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This is a list of islands of Wales, the mainland of which is part of Great Britain, as well as a table of the largest Welsh islands by area. The list includes tidal islands such as Sully Island but not locations such as Shell Island which, though they are termed islands, are peninsulas.

Name	Island group/location
Anglesey (Ynys Môn)	Irish Sea
Bardsey Island (Ynys Enlli)	Gwynedd
Barry Island (Ynys y Barri)	Vale of Glamorgan (linked to the mainland during the 1880s)
Burry Holms	Gower
Caldey Island (Ynys Bŷr)	Pembrokeshire
Cardigan Island (Ynys Aberteifi)	Ceredigion
Carreg Onnen	Pembrokeshire
Carreg Rhoson	Pembrokeshire
Carreg yr Halen	Anglesey
Cei Ballast	Porthmadog
Church Island (Ynys Dysilio)	Anglesey
Cribinau (Ynys Cribinau)	Anglesey
Daufraich	Pembrokeshire
East Mouse (Ynys Amlwch)	Anglesey
Emsger	Pembrokeshire
Flat Holm (Ynys Echni)	Bristol Channel
Gateholm	Pembrokeshire (tidal island)
Grassholm (Gwales/Ynys Gwales)	Pembrokeshire
Holy Island (Ynys Gybi)	Anglesey
Maen Gwenonwy	Llyn Peninsula (tidal island)
Middle Head	Gower (tidal island)
Middle Mouse (Ynys Badrig)	Anglesey
Middleholm (aka Midland Isle)	Pembrokeshire
Mumbles Head Island (Y Mwmbwls)	Gower (tidal island)
North Stack (Ynys Arw)	Anglesey
Puffin Island (Ynys Seiriol)	Anglesey
Ramsey Island (Ynys Dewi)	Pembrokeshire
St Catherine's Island (Ynys Catrin)	Pembrokeshire
St Margaret's Island (Ynys Farged)	Pembrokeshire
St Tudwal's Island East (Ynys Tudwal Fach)	St Tudwal's Islands
St Tudwal's Island West (Ynys Tudwal Fawr)	St Tudwal's Islands
Salt Island (Ynys yr Halen)	Anglesey
Sheep Island (Ynys y defaid)	Pembrokeshire (tidal island)
The Skerries (Ynysoedd y Moelrhoniaid)	Anglesey
Skokholm (Ynys Sgoc-holm)	Pembrokeshire
Skomer (Ynys Skomer)	Pembrokeshire
South Stack (Ynys Lawd)	Anglesey
Sully Island	Vale of Glamorgan (tidal island)
Thorn Island	Pembrokeshire[1]
Tusker Rock (Ynys Twsgr)	Vale of Glamorgan
West Mouse (Maen y Bugail)	Anglesey
Worms Head (Pen Pyrod)	Gower (tidal island)
Ynys Benlas	Anglesey
Ynys Beri	Pembrokeshire
Ynys Cantwr	Pembrokeshire
Ynys Castell	Anglesey
Ynys Dulas	Anglesey
Ynys Eilun & Pont yr Eilun	Pembrokeshire
Ynys Faelog	Anglesey
Ynys Feurig	Anglesey
Ynys Gaint	Anglesey
Ynys Gifftan	Gwynedd (tidal island)
Ynys Gored Goch	Anglesey
Ynys Gwelltog	Pembrokeshire
Ynys Llanddwyn	Anglesey (tidal island)
Ynys Lochtyn	Ceredigion
Ynys Moelfre	Anglesey
Ynys Welltog	Anglesey
Ynys y Bîg	Anglesey

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Largest islands in Wales

	Island	Area (sq mi)	Area (km2)
1	Anglesey	260.37	674.36
2	Holy Island	15.22	39.44
3	Skomer	1.12	2.90
4	Ramsey Island	0.99	2.58
5	Caldey Island	0.84	2.18
6	Bardsey Island	0.79	2.06
7	Skokholm	0.41	1.06
8	Flat Holm	0.21	0.33
9	Ynys Llanddwyn	0.19	0.3
10	Puffin Island	0.11	0.28
11	Cardigan Island	0.06	0.15

Inland islands

There are no islands of any great size in lakes in Wales. The crannog in Llangorse Lake is an artificial island. Several reservoirs contain islets e.g. Llyn Brenig, Elan Valley Reservoirs and Llyn Trawsfynydd, the last named having the largest and most numerous, though some are linked by causeways.

Places called "island" or "ynys" that are not islands

Some places around the Welsh coast are called island or (Welsh) ynys, but are not. Caution is required in that whilst 'ynys' most commonly translates as island, it has other meanings too. Some of these named places were formerly islands surrounded by marshland. Others are peninsulas or just coastal settlements. They include:[2]

• Barry Island (tidal island until the construction of Barry Docks in the 1880s)
• Berges Island, peninsula at Whitford Burrows, Gower
• Dinas Island, peninsula on Pembrokeshire coast
• Farchynys, locality beside Mawddach estuary, Bontddu, Gwynedd
• Little Island, peninsula at the west end of the former Barry Island
• Shell Island
• Traeth Mawr - there are multiple examples of names including 'ynys' around Traeth Mawr, the now drained estuarine flats of the Afon Glaslyn, Gwynedd, including Hir Ynys, Ynys y Gwely, Ynys Ceiliog, Ynys Fawr, Ynys-fach and Ynys Fer-las.
• Ynys, hamlet on an area of raised ground known as Ynys Llanfihangel-y-traethau at Morfa Harlech, Gwynedd
• Ynys and nearby Ynys-fach on coast south of Dinas Dinlle, Gwynedd
• Ynyslas, locality at Borth, north Ceredigion - there are multiple examples of names including 'ynys' around the Dovey estuary including Ynys Tachwedd, Ynysfergi, Ynys Greigiog, Ynys-hir, Ynys Edwin, Ynys-Eidiol and simple 'Ynys'.
• Ynys Leurad, a small peninsula near Four Mile Bridge, Anglesey

See also

• List of the British Isles

References

На других языках

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[de] Liste der Inseln von Wales

Dies ist eine Liste der Inseln von Wales.

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- [en] List of islands of Wales

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[fr] Liste des îles du pays de Galles

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[ru] Список островов Уэльса

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