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This is a list of artificial islands.

Table

Name	Country of Origin	Area (km2)	Population	Notes
René-Levasseur Island	Canada	2,020	0	Impact crater in Quebec isolated when two pre-existing natural lakes were connected by the formation of the Manicouagan Reservoir.
Caofeidian	China	60
Dongjiang Island	China	33.5		Cargo transfer and wetland reconstruction.[1][better source needed]
Jurong Island	Singapore	32	0	Formed by the amalgamation of seven natural islands
Sanya Hongtangwan International Airport	China	23.99		International Airport under construction.
Dalian Jinzhouwan International Airport	China	21	0	International Airport under construction.
Khazar Islands	Azerbaijan	20	0	Planned city
Subi Reef	Disputed	16	200	Currently being converted into an island by China. Also claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan.
Qianhai	China	14.92
Hong Kong International Airport	Hong Kong	12.48		Mostly on reclaimed land. Some of it is on the now merged Chek Lap Kok and Lam Chau islands.
Diyar Al Muharraq	Bahrain	12	0
Cuarteron Reef	Disputed	8	0	Currently being converted into an island by China. Also claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan.
Macau New Urban Zones	Macau	7.3
Northern City	Bahrain	7	1,000
Mischief Reef	Disputed	5.58	0	Currently being converted into an island by China. Also claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan.
Durrat Al Bahrain	Bahrain	5	1,000
Amwaj Islands	Bahrain	4.31	10,000
Ocean Flower Island	China	3.81
Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis	China	3.76
Pulau Semakau	Singapore	3.5	0
Fiery Cross Reef	Disputed	2.74	200	Currently being converted into an island by China. Also claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan.
Pulau Punggol Barat	Singapore	1.92	0
Bahrain Bay	Bahrain	1.35	100
Peberholm	Denmark	1.3
Pulau Punggol Timor	Singapore	1.12	0?
King Fahd Passport Island	Bahrain  Saudi Arabia	0.88	10	Shared island between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
Reef Island	Bahrain	0.713	3,000
Ontario Place East and West Island	Canada	0.6273	0	Theme park in Ontario.
Flakfortet	Denmark	0.3
Freedom Island	Philippines	0.3
Heirisson Island	Australia	0.2856	0	Created from pre-existing smaller islands via reclamation.
Île Notre-Dame	Canada	0.25	0	Located in Montreal
Gaven Reefs	Disputed	0.136	0	Currently being converted into an island by China. Also claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan.
Chinese Garden	Singapore	0.135	0
Johnson South Reef	Disputed	0.109	0	Currently being converted into an island by China. Also claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan.
Hughes Reef	Disputed	0.076	0	Currently being converted into an island by China. Also claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan.
Middelgrundsfortet	Denmark	0.07
Pearl Island	Singapore	0.019	0
Coral Island	Singapore	0.017	0
Langlütjen II	Germany	0.017	0	Sold to a private owner.
Langlütjen I	Germany	0.016	0	Sold.
Île aux Cygnes	France	0.013	0
Wilhelmstein	Germany	0.0125	0
Sealand	United Kingdom (de jure)  Sealand (de facto)	0.004	27
Sandy Island	Singapore	0.0007	0
Queen Elizabeth II Island	Australia	Not Measured/Unspecified	0
Bahrain Lagoon	Bahrain	Not Measured/Unspecified		Future artificial planned island
China Dafeng Port Economic Zone	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
Dayang Port	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
Donauinsel	Austria	Not Measured/Unspecified	0
Dongjiakou Dock	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
Fisherman's Island	Australia	Not Measured/Unspecified	0
Fort Boyard	France	Not Measured/Unspecified	250	Fort
Jizuishi Shipyard	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
Lanqiao Port	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
Le Havre Port	France	Not Measured/Unspecified
Longxue Island Shipyard and Port	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
Lvsi Harbour	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
Maojia Port	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
MOSE	Italy	Not Measured/Unspecified		An artificial island was created in Lido inlet as part of the flood defenses for Venice
Nigehörn	Germany	Not Measured/Unspecified	0
Paradise Island	Singapore	Not Measured/Unspecified	0
Qingdao Linghai Hot Spring Golf Club	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
Qingdao Port	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
Rizhao Port	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
Salman City	Bahrain	Not Measured/Unspecified
Sangang Harbour	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
Shawan Harbour	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
Treasure Island	Singapore	Not Measured/Unspecified	0
Trekroner Fort	Denmark	Not Measured/Unspecified
Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
Xiaogoukou	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
Ximazhou Shipyard Island	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
Xinkaihe Harbour	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
Yangshan Deepwater Port	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
Zhanghe Airport	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
Zhewangzhen Port	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
Zhuhai General Aviation Airport	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
Zuhai Jinwan Airport	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
Zuhai Jiuzhou Airport	China	Not Measured/Unspecified
(unnamed amusement park)	China	Not Measured/Unspecified		Amusement Park at Liuye Lake, Changde
Eko Atlantic	Nigeria	25		Created from the Atlantic Ocean via reclamation
Banana Island, Lagos	Nigeria	Not Measured/Unspecified		An artificial island off the foreshore of Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria
Gracefield Island	Nigeria	Not Measured/Unspecified		Created via land reclamation from the Lagos Lagoon

