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island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

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South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the sout ...

by country.

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

Atlantic Ocean islands

*'' Isla Apipé'' *'' Isla Bermejo'' *''

Isla de los Estados Isla de los Estados (English: Staten Island, from the Dutch ''Stateneiland'') is an Argentine island that lies off the eastern extremity of Tierra del Fuego, from which it is separated by the Le Maire Strait. It was named after the Netherlands ...

'' *'' Isla de San Martín'' *''

Isla del Cerrito Isla del Cerrito is a village and municipality of the Chaco Province in Northern Argentina, at the Argentina–Paraguay border The Argentina–Paraguay border is the line that limits the territories of Argentina and Paraguay. This boundary is s ...

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Isla Martín García Isla or ISLA may refer to: Organizations * International Securities Lending Association, a trade association * International School of Los Angeles * International Bilingual School, later named International School of Los Angeles People * Isla ( ...

'' *'' Isla Trinidad (Buenos Aires)'' * Patagonic Archipelago **'' Archipiélago de Tierra del Fuego'' ***''

Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego (English: ''Big Island of the Land of Fire'') also formerly ''Isla de Xátiva''Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

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Islas Malvinas, Georgias y Sandwich del Sur Islas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arturo Islas (1938–1991), professor of English and a novelist from Texas *Daniel Islas (born 1979), Argentine football goalkeeper *Luis Islas (born 1965), former football goalkeeper ...

Lake islands

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Isla Huemul Huemul Island ( es, Isla Huemul) is an island in the Nahuel Huapi Lake, off the shore of San Carlos de Bariloche, a city in the province of Río Negro, Argentina, at . It derives its name from the Mapuche chief Güemul, whose tribe inhabited t ...

'' *'' Isla Victoria''

River islands

*Islands of the Paraná River delta **'' Islas del Ibicuy''

Bolivia

Bolivia is a

landlocked country A landlocked country is a country that does not have territory connected to an ocean or whose coastlines lie on endorheic basins. There are currently 44 landlocked countries and 4 landlocked de facto states. Kazakhstan is the world's largest ...

with no ocean islands.

Lake islands

*'' Isla del Pescado'' (

Incahuasi Island Isla Incahuasi, Inkawasi or Inka Wasi (Spanish ''Isla'' island, Quechua ''Inka'', Inca ''wasi'' house,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) "Inca house") is a hilly and rock ...

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Isla del Sol Isla del Sol (''Island of the Sun'') is an island in the southern part of Lake Titicaca. It is part of Bolivia, and specifically part of the La Paz Department. Geographically, the terrain is harsh; it is a rocky, hilly island with many eucalyptu ...

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Isla de la Luna Isla de la Luna (translation: "Island of the Moon") is an island in La Paz Department, Bolivia. It is situated in Lake Titicaca, east of Isla del Sol ("Island of the Sun"). Legends in Inca mythology refer to the island as the location where Vi ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Atlantic Ocean islands

*'' Arquipelago de Fernando de Noronha'' *'' Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo'' (

Saint Peter and Paul Rocks The Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago ( pt, Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo ) is a group of 15 small islets and rocks in the central equatorial Atlantic Ocean.

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Atol das Rocas The Rocas Atoll ( pt, Atol das Rocas ) is the only atoll in the South Atlantic Ocean. It belongs to the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Norte. It is located approximately northeast of Natal and west of the Fernando de Noronha archipelago. The ...

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Rocas Atoll The Rocas Atoll ( pt, Atol das Rocas ) is the only atoll in the South Atlantic Ocean. It belongs to the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Norte. It is located approximately northeast of Natal and west of the Fernando de Noronha archipelago. The ...

) *'' Ilha de Boipeba'' *'' Ilha de Maraca'' *'' Ilha da Queimada Grande'' *'' Ilha de Santa Bárbara'' *'' Ilha de Santa Catarina'' *'' Ilha de Santo Amaro'' *'' Ilha de São Luís'' *''

Ilha Grande Ilha Grande ( "Big Island") is an island located off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. The island, which is part of the municipality of Angra dos Reis, remains largely undeveloped. For almost a century it was closed by the Brazilian go ...

