List of islands of Finland

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Aerial view of Suomenlinna
A light house on Jussarö
Ukonkivi island
A fishing village in Jurmo
A house on
Archipelago Sea has more than 40,000 islands and islets

Within Finland's borders there are 789 islands of over 1 km2 area. Most of these are inhabited, and with a road connection to the mainland. There are all together 75 818 islands over 0,5 km2 area in Finland and with all the smaller isles, the total number of islands in Finland is 178 947.[1] There are 549 permanently inhabited islands in Finland with no road connection to mainland.[2] Many other islands are used nearly permanently for recreational purposes.

Largest islands by the sea[]

Island Area (km2)
Fasta Åland 685
Kimitoön 524
Hailuoto 195
Replot 160
Otava 105
Lemland 92
Eckerö 91
Öja 90
Storlandet 72
70
64
Kivimaa 57
53
Vessölandet 52
49
46
38
37
Larsmo 37
36

Largest islands in lakes[]

Island Area (km2)
Soisalo 1,638
Sääminginsalo 1,069
174
Partalansaari 170
115
76
Äitsaari 74
53
Oravisalo 49
Kirkkosaari 47
35
35
33
28
27
27
26
25
25
Kyläniemi 23

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Saarten ja vetten maa (in Finnish)
  2. ^ Ilman kiinteää tieyhteyttä olevat pysyvästi asutut saaret (in Finnish)
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