|
Former
or alternate name
|
Type
of name
|
Name
of island or group
|
|
Abingdon
|
former
|
Pinta, Isla (Galapagos)
|
|
Abu al Jirab
|
variant
|
Abu al Abyad (UAE)
|
|
Açores Acores
|
Portuguese
|
Azores (Portugal)
|
|
Adrian Blocks Eylant
|
former Dutch
|
Block Island (RI, US)
|
|
Aenaria
|
ancient
|
Ischia (Italy)
|
|
Aeoliae
|
ancient
|
Lipari Islands (Italy)
|
|
Aethalia
|
ancient
|
Elba (Italy)
|
|
Ahrno
|
former variant
|
Arno Atoll (Marshall Is.)
|
|
Ahvenanmaa
|
Finnish alternate
|
Aland (Finland)
|
|
Ailinglap
|
former variant
|
Ailinglapalap Atoll (Marshall Islands)
|
|
Aion
|
variant
|
Ayon (Russia)
|
|
Ajjih
|
Saame alternate
|
Ukko (Inarijarvi, Finland)
|
|
Allor
|
former variant
|
Alor (Indonesia)
|
|
Almeheira
|
former variant
|
Halmahera (Indonesia)
|
|
Alsen
|
former variant
|
Als (Denmark)
|
|
Andalas
|
ancient name
|
Sumatra (Indonesia)
|
|
Andrija
|
former
|
Svetac (Croatia)
|
|
Antego
|
former variant
|
Antigua
|
|
Assumptione, I. della
|
former
|
Anticosti (Quebec, Canada)
|
|
Aotearoa
|
Maori alternate
|
New Zealand
|
|
Aquidneck Island
|
alternate
|
Rhode Island (RI, US)
|
|
Arbe
|
former
|
Rab (Croatia)
|
|
Arroo
|
former variant
|
Aru, Kepulauan (Indonesia)
|
|
Atleo
|
former variant
|
Atlöy (Norway) Atloy
|
|
Attoo
|
former variant
|
Attu (Aleutians, US)
|
|
Axores
|
former variant
|
Azores (Portugal)
|
|
Babelthuap
|
former
|
Babeldaob (Palau)
|
|
Bahía, Islas de la
|
Spanish
|
Bay Islands (Honduras)
|
|
Bahrein
|
former variant
|
Bahrain
|
|
Baleares
|
Latin
|
Balearic Islands (Spain)
|
|
Bally Island
|
former variant
|
Bali (Indonesia)
|
|
Banca
|
former variant
|
Bangka (Indonesia)
|
|
Barbada
|
former variant
|
Barbuda (Antigua & Barb.)
|
|
Barim
|
variant
|
Perim (Yemen)
|
|
Barlenga
|
former variant
|
Berlenga, Ilha (Portugal)
|
|
Barrington Island
|
former alternate
|
Santa Fe, Isla (Galapagos)
|
|
Baruada
|
former variant
|
Barbuda (Antigua & Barb.)
|
|
Baruodos
|
former variant
|
Barbados
|
|
Bear Island
|
English
|
Bjørnoya (Norwegian Sea)
|
|
Bear Islands
|
English
|
Medvezh'i Ostrova (Russia)
|
|
Behringa
|
former variant
|
Beringa (Siberia, Russia)
|
|
Bely
|
former variant
|
Belyy, Ostrov (Russia)
|
|
Bere Island
|
variant
|
Bear Island (Ireland)
|
|
Beren Eyland
|
former variant
|
Bjørnoya (Norwegian Sea)
|
|
Bermudos
|
former variant
|
Bermuda
|
|
Ber'ozovyj, Ostrov
|
variant
|
Bol'shoy Berezovyy (Karelia)
|
|
Big Diomede Island
|
alternate
|
Ratmanova (Siberia, Russia)
|
|
Björkö Bjorko
|
former
|
Bol'shoy Berezovyy (Karelia)
|
|
Black Bend Island
|
former variant
|
Blackbeard I. (Georgia)
|
|
Bliths Island
|
former variant
|
Blythe I. (Georgia)
|
|
Boblo Island
|
variant
|
Bois Blanc (Ontario)
|
|
Bolshoi Island
|
former variant
|
Bol'shoy Lyakhovskiy (Russia)
|
|
Bömmel Bommel
|
former variant
|
Bømlo (Norway) Bomlo
|
|
Bonayre
|
former variant
|
Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles)
|
|
Bonin Islands
|
alternate
|
Ogasawara-gunto (Japan)
|
|
Borbon, Isla de
|
Argentine alternate
|
Pebble I. (Falkland Is.)
