List of islands in the Arctic Ocean

The Arctic Ocean, with borders as delineated by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), including Hudson Bay (some of which is south of 57°N latitude, off the map) and all other marginal seas.

These islands of the Arctic Ocean can be classified by the country that controls the territory.

Canada

• Arctic Archipelago
  • Queen Elizabeth Islands
    • Axel Heiberg Island
    • Ellesmere Island
    • Devon Island
    • Melville Island
  • Baffin Island
  • Banks Island
  • Victoria Island
• Hans Island (shared with Denmark)
• Herschel Island (in the Beaufort Sea, part of the Yukon)

Denmark

• Greenland
  • Clavering Island
  • Disko Island
  • Geographical Society Island
  • Hans Island (shared with Canada)
  • Kaffeklubben Island
  • Milne Land
  • Naresland
  • Shannon Island
  • Traill Island
  • Ymer Island

Iceland

• Iceland (northern coast)
  • Æðey
  • Drangey
  • Flatey, Skjálfandi
  • Grímsey
  • Hrísey
  • Kolbeinsey
  • Málmey
  • Vigur

Norway

• Bear Island
• Jan Mayen
• Svalbard Archipelago:
  • Barentsøya
    • Alekseevøya
    • Kükenthaløya
  • Edgeøya
    • Halvmåneøya
    • Ryke Yseøyane
    • Thousand Islands
    • Zeiløyane
  • Hopen
  • Kong Karls Land
    • Abel Island
    • Kongsøya
    • Svenskøya
  • Kvitøya (White Island)
  • Nordaustlandet
    • Chermsideøya
    • Foynøya
    • Karl XII-øya
    • Lågøya
    • Nordre Castrénøya and Søre Castrénøya
    • Repøyane
    • Sabine Islands
    • Scoresbyøya
    • Storøya
  • Prins Karls Forland
  • Spitsbergen
    • Amsterdam Island
    • Danes Island
    • Fuglesangen
    • Moffen
    • Nymark
    • Sørkappøya
    • Wilhelm Island
  • Sjuøyane
    • Martensøya
    • Nelsonøya
    • Parryøya
    • Phippsøya
    • Rossøya
    • Tavleøya
    • Vesle Tavleøya
    • Waldenøya
    • Hinnoya

Russia

Russian Arctic islands

• Dikson Island
• Franz Josef Land
  • Bell Island
  • Graham Bell Island
  • Hooker Island
  • Jackson Island
  • Northbrook Island
  • Rudolf Island
  • Wilczek Island
  • Zemlya Aleksandry
  • Zemlya Georga
• 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
• 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
    • Bennett Island
    • Henrietta Island
    • Jeannette Island
    • Vilkitsky Island
    • Zhokhov Island
  • Minor Islands in Severnaya Zemlya
    • Bolshoy Island
    • Maly Taymyr Island
    • Sedov Archipelago
      • Srednij, Golomyannyj, Domashnij, Figurnyj, Vostochnyj, Smaojlovich
    • Vostothny Island
• Solovetsky Islands
  • Anzersky
  • Bolshaya Muksalma
  • Malaya Muksalma
  • Solovetsky
• Victoria Island (administered as part of Franz Josef Land, but physically separate)
• Ushakov Island (Russian Arctic) halfway between Franz Josef Land and Severnaya Zemlya
  • Wiese Island
• Wrangel Island
  • Herald Island

Five new islands were discovered by Russia in October 2019.^[1]

United States

• Barter Island
• Arey Island

See also

• 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

1. "Melting Glaciers Reveal Five New Islands in the Arctic". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.