 Fantastic Islands of the World
Fantastic Island celebrates the most beautiful islands of the world. Islands come in all shapes and sizes. Some are famous for their natural beauty, while others are noted for the human intervention that has created something magical out of them. Indeed, no two island is entirely similar.
On this page, I have assembled a list of what I consider the most fantastic islands in the world. They cover a whole spectrum of islands, isles, islets, keys and so on. Most of the islands are grouped by country. Some however, especially those in the Caribbean, are grouped them according to geographical location. Hence, Cuba is listed under Greater Antilles while the island of Hispaniola, which I also list under Greater Antilles, is split between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Similarly, the United Kingdom is split between Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the island of Éire. I am in the process of documenting each of them. Those with hyperlinks are the ones that I have written about. Click to view the page along with photos.
- Antarctica, South Atlantic & Sub-Antarctic
- Deception Island
- Falkland Islands
- Heard Island
- Kerguelen
- South Georgia
- Tristan da Cunha Group
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Cat Island
- Eleuthera
- Exuma Cays
- North Bimini & Bimini Cays
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Fernando de Noronha
- Florianopolis
- Ilha de Marajo
- Ilha do Papagaio
- Ilha Grande
- Tinhare Archipelago
- Canada
- Baffin Island
- Campobello and Grand Manan
- Cape Breton Island
- Fogo Island
- Ile d'Orléans
- Manitoulin Island
- Newfoundland
- Pelee Island
- Prince Edward Island
- Quadra Island
- Queen Charlotte Islands
- St Joseph Island
- St-Pierre et Miquelon
- The Gulf Island
- The Thousand Islands
- Vancouver Island
- Victoria Island
- Cape Verde
- Caymans
- Chile
- Colombia
- Isla de Malpelo
- Islas Rosario
- San Andres & Providencia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Brac
- Brijuni Archipelago
- Ciovo
- Cres
- Dugi Otok
- Elaphiti Islands
- Hvar
- Ilovik
- Korcula Island
- Kornati Archipelago
- Krapanj
- Krk
- Lastovo
- Losinj
- Mjlet
- Rab
- Silba
- Susak
- Vis
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Bornholm
- Fejø
- Funen
- Lolland
- Samsø
- The Faroes
- Zealand
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- Åland Islands
- Kvarken Archipelago
- France
- Belle Ile
- Chausey Archipelago
- Corsica
- Ile de Bréhat
- Ile de Noirmoutier
- Ile de Ré
- Ile d'Oléron
- Ile d'Ouessant
- Iles de Lérins
- Les Iles d'Or
- Ile Saint-Louis
- Mont St Michel
- French Polynesia
- Gambia
- Germany
- Heligoland
- Hiddensee
- Mainau
- North Frisian Islands
- Reichenau
- Rügen
- Usedom
- Wadden Sea Hallig Islands
- Great Britain
- Anglesey
- Arran
- Bardsey Island
- Brownsea Island
- Caldey Island
- Coll and Tiree
- Eel Pie Island
- Fair Isle
- Farne Islands and Lindisfarne
- Foula
- Foulness
- Guernsey
- Iona
- Islay
- Isle of Man
- Isle of Wight
- Isles of Scilly
- Jersey
- Lewis and Harris
- Lundy
- Mainland
- Mersea Island
- Mull
- North and South Uist, and Benbecula
- Sark
- Skye
- St Kilda Archipelago
- The Orkneys
- The Small Isles
- Unst
- Greater Antilles
- Cuba
- Hispaniola
- Jamaica
- Puerto Rico
- Saona
- Greece
- Alonissos
- Amorgos
- Corfu
- Crete
- Delos
- Egina
- Hios
- Idhra
- Ikaria and Fourni
- Ithaki
- Kalymnos
- Karpathos
- Kastellorizo
- Kefalonia
- Lefkada
- Leros
- Lesvos
- Milos and Kimolos
- Minor Cyclades
- Mykonos
- Naxos
- Nyssiros
- Paros and Antiparos
- Patmos
- Paxi and Andipaxi
- Rhodes
- Samos
- Santorini
- Skopelos
- Skyros
- Spetses
- Symi
- Thassos
- Tinos
- Zakynthos
- Greenland
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Éire (inc. Northern Ireland)
- Achill Island
- Aran Islands
- Aranmore
- Cape Clear Island
- Clare Island
- Dursey Island
- Great Blasket
- Holy Island
- Rathlin
- Skellig Islands
- Tory Island
- Valentia
- Italy
- Aeolian Islands
- Borromean Islands
- Burano
- Capraia
- Capri
- Elba
- Giannutri
- Ischia
- Isola del Giglio
- Ponza
- San Giulio
- San Pietro
- Sardinia
- Sicily
- Tiber Island
- Torcello
- Venice
- Kenya
- Kiwayu
- Lamu Island
- Mombasa
- Leeward Antilles
- Aruba, Bonaire & Curaçao
- Saba
- Saint Eustatius
- Saint Maarten
- Lesser Antilles
- Anegada
- Anguilla
- Barbados
- Barbuda
- Dominica
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Martinique
- Nevis
- St Barths
- St Lucia
- St Vincent and the Grenadines
- Tobago
- Trinidad
- Virgin Gorda
- Malawi
- Malta
- Mexico
- Cozumel
- Isla Carmen
- Isla Holbox
- Revillagigedo Islands
- Mozambique
- Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- Islas de Maiz
- Ometepe
- Solentiname Islands
- Norway
- Lofoten Islands
- Svalbard Archipelago
- Panama
- Bocas del Toro Islands
- Coiba
- Isla Grande
- Pearl Islands
- San Blas Archipelago
- Taboga
- Portugal
- The Azores
- Madeira
- Porto Santo
- Russia
- Franz Josef Island
- Kizhi Island
- Komandorskiye Islands
- Kuril Islands
- Olkhon Island
- Sakhalin Island
- Severnaya Zemlya
- Solovetsky Island
- Stolbny Island
- Vasilyevsky
- Wrangel Island
- São Tomé and Principe
- Senegal
- Isle of Gorée
- Saint-Louis
- Slovakia
- Spain
- Canary Islands
- Formentera
- Ibiza
- Majorca
- Menorca
- Sweden
- Bohuslän Islands
- Faro
- Gotland
- Gotska Sandön
- Holmöarna
- Lake Mälaren Islands
- Oland
- Stockholm Archipelago
- Tjörn
- Ven
- Visingsö
- Tanzania
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Akdamar
- Avsa
- Bozcaada
- Büyükada
- Gökçeada
- Kekova
- Turks & Caicos
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- USA
- Alcatraz
- Aleutian Islands
- Alexander Archipelago
- Angel Island
- Antelope Island
- Beaver Island
- Channel Islands
- Dauphin Island
- Drummond Island
- Ellis Island
- Fenwick Island
- Fire Island
- Florida Keys
- Golden Isles
- Isle Royale
- Little Diomede Island
- Long Island
- Kelleys Island
- Kodiak Island
- Mackinac Island
- Maine Islands
- Manhattan
- Manitou Islands
- Martha's Vineyard
- Nantucket
- Peaks Island
- Pribilof Islands
- Rhode Island
- San Juan Island
- Staten Island
- Tangier Island
- Venezuela
- Isla de Margarita
- Islas los Roques Atoll National Park
- Yemen
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