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A field atlas of the world's islands

Every island,
from the sea up.

Its shape from space, the sea around it month by month, the best time to go and what is on it — for 13,080 islands, from Madeira to Bora Bora.

When to goThe largestThe map

SantoriniBora-BoraMadeira IslandCapriMauiBali Island

13,080islands on the map

1,500island guides

161countries

12seas

Pick a month

Islands at their best in July

Warm afternoons, warm sea and few wet days, from 30 years of averages. The coloured chip is the sea temperature that month.

Taiwan IslandTaiwanTaiwan35,883 km²29°Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka67,655 km²28°Singapore IslandSingaporeSingapore658 km²30°JavaIndonesiaIndonesia128,297 km²28°HispaniolaDominican RepublicDominican Republic76,420 km²29°MaltaMaltaMalta247 km²25°KyushuJapanJapan36,782 km²26°Island of MozambiqueMozambiqueMozambique0.93 km²26°

At the same scale

From Greenland down, side by side.

The largest islands in the atlas, all drawn to the same scale. Scroll sideways.

Greenland2,130,800 km²New Guinea785,753 km²Borneo748,168 km²Madagascar587,713 km²Baffin Island507,451 km²Sumatra473,481 km²Honshu230,426 km²Great Britain228,938 km²Victoria Island217,291 km²Ellesmere Island196,235 km²Sulawesi174,600 km²South Island150,437 km²Java128,297 km²North Island113,729 km²Luzon109,965 km²Newfoundland108,860 km²Cuba105,806 km²Iceland102,775 km²Mindanao97,530 km²Ireland84,421 km²Hokkaidō77,984 km²Hispaniola76,420 km²Sakhalin72,492 km²Seram70,370 km²Banks Island70,028 km²Sri Lanka67,655 km²Tasmania65,022 km²Devon Island55,247 km²Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego47,992 km²Severny Island47,079 km²Axel Heiberg Island43,178 km²Melville Island42,149 km²Southampton Island41,214 km²Spitsbergen39,044 km²Kyushu36,782 km²New Britain36,520 km²Taiwan Island35,883 km²Prince of Wales Island33,339 km²

Far from everything

The most remote islands.

MooreaFranceFrance133 km²1,207 m6,104 km from the mainlandTahitiFranceFrance1,047 km²2,241 m6,101 km from the mainlandTetiaroaFranceFrance6.0 km²17 m6,098 km from the mainlandMehetiaFranceFrance2.0 km²435 m6,048 km from the mainlandHuahineFranceFrance45 km²699 m6,027 km from the mainlandTahaaFranceFrance90 km²554 m5,980 km from the mainland

All the remote islands

World Heritage

Islands protected by UNESCO.

Island of MozambiqueMozambiqueMozambique0.93 km²20 mSocotraYemenYemen3,796 km²1,503 mDjerbaTunisiaTunisia512 km²49 mYakushimaJapanJapan505 km²1,936 mStromboliItalyItaly13 km²926 mK'gariAustraliaAustralia1,659 km²245 mLipariItalyItaly37 km²20 mLord Howe IslandAustraliaAustralia16 km²875 m

By sea

Pacific Ocean213Atlantic Ocean141Caribbean Sea85Adriatic Sea62Indian Ocean37Aegean Sea36Philippine Sea35Norwegian Sea34Mediterranean Sea32South China Sea32North Sea29Tyrrhenian Sea28

All the seas

By archipelago

Canadian Arctic Archipelago28Lesser Antilles25Galapagos Islands17Gilbert Islands16Dalmatian Archipelago16Inner Hebrides13Franz Josef Land13Svalbard10Caribbean9Lesser Sunda Islands9Cyclades9Shetland Islands9

All the archipelagos

By country

Where the islands are.

Greece70Indonesia70United States70France69Russia69United Kingdom69Canada59Japan55Philippines53Italy48Croatia43Norway31Kiribati26Australia22Denmark22Germany22Papua New Guinea21Solomon Islands20Spain19Ecuador18Faroe Islands18India18New Zealand18Chile17

All countries

How we know

Built on open data.

Every number on Islandyas comes from a public, citable dataset — the same ones scientists and mapmakers use. Nothing is invented and nothing is paid for.

See the sources

  • Wikidataislands, names, areas and populations in every language
  • Natural Earththe outline of every larger island, and the seas
  • NOAA OISSTthe temperature of the sea around every island since 1991
  • NASA POWERair, rain, sun and wind since 1991
  • Copernicus DEMthe world's relief every 30 m
  • OpenStreetMapbeaches, ports, lighthouses, trails and exact coastlines

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, month by month, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit
lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Coming soonVisit
mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit
islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.You are here
riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit
cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Coming soonVisit
dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Coming soonVisit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Coming soonVisit
forestsForestyaEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Coming soonVisit