This is a list of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands.
Antarctic islands are, in the strict sense, the islands around mainland Antarctica, situated on the Antarctic Plate, and south of the Antarctic Convergence. According to the terms of the Antarctic Treaty, claims to sovereignty over lands south of 60° S are not asserted.Antarctic Treaty, Article VI Dec. 1, 1959 12 UST 794; 402 UNTS 71; 19 ILM 860 (1980) Sub-Antarctic islands are the islands situated closer to another continental mainland or on another tectonic plate, but are biogeographically linked to the Antarctic or being parts of the Antarctic realm, roughly north of and adjacent to the Antarctic Convergence.
List of sub-Antarctic islands
The following list of island groups contains the largest or most notable islands in their respective group. A more detailed list of islands in a given group may be found on their respective pages, when applicable.
A Antipodes Islands () (New Zealand) Antipodes Island () Bollons Island () Auckland Islands () (New Zealand) Adams Island () Adams Rocks () Auckland Island () Disappointment Island () Enderby Island () Ewing Island () Rose Island ()
B Bounty Islands () (New Zealand) Depot Island ()
C Campbell Islands (New Zealand) Campbell Island () Dent Island () Folly Island or Folly Islands () Jacquemart Island () Crozet Islands ( or officially Archipel Crozet) (France) L'Occidental (Western Group) Île aux Cochons (Pig Island) () Île des Pingouins (Penguin Island) () Îlots des Apôtres (Apostle Islets) () L'Oriental (Eastern Group) Île de la Possession (Possession Island) () Île de l'Est (East Island) ()
D Diego Ramírez Islands () (Chile) Águila Islet () Isla Bartolomé () Isla Gonzalo ()
F
Falkland Islands () (United Kingdom) East Falkland () Pebble Island () Saunders Island () Weddell Island () West Falkland ()
I Ildefonso Islands () (Chile)
M Macquarie Island () (Australia) Bishop and Clerk Islets () Judge and Clerk Islets ()
P Prince Edward Islands () (South Africa)
S Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands () (France) Amsterdam Island () Saint Paul Island () Snares Islands () (New Zealand) Alert Stack () Broughton Island () North East Island () Western Chain ()
T Tierra del Fuego () (Argentina and Chile) Isla Grande () Aracena Island () Clarence Island () Dawson Island () Desolación Island () Hermite Islands () Hoste Island () Navarino Island () Picton, Lennox and Nueva () Santa Inés Island () Wollaston Islands ()
List of Antarctic islands north of 60° S
Bouvet Island (Bouvetøya) () (Norway) Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) () (Australia) Heard Island () McDonald Islands () Kerguelen Islands () (France) Île Foch () Île Howe () Île Saint-Lanne Gramont () Île du Port () Île Longue () Île Haute () Île Australia () Île de l'Ouest () Îles du Prince-de-Monaco () Îles Nuageuses () Îles de Boynes () Îles Leygues () Île Altazin () Île Gaby () South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom; claimed by Argentina) South Georgia Group The main island (South Georgia Island) and its adjacent islands South Georgia Island, the main island () (variant names: Isla San Pedro, Sør-Georgia, Sydgeorgien, Süd-Georgien; historically Roché Island, Isle of Georgia) Brain Island () Bird Island () Annenkov Island () Coal Island () Cooper Island () Pickersgill Islands () Saddle Island () Welcome Islands () Willis Islands () Black Rocks () The Shag Rocks and the Black Rock Shag Rocks () 185 km west-northwest of South Georgia Island Black Rock () 169 km west-northwest of South Georgia Island and 16 km southeast of the Shag Rocks Clerke Rocks () 56 km east-southeast of South Georgia Island Vestfold Island () Vincent Islands () South Sandwich Islands () Bristol Island () Brothers Rocks ( Montagu Island () Saunders Island () Southern Thule () Bellingshausen Island () Cook Island () Thule Island () Traversay Islands () Leskov Island () Visokoi Island () Zavodovski Island () Candlemas Islands () Candlemas Island () Boot Rock () Vindication Island () Buddha Rock ()
List of largest Antarctic islands south of 60° S by area
Area data are from the USGS unless otherwise specified. This list does not include ice rises such as Berkner Island and Roosevelt Island.
