The following is a list of the major island groups of North America.
Arctic Ocean
- Islands of the western
Arctic Ocean:
-
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
- Baffin Island, largest island of Canada and the world's 5th largest island
- Victoria Island, world's 8th largest island
- Banks Island, world's 24th largest island
- Southampton Island, world's 34th largest island
- Prince of Wales Island, world's 40th largest island
- Somerset Island, world's 46th largest island
- King William Island, world's 61st largest island
- Bylot Island, world's 72nd largest island
- Prince Charles Island, world's 78th largest island
-
Queen Elizabeth Islands
- Alexander Island
- Baillie-Hamilton Island
- Borden Island, world's 171st largest island
- Ellesmere Island, world's 10th largest island and 37th tallest island
- Ward Hunt Island
- Cornwall Island, world's 186th largest island
- Eglinton Island, world's 249th largest island
- Graham Island, world's 268th largest island
- Lougheed Island, world's 275th largest island
- Byam Martin Island, world's 298th largest island
- Île Vanier, world's 302nd largest island
- Cameron Island, world's 314th largest island
- Brock Island
- North Kent Island
- Emerald Isle
- Massey Island
- Little Cornwallis Island
- Coburg Island
- Helena Island
- Griffith Island
- Hoved Island
- Lowther Island
- Buckingham Island
- Beechey Island
- Seymour Island
- Browne Island
- Cocked Hat Island
- Crescent Island
- Des Voeux Island
- Dundas Island
- Edmund Walker Island
- Eight Bears Island
- Ekins Island
- Exmouth Island
- Fairholme Island
- Fitzwilliam Owen Island
- Garrett Island
- Grosvenor Island
- Houston Stewart Island
- Hyde Parker Island
- Île Marc
- John Barrow Island
- Margaret Island
- Nookap Island
- Norman Lockyer Island
- Patterson Island
- Philpots Island
- Pim Island
- Pioneer Island
- Princess Royal Island
- Skraeling Island
- Spit Island ( Kate Island)
- Stupart Island
- Table Island
- Thor Island
- Truro Island
- Devon Island, world's largest uninhabited landmass [1] and 27th largest island
- Melville Island, world's 33rd largest island
- Bathurst Island, world's 54th largest island
- Prince Patrick Island, world's 55th largest island
- Cornwallis Island, world's 96th largest island
- Mackenzie King Island, world's 115th largest island
- Moore Island
- Sverdrup Islands
- Islands of
Hudson Bay
- Coats Island, world's 107th largest island
-
Belcher Islands
- Bradbury Island
- Broomfield Island
- Bun Island
- Cake Island
- Camsell Island
- Dove Island
- Fair Island
- Flaherty Island
- Innetalling Island
- Karlay Island
- La Duke Island
- Johnnys Island
- Mata Island
- Nero Island
- Loaf Island
- Mavor Island
- Moore Island
- Ney Island
- Kugong Island
- O'Leary Island
- Range Island
- Renouf Island
- Snape Island
- Split Island
- Tukarak Island
- Twin Cairns Island
- Walton Island
- Wiegand Island
- Islands of
James Bay
- Akimiski Island, world's 162nd largest island
- Big Island
- Carey Island ( Cary Island)
- Charlton Island
- Grey Goose Island
- Gull Island
- Jacob Island ( Wood Island)
- Moore Island
- North Twin Island
- South Twin Island
- Spencer Island
- Stag Island
- Sunday Island
- Trodely Island ( Trodley Island)
- Walter Island
- Weston Island
-
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Greenland
- Greenland, world's largest and 11th tallest island
- The following islands are usually associated with Europe rather than North America, despite lying closer to Greenland than to Scandinavia:
North Atlantic Ocean
- Islands of the western
North Atlantic Ocean:
- Bermuda Islands
- Atlantic Coastal Islands
- Florida Keys
- Merritt Island
- Sea Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Outer Banks
- Staten Island
- Manhattan Island, most densely populated island of the Americas [1]
- Long Island, largest Atlantic island of the United States, most populous island of the United States, and the world's 17th most populous island
- Block Island
- Conanicut Island
- Aquidneck Island ( Rhode Island)
- Elizabeth Islands
- Martha's Vineyard
- Nantucket Island
- Monomoy Island
- Boston Harbor Islands
- Mount Desert Island, largest island of Maine