Disputed

• Mischief Reef - currently being converted into an island by China. Also claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan.
• Fiery Cross Reef - currently being converted into an island by China. Also claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan.
• Great wall of Sand

Australia

• Heirisson Island, Swan River, Western Australia – created from pre-existing smaller islands via reclamation
• Runway of Sydney Airport
• Port of Brisbane (Fisherman's Island)
• Areas around the Gold Coast region
• Port of Sydney
• Port of Melbourne
• Aspen Island

Austria

• Donauinsel, an island 20 kilometres long and 200 meters wide in the Danube (Vienna)

Azerbaijan

• Khazar Islands

Bahrain

• Durrat Al Bahrain
• Amwaj Islands
• Reef Island (Also known as Lulu Island)
• Bahrain Bay
• Diyar Al Muharraq
• Salman city
• Bahrain Lagoon
• New Bahrain International Airport
• Passport Island (aka Embankment No. 4; shared with Saudi Arabia)

Bolivia

See #Peru/Bolivia

Brazil

• Cidade Universitária (Rio de Janeiro)
• Jangadeiros Island

Bulgaria

• In Varna, a portion of the southern industrial and port zone on a 2-km wide isthmus between the Black Sea and Lake Varna became an artificial island in 1976 when it became separated from the shore by two navigable canals.

Canada

• Île Notre-Dame, in Montreal
• René-Levasseur Island, an impact crater in Quebec isolated when two pre-existing natural lakes were connected by the formation of Manicouagan Reservoir (see also Daniel-Johnson Dam)
• Ontario Place East and West Island, Toronto, Ontario

China

• Dongjiang, an island at Bohai Bay, near Beijing, 33.5 km², for cargo transfer and wetlands reconstruction.[2]
• Runways of Shanghai Pudong Airport
• Dalian Jinzhouwan International Airport
• Sanya Hongtangwan International Airport
• Yangshan Deepwater Port
• Caofeidian
• Ocean Flower Island
• Port and Urban Areas around Xiamen, Shantou & Ningbo-Zhoushan
• Qianhai
• Amusement Park at Liuye Lake Changde
• Zuhai Jinwan Airport
• Zuhai Jiuzhou Airport
• Zhanghe Airport, Jingmen
• Zhuhai General Aviation Airport
• Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport
• Lanqiao Port
• Jizuishi Shipyard
• Several Islands off the coast of Fengchengzhen, Shandong
• Coastal Extensions around Bindao Island, Weihai
• Rizhao Port
• Xinjiancun Coast Islands
• Dongjiakou Dock
• Qingdao Linghai Hot Spring Golf Club
• Qingdao Port
• Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis
• Maojia Port, Qidong City
• Rudong Coast Extensions
• Extensions on coasts around Yangjia Bay
• Islands off the coast of Lingezhuang
• Dongzhuang Coast Extensions
• Longkou Harbor Port and Islands
• Banweiba Ditch Port & Coastal extensions
• Land bordering Bailang Estuary
• Jiangdao Coast Extensions
• Dayang Port
• Shawan Harbor, Yancheng, Jiangsu
• Lianyungang Port
• Ganyu Coast
• Zhewangzhen Port, Jiangsu
• Sangang Harbour, Jiangsu
• Xiaogoukou, Binhai, Yancheng
• Lvsi Harbour
• China Dafeng Port Economic Zone
• Rudong Yangkou Harbour
• Xinkaihe Harbour
• Ximazhou shipyard Island
• Longxue Island Shipyard & Port
• Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport Runway
• Ports of Pingtan Island
• Ports of Jiangyin Island, Fuqing, Fuzhou
• Lands surrounding Luoyuan Bay, Luoyuan, Fuzhou
• Ports in Xinghua Bay
• Great Wall of Sand

Denmark

• Peberholm
• Flakfortet, Copenhagen harbour
• Middelgrundsfortet, Copenhagen harbour (also known as Middelgrunden)
• Trekroner Fort, Copenhagen harbour

