List of archipelagos by number of islands, islets, reefs, coral reefs and cays:
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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 |
Chile | 43,471[4] |
Chile |
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[5] |
Estonia |
Mergui Archipelago |
800 |
Myanmar |
Falkland Islands | 776[6] |
Falkland Islands, United Kingdom |
New Zealand Archipelago | 600 |
New Zealand |
Recherche Archipelago | 105[7] |
Australia |
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