Biggest Archipelagos
Archipelago↕ | Country↕ | Number of Islands↕ | Ocean/Sea↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malay Archipelago | Indonesia/Philippines/Malaysia | 25,000 | Pacific/Indian | Largest archipelago on Earth, includes Indonesia Philippines and East Malaysia |
| Indonesian Archipelago | Indonesia | 17,508 | Pacific/Indian | Largest island country, Java Sumatra Borneo Sulawesi Papua, 270 million people |
| Canadian Arctic Archipelago | Canada | 36,563 | Arctic | Baffin Island, Ellesmere, Victoria - includes some of world's largest islands |
| Philippine Archipelago | Philippines | 7,641 | Pacific | Luzon Visayas Mindanao groupings, Ring of Fire volcanoes, rice terraces |
| Archipelago Sea | Finland | 20,000 | Baltic | Densest island cluster in the world, between Turku and Aland |
| Stockholm Archipelago | Sweden | 30,000 | Baltic | Skerries off Stockholm, sailing haven, summer cottages |
| Japanese Archipelago | Japan | 14,125 | Pacific | Honshu Hokkaido Kyushu Shikoku Okinawa, Ring of Fire, 3000 km arc |
| British Isles | UK/Ireland | 6,000 | Atlantic | Great Britain, Ireland, Hebrides, Orkney, Shetland, Isle of Man |
| Greek Islands | Greece | 6,000 | Mediterranean/Aegean | Cyclades, Dodecanese, Ionian, Sporades - 227 inhabited, tourism backbone |
| Hawaiian Islands | United States | 137 | Pacific | Most isolated archipelago on Earth, volcanic hotspot chain, 8 main islands |
| Maldives | Maldives | 1,192 | Indian | Coral atolls strung across 871 km, lowest country on Earth, 26 atolls |
| Galapagos Islands | Ecuador | 127 | Pacific | Darwin's finches, endemic wildlife, volcanic, UNESCO biosphere |
| Azores | Portugal | 9 | Atlantic | Mid-Atlantic volcanic group, Pico Mountain, whale watching, hydrangeas |
| Canary Islands | Spain | 8 | Atlantic | Off NW Africa, Tenerife Mount Teide, year-round sun destination |
| Svalbard | Norway | 9 | Arctic | Spitsbergen, polar bears outnumber people, Global Seed Vault, 74-81N |
| Aleutian Islands | United States/Russia | 300 | Pacific | 1900 km volcanic arc between Alaska and Kamchatka, WWII battlefield |
| Solomon Islands | Solomon Islands | 992 | Pacific | Melanesian nation, WWII Guadalcanal, reef biodiversity hotspot |
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