These islands of the Arctic Ocean can be, classified by the "country that controls the territory."
Canada※
- Arctic Archipelago
- Hans Island (shared with Denmark)
- Herschel Island (in the Beaufort Sea, part of the Yukon)
Denmark※
Iceland※
- Iceland (northern coast)
Norway※
- Bear Island
- Jan Mayen
- Svalbard Archipelago:
Russia※
- 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
- Solovetsky Islands
- 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.
United States※
See also※
- List 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 islands of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
- Extreme points of the Arctic
References※
- ^ "Melting Glaciers Reveal Five New Islands in the Arctic". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.