The following is a list of the major island groups of North America.

Arctic Ocean

*Islands of the western

Arctic Ocean The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceans. It spans an area of approximately and is known as the coldest of all the oceans. The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) recognizes it as an ocean, a ...

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Canadian Arctic Archipelago The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canadian continental mainland, excluding Greenland (an autonomous territory of Denmark). Situated in the northern extremity of ...

*** Baffin Island, largest island of Canada and the world's 5th largest island ***

Victoria Island Victoria Island ( ikt, Kitlineq, italic=yes) is a large island in the Arctic Archipelago that straddles the boundary between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is the List of islands by area, eighth-largest island in the world, ...

, world's 8th largest island ***

Banks Island Banks Island is one of the larger members of the Arctic Archipelago. Situated in the Inuvik Region, and part of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, of the Northwest Territories, it is separated from Victoria Island to its east by the Prince of Wa ...

, world's 24th largest island ***

Southampton Island Southampton Island (Inuktitut: ''Shugliaq'') is a large island at the entrance to Hudson Bay at Foxe Basin. One of the larger members of the Arctic Archipelago, Southampton Island is part of the Kivalliq Region in Nunavut, Canada. The area of th ...

, 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 Prince Charles Island is a large, low-lying island in Canada. With an area of , it is the world's 77th largest island and the 19th largest island in Canada. It is located in Foxe Basin, off the west coast of Baffin Island, in the Qikiqtaaluk Re ...

, world's 78th largest island *** Queen Elizabeth Islands ****

Alexander Island Alexander Island, which is also known as Alexander I Island, Alexander I Land, Alexander Land, Alexander I Archipelago, and Zemlja Alexandra I, is the largest island of Antarctica. It lies in the Bellingshausen Sea west of Palmer Land, Antarc ...

**** Baillie-Hamilton Island ****

Borden Island Borden Island is an uninhabited, low-lying island in the Queen Elizabeth Islands of northern Canada. Some features and history With an area of in size, long and wide, Borden is the List of islands by area, 171st largest island in the world, a ...

, world's 171st largest island **** Ellesmere Island, world's 10th largest island and 37th tallest island ****

Ward Hunt Island Ward Hunt Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Arctic Ocean, located off the north coast of Ellesmere Island near the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf. The island is located just from the geographical North Pole. The northern cape of Ward Hunt Isla ...

**** Cornwall Island, world's 186th largest island ****

Eglinton Island Eglinton Island an uninhabited island of the Arctic Archipelago in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Eglinton is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands. Located at 75°48'N 118°30'W, it measures in size, long and wide in measurements. It lies on ...

, world's 249th largest island ****

Graham Island Graham Island () is the largest island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago (previously known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), lying off the mainland coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is separated by the narrow Skidegate Channel from the other pr ...

, world's 268th largest island ****

Lougheed Island Lougheed Island is one of the uninhabited members of the Queen Elizabeth Islands of the Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It measures in size. It is relatively isolated compared to other Canadian Arctic islands, and is locate ...

, world's 275th largest island ****

Byam Martin Island Byam Martin Island (''BEI-uhm'') is one of the Canadian arctic islands located on the northern side of the Viscount Melville Sound in the territory of Nunavut. It is separated from the eastern coast of Melville Island, to the west, by the Byam ...

, world's 298th largest island ****

Île Vanier Île Vanier is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands of the Canadian arctic islands in Nunavut, Canada. Located at 76°10'N 103°15'W, it has an area of . It has length of and width of . To the north, across the Arnott Strait, is Cameron Island, ...