'' *'' Ilha Itaparica'' *'' Ilha Tinhare'' *''

Ilha Trindade Trindade and Martim Vaz ( pt, Trindade e Martim Vaz, ) is an archipelago located in the South Atlantic Ocean about east of the coast of the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo, of which it forms a part. The archipelago has a total area of and a ...

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Ilha dos Lobos Ilha dos Lobos is a small island and wildlife refuge on the Atlantic coast of Torres, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Location Ilha dos Lobos is about offshore from the Praia Grande of the coastal city of Torres on the northern shore of the state ...

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Ilhabela Ilhabela ( Portuguese for ''Beautiful Island'') is an archipelago and city situated in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of São Paulo state in Brazil. The city is from the city of São Paulo and from the city of Rio de Janeiro. The largest is ...

archipelago An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands. Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Arc ...

**'' Ilha de São Sebastião'' *''

Ilhas Cagarras The Ilhas Cagarras (Cagarras Islands) are an uninhabited archipelago located off Ipanema, a major beach of the southern coast of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They have been designated a federal natural monument since 2010. Location The ar ...

*'' Ilhas Martim Vaz''

*'' Vitória''

**'' Ilha de Vitória''

River Islands

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Bananal Island Bananal Island ( pt, Ilha do Bananal, ) is a large river island formed from the bisection of the Araguaia River, in southwestern Tocantins, Brazil. The island is formed by a fork in a very flat section of the Araguaia River. Bananal Island is t ...

'' *'' Anavilhanas Archipelago''

Fluvial-maritime

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Marajó Archipelago Marajó Archipelago ('' pt, arquipélago do Marajó'' is the largest fluvial-maritime archipelago on Earth. Located in the states of Amapá and Pará, in Brazil, it is formed by about 2,500 islands. The main island of the archipelago also has the ...

'' **'' Ilha de Marajó''

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

Pacific Ocean islands

*'' Archipiélago de Chiloé'' **'' Isla de Chiloé'' **'' Isla Guafo'' **'' Isla Lemuy'' **'' Isla Quinchao'' *'' Archipiélago de las Guaitecas'' *'' Archipiélago Guayaneco'' *'' Archipiélago Juan Fernández'' (also considered part of

Oceania Oceania (, , ) is a geographical region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern and Western hemispheres, Oceania is estimated to have a land area of and a population of around 44.5 million ...

) **'' Isla Alejandro Selkirk'' **'' Isla Robinsón Crusoe'' **'' Isla Santa Clara'' **'' Islote Juananga'' *'' Isla Chañaral'' *''

Isla de Pascua Easter Island ( rap, Rapa Nui; es, Isla de Pascua) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. The island is most famous for its nearly ...

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Easter Island Easter Island ( rap, Rapa Nui; es, Isla de Pascua) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. The island is most famous for its ne ...

) (also considered part of Oceania) *'' Isla del Rey'' *'' Isla Magdalena'' *'' Isla Mancera'' *'' Isla Mocha'' *'' Isla Quiriquina'' *''

Isla Salas y Gómez Isla Salas y Gómez, also known as Isla Sala y Gómez ( rap, Motu Motiro Hiva), is a small uninhabited Chilean island in the Pacific Ocean. It is sometimes considered the easternmost point in the Polynesian Triangle. Isla Salas y Gómez and its s ...

'' *'' Islas Desventuradas'' **'' Isla San Ambrosio'' **''

Isla San Félix The Desventuradas Islands ( es, Islas Desventuradas, , "Unfortunate Islands" or ''Islas de los Desventurados'', "Islands of the Unfortunate Ones") is a group of four small oceanic islands located off the coast of Chile, northwest of Santiago in ...

