These islands of the Arctic Ocean can be classified by the country that controls the territory.
Canada
The islands of the Canadian Arctic over 5,000 km2 (1,900 sq mi), in order of descending area, are: As of 2021[update] the total population of all islands in the Arctic was 23,073.
| Name (group) | Location | Area | Area rank | Pop (2021) | Notes | Coordinates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| km2 | sqmi | World | Canada | |||||
| Baffin Island | Nunavut | 507,451 | 195,928 | 5 | 1 | 13,039 | Population does not include Kinngait and Qikiqtarjuaq. Both lie on small islands just off the coast of Baffin Island | 68°N 70°W / 68°N 70°W |
| Victoria Island | Northwest Territories, Nunavut | 217,291 | 83,897 | 8 | 2 | 2,168 | Contains the world's largest island within an island within an island | 70°25′N 107°45′W / 70.417°N 107.750°W |
| Ellesmere Island (Queen Elizabeth Islands) | Nunavut | 196,236 | 75,767 | 10 | 3 | 144 | Population includes Grise Fiord, Alert (Canada’s two most northerly communities) and Eureka | 79°50′N 78°00′W / 79.833°N 78.000°W |
| Banks Island | Northwest Territories | 70,028 | 27,038 | 24 | 5 | 104 | The summer home to hundreds of thousands of migratory birds who nest at Banks Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary No. 1 and Banks Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary No. 2 | 72°45′02″N 121°30′10″W / 72.75056°N 121.50278°W |
| Devon Island (Queen Elizabeth Islands) | Nunavut | 55,247 | 21,331 | 27 | 6 | 0 | The largest uninhabited island on Earth | 75°15′N 088°00′W / 75.250°N 88.000°W |
| Axel Heiberg Island (Sverdrup Islands, Queen Elizabeth Islands) | Nunavut | 43,178 | 16,671 | 32 | 7 | 0 | Known for its unusual fossil forests, which date from the Eocene period | 79°45′N 091°00′W / 79.750°N 91.000°W |
| Melville Island (Queen Elizabeth Islands) | Northwest Territories, Nunavut | 42,149 | 16,274 | 33 | 8 | 0 | The most northerly report of a grizzly bear sighting occurred here in 2003 | 75°30′02″N 111°30′09″W / 75.50056°N 111.50250°W |
| Southampton Island | Nunavut | 41,214 | 15,913 | 34 | 9 | 1,038 | One of the few Canadian areas, and the only area in Nunavut, that does not use daylight saving time | 64°20′N 084°40′W / 64.333°N 84.667°W |
| Prince of Wales Island | Nunavut | 33,339 | 12,872 | 40 | 10 | 0 | North of North is set in the fictional town of Ice Cove, which is situated here | 72°40′N 99°00′W / 72.667°N 99.000°W |
| Somerset Island | Nunavut | 24,786 | 9,570 | 46 | 12 | 0 | Home of Fort Ross (1937-1948), the last trading post established by the Hudson's Bay Company | 73°15′N 93°30′W / 73.250°N 93.500°W |
| Bathurst Island (Queen Elizabeth Islands) | Nunavut | 16,042 | 6,194 | 54 | 13 | 0 | Home of Brooman Point Village, Qausuittuq National Park, and the Polar Bear Pass National Wildlife Area | 75°45′N 100°00′W / 75.750°N 100.000°W |
| Prince Patrick Island (Queen Elizabeth Islands) | Northwest Territories, Nunavut | 15,848 | 6,119 | 55 | 14 | 0 | Mould Bay Weather Station, part of the Joint Arctic Weather Station system between Canada and the United States opened in 1948 | 76°45′02″N 119°30′12″W / 76.75056°N 119.50333°W |
| King William Island | Nunavut | 13,111 | 5,062 | 61 | 15 | 1,349 | Sir John Franklin’s two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, were found in what is now the Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site | 69°10′N 97°25′W / 69.167°N 97.417°W |
| Ellef Ringnes Island (Sverdrup Islands, Queen Elizabeth Islands) | Nunavut | 11,295 | 4,361 | 68 | 16 | 0 | Isachsen, opened in 1948, formerly staffed weather station, but now an Automated Surface Observing System | 78°30′N 102°15′W / 78.500°N 102.250°W |
| Bylot Island | Nunavut | 11,067 | 4,273 | 71 | 17 | 0 | Sirmilik National Park is located on the island | 73°13′N 78°34′W / 73.217°N 78.567°W |
| Prince Charles Island | Nunavut | 9,521 | 3,676 | 77 | 19 | 0 | Uninhabited, however Inuit visited the island to hunt caribou | 67°47′N 76°12′W / 67.783°N 76.200°W |
| Cornwallis Island (Queen Elizabeth Islands) | Nunavut | 6,995 | 2,701 | 97 | 21 | 183 | Resolute, the only community, was established in 1953 by forced migration know as the High Arctic relocation | 75°08′N 95°00′W / 75.133°N 95.000°W |