Island Area() Highestpoint (m) Coordinates Ref Alexander Island 52,223 2,976 Thurston Island 12,760 Carney Island 7,353 Siple Island 6,390 3,110 Adelaide Island 4,463 3,918 Spaatz Island 3,655 James Ross Island 2,470 1,628 Ross Island 2,431 3,794 Charcot Island 2,209 Anvers Island 2,076 2,821 Smyley Island 1,701 Joinville Island 1,553 765 Latady Island 1,433 King George Island 1,153 655 Mill Island 949 326 Brabant Island 891 2,522 Hearst Island 869 365 Livingston Island 824 1,700 Dean Island 818 Grant Island 774 580 Masson Island 557 471 Renaud Island 513 Rothschild Island 475 Elephant Island 465 852 D'Urville Island 425 210 Coronation Island 418 1,278 Sherman Island 418 186 Bowman Island 369 Sturge Island 293 945 Drygalski Island 213
List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S All these islands fall under the terms of the Antarctic Treaty. The list is not complete.
A
Aagaard Islands Abbott Island () Abrupt Island () Achernar Island () Adams Island, Antarctica () Adelaide Island or Isla Adelaida or Isla Belgrano – west side of the Antarctic Peninsula () Afala Island Afuera Islands or Penguin Island or Dodge Rocks Aim Rocks Aitcho Islands Akin Island Akula Island Alabak Island Alamode Island Al'bov Rocks () Alcheh Island Alcock Island () Aldea Island Alectoria Island Alepu Rocks Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land or Alexander The First Island or Isla Alejandro I () (claimed by Argentina, Chile, and the United Kingdom) Alfeus Island Alino Island Alpha Island Alka Island Alphard Island Amiot Islands Amsler Island Anchorage Island (Antarctica) Anchorage Island, Princess Elizabeth Land Andersen Island Andrée Island Andresen Island Angelov Island Antenna Island Anton Island () Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes () Apéndice Island Apollo Island Araguez Island Ardley Island Arrowsmith Island Aspis Island Aspland Island Asses Ears Astor Island Astrolabe Island Atherton Islands () Atriceps Island Auster Islands Austin Rocks () Austral Island Austskjera Avian Island Avren Rocks Azimuth Islands Azuki Island
B
Bablon Island Babushkin Island () Backer Islands Baffle Rock Bager Island Bakewell Island Balaena Islands Balleny Islands () Borradaile Island () Buckle Island () Sabrina Island () Sturge Island () Young Island () Balsha Island Bandy Island () Bar Island Barlow Island Barratt Island Barrett Island Barrientos Island Barrier Island Baseline Rock Basso Island Baurene Island Bayard Islands Bazett Island Beagle Island Beak Island Bear Island () Bearing Island or Direction Island () Beaufort Island Beaumont Island Beaumont Skerries () Beaver Island Bedford Island Beer Island Bekas Rock Belchin Rock Belding Island Belogushev Island Benten Island Bennett Islands Berkley Island Berkner Island or Berkner Ice Rise or Hubley Island () Bernal Islands Bernard Island Bertha Island Berthelot Islands Green Island (Berthelot Islands) Beslen Island Bielecki Island () Biggs Island Bilyana Island Biscoe Islands Adolph Islands Barcroft Islands Bates Island Irving Island Watkins Island Metis Island St. Christopher Island Bona Mansio Island St. Brigid Island Todorova Island St. Isidore Island Chakarov Island Renaud Island Lavoisier Island Krogh Island Pickwick Island Bizeux Rock Bizone Rock Black Island Blaiklock Island Blair Islands Blake Island Blåskimen Island Bluff Island Boatin Island Bodloperka Island Bølingen Islands Boobyalla Islands () Boogie Island () Borceguí Island () Boree Islands () Borg Island Bowl Island () Bowler Rocks Bowman Island () Boxing Island Brabant Island () Bradford Rock Bragg Islands Brash Island () Bratina Island () Breaker Island () Breccia Island () Bremen Island Breton Island Brewster Island Brian Island Bridgeman Island Brockhamp Islands Brødrene Rocks Broka Island Brooklyn Island Brosnahan Island () Buchino Rocks Büdel Islands Buffer Island Buffon Islands Bugge Islands Bulnes Island Bunt Island () Burke Island () Burkett Islands () Burnett Island Burtis Island () Butler Island ()
