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List of islands in the Arctic Ocean
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These islands of the Arctic Ocean can be classified by the country that controls the territory.

Canada
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The islands of the Canadian Arctic over 5,000 km2 (1,900 sq mi), in order of descending area, are:[1] As of 2021[update] the total population of all islands in the Arctic was 23,073.[2][3]
Other notable islands in the Canadian portion of the Arctic Ocean include:
- Hans Island (uninhabited 80°49′35″N 66°27′30″W[43]), shared with Denmark, the Danish Realm / Greenland[44][45]
- Herschel Island (unihabitied 69°35′23″N 139°05′57″W[46]), located in the Beaufort Sea, part of the Yukon but also part of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region[47]
Inhabited islands are:
- Broughton Island (population 593,[2] 67°34′N 063°54′W[48])
- Dorset Island (population 1,396,[2] 64°12′N 76°32′W[49])
- Flaherty Island (population 1,010,[2] 56°14′N 079°17′W[50])
- Igloolik Island (population 2,049,[2] 69°23′N 81°40′W[51])
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Denmark
Iceland
- Iceland (northern coast)
Norway
- Bear Island
- Jan Mayen
- Svalbard Archipelago:
- Barentsøya
- Alekseevøya
- Kükenthaløya
- Edgeøya
- Halvmåneøya
- Ryke Yseøyane
- Thousand Islands
- Zeiløyane
- Hopen
- Kong Karls Land
- Kvitøya (White Island)
- Nordaustlandet
- Prins Karls Forland
- Spitsbergen
- Sjuøyane
- Barentsøya
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Russia
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- Dikson Island
- Franz Josef Land
- Great Diomede Island
- New Siberian Islands
- Anzhu Islands
- Belkovsky Island
- Kotelny/Faddeyevsky Island (including the island of 'Bunge Land')
- New Siberia
- Lyakhovsky Islands
- Semyonovsky Island
- Stolbovoy Island
- Anzhu Islands
- Novaya Zemlya
- Severnaya Zemlya
- October Revolution Island
- Bolshevik Island
- Komsomolets Island
- Pioneer Island
- Schmidt Island
- De Long Islands
- 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
- Wrangel Island
Five new islands were discovered by Russia in October 2019.[54]
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United States
See also
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Islands of the Arctic Ocean.
References
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