| Coats Island | Nunavut | 5,498 | 2,123 | 107 | 24 | 0 | The last home of the Sadlermiut | 62°30′N 083°00′W / 62.500°N 83.000°W |
| Amund Ringnes Island (Sverdrup Islands Queen Elizabeth Islands) | Nunavut | 5,255 | 2,029 | 111 | 25 | 0 | 78°20′N 96°25′W / 78.333°N 96.417°W | |
| Mackenzie King Island (Queen Elizabeth Islands) | Northwest Territories, Nunavut | 5,048 | 1,949 | 116 | 26 | 0 | 78°02′N 109°50′W / 78.033°N 109.833°W | |
Other notable islands in the Canadian portion of the Arctic Ocean include:
- Hans Island (uninhabited 80°49′35″N 66°27′30″W / 80.82639°N 66.45833°W), shared with Denmark, the Danish Realm / Greenland
- Herschel Island (unihabitied 69°35′23″N 139°05′57″W / 69.58972°N 139.09917°W), located in the Beaufort Sea, part of the Yukon but also part of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Inhabited islands are:
- Broughton Island (population 593, 67°34′N 063°54′W / 67.567°N 63.900°W)
- Dorset Island (population 1,396, 64°12′N 76°32′W / 64.200°N 76.533°W)
- Flaherty Island (population 1,010, 56°14′N 079°17′W / 56.233°N 79.283°W)
- Igloolik Island (population 2,049, 69°23′N 81°40′W / 69.383°N 81.667°W)
Denmark
- Greenland, an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm
- Clavering Island
- Disko Island
- Geographical Society Island
- Hans Island (shared with Canada)
- Kaffeklubben Island
- Milne Land
- Nares Land
- Shannon Island
- Traill Island
- Ymer Island
Iceland
- Iceland (northern coast)
- Æðey
- Drangey
- Flatey, Skjálfandi
- Grímsey
- Hrísey
- Kolbeinsey
- Málmey
- Vigur
Norway
- Bear Island
- Jan Mayen
- Svalbard Archipelago:
- Barentsøya
- Alekseevøya
- Kükenthaløya
- Edgeøya
- Halvmåneøya
- Ryke Yseøyane
- Thousand Islands
- Zeiløyane
- Hopen
- Kong Karls Land
- Abel Island
- Kongsøya
- Svenskøya
- Kvitøya (White Island)
- Nordaustlandet
- Chermsideøya
- Foynøya
- Karl XII-øya
- Lågøya
- Nordre Castrénøya and Søre Castrénøya
- Repøyane
- Sabine Islands
- Scoresbyøya
- Storøya
- Prins Karls Forland
- Spitsbergen
- Amsterdam Island
- Danes Island
- Fuglesangen
- Moffen
- Nymark
- Sørkappøya
- Wilhelm Island
- Sjuøyane
- Martensøya
- Nelsonøya
- Parryøya
- Phippsøya
- Rossøya
- Tavleøya
- Vesle Tavleøya
- Waldenøya
- Hinnoya
- Barentsøya
Russia
Russian Arctic islands
- Dikson Island
- Franz Josef Land
- Bell Island
- Graham Bell Island
- Hooker Island
- Jackson Island
- Northbrook Island
- Rudolf Island
- Wilczek Island
- Zemlya Aleksandry
- Zemlya Georga
- Great Diomede Island
- New Siberian Islands
- Anzhu Islands
- Belkovsky Island
- Kotelny/Faddeyevsky Island (including the island of 'Bunge Land')
- New Siberia
- Lyakhovsky Islands
- Great Lyakhovsky Island
- Little Lyakhovsky Island
- Semyonovsky Island
- Stolbovoy Island
- Anzhu Islands
- Novaya Zemlya
- Mezhdusharskiy Island
- Severny Island
- Vaygach Island
- Yuzhny Island
- Severnaya Zemlya
- October Revolution Island
- Bolshevik Island
- Komsomolets Island
- Pioneer Island
- Schmidt Island
- De Long Islands
- Bennett Island
- Henrietta Island
- Jeannette Island
- Vilkitsky Island
- Zhokhov Island
- Minor Islands in Severnaya Zemlya
- Bolshoy Island
- Maly Taymyr Island
- Sedov Archipelago
- Srednij, Golomyannyj, Domashnij, Figurnyj, Vostochnyj, Smaojlovich
- Vostothny Island
- Solovetsky Islands
- Anzersky
- Bolshaya Muksalma
- Malaya Muksalma
- Solovetsky
- Victoria Island (administered as part of Franz Josef Land, but physically separate)
- Ushakov Island (Russian Arctic) halfway between Franz Josef Land and Severnaya Zemlya
- Wiese Island
- Wrangel Island
- Herald Island
Five new islands were discovered by Russia in October 2019.
United States
- Barter Island
- Arey Island
See also
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Islands of the Arctic Ocean.
- Lists of islands
- List of islands in the Atlantic Ocean
- List of islands in the Pacific Ocean
- List of islands in the Indian Ocean
- List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
- Extreme points of the Arctic
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