- Cape Breton Island, world's 77th largest island
- Prince Edward Island, world's 104th largest island
- Anticosti Island, world's 90th largest island
- Newfoundland, largest Atlantic island of Canada and the world's 16th largest island
North Pacific Ocean
- Islands of the eastern
North Pacific Ocean:
- Islands of the Bering Sea
- Aleutian Islands
- Kodiak Archipelago
- Islands of the Gulf of Alaska
- Alexander Archipelago
- Haida Gwaii
- Vancouver Island, largest Pacific island of Canada and the world's 43rd largest island
- San Juan Archipelago
- Whidbey Island
- Channel Islands of California
- Isla de Cedros
- Islands of the Gulf of California
- Guadalupe Island
- Revillagigedo Islands
- Islas Marías
- Clipperton Island
- Isla Espiritu Santo, largest island of El Salvador
- Isla del Coco, largest island of Costa Rica
- Isla de Coiba, largest island of Panama
- Pearl Islands
Hawaii
Inland islands
-
Lake islands of
North America:
-
Atlin Lake,
- Theresa Island, highest elevation inside a freshwater lake in North America at 2059m
- Lake Huron
- Lake Superior
- Lake Erie
- Lake Ontario
- Lake Washington
- Lake Nicaragua
- Great Slave Lake
-
Manicouagan Reservoir
- René-Levasseur Island, world's largest artificial island [1] and 2nd largest inland island
- Grand Lake on the Island of Newfoundland
-
Atlin Lake,
- River islands of North America:
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See also
- Clipperton Island
- List of islands by area
- List of islands by highest point
- List of islands by population
- List of islands in lakes
- List of islands of Central America
- List of islands of South America
- List of the highest islands of North America
- Navassa Island
- Outline of North America
References
External links
North America at Wikipedia's
sister projects
Definitions from Wiktionary
Media from Commons
News from Wikinews
Quotations from Wikiquote
Texts from Wikisource
Textbooks from Wikibooks
Resources from Wikiversity
- Island Directory @ United Nations Environment Programme
Wikimedia Atlas of North America- World island information @ WorldIslandInfo.com
The following is a list of the major island groups of North America.
Arctic Ocean
- Islands of the western
Arctic Ocean:
-
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
- Baffin Island, largest island of Canada and the world's 5th largest island
- Victoria Island, world's 8th largest island
- Banks Island, world's 24th largest island
- Southampton Island, world's 34th largest island
- Prince of Wales Island, world's 40th largest island
- Somerset Island, world's 46th largest island
- King William Island, world's 61st largest island
- Bylot Island, world's 72nd largest island
- Prince Charles Island, world's 78th largest island
-
Queen Elizabeth Islands
- Alexander Island
- Baillie-Hamilton Island
- Borden Island, world's 171st largest island
- Ellesmere Island, world's 10th largest island and 37th tallest island
- Ward Hunt Island
- Cornwall Island, world's 186th largest island
- Eglinton Island, world's 249th largest island
- Graham Island, world's 268th largest island
- Lougheed Island, world's 275th largest island
- Byam Martin Island, world's 298th largest island
- Île Vanier, world's 302nd largest island
- Cameron Island, world's 314th largest island
- Brock Island
- North Kent Island
- Emerald Isle
- Massey Island
- Little Cornwallis Island
- Coburg Island
- Helena Island
- Griffith Island
- Hoved Island
- Lowther Island
- Buckingham Island
- Beechey Island
- Seymour Island
- Browne Island
- Cocked Hat Island
- Crescent Island
- Des Voeux Island
- Dundas Island
- Edmund Walker Island
- Eight Bears Island
- Ekins Island
- Exmouth Island
- Fairholme Island
- Fitzwilliam Owen Island
- Garrett Island
- Grosvenor Island
- Houston Stewart Island
- Hyde Parker Island
- Île Marc
- John Barrow Island
- Margaret Island
- Nookap Island
- Norman Lockyer Island
- Patterson Island
- Philpots Island
- Pim Island
- Pioneer Island
- Princess Royal Island
- Skraeling Island
- Spit Island ( Kate Island)
- Stupart Island
- Table Island
- Thor Island
- Truro Island
- Devon Island, world's largest uninhabited landmass [1] and 27th largest island
