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This is a '''list of islands of Iceland'''. It includes all islands larger than 1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, as well as a number of smaller islands that are considered significant either because they are or used to be inhabited, or for specific historical, geographical or geological reasons. Thousands of other small islands and skerries are found along the coast, especially in [[Breiðafjörður]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nat.is/breidafjordur-islands|title=Islands of Iceland|website=Iceland Government|date=17 May 2017}}</ref>

The areas of some of these islands may vary comparatively rapidly due to volcanic activity and subsequent action by the sea. In the case of the groups of islands in Breiðafjörður, no area is listed. This is because measurement of the smaller islands is made difficult by a large tidal range of up to six metres.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5585|title=Tentative List|website=UNESCO}}</ref>

==List==
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!width=500|Island
!data-sort-type="number" | Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
!Population
!Municipality
|-
|[[Akurey]]
|style="text-align: right;"|0.07
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Reykjavík]]urborg
|-
|[[Álsey]]
|style="text-align: right;"|0.25
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Vestmannaeyjabær]]
|-
|[[Bjarnarey]]
|style="text-align: right;"|0.4
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Vestmannaeyjabær]]
|-
|[[Borgarey]]
|style="text-align: right;"|0.5
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Súðavíkurhreppur]]
|-
|[[Brandur]]
|style="text-align: right;"|0.1
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Vestmannaeyjabær]]
|-
|[[Brimilsnes]], in [[Álftafjörður]] in the [[Eastfjords]]
|style="text-align: right;"|0.6
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Múlaþing]]
|-
|[[Brokey]], the largest of many islands in Breiðafjörður (West), located a short distance from land; Iceland's sixth largest island by area
|style="text-align: right;"|3.7
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Dalabyggð]]
|-
|[[Drangey]]
|style="text-align: right;"|0.2
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Skagafjörður (municipality)|Skagafjörður]]
|-
|[[Eldey]]
|style="text-align: right;"|0.02<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ni.is/greinar/eldey|title = Eldey}}</ref>
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Reykjanesbær]]
|-
|[[Eldeyjarboði]]
|style="text-align: right;"|<0.01
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Reykjanesbær]]
|-
|[[Elliðaey]]
|style="text-align: right;"|0.45
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Vestmannaeyjabær]]
|-
|[[Engey]]
|style="text-align: right;"|0.4
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Reykjavík]]urborg
|-
|[[Flatey, Breiðafjörður|Flatey]] “in Breiðafjörður” (West)
|style="text-align: right;"|0.5
|style="text-align: right;"|<10 (2018)
|[[Reykhólahreppur]]
|-
|[[Flatey, Skjálfandi|Flatey]] “in Skjálfandi” (North)
|style="text-align: right;"|2.8<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/hagstofa/docs/landshagir2015_1bb8919b88d9b6|title = Landshagir 2015 by Hagstofa Íslands - Issuu| date=December 2015 }}</ref>
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Þingeyjarsveit]]
|-
|[[Geirfuglasker (Vestmannaeyjar)|Geirfuglasker]] (a skerry off Reykjanes [[Geirfuglasker|with the same name]] disappeared in the 18th century)
|style="text-align: right;"|0.02
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Vestmannaeyjabær]]
|-
|[[Geldungur]]
|style="text-align: right;"|0.02
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Vestmannaeyjabær]]
|-
|[[Grímsey]], situated on the Arctic Circle, off the north coast of Iceland
|style="text-align: right;"|5.3
|style="text-align: right;"|57 (2021)
|[[Akureyri]]
|-
|[[Grímsey, Húnaflói|Grimsey]], in [[Húnaflói]]
|style="text-align: right;"|0.43
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Kaldrananeshreppur]]
|-
|[[Heimaey]], Iceland's second largest island by area, the largest after the main island;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=2188|title = Hver er stærsta eyjan við Ísland?}}</ref> main island of the [[Westman Islands]]
|style="text-align: right;"|13.4
|style="text-align: right;"|4,347 (2021)
|[[Vestmannaeyjabær]]
|-
|[[Hellisey]]
|style="text-align: right;"|0.1
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Vestmannaeyjabær]]
|-
|[[Hergilsey]]
|style="text-align: right;"|0.2
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Reykhólahreppur]]
|-
|[[Hjörsey]], Iceland's fourth largest island by area, located in [[Faxaflói]] bay (West)
|style="text-align: right;"|5.5
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Borgarbyggð]]
|-
|[[Hrappsey]]
|style="text-align: right;"|1.7<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://is.nat.is/hrappsey|title = Hrappsey - NAT ferðavísir|date = 31 May 2020}}</ref>
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Dalabyggð]]
|-
|[[Hrísey]], Iceland's third largest island by area, located in [[Eyjafjörður]] fjord (North)
|style="text-align: right;"|8.0
|style="text-align: right;"|162 (2021)
|[[Akureyri]]
|-
|[[Húsey]], the largest of a group of about 20 islands and skerries referred to as “Hvalseyjar”, located in [[Faxaflói]] bay (West)
|style="text-align: right;"|0.06
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Borgarbyggð]]
|-
|[[Hvalbakur]], Iceland's easternmost point
|style="text-align: right;"|0.01
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Múlaþing]]
