Island |
Area (km²) |
Population |
Municipality |
Akurey |
0.07 |
0 |
Reykjavíkurborg |
Álsey |
0.25 |
0 |
Vestmannaeyjabær |
Bjarnarey |
0.4 |
0 |
Vestmannaeyjabær |
Borgarey |
0.5 |
0 |
Súðavíkurhreppur |
Brandur |
0.1 |
0 |
Vestmannaeyjabær |
Brimilsnes, in Álftafjörður in the Eastfjords |
0.6 |
0 |
Múlaþing |
Brokey, the largest of many islands in Breiðafjörður (West), located a short distance from land; Iceland's sixth largest island by area |
3.7 |
0 |
Dalabyggð |
Drangey |
0.2 |
0 |
Skagafjörður |
Eldey |
0.02[3] |
0 |
Reykjanesbær |
Eldeyjarboði |
<0.01 |
0 |
Reykjanesbær |
Elliðaey |
0.45 |
0 |
Vestmannaeyjabær |
Engey |
0.4 |
0 |
Reykjavíkurborg |
Flatey “in Breiðafjörður” (West) |
0.5 |
<10 (2018) |
Reykhólahreppur |
Flatey “in Skjálfandi” (North) |
2.8[4] |
0 |
Þingeyjarsveit |
Geirfuglasker (a skerry off Reykjanes with the same name disappeared in the 18th century) |
0.02 |
0 |
Vestmannaeyjabær |
Geldungur |
0.02 |
0 |
Vestmannaeyjabær |
Grímsey, situated on the Arctic Circle, off the north coast of Iceland |
5.3 |
57 (2021) |
Akureyri |
Grimsey, in Húnaflói |
0.43 |
0 |
Kaldrananeshreppur |
Heimaey, Iceland's second largest island by area, the largest after the main island;[5] main island of the Westman Islands |
13.4 |
4,347 (2021) |
Vestmannaeyjabær |
Hellisey |
0.1 |
0 |
Vestmannaeyjabær |
Hergilsey |
0.2 |
0 |
Reykhólahreppur |
Hjörsey, Iceland's fourth largest island by area, located in Faxaflói bay (West) |
5.5 |
0 |
Borgarbyggð |
Hrappsey |
1.7[6] |
0 |
Dalabyggð |
Hrísey, Iceland's third largest island by area, located in Eyjafjörður fjord (North) |
8.0 |
162 (2021) |
Akureyri |
Húsey, the largest of a group of about 20 islands and skerries referred to as “Hvalseyjar”, located in Faxaflói bay (West) |
0.06 |
0 |
Borgarbyggð |
Hvalbakur, Iceland's easternmost point |
0.01 |
0 |
Múlaþing |
Iceland, the nation's largest island by both area and population |
103,125 |
362,000 |
numerous |
Jólnir, created in an eruption in 1966, now eroded |
0.0 |
0 |
Vestmannaeyjabær |
Kolbeinsey, former island, Iceland's northernmost point; mostly eroded but still visible (2020) at low tide as two separate skerries[7] |
>0.00 |
0 |
Akureyri |
Langey, “Long Island”, one of several islands with this name in Breiðafjörður (West) |
1.1 |
0 |
Reykhólahreppur |
Lundey Near Reykjavík (Southwest) |
0.03 |
0 |
Reykjavíkurborg |
Lundey in Skagafjörður (Northwest) |
0.06 |
0 |
Skagafjörður |
Lundey in Skjálfandi (Northeast) |
0.02 |
0 |
Norðurþing |
Málmey |
2.4[8] |
0 |
Skagafjörður |
Mánáreyjar, two small islands near Tjörnes (North) |
0.08[9] |
0 |
Tjörneshreppur |
Melrakkaey |
0.73 |
0 |
Grundarfjörður |
Nesbjörg, in Álftafjörður in the Eastfjords |
0.38 |
0 |
Múlaþing |
Nýey, the name given to an island that formed in a volcanic eruption in 1783 but disappeared soon after that; the tiny skerry called Eldeyjarboði (see above) may be its remnants |
0.0 |
0 |
Reykjanesbær |
Papey |
2.0[10] |
0 |
Djúpavogshreppur |
Skáleyjar, a group of around 150 small islands in Breiðafjörður (West) |
— |
0 |
Reykhólahreppur |
Suðurey |
0.2 |
0 |
Vestmannaeyjabær |
Súlnasker |
0.03 |
0 |
Vestmannaeyjabær |
Surtsey, the second largest of the Westman Islands and Iceland's southernmost point, formed in a volcanic eruption in 1963; coastal erosion has reduced its surface area from 2.7 km² at the end of the eruption to 2.5 km² in 1975 and only 1.2 km² in 2018[11] |
1.2 |
0 |
Vestmannaeyjabær |
Svefneyjar, a group of 63 small islands in Breiðafjörður (West) |
— |
0 |
Reykhólahreppur |
Sviðnur, a group of over 20 small islands in northern Breiðafjörður (West) |
— |
0 |
Reykhólahreppur |
Viðey, the largest of five historic islands off the mainland coast near Reykjavík,[12] (the others being Akurey, Engey, Lundey and Þerney) |
1.7[13] |
0 |
Reykjavíkurborg |
Vigur |
0.4[14] |
<10 (2019) |
Súðavíkurhreppur |
Þerney |
0.4 |
0 |
Reykjavíkurborg |
Æðey |
1.2[15] |
<10 (2019) |
Ísafjarðarbær |