, world's 302nd largest island ****Cameron Island, List of islands by area, world's 314th largest island ****Brock Island ****North Kent Island ****Emerald Isle (Northwest Territories), Emerald Isle ****Massey Island ****Little Cornwallis Island ****Coburg Island ****Helena Island ****Griffith Island (Nunavut), Griffith Island ****Hoved Island ****Lowther Island ****Buckingham Island ****Beechey Island ****Seymour Island (Nunavut), Seymour Island ****Browne Island ****Cocked Hat Island ****Crescent Island (Nunavut), Crescent Island ****Des Voeux Island ****Dundas Island (Nunavut), Dundas Island ****Edmund Walker Island ****Eight Bears Island ****Ekins Island ****Exmouth Island ****Fairholme Island ****Fitzwilliam Owen Island ****Garrett Island (Nunavut), Garrett Island ****Grosvenor Island ****Houston Stewart Island ****Hyde Parker Island ****Île Marc ****John Barrow Island ****Margaret Island (Nunavut), Margaret Island ****Nookap Island ****Norman Lockyer Island ****Patterson Island (Findlay Group), Patterson Island ****Philpots Island ****Pim Island ****Pioneer Island (Nunavut), Pioneer Island ****Princess Royal Island (Nunavut), Princess Royal Island ****Skraeling Island ****Spit Island (Spit Island, Kate Island) ****Stupart Island ****Table Island ****Thor Island (Nunavut), Thor Island ****Truro Island ****Devon Island, world's largest uninhabited landmass and List of islands by area, 27th largest island ****Melville Island (Northwest Territories and Nunavut), Melville Island, List of islands by area, world's 33rd largest island ****Bathurst Island (Canada), Bathurst Island, List of islands by area, world's 54th largest island ****Prince Patrick Island, List of islands by area, world's 55th largest island ****Cornwallis Island (Nunavut), Cornwallis Island, List of islands by area, world's 96th largest island ****Mackenzie King Island, List of islands by area, world's 115th largest island ****Moore Island (Intrepid Passage), Moore Island ***Sverdrup Islands ****Axel Heiberg Island, List of islands by area, world's 32nd largest island ****Ellef Ringnes Island, List of islands by area, world's 69th largest island ****Amund Ringnes Island, List of islands by area, world's 111th largest island ****King Christian Island ****Meighen Island ****Stor Island ****Haig-Thomas Island ****Hat Island (Sverdrup Islands), Hat Island ****Ulvingen Island **Islands of Hudson Bay ***Coats Island, List of islands by area, world's 107th largest island ***Belcher Islands ****Bradbury Island ****Broomfield Island ****Bun Island ****Cake Island ****Camsell Island ****Dove Island (Canada), Dove Island ****Fair Island ****Flaherty Island ****Innetalling Island ****Karlay Island ****La Duke Island ****Johnnys Island ****Mata Island ****Nero Island ****Loaf Island (Nunavut), Loaf Island ****Mavor Island ****Moore Island (Belcher Islands), Moore Island ****Ney Island ****Kugong Island ****O'Leary Island ****Range Island ****Renouf Island ****Snape Island ****Split Island, Canada, Split Island ****Tukarak Island ****Twin Cairns Island ****Walton Island ****Wiegand Island ***Islands of James Bay ****Akimiski Island, List of islands by area, world's 162nd largest island ****Big Island (James Bay, Nunavut), Big Island ****Carey Island (Nunavut), Carey Island (Carey Island (Nunavut), Cary Island) ****Charlton Island ****Grey Goose Island ****Gull Island (Nunavut), Gull Island ****Jacob Island (Jacob Island, Wood Island) ****Moore Island (Boat Passage), Moore Island ****North Twin Island ****South Twin Island (Nunavut), South Twin Island ****Spencer Island ****Stag Island (Nunavut), Stag Island ****Sunday Island (Nunavut), Sunday Island ****Trodely Island (Trodely Island, Trodley Island) ****Walter Island ****Weston Island