|-
|[[Iceland]], the nation's largest island by both area and population
|style="text-align: right;"|103,125
|style="text-align: right;"|362,000
|numerous
|-
|[[Jólnir (island)|Jólnir]], created in an eruption in 1966, now eroded
|style="text-align: right;"|0.0
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Vestmannaeyjabær]]
|-
|[[Kolbeinsey]], former island, Iceland's northernmost point; mostly eroded but still visible (2020) at low tide as two separate skerries<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://grapevine.is/news/2020/08/18/is-kolbeinsey-still-there-youtuber-tom-scott-takes-flight-to-find-out|title = Is Kolbeinsey Still There? YouTuber Tom Scott Takes Flight to Find Out|date = 18 August 2020}}</ref>
|style="text-align: right;"|>0.00
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Akureyri]]
|-
|[[Langey (island)|Langey]], “Long Island”, one of several islands with this name in Breiðafjörður (West)
|style="text-align: right;"|1.1
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Reykhólahreppur]]
|-
|[[Lundey, Faxaflói|Lundey]] near Reykjavík (Southwest)
|style="text-align: right;"|0.03
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Reykjavík]]urborg
|-
|[[Lundey, Skagafjörður|Lundey]] in [[Skagafjörður]] (Northwest)
|style="text-align: right;"|0.06
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Skagafjörður (municipality)|Skagafjörður]]
|-
|[[Lundey, Skjálfandi|Lundey]] in [[Skjálfandi]] (Northeast)
|style="text-align: right;"|0.02
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Norðurþing]]
|-
|[[Málmey]]
|style="text-align: right;"|2.4<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/hagstofa/docs/landshagir2015_1bb8919b88d9b6|title = Landshagir 2015 by Hagstofa Íslands - Issuu| date=December 2015 }}</ref>
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Skagafjörður (municipality)|Skagafjörður]]
|-
|[[Mánáreyjar]], two small islands (Háey and Lágey) near [[Tjörnes]] (North)
|style="text-align: right;"|0.08<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ni.is/greinar/manareyjar|title=Mánáreyjar}}</ref>
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Tjörneshreppur]]
|-
|[[Melrakkaey]]
|style="text-align: right;"|0.73
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Grundarfjörður]]
|-
|[[Nesbjörg]], in [[Álftafjörður]] in the [[Eastfjords]]
|style="text-align: right;"|0.38
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Múlaþing]]
|-
|[[Nýey]], the name given to an island that formed in a volcanic eruption in 1783 but disappeared soon after that; the tiny skerry called [[Eldeyjarboði]] (see above) may be its remnants
|style="text-align: right;"|0.0
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Reykjanesbær]]
|-
|[[Papey]]
|style="text-align: right;"|2.0<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/hagstofa/docs/landshagir2015_1bb8919b88d9b6|title = Landshagir 2015 by Hagstofa Íslands - Issuu| date=December 2015 }}</ref>
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Djúpavogshreppur]]
|-
|[[Rockall]]drangur
|style="text-align: right;"|0.78
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Rockall Bank dispute#Icelandic claim|disputed]]
|-
|[[Skáleyjar]], a group of around 150 small islands in [[Breiðafjörður]] (West)
|{{N/a}}
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Reykhólahreppur]]
|-
|[[Suðurey]]
|style="text-align: right;"|0.2
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Vestmannaeyjabær]]
|-
|[[Súlnasker]]
|style="text-align: right;"|0.03
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Vestmannaeyjabær]]
|-
|[[Surtsey]], the second largest of the [[Vestmannaeyjar|Westman Islands]] and Iceland's southernmost point, formed in a volcanic eruption in 1963; [[coastal erosion]] has reduced its surface area from 2.7&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> at the end of the eruption to 2.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> in 1975 and only 1.2&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ni.is/frettir/2018/11/surtsey-55-ara|title=Surtsey 55 ára}}</ref>
|style="text-align: right;"|1.2
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Vestmannaeyjabær]]
|-
|[[Svefneyjar]], a group of 63 small islands in [[Breiðafjörður]] (West)
|{{N/a}}
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Reykhólahreppur]]
|-
|[[Sviðnur]], a group of over 20 small islands in northern [[Breiðafjörður]] (West)
|{{N/a}}
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Reykhólahreppur]]
|-
|[[Viðey]], the largest of five historic islands off the mainland coast near [[Reykjavík]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reykjavik.is/stadir/engey-akurey-therney-og-lundey|title = Engey, Akurey, Þerney og Lundey|date = 20 November 2013}}</ref> (the others being [[Akurey]], [[Engey]], [[Lundey, Faxaflói|Lundey]] and [[Þerney]])
|style="text-align: right;"|1.7<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/hagstofa/docs/landshagir2015_1bb8919b88d9b6|title = Landshagir 2015 by Hagstofa Íslands - Issuu| date=December 2015 }}</ref>
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Reykjavík]]urborg
|-
|[[Vigur]]
|style="text-align: right;"|0.4<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ni.is/greinar/vigur|title = Vigur}}</ref>
|style="text-align: right;"|<10 (2019)
|[[Súðavíkurhreppur]]
|-
|[[Þerney]]
|style="text-align: right;"|0.4
|style="text-align: right;"|0
|[[Reykjavík]]urborg
|-
|[[Æðey]]
|style="text-align: right;"|1.2<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ni.is/greinar/aedey|title = Æðey}}</ref>
|style="text-align: right;"|<10 (2019)
|[[Ísafjarðarbær]]
|}