Egypt

• Coasts of Hurghada
• Coasts of Alexandria
• Suez Canal
• Ain Sokhna

France

• Île aux Cygnes
• Fort Boyard
• Le Havre Port

Germany

• Nigehörn
• Langlütjen I and II
• Dithmarschen
• Wilhelmstein
• Bremerhaven

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong International Airport - partially man-made, and partially on the original Chek Lap Kok.
• Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre - new wing on a man-made island off the coast of the old wing at Wan Chai. [3]
• An artificial island in the artificial Inspiration Lake in the former Penny's Bay
• Macau Ferry Terminal - an artificial island connected by a skyway to another artificial island, and further connected by two other skyways to Shun Tak Centre.[4]
• A former knoll in the Shek Pik Reservoir
• A former knoll in the Shing Mun (Jubilee) Reservoir
• Shui Keng Teng - a former knoll isolated from the mainland after construction of High Island Reservoir
• Former knolls and hills in the Tai Lam Chung Reservoir
• The central tower of Ting Kau Bridge stands on an artificial island in the Rambler Channel.[5]
• The west tower of Tsing Ma Bridge stands on an artificial island in the Ma Wan Channel[6]
• Duplicate Tsing Yi South Bridge - two artificial islets to the south of two bridge columns, to prevent ships from colliding with the bridge.[7]
• Southern half of Lamma Power Station
• Hong Kong–Macau–Zhuhai Bridge Hong Kong Control Point
• Breakwaters of many typhoon shelters
• An island at the confluence of River Sutlej and River Beas into River Indus, where Sheung Shui Abattoir and Shek Wu Hui Sewage Treatment Works are located.[8]
• Shatin Floating Restaurant (aka Treasure Floating Restaurant, Star Seafood Floating Restaurant)

India

• Willingdon Island
• Murud-Janjira
• Jag Mandir
• Nehru Garden
• Taj Lake Palace
• Padmadurg
• Kesar Kyari
• Jal Mahal

Italy

• MOSE Project An artificial island was created in Lido inlet as part of the flood defenses for Venice

Japan

• Chubu Centrair International Airport (2000-2005)^{[clarification needed]}
• Dejima in Nagasaki (Historic) (1634)
• Dream Island (Yume No Shima) (1939)
• Fukuoka's island city project
• Islands for Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu
• Islands for Haneda International Airport runway expansion.
• Heiwa Island, in Tokyo Bay
• Island City, Fukuoka (Hakata) harbour
• Kansai International Airport (1994)
• Kaze no Tō
• Kisarazu Island for Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line
• Kobe Airport
• New Kitakyushu Airport
• Nagasaki Airport
• Odaiba, Tokyo Bay
• Painuhama-cho (南ぬ浜町), Ishigaki-shi, Okinawa-ken
• Port Island, Kobe harbour
• Rokkō Island, Kobe harbour
• The Second Sea Fortress, Tokyo Bay (The first and second fortresses were sunk)
• Umihotaru

Kazakhstan

• Kashagan Field

Kuwait

• Boubyan Sea Port
• Khiran Sea City

Macau

• Aterro da "Zona A" dos Novos Aterros Urbanos
• Aterro da "Zona C" dos Novos Aterros Urbanos
• Centro Ecuménico Kun Iam [zh-tw]
• Macau International Airport
• Portas do Entendimento [zh-tw]
• Islets in the Lagos Nam Van

Malaysia

• Malacca Island, Malacca City, Malacca.
• Marina island Pangkor, Lumut, Perak.
• Forest City, Johor Bahru, Johor
• Gazumbo Island, Gelugor, Penang
• Seri Tanjung Pinang, Tanjung Tokong, Penang

Maldives

• Gaadhoo (Laamu atoll)
• Gulhi Falhu
• Hulhumalé (2004)
• Thilafushi (1992)
• Velana International Airport

Mexico

• Spiral Island, a small floating island

Montenegro

• The Lady Of the Rocks / Gospa od Skrpjela, a small island contribute to Our Lady of the Rocks, situated in the Bay of Kotor.

Netherlands

• Flevoland
• IJburg
• IJsseloog
• Neeltje-Jans
• Pampus
• REM Island
• Maasvlakte
• Marker Wadden

Nigeria

• Banana Island, Lagos
• Eko Atlantic
• Gracefield Island

Oman

• Al Mouj Muscat
• Sohar Port
• Duqm Port

Panama

• Barro Colorado Island, a former hilltop in the Panama Canal Zone.

Peru/Bolivia

• Uros, inhabited artificial floating islands made of reed on Lake Titicaca

Philippines

• Freedom Island

Qatar

• Lusail, new development north of Doha with several artificial islands.
• The Pearl
• Hamad International Airport
• Ras Laffan
• Hamad Port
• Banana Island Resort

Russia

Nineteen artificial islands in the Gulf of Finland for fortresses.

