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This is a list of islands in the world grouped by oceans and by continents. For rank-order lists, see the other lists below.

List of islands by continent

• Africa
• Antarctica and Southern Ocean
• Australia
• Asia
• Europe
  • European islands by area
  • European islands by population
• North America
• Central America
• South America

List of islands by ocean, sea or lake(s)

• Adriatic Sea
• Aegean Sea
• Arctic Ocean
• Atlantic Ocean
• Baltic Sea
• Black Sea
• Caribbean Sea
• East China Sea
• Great Lakes (North America)
• Indian Ocean
• Ionian Sea
• Irish Sea
• Mediterranean Sea
• Pacific Ocean
• Persian Gulf
• Sea of Crete
• Sea of Marmara
• South China Sea
• Southern Ocean
• Tyrrhenian Sea

Islands by Country

Asia

• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• China
  • Hong Kong
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Japan
• Korea (South)
• Kuwait
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Myanmar
• Pakistan
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Republic of China(Taiwan)¹
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Europe

• Albania
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Faroe Islands
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Italy
• Republic of Macedonia
• Malta
• Montenegro
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia
• Slovakia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Turkey
• UK
  • Guernsey
  • Isle of Man
  • Jersey
  • Scotland

North America

• Belize
• Canada
  • Ontario
  • Prince Edward Island
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Puerto Rico
• US
  • US, by area

South America

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Paraguay
• Suriname
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Oceania

• Australia
• New Zealand
• Kiribati
• New Caledonia

List of ancient islands

• The majority of the Alphonse Atoll, Seychelles
• The ancient volcanic island of Cargados Carajos, which sank to a coral atoll
• Emperor Seamounts (?) [Pacific, extension of Hawaiian Islands)
• Ile Du Sud- African Banks (in the Amirantes)
• Majority of the Great Chagos Bank
• Intermontane Islands, Pacific
• Insular Islands, Pacific
• Nazareth
• Owen Bank, Chagos Arch., submerged atoll
• Owen Bank, Seychelles (not to be confused with Chagos atoll)
• Saya de Malha, Formerly largest Mascarene Island
• Majority of granitic Seychelles, which were remnants of India splitting from Africa.
• Soudan, Mascarenes
• Thorpe Bank, Seychelles
• Topaze Bank, Seychelles
• Unnamed bank just south of Madagascar was once a large tropical island
• Island of the Batavians in the Netherlands. It used to be an island in the Rhine delta between the rivers Waal and Rhine. The island disappeared due to silting up of the Rhine, floods and the building of dikes, canals and dams for irrigation. Cities in the area that used to be the island are (most of) Rotterdam, The Hague, (half of) Leiden, Gouda, Nieuwegein, Tiel, (part of) Arnhem, (part of) Nijmegen.

Other lists of islands

• List of islands by name
• List of islands by population
• List of islands by area
• List of islands by highest point
• List of islands in lakes
• List of uninhabited islands
• List of new islands
• List of submerged islands and islets
• List of divided islands
• List of artificial islands
• List of islands named after people
• List of archipelagos
• Phantom island - list of phantom islands