List of islands of Madagascar
This is a tentative List of islands of Madagascar. This list is incomplete.
Inhabited islands[]
- Ankify
- Barren Isles (Nosy Barren)
- Juan de Nova Island
- Île aux Nattes (Nosy Nato)
- Nosy Be
- Nosy Berafia - 10 km long and 3 km wide. Its chief town is Antananabe.
- Nosy Faly
- Nosy Hara National Park
- Nosy Komba
- Nosy Mitsio
- Nosy Tanihely National Park
- Nosy Tsarabanjina
- Nosy Ve-Androka National Park (23°38’S, 43°42’E)
- Île Sainte-Marie (Nosy Boraha)
Uninhabited islands[]
- Europa Island
- Grande Glorieuse
- Île du Lys
- Nosy Mangabe - Antongil Bay, near Maroantsetra.
- Nosy Hara
- Nosy Tanihely - 341 ha. It is located 8.5 km South of Nosy Be.
- Nosy Ve-Androka National Park
Unknown status[]
- (21°41’S, 43°20’E)
- (21°39’S, 43°22’E) (Translated: Ramona island). 30 ha, heights 15 m, North of Morombe about 6 km from .
- (21°57’S, 43°11’E) - 5 km from , 50 ha, heights: 13 meters.
- (22°01’S, 43°14’E) : next to Nosy Ve. Accessible from , former site of Andavadoaka.
- - northern Madagascar, near Nosy Be
- (22°00’S, 43°14’E) (translated: Island full of Mosquitos). South of , in direction of Andavadoaka.
- or - northern Madagascar, near Nosy Be
- (translated: Big Rock island) - , south of Morombe
- Nosy Faly, northern Madagascar.
- (22°03’S, 43°11’E) ( translated: Sandy island) North of near Andavadoaka.
- (22°05’S, 43°11’E) (translated: Savage island or Lices island). This island was named Sancti Jacobi on the map of Sanuto in 1588. Furthermore Murder’s Island by W. F. W. Owen in 1824 because of the murder of 2 sailors by the inhabitants. 2,2 km length and 400 m wide , 5,5 km before Andavadoaka.
- (translated: Turtle island] - northern Madagascar, 30 miles from Nosy Bé
- (21°44’S, 43°18’E) (translated: Long island) - 70 ha, height 16 m, near Morombe Temporaly inhabited by some fishermen.
- - small island near , named also: île au Tombeau (Tombstone island). In 1824 two English sailors (Bowie and Parson) were buried here..
- (25°13’S, 44°14’E) (translated: Perfumed island; other names: Ilha do Nascimento by the Portuguese, île Leven by the English, par les Anglais. 110 ha, situated in the , not far away from the mouth of the Linta River.
- (25°04’S, 44°02’E) (translated: Bird's island) - in the Linta River's mouth.
- (22°00’S, 43°14’E) (translated: island that speaks) - Cape Saint-Vincent.
- (21°49’S, 43°17’E) small island at . Length approx. 2 km x 200m. Forms an archipelago with , and .
- (23°38’S, 43°42’E) (translated: Palm island) - uninhabited, 50 ha.
- - facing Tulear near Sarodrano.
- (21°46’S, 43°18’E) - south of .
- Nosy Tsarabanjina - northern Madagascar, near Nosy Mitsio. A lodge is situated on this island.
- (between 23°14’S and 23’21’S, 43°42’E). Translated: Rock island - mouth of river
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