List of archipelagos


This is a list of archipelagos, organised by oceans, then seas, then finally arranged alphabetically, with geographically isolated islands included as well.

Arctic Ocean

Archipelagos of the Arctic Ocean:
;Russian Arctic islands
;Svalbard

Atlantic Ocean

Archipelagos of the Atlantic Ocean:

Along the coast of Europe

Along the coast of Africa

Macaronesia

Archipelagos of Macaronesia:

Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia and Gulf of Finland

;Archipelagos of the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia and Gulf of Finland:

Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico

;Archipelagos of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico

Caspian Sea

Archipelagos of the Caspian Sea:

Mediterranean Sea

;Archipelagos of the Mediterranean Sea

North Sea

Archipelagos of the North Sea:

Bering Strait

Archipelagos of the Bering Strait:

Indian Ocean

Archipelagos of the Indian Ocean:

Along the coast of Africa

Along the coast of Asia

Along the coast of Australia

Outlying archipelagos

Red Sea

Archipelagos in the Red Sea:

Pacific Ocean

Archipelagos of the Pacific Ocean:

Along the coast of the Americas

Along the coast of Asia

Oceania

Australia

Melanesia

Micronesia*

*Subdivision of Oceania not country

Polynesia

Southern Ocean

Islands of the Southern Ocean:
;Antarctica
Bouvet Island
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Kerguelen Islands
South Georgia
South Sandwich Islands

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