C
Cameron Island Canopus Islands Canopus Island Canopus Rocks Caraquet Rock Carlson Island Carney Island () Carrel Island Carter Island () Casabianca Island () Case Island () Castle Rock Casey Islands () Casy Island Cave Island Cecilia Island Centre Island Chabrier Rock Challenger Island Chameau Island Chandler Island Chappel Island Chata Rock Charcot Island or Charcot Land () Charlton Island Chatos Islands Chavez Island Cheesman Island () Cherry Island Chërnyy Island () Child Rocks Chiprovtsi Islets Christine Island () Chukovezer Island Churicheni Island Claquebue Island Clarence Island Clark Island Cleft Island Clements Island Cliff Island Close Islands () Clow Island () Cobalescou Island () Cockburn Island Compass Island Cono Island Consort Islands Conway Island Cormorant Island () Cornet Island Cornish Islands () Cornwall Island Corry Island Couling Island Coulman Island Courtier Islands Covey Rocks Cowell Island Craggy Island Crohn Island () Crouch Island () Cruiser Rocks Cruzen Island () Curie Island () Curtis Island Curzon Islands Cuverville Island () – west side of the Antarctic Peninsula
D
Dailey Islands West Dailey Island Juergens Island Hatcher Island Uberuaga Island Kuechle Island Dales Island Dålk Island Danco Island or Isla Dedo () – west side of the Antarctic Peninsula Danger Islands Daniel Island Darbel Islands Darboux Island Darwin Island Davidson Island Davis Island Davis Islands Day Island Dean Island DeAtley Island () Debenham Islands () Ann Island Audrey Island Barbara Island Barry Island () Debutante Island Decazes Island Deception Island Dee Island DeLaca Island () Delaite Island Dellbridge Islands Big Razorback Island Inaccessible Island Little Razorback Island Tent Island Delta Island Demidov Island () Dendtler Island Deniau Island Departure Rocks Depot Island, Kemp Land Depot Island, Victoria Land Derby Island () Descartes Island Desolation Island Detaille Island Deverall Island () Dewart Island D'Hainaut Island () Diamonen Island Diaz Rock Dieglman Island Dinea Island Dink Island Dint Island () Diomedea Island Dion Islands Direction Island or Bearing Island () Dismal Island Dixson Island Dlagnya Rocks Dodd Island Dodman Island Dolleman Island () Donovan Islands Chappel Island Glasgal Island Grinnell Island Lilienthal Island Dorsey Island () Douanier Rock Double Islands Douglas Islands Doumer Island Dream Island () Driscoll Island () Dru Rock Drygalski Island () DuBois Island Duchaylard Island Dumbbell Island Dumoulin Islands () Dunbar Islands Dundee Island () – off tip of the Antarctic Peninsula Duroch Islands Cohen Islands Gándara Island Kopaitic Island Largo Island Link Island Ortiz Island Pebbly Mudstone Island Ponce Island Wisconsin Islands Dustin Island Dyer Island Dyment Island () Dynamite Island
E
Eadie Island Eagle Island Earle Island () Early Islands () Eddystone Rocks Edisto Rocks Edman Island Edwards Islands Egg Island Eichorst Island () Einstøding Islands () Einstødingen Island () Elephant Rocks () Elisabethinsel Embassy Islands () Emeline Island Emen Island Emma Island Empereur Island Emperor Island Endresen Islands Enterprise Island or Isla Lientur or Isla Nansen Norte or North Nansen Island () Esperanto Island Esplin Islands Eta Island Etna Island ()