'' **'' Islote González'' **'' Roca Catedral'' * Merino Jarpa Island * Patagonic Archipelago **'' Archipelago de La Reina Adelaida'' (

Queen Adelaide Archipelago Queen Adelaide Archipelago ( es, Archipiélago Reina Adelaida) is an island group in Zona Austral, the extreme south of Chile. It belongs to the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region. The major islands in the group are Pacheco Island, Contrer ...

) ***'' Isla Cochrane'' ***'' Isla Contreras'' ***'' Isla Juan Guillermo'' ***'' Isla Pacheco'' ***'' Isla Ramirez'' *** North Rennell Island *** South Rennell Island **'' Archipiélago de los Chonos'' ***'' Isla Benjamin'' ***'' Isla Cuptana'' ***'' Isla Guamblin'' ***'' Isla James'' ***'' Isla Melchor'' ***'' Isla Rivero'' ***'' Isla Simpson'' ***'' Isla Traiguen'' ***'' Isla Victoria'' **'' Archipiélago de Tierra del Fuego'' ***'' Isla Dawson'' ***'' Isla Desolación'' ***'' Isla Gordon'' ***''

Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego (English: ''Big Island of the Land of Fire'') also formerly ''Isla de Xátiva''Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

) ***'' Isla Magdalena'' ***'' Islas Hermite'' ****'' Isla Hermite'' ****'' Isla Hornos'' – location of

Cape Horn Cape Horn ( es, Cabo de Hornos, ) is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island. Although not the most southerly point of South America (which are the Diego Ramí ...

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Isla Hoste Hoste Island () is one of the southernmost islands in Chile, lying south, across the Beagle Channel, from Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego and west of Navarino Island, from which it is separated by the Murray Channel. Hoste Island has the souther ...

'' ***'' Isla Navarino'' ***'' Isla Santa Inés'' ***'' Islas Picton, Lennox y Nueva'' ***'' Islas Wollaston'' ***

Londonderry Island Londonderry Island () is an island (UFI -889706) in the Magallanes Region at the western end of the Beagle Channel and Darwin Sound. The island was named by the captain of HMS Beagle, Robert FitzRoy, whose maternal grandfather was The 1st Marq ...

**'' Isla Angamos'' **'' Isla Aracena'' **'' Isla Campana'' **'' Isla Chatham'' **'' Isla Clarence'' **'' Isla Diego de Almagro'' **'' Isla Duque de York'' **'' Isla Esmeralda'' **'' Isla Farrel'' **'' Isla Guarello'' **'' Isla Hanover'' **'' Isla Jorge Montt'' **'' Isla Juan Guillermos'' **'' Isla Madre de Dios'' **'' Isla Manuel Rodriguez'' **'' Isla Mornington'' **'' Isla Patricio Lynch'' **'' Isla Pratt'' **'' Isla Riesco'' **'' Isla Serrano'' **'' Isla Stosch'' **'' Isla Wellington'' **'' Islas Diego Ramírez'' ***'' Islote Águila'' ( Águila Islet) – southernmost point of Chile **'' Islas Ildefonso''

Lake islands

*'' Isla Gabriela'' *'' Isla Guapi'' *'' Isla Fresia'' *'' Isla Central''

River islands

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Isla Teja Teja island (Spanish ''isla Teja'') is an island in the city of Valdivia, Chile, surrounded by three rivers: Cau-Cau River, Cau-Cau river to the north, Cruces River, Cruces river to the west and Valdivia River, Valdivia river to the southeast. Pri ...

'' *'' Isla del Rey'' *'' Isla Mancera'' *'' Isla Haverbeck'' *'' Isla Mota'' *'' Isla Guapi'' *'' Isla Lemuy'' *'' Isla Orrego''

Colombia

Caribbean Sea islands

Bolívar Department: *

Rosario Islands The Rosario Islands (Islas del Rosario), also referred to as Corales Islas del Rosario (Coral Islands of Rosario), is an archipelago located off the coast of Colombia, approximately from Cartagena. It is one of the 46 Natural National Parks ...

