|
Japanese archipelago |
6,852[3]
|
Japan
|
Seto Inland Sea |
3,000
|
Japan
|
Great Barrier Reef |
2,900 (reefs), 900 (islands)
|
Queensland, Australia
|
Ha Long Bay |
1,960–2,000
|
Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam
|
Thousand Islands |
1,864
|
Saint Lawrence River, Canada–United States border
|
Zhoushan Archipelago |
1,390 (islands)
|
China (5,000)
|
Dalmatia |
1,200
|
Croatia
|
Maldive Islands |
1,192 (coral islands)
|
Maldives
|
Alexander Archipelago |
1,100
|
United States
|
West Estonian archipelago |
900[4]
|
Estonia
|
Mergui Archipelago
|
800
|
Myanmar
|
Falkland Islands |
776[5]
|
Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
|
New Zealand Archipelago |
600
|
New Zealand
|
Recherche Archipelago |
105[6]
|
Australia
|
See also
References