List of islands in the Arctic Ocean
This is a list of islands in the Arctic Ocean, classified by country.
Canada[]
- Arctic Archipelago
- Hans Island (also claimed by Denmark)
- Herschel Island (in the Beaufort Sea, part of the Yukon)
Denmark[]
- Aasiaat Archipelago
- Clavering Island
- Geographical Society Island
- Kaffeklubben Island
- Milne Land
- Naresland
- Qeqertarsuaq (Disko Island)
- Shannon Island
- Traill Island
- Ymer Island
- Hans Island (also claimed by Canada)
Iceland[]
- Bjarnarey
- Drangey
- Eldey
- Engey
- Flatey, Breiðafjörður
- Flatey, Skjálfandi
- Grímsey
- Heimaey
- Hrísey
- Hvalbakur
- Kolbeinsey
- Málmey
- Papey
- Surtsey
- Viðey
- Vigur
- Æðey
Norway[]
- Bear Island
- Jan Mayen
- Svalbard Archipelago:
- Barentsøya
- Edgeøya
- Hopen
- Kong Karls Land
- Kvitøya (White Island)
- Nordaustlandet
- Prins Karls Forland
- Spitsbergen
- Amsterdam Island
- Danes Island
- Fuglesangen
- Moffen
- Nymark
- Sørkappøya
- Wilhelm Island
- Sjuøyane
Russia[]
- Dikson Island
- Franz Josef Land
- Great Diomede Island
- New Siberian Islands
- Anzhu Islands
- Belkovsky Island
- Kotelny/Faddeyevsky Island (including the island of 'Bunge Land')
- New Siberia
- Lyakhovsky Islands
- Great Lyakhovsky Island
- Little Lyakhovsky Island
- Semyonovsky Island
- Stolbovoy Island
- Anzhu Islands
- Novaya Zemlya
- Mezhdusharskiy Island
- Severny Island
- Vaygach Island
- Yuzhny Island
- Severnaya Zemlya
- October Revolution Island
- Bolshevik Island
- Komsomolets Island
- Pioneer Island
- Schmidt Island
- De Long Islands
- Minor Islands in Severnaya Zemlya
- Maly Taymyr Island
- Sedov Archipelago
- , , , , ,
- Solovetsky Islands
- Victoria Island (administered as part of Franz Josef Land, but physically separate)
- Ushakov Island (Russian Arctic) halfway between Franz Josef Land and Severnaya Zemlya
- Wrangel Island
United States[]
Unclaimed islands[]
Five islands were discovered by Russia in October 2019.[1]
See also[]
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- List of islands
- List of islands in the Atlantic Ocean
- List of islands in the Pacific Ocean
- List of islands in the Indian Ocean
- List of islands of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
- Extreme points of the Arctic
References[]
- ^ "Melting Glaciers Reveal Five New Islands in the Arctic". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
Categories:
- Lists of islands by ocean
- Islands of the Arctic Ocean