Aerial view of Suomenlinna
A light house on Jussarö
Ukonkivi island
A fishing village in Jurmo
A sandy beach of Kaunissaari
Archipelago Sea has more than 40,000 islands and islets
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

Within Finland's borders there are 789 islands of over 1 km2 area. Most of these are inhabited, and with a road connection to the mainland. There are all together 75,818 islands over 0,5 km2 area in Finland and with all the smaller isles, the total number of islands in Finland is 178,947.[1] There are 549 permanently inhabited islands in Finland with no road connection to mainland.[2] Many other islands are used nearly permanently for recreational purposes.

Largest islands by the sea

Island Area (km2)
Fasta Åland 685
Kimitoön 524
Hailuoto 195
Replot 160
Otava 105
Lemland 92
Eckerö 91
Öja 90
Storlandet 72
Ålön 70
Kyrklandet 64
Kivimaa 57
Pyhämaa 53
Vessölandet 52
Kirjalansaari 49
Oxkungar 46
Lillandet 38
Stortervolandet 37
Larsmo 37
Kaurissalo 36

Largest islands in lakes

Island Area (km2)
Soisalo 1,638
Sääminginsalo 1,069
Hurissalo 174
Partalansaari 170
Viljakansaari 115
Manamansalo 76
Äitsaari 74
Moinniemensaari 53
Oravisalo 49
Kirkkosaari 47
Väisälänsaari 35
Virmaila 35
Kuivainen 33
Pyylinsaari 28
Varpasalo 27
Paalasmaa 27
Salosaari 26
Judinsalo 25
Lintusalo 25
Kyläniemi 23

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Islands of Finland.

References

  1. ^ Saarten ja vetten maa (in Finnish)
  2. ^ Ilman kiinteää tieyhteyttä olevat pysyvästi asutut saaret (in Finnish)
Categories