**Isla Grande **Isla Marina **Isla de Roberto **Isla Rosario **Isla del Tesoro *

Fuerte Island Fuerte Island (Isla Fuerte) is a small coral island in the Caribbean Sea off the northern coast of Colombia, Córdoba department, located south of the Gulf of Morrosquillo. It is located at a distance of 11 km from mainland Colombia. It is p ...

Tierra Bomba Island Tierra Bomba is a Colombian island off the coast of Cartagena de Indias. The island is within the legal administration of the municipality of Cartagena (City) in Bolívar Department, and covers a surface area of 19.84 km2 (1984.99 hectares) ...

*Isla del Pirata

Córdoba Department Córdoba most commonly refers to: * Córdoba, Spain, a major city in southern Spain and formerly the imperial capital of Islamic Spain * Córdoba, Argentina, 2nd largest city in the country and capital of Córdoba Province Córdoba or Cordoba may ...

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Tortuguilla Island Tortuguilla Island (Isla Tortuguilla) is a small island in the Caribbean Sea off the northern coast of Colombia. It is located about 9 km from the mainland, at coordinates 09 ° 01'50 "N 76 ° 20'40" O. Administratively it belongs to the Cór ...

Magdalena Department: *Isla de Salamanca San Andrés and Providencia Department: *Acuario Cay (also known as Rose Cay) * Alice Shoal *

Bajo Nuevo Bank Bajo Nuevo Bank, also known as the Petrel Islands ( es, Bajo Nuevo, Islas Petrel), is a small, uninhabited reef with some small grass-covered islets, located in the western Caribbean Sea at , with a lighthouse on Low Cay at . The closest neighb ...

*Bayley Islet *Basalt Islet *Brothers Cay *Crab Cay *Cayos de Albuquerque **North Cay **South Cay *Córdoba Cay (also known as Haynes Cay) *Easy Cay *Grunt Cay *Cayos de Este Sudeste **Bolívar Cay (also known as Courtown or West Cay) **East Cay *Palm Cay *

Providencia Island Isla de Providencia, historically Old Providence, and generally known as Providencia, is a mountainous Caribbean island that is part of the Colombian department of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina and the municipality ...

Quita Sueño Bank Quita Sueño Bank (claimed as Quitasueño) is a reef formation of Colombia which was once claimed by the United States, located 110 km north-northeast of Providencia Island. History In 1869, James Jennett claimed the bank for the United Stat ...

*Rocky Cay *

Roncador Bank Roncador Bank is a mostly-submerged atoll with several sandy cays. It lies in the west Caribbean Sea off the coast of Central America. Geography It is about 15 by 6 kilometers in size, with an area of 65 km2 composed mostly of lago ...

* Roncador Cay * San Andrés Island * Santa Catalina Island *Santander Cay (also known as Cotton Cay) *

Serrana Bank Serrana Bank is a Colombian-administered atoll in the western Caribbean Sea. It is a mostly underwater reef about 50 km long and 13 km wide and has six cays, or islets, the largest of which is Southwest Cay. Geography The cays fro ...

*Serranilla Bank *Sucre Islet (also known as Johnny Cay) Sucre department, Sucre Department: *Boquerón Island *Cabruna Island *Ceycén Island *Mangle Island *Maravilla Island *Múcura Island *Palma Island *Panda Island *Santa Cruz del Islote *Tintipán Island

Pacific Ocean islands

Cauca department, Cauca Department: *Coco Island *Gorgona Island, Colombia, Gorgona Island **El Horno Islet *Gorgonilla Island **El Viudo Islet *Micay Island Chocó department, Chocó Department: *Cacagual Island Nariño department, Nariño Department: *Sanquianga Island Valle del Cauca department, Valle del Cauca Department: *Ají Island *La Palma Island *Malpelo Island