Greenland

*Greenland, List of islands by area, world's largest and List of islands by highest point, 11th tallest island **Qeqertarsuaq (Disko Island), List of islands by area, world's 85th largest island **Milne Land **Traill Island **Ymer Island **Geographical Society Island **Clavering Island **Nares Land **Shannon Island *The following islands are usually associated with Europe rather than North America, despite lying closer to Greenland than to Scandinavia: **Iceland, List of islands by area, world's 18th largest island **Jan Mayen **Svalbard, Svalbard Archipelago ***Spitsbergen, List of islands by area, world's 35th largest island ***Nordaustlandet, List of islands by area, world's 58th largest island ***Edgeoya ***Barentsoya

North Atlantic Ocean

*Islands of the western Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean: **Bermuda, Bermuda Islands ***Bermuda **Atlantic Coastal Islands ***Florida Keys ****Key West ****Key Largo ***Merritt Island ***Sea Islands ****Hilton Head Island ****Port Royal, South Carolina, Port Royal Island ****Johns Island, South Carolina, Johns Island ****Saint Helena Island (South Carolina), Saint Helena Island ****Edisto Island ***Cayman Islands ***Outer Banks ***Staten Island ***Manhattan Island, most densely populated island of the AmericasIsland Superlatives @ WorldIslandInfo.com
/ref> ***Long Island, List of islands of the United States, largest Atlantic island of the United States, List of islands of the United States, most populous island of the United States, and the List of islands by population, world's 17th most populous island ****New York Barrier Islands ***Block Island ***Conanicut Island ***Aquidneck Island (Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island) ***Elizabeth Islands ***Martha's Vineyard ***Nantucket Island ***Monomoy Island ***Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, Boston Harbor Islands ***Mount Desert Island, Islands of the Northeast United States#Maine, largest island of Maine ***Cape Breton Island, List of islands by area, world's 77th largest island ***Prince Edward Island, List of islands by area, world's 104th largest island ***Anticosti Island, List of islands by area, world's 90th largest island **Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland, List of islands of Canada, largest Atlantic island of Canada and the List of islands by area, world's 16th largest island ***Saint Pierre Island, Ile de Saint-Pierre ***Miquelon Island, Ile de Miquelon, List of islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, largest island of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

North Pacific Ocean

*Islands of the eastern Pacific Ocean, North Pacific Ocean: **Islands of the Bering Sea ***Pribilof Islands ****Saint Paul Island (Alaska), Saint Paul Island ****St. George Island (Alaska), St. George Island ****Otter Island (Alaska), Otter Island ****Walrus Island (Pribilof Islands), Walrus Island ***Saint Lawrence Island, List of islands by area, world's 113th largest island ***Diomede Islands ****Big Diomede, Big Diomede Island ****Little Diomede Island ***King Island, Alaska, King Island ***Saint Matthew Island ***Karaginsky Island **Aleutian Islands ***Fox Islands (Alaska), Fox Islands ****Unimak Island, List of islands by area, world's 134th largest island, List of islands by highest point, world's 28th tallest island ****Umnak, Umnak Island, List of islands by area, world's 223rd largest island ****Unalaska Island, List of islands by area, world's 174th largest island ****Amaknak Island (Amaknak Island, Umaknak Island) ****Akutan Island ****Akun Island ****Sanak Island ***Islands of Four Mountains ****Amukta, Amukta Island ****Chagulak Island ****Yunaska Island ****Herbert Island ****Carlisle Island ****Chuginadak Island ****Uliaga Island ****Kagamil Island ***Andreanof Islands ****Tanaga Island ****Kanaga Island ****Adak Island ****Kagalaska Island ****Great Sitkin Island ****Little Tanaga Island ****Atka Island, List of islands by area, world's 313rd largest island ****Amlia, Amlia Island ****Seguam Island ****Delarof Islands *****Gareloi Island *****Amatignak Island *****Ilak Island *****Kavalga Island *****Ogliuga Island *****Skagul Island *****Tanadak Island *****Ugidak Island *****Ulak Island *****Unalga Island (Delarof Islands), Unalga Island ***Rat Islands ****Kiska, Kiska Island ****Little Kiska Island ****Segula Island ***Buldir Island ***Near Islands ***Commander Islands **Kodiak Archipelago ***Kodiak Island, List of islands of Alaska, largest island of Alaska and the List of islands by area, world's 80th largest island **Islands of the Gulf of Alaska ***Montague Island (Alaska), Montague Island **Alexander Archipelago ***ABC Islands (Alaska), ABC Islands ****Admiralty Island ****Baranof Island ****Chichagof Island, List of islands by area, world's 109th largest island ***Dall Island ***Kupreanof Island ***Prince of Wales Island (Alaska), Prince of Wales Island, List of islands by area, world's 97th largest island ***Revillagigedo Island ***Wrangell Island **Haida Gwaii ***Graham Island, List of islands by area, world's 101st largest island ***Moresby Island **Vancouver Island, List of islands of Canada, largest Pacific island of Canada and the List of islands by area, world's 43rd largest island **San Juan Archipelago ***Gulf Islands ***San Juan Islands ****Orcas Island, List of islands of the United States#Washington, second largest island of Washington **Whidbey Island **Channel Islands of California ***Santa Cruz Island, List of islands of the United States#California, largest island of California **Isla de Cedros **Islands of the Gulf of California ***Isla Ángel de la Guarda ***Tiburón Island, List of islands of Mexico, largest island of Mexico **Guadalupe Island **Revillagigedo Islands ***Isla Socorro **Islas Marías **Clipperton Island **Isla Espiritu Santo (El Salvador), Isla Espiritu Santo, List of islands of El Salvador, largest island of El Salvador **Isla del Coco, List of islands of Costa Rica, largest island of Costa Rica **Isla de Coiba, List of islands of Panama, largest island of Panama **Pearl Islands ***Isla del Rey, Panama, Isla del Rey