- Melville Island, world's 33rd largest island
- Bathurst Island, world's 54th largest island
- Prince Patrick Island, world's 55th largest island
- Cornwallis Island, world's 96th largest island
- Mackenzie King Island, world's 115th largest island
- Moore Island
- Sverdrup Islands
- Islands of
Hudson Bay
- Coats Island, world's 107th largest island
-
Belcher Islands
- Bradbury Island
- Broomfield Island
- Bun Island
- Cake Island
- Camsell Island
- Dove Island
- Fair Island
- Flaherty Island
- Innetalling Island
- Karlay Island
- La Duke Island
- Johnnys Island
- Mata Island
- Nero Island
- Loaf Island
- Mavor Island
- Moore Island
- Ney Island
- Kugong Island
- O'Leary Island
- Range Island
- Renouf Island
- Snape Island
- Split Island
- Tukarak Island
- Twin Cairns Island
- Walton Island
- Wiegand Island
- Islands of
James Bay
- Akimiski Island, world's 162nd largest island
- Big Island
- Carey Island ( Cary Island)
- Charlton Island
- Grey Goose Island
- Gull Island
- Jacob Island ( Wood Island)
- Moore Island
- North Twin Island
- South Twin Island
- Spencer Island
- Stag Island
- Sunday Island
- Trodely Island ( Trodley Island)
- Walter Island
- Weston Island
-
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Greenland
- Greenland, world's largest and 11th tallest island
- The following islands are usually associated with Europe rather than North America, despite lying closer to Greenland than to Scandinavia:
North Atlantic Ocean
- Islands of the western
North Atlantic Ocean:
- Bermuda Islands
- Atlantic Coastal Islands
- Florida Keys
- Merritt Island
- Sea Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Outer Banks
- Staten Island
- Manhattan Island, most densely populated island of the Americas [1]
- Long Island, largest Atlantic island of the United States, most populous island of the United States, and the world's 17th most populous island
- Block Island
- Conanicut Island
- Aquidneck Island ( Rhode Island)
- Elizabeth Islands
- Martha's Vineyard
- Nantucket Island
- Monomoy Island
- Boston Harbor Islands
- Mount Desert Island, largest island of Maine
- Cape Breton Island, world's 77th largest island
- Prince Edward Island, world's 104th largest island
- Anticosti Island, world's 90th largest island
- Newfoundland, largest Atlantic island of Canada and the world's 16th largest island
North Pacific Ocean
- Islands of the eastern
North Pacific Ocean:
- Islands of the Bering Sea
- Aleutian Islands
- Kodiak Archipelago
- Islands of the Gulf of Alaska
- Alexander Archipelago
- Haida Gwaii
- Vancouver Island, largest Pacific island of Canada and the world's 43rd largest island
- San Juan Archipelago
- Whidbey Island
- Channel Islands of California
- Isla de Cedros
- Islands of the Gulf of California
- Guadalupe Island
- Revillagigedo Islands
- Islas Marías
- Clipperton Island
- Isla Espiritu Santo, largest island of El Salvador
- Isla del Coco, largest island of Costa Rica
- Isla de Coiba, largest island of Panama
- Pearl Islands
Hawaii
Inland islands
-
Lake islands of
North America:
-
Atlin Lake,
- Theresa Island, highest elevation inside a freshwater lake in North America at 2059m
- Lake Huron
- Lake Superior
- Lake Erie
- Lake Ontario
- Lake Washington
- Lake Nicaragua
- Great Slave Lake
-
Manicouagan Reservoir
- René-Levasseur Island, world's largest artificial island [1] and 2nd largest inland island
- Grand Lake on the Island of Newfoundland
-
Atlin Lake,
- River islands of North America:
|
See also
- Clipperton Island
- List of islands by area
- List of islands by highest point
- List of islands by population
- List of islands in lakes
- List of islands of Central America
- List of islands of South America
- List of the highest islands of North America
- Navassa Island
- Outline of North America
References
External links
North America at Wikipedia's
sister projects
-
Definitions from Wiktionary
-
Media from Commons
-
News from Wikinews
-
Quotations from Wikiquote
-
Texts from Wikisource
-
Textbooks from Wikibooks
-
Resources from Wikiversity
- Island Directory @ United Nations Environment Programme
-
Wikimedia Atlas of North America
- World island information @ WorldIslandInfo.com