Lake islands

Boyacá department, Boyacá Department: *Lake Tota **Cerro Chiquito Island **Santa Helena Island **San Pedro Island Nariño department, Nariño Department: *Laguna de la Cocha **La Corota Island Flora Sanctuary, La Corota Island

River islands

Amazonas department, Amazonas Department: *Baranoa Island *Curvaratá Island *Loreto Island *Porvenir Island *Tigre Island *Yaguas Muñoz Island Antioquia department, Antioquia Department: *Pernambuco Island Bolívar Department: *Margarita Island (Colombia), Margarita Island *Tigrera Island *Venezuela Island Caquetá department, Caquetá Department: *Aduché Island Chocó department, Chocó Department: *Grande del Atrato Island Magdalena Department: *Zura Island Santander department, Santander Department: *Grande Island Vichada department, Vichada Department: *Aceitico Island *Manatí Island

Ecuador

Pacific Ocean islands

*''Galápagos Islands'' (also considered part of Oceania) *''Puná Island''

Falkland Islands

Atlantic Ocean islands

*Falkland Islands (also claimed by Argentina) **West Falkland **East Falkland **Jason Islands

French Guiana

* Îles du Salut ** Île du Diable ** Île Royale ** Île Saint-Joseph * Îles du Connétable, Constable Islands * Remire Islands ** Îlet la Mère * Palasisi, island in the Litani River * Île Portal, island in the Maroni River

Guyana

Paraguay

Paraguay is a

with no ocean islands and only a few very small List of islands in lakes, inland islands.

Peru

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Atlantic Ocean islands

* South Georgia Island, South Georgia (also claimed by Argentina) ** Bird Island, South Georgia * South Sandwich Islands (also claimed by Argentina)

Suriname

*Diitabiki *Kasuela *Kwana Island *Langatabiki *Manlobi *Nason, Suriname, Nason *Stoelmanseiland *Stoneiland

Uruguay

*Brazilian Island *Gorriti Island *Juncal Island *Isla de Flores *Isla de las Gaviotas, Montevideo, Isla de las Gaviotas *Isla de Lobos *Timoteo Domínguez Island *Vizcaíno Island

Venezuela

Caribbean Sea islands

*''Las Aves Archipelago, Archipiélago Las Aves'' **''Isla La Blanquilla'' *''Los Monjes Archipelago, Archipiélago Los Monjes'' *''Los Roques Archipelago, Archipiélago Los Roques'' *''Isla de Aves'' *''Isla de Coche'' *''Isla de Cubagua'' *''Isla de Patos'' *''Toas island, Isla de Toas'' *''Isla de Zapara'' *''La Orchila, Isla La Orchila'' *''La Sola Island, Isla La Sola'' *''Isla La Tortuga'' *''Isla Margarita'' *''Isla San Carlos'' *''Caracas Islands, Islas Caracas'' *''Islas Los Frailes, Islas los Frailes'' *''Los Hermanos Archipelago, Islas los Hermanos'' *''Los Testigos Islands, Islas los Testigos''

River islands

*Ankoko Island (also claimed by Guyana)

References

External links

Island Directory @ United Nations Environment Programme
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World island information @ WorldIslandInfo.com
{{Lists of islands by continent Islands of South America, * Lists of islands by continent, South America South America-related lists, Islands

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

Atlantic Ocean islands

Lake islands

River islands

Bolivia

Lake islands

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Atlantic Ocean islands

River Islands

Fluvial-maritime

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

Pacific Ocean islands

Lake islands

River islands

Colombia

Caribbean Sea islands

Pacific Ocean islands

Lake islands

River islands

Ecuador

Pacific Ocean islands

Falkland Islands

Atlantic Ocean islands

French Guiana

Guyana

Paraguay

Peru

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Atlantic Ocean islands

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Caribbean Sea islands

River islands

See also

References

External links