Lists of islands

This is a list of the lists of islands in the world grouped by country, by continent, by body of water, and by other classifications. For rank-order lists, see the other lists of islands below.

An aerial view of islands in the Seychelles

Lists of islands by continent

By ocean:

By other bodies of water:

Afro-Eurasia (the World Island)
America (the New World)
Antarctica (the Frozen World)
Australia (the land Down Under)
Emperor Seamounts (?) (Pacific, extension of Hawaiian Islands)
Ile Du Sud- African Banks (in the Amirantes)
Insular Islands, Pacific
Intermontane Islands, Pacific
Majority of granitic Seychelles, which were remnants of India splitting from Africa to form Madagascar.
Majority of the Great Chagos Bank
Nazareth Bank
Owen Bank, Chagos Arch., submerged atoll
Owen Bank (Seychelles) (not to be confused with Chagos atoll)
Saya de Malha, Formerly largest Mascarene Island
Soudan, Mascarenes
The ancient volcanic island of Cargados Carajos, which sank to a coral atoll
The majority of the Alphonse Atoll, Seychelles
Thorpe Bank, Seychelles
Topaze Bank, Seychelles
Walters Shoals, just south of Madagascar, was once a large tropical island.
Zealandia (the Antipodes)

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