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This is a list of the larger offshore islands of Europe.

In the Atlantic Ocean

• Major islands and the island groups of the British Isles (Anglo-Celtic Isles)
  • Great Britain
  • Ireland

England

• Isle of Wight
• Isle of Sheppey
• Hayling Island
• Foulness Island
• Portsea Island
• Canvey Island
• Mersea Island
• Walney Island
• Wallasea Island
• Lundy
• Isles of Scilly

Scotland

Main article: List of islands of Scotland

Main archipelagoes

• Shetland
• Orkney
• Outer Hebrides
• Inner Hebrides
• Islands of the Clyde
• Islands of the Forth
• Outlying islands

Largest islands

• Lewis and Harris
• Skye
• Mainland, Shetland
• Mull
• Islay
• Mainland, Orkney
• Arran
• Jura
• South Uist
• North Uist

Wales

• Anglesey
• Holy Island

Ireland

• Achill Island
• Aran Islands
• Rathlin Island

Isle of Man

• Isle of Man
• Calf of Man

• Channel Islands

• Jersey
• Guernsey
• Alderney
• Sark

• Major Danish islands:

• Samsø
• Sejerø

• Major Swedish islands:

• Orust
• Hisingen
• Tjörn

• Other major Atlantic islands:

• Azores (Portugal) - politically and culturally associated with Europe
• Madeira (Portugal) - politically and culturally associated with Europe
• Canary Islands (Spain) - politically and culturally associated with Europe
• Faroe Islands (Denmark)
• Greenland (Denmark) - geographically a part of the continent of North America, politically and culturally associated with Europe.
• Iceland - traverses the border between the North American and the Eurasian continental plates, politically and culturally associated with Europe.

In the Great Belt and the Sound (Øresund/Öresund)

• Danish islands:

• Funen
• Peberholm
• Sprogø
• Zealand

In the Baltic Sea

• Major Danish islands:

• Bornholm
• Falster
• Lolland

• Major Estonian islands:

• Abruka
• Hiiumaa
• Kihnu
• Muhumaa
• Naissaar
• Osmussaar
• Piirissaar
• Ruhnu
• Saaremaa
• Vilsandi
• Vormsi

• Major Swedish islands:

• Gotland
• Öland
• Värmdö

• Other major Baltic islands:

• Åland (territory under Finnish sovereignty)
• Beryozovye Islands (located in the Gulf of Finland) (Russia)
• Fehmarn (Germany)
• Hailuoto (Finland)
• Rügen (Germany)
• Usedom/Uznam (Germany and Poland)
• Wolin (Poland)

In the North Sea

• German and Dutch islands:
  • Frisian Islands
• Danish Wadden Sea Islands
• North Jutlandic Island

In the Mediterranean Sea

• Western Mediterranean:
  • Balearic Islands (Spain)
  • Islas Chafarinas (Spain; plazas de soberanía)
  • Islas Alhucemas (Spain; plazas de soberanía)
  • Comino (Malta)
  • Cominotto (Malta)
  • Corsica (France)
  • Elba (Italy)
  • Fungus Rock (Malta)
  • Gozo (Malta)
  • Filfla (Malta)
  • Ischia (Italy)
  • Lampedusa (Italy; geographically African)
  • Lampione (Italy)
  • Linosa (Italy)
  • Malta (Malta)
  • Manoel Island (Malta)
  • Pantelleria (Italy)
  • Ponza (Italy)
  • Sardinia (Italy)
  • Sicily (Italy)
  • St. Paul's Islands (Malta)
• Southern Mediterranean:
  • Crete (Greece)
  • Euboea (Greece)
  • Lesbos Island (Greece)
  • Rhodes (Greece)
  • Chios (Greece)
  • Cyclades (Greece)
  • Dodecanese (Greece)
  • Sporades (Greece)
  • Northeastern Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey)
  • Argo-Saronic Islands (Greece)
  • Ionian Islands (Greece)
  • Sveti Nikola Island (Montenegro)
  • Brač (Croatia)
  • Cres (Croatia)
  • Čiovo (Croatia)
  • Dugi Otok (Croatia)
  • Hvar (Croatia)
  • Iž (Croatia)
  • Korčula (Croatia)
  • Krk (Croatia)
  • Lastovo (Croatia)
  • Lošinj ˙(Croatia)
  • Mljet (Croatia)
  • Molat (Croatia)
  • Murter (Croatia)
  • Pag (Croatia)
  • Pašman (Croatia)
  • Rab (Croatia)
  • Šolta (Croatia)
  • Ugljan (Croatia)
  • Vir (Croatia)

The rest of Greek Islands, Cyprus and Croatia are also part of Southern Mediterranean.

In the Black Sea

• Bulgarian islands are parts of Eastern Mediterranean.
  • St. Anastasia Island
  • St. Cyricus Island
  • St. Ivan Island
  • St. Thomas Island
• Romanian islands
  • Sacalinu Mare Island
  • Sacalinu Mic Island
• Turkish islands, between Europe And Asia
  • Amasra Tavşan Adası
  • Büyükada (Amasra)
  • Giresun Island
  • Hoynat Islet
  • Kefken Island
  • Öreke [tk]
• Ukraine islands
  • Snake Island

In the Arctic Ocean

• Norwegian islands:
  • Jan Mayen
• Svalbard (territory of Norway):
  • Bear Island
  • Spitzbergen
  • Nordaustlandet
• Russian islands:
  • Bolshevik Island
  • Franz Josef Land
  • Komsomolets Island
  • Novaya Zemlya
  • October Revolution Island
  • Pioneer Island
  • Schmidt Island
  • Severnaya Zemlya

In the Norwegian Sea

• Norwegian islands
  • Hitra
  • Lofoten
  • Sørøya

Islands in lakes

• Island i Italy:
  • San Giulio island (Orta lake)
  • Isola Bella (Maggiore lake)
  • Isola Madre (Maggiore lake)
  • Isola dei Pescatori (Maggiore lake)
• Islands in North Macedonia:
  • Golem Grad Island (Prespa Lake)

Islands in rivers

• Kundziņsala, Daugava River, Latvia
• Tiber Island, Italy
• Islands in the River Thames, England, United Kingdom

See also

• List of European islands by area
• List of European islands by population
• List of islands in the Danube

External links

Media related to Islands of Europe at Wikimedia Commons

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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