Hawaii

*Hawaii Islands **Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Inland islands

*Lake islands of North America: **Atlin Lake, ***Theresa Island, highest elevation inside a freshwater lake in North America at 2059m **Lake Huron ***Manitoulin Island, List of islands in lakes, world's largest inland island ***St. Joseph Island (Ontario), Saint Joseph Island, List of islands in lakes, world's 8th largest inland island ***Drummond Island, List of islands in lakes, world's 9th largest inland island ***Thirty Thousand Islands **Lake Superior ***Isle Royale, List of islands in lakes, world's 6th largest inland island ***Saint Ignace Island, List of islands in lakes, world's 12th largest inland island ***Michipicoten Island, List of islands in lakes, world's 19th largest inland island ***Madeline Island **Lake Erie ***Mohawk Island **Lake Ontario ***Thousand Islands **Lake Washington ***Mercer Island **Lake Nicaragua ***Ometepe, List of islands in lakes, 11th largest inland island ***Isla Zapatera ***Solentiname Islands **Great Slave Lake ***Simpson Islands ****Big Simpson Island, List of islands in lakes, world's 13th largest inland island ***Blanchet Island, List of islands in lakes, world's 14th largest inland island ***Preble Island, List of islands in lakes, world's 20th largest inland island **Manicouagan Reservoir ***René-Levasseur Island, world's largest artificial island and List of islands in lakes, 2nd largest inland island **Grand Lake (Newfoundland), Grand Lake on the Island of Newfoundland ***Glover Island, List of islands in lakes, world's 18th largest inland island *River islands of North America: **Saint Lawrence River ***Île de Montréal, List of islands of Canada, most populous island of Canada **Niagara River ***Grand Island, New York, Grand Island ***Navy Island ***Goat Island (New York), Goat Island ***Dufferin Islands **Hudson River ***Schodack Island State Park, Schodack Island ***Castle Island (New York), Westerlo (Castle) Island **Susquehanna River ***McCormick Island ***Wade Island

References

External links

Island Directory @ United Nations Environment Programme
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World island information @ WorldIslandInfo.com
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