• Cherepakha Islet
• Federation Island
• New Holland Island
• Sukho (island)
• Port of Bronka

Saudi Arabia

• King Abdullah Port
• Manifah Field
• King Abdul Aziz Sea Port
• Yanbu Island
• Jazan Economic City
• King Fahd Industrial Ports
• Areas around Alkhobar & Dhahran
• King Salman International Complex for Maritime Industries
• Coast line of Jeddah

Sealand

• Sealand, North Sea

Singapore

• Coral Island
• Jurong Island, formed by the amalgamation of seven natural islands
• Paradise Island
• Pearl Island
• Pulau Punggol Barat
• Pulau Punggol Timor
• Pulau Semakau
• Sandy Island
• Treasure Island

Solomon Islands

• Sulufou
• Adagege
• Funaafou
• Foueda
• Niuleni
• Ferasubua
• Saua
• Auki Island

South Africa

• Island in Kamfers Dam, constructed as a flamingo breeding island
• Durban Port

South Korea

• Banpo Seorae Island (Seoraeseom)[9]
• Sebitseom (Sebit islets)
• Songdo International Business District
• Yeouido

Sri Lanka

• Colombo Port City (2014–)
• Hambantota Port

Taiwan

• Kaohsiung Port
• Cijin

Tonga

• Former Republic of Minerva

Tunisia

• Coast of Sfax

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi

• Yas Island
• Al Lulu Island
• Khalifah Port

Dubai

• Burj al-Arab, a hotel on a small artificial island.
• The Palm Islands (The Palm, Jumeirah, The Palm, Jebel Ali, and The Palm, Deira). The Palm Jebel Ali has had most of its land filled, but both the Palm Jebel Ali and the Palm Deira projects are on hold as of 2013.
• The World Islands, currently uninhabited.
• Bluewaters Island
• Jumeirah Bay Island
• Pearl Jumeirah
• Dubai Harbour
• Dubai Waterfront
• The Universe

Ras al Khaimah

• Bal al Bahr
• Mina al Arab
• Al Hamra Village

Sharjah

• Hamriyah
• Flag Island
• Al Khan
• Al Mamzar
• Al Majaz Island

Fujairah

• Fujairah Port

United Kingdom

England

• Challis Island, Cambridgeshire
• Crossrail Place, Canary Wharf, Greater London
• Sealand (disputed)
• Whale Island, Hampshire, in Portsmouth harbour

Scotland

• Several hundred crannógs in Scotland

United States

Alabama

• Gaillard Island, is an artificially created island located in Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama. It was built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, using sand and mud dredged from the Mobile Bay ship channel and elsewhere. The island is an important site for colonial nesting seabirds and shore birds in coastal Alabama and has been the only nesting site for brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in Alabama - first discovered in 1983.

Alaska

• Northstar Island, an island built for oil drilling and extraction from the Northstar Oil Pool in the Beaufort Sea.

California

• Tom Sawyer Island, Frontierland, Disneyland theme park
• Balboa Island (Newport Beach)
• Treasure Island (San Francisco Bay)
• Rincon Island (off Ventura County Coast)[10]
• THUMS Islands (also called Astronaut Islands) - four artificial island oil platforms (off Long Beach Harbor)
• Coast Guard Island (Oakland Estuary, San Francisco Bay area)
• Long Beach Port
• Sections of Oakland International Airport
• Sections of San Diego International Airport

Florida

• Isola di Lolando (Miami) - Failed artificial island construction project.
• Hibiscus Island (Miami Beach) (1922)
• San Pablo Island (name not official) (Jacksonville Beaches) (1912)
• Palm Island (Miami Beach)
• Peanut Island (Riviera Beach) (1918)
• Star Island (Miami Beach)
• Venetian Islands (Miami Beach) - Includes Belle Isle, Biscayne Island, Di Lido Island and Flagler Monument Island.
• Fisher Island (Miami)
• Watson Island (Miami)
• Dodge Island (Miami)
• Sunset Islands (Miami Beach) - 4 separate, numbered islands
• Brickell Key (Miami)

Illinois

• Goose Island (Chicago)
• Northerly Island (Chicago)

Kentucky

• Shippingport, a former town now within the boundaries of Louisville that became an island in 1825 when the Louisville and Portland Canal was built as a bypass of the Falls of the Ohio.

Michigan

• Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan

New Jersey/Delaware

• Artificial Island, New Jersey (Alloway Township, New Jersey)/a tiny portion of Delaware

New York

• U Thant Island (Manhattan)
• Hoffman Island (Staten Island)
• Swinburne Island (Staten Island)

Washington

• Harbor Island (Seattle)
• Duck Island, in Green Lake Park, Seattle.

Wisconsin

• Door County (north of the canal)

See also

• Lists of islands

References

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