==Formerly disputed islands==
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!width=500|Island
!data-sort-type="number" | Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
!Population
!Other claimants

|-
|[[Jan Mayen]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://gudnith.is/efni/jan_mayen_dispute_24_jan_2013|title= The Jan Mayen dispute between Iceland and Norway, 1979-1981|website=Guðni Th. Jóhannesson|date=24 January 2013}}</ref>
|style="text-align: right;"|377
|style="text-align: right;"| 0 (up to 35 non-permanent residents)
| {{flagdeco|Norway}} [[Norway]]
|-
|[[Greenland]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://skemman.is/bitstream/1946/33005/1/Grænlandsdraumurinn%20BA-Ritgerð.pdf|title= Grænlandsdraumurinn: Hugmyndir um tilkall Íslendinga til Grænlands á 20. öld|website=Skemman|date=May 2019}}</ref>
|style="text-align: right;"|2.1 million
|style="text-align: right;"| 56,653
| {{flagdeco|Norway}} [[Norway]] {{flagdeco|Denmark}} [[Denmark]]
|}

==See also==
{{Commons category|Islands of Iceland}}
*[[Extreme points of Iceland]]
*[[List of islands in the Atlantic Ocean]]
*[[List of islands]]
* '''''<small>{{portal-inline|Iceland}}</small>'''''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Islands of Iceland}}
{{Iceland topics}}
{{Islands of Europe}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Lists of islands by country|Iceland, List of islands of]]
[[Category:Islands of Iceland| ]]
[[Category:Lists of landforms of Iceland|Islands]]