|
|
Borgundarholm
|
former
|
Bornholm (Denmark)
|
|
Boriquen
|
former
|
Puerto Rico
|
|
Bouru
|
former variant
|
Buru (Indonesia)
|
|
Brassa or Brazza
|
former Italian
|
Brač (Croatia) Brac
|
|
Bremanger
|
variant
|
Bremangerlandet (Norway)
|
|
Britannia
|
Latin
|
Great Britain
|
|
Busi
|
former Italian
|
Biševo (Croatia) Bisevo
|
|
Byuare
|
former variant
|
Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles)
|
|
Cabo Verde, Ilhas do
|
Portuguese
|
Cape Verde
|
|
Canarias, Islas
|
Spanish
|
Canary Islands (Spain)
|
|
Candia
|
former alternate
|
Crete (Greece)
|
|
Candle Island
|
alternate
|
Raman Thuruth (Kerala, India)
|
|
Candy Island
|
former alternate
|
Crete (Greece)
|
|
Cape de Verd Isles
|
former variant
|
Cape Verde
|
|
Carmen
|
former variant
|
Karmøy (Norway) Karmoy
|
|
Caymanes
|
former variant
|
Cayman Islands
|
|
Ceiram
|
former variant
|
Ceram (Indonesia)
|
|
Cephalonia
|
variant
|
Kefallinia (Greece)
|
|
Cercina
|
ancient
|
Kerkennah (Tunisia)
|
|
Cerigo
|
former
|
Kithira (Greece)
|
|
Ceylon
|
former
|
Sri Lanka
|
|
Changoteach
|
former variant
|
Chincoteague (VA, US)
|
|
Cherso
|
former Italian
|
Cres (Croatia)
|
|
Chios
|
variant
|
Khios (Greece)
|
|
Chishima
|
Japanese
|
Kuril Islands (Russia)
|
|
Christmas Island
|
English
|
Kiritimati (Kiribati)
|
|
Cipangu
|
early European
|
Japan
|
|
Cipro
|
former variant
|
Cyprus
|
|
Codfish Island
|
English alternate
|
Whenua Hou (New Zealand)
|
|
Col I.
|
former variant
|
Coll (Scotland)
|
|
Colgoyen
|
former variant
|
Kolguyev (Russia)
|
|
Colon, Arch. de
|
Ecuadorian alternate
|
Galapagos
|
|
Commander Islands
|
English
|
Komandorskiye Os. (Russia)
|
|
Comores
|
French
|
Comoros
|
|
Company's Land
|
former
|
Urup (Kuril Is., Russia)
|
|
Condore
|
former European
|
Con Son (Vietnam)
|
|
Corcyra
|
ancient
|
Corfu (Greece)
|
|
Corcyra Nigra
|
ancient
|
Korčula (Croatia) Korcula
|
|
Corse
|
French
|
Corsica (France)
|
|
Cossura
|
ancient
|
Pantelleria (Italy)
|
|
Cozumal
|
former variant
|
Cozumel (Mexico)
|
|
Creta
|
Latin
|
Crete (Greece)
|
|
Creytons Island
|
former variant
|
Creighton I. (Georgia)
|
|
Cure
|
former variant
|
Kure (Hawaii)
|
|
Curzola
|
former Italian
|
Korčula (Croatia) Korcula
|
|
Cylon
|
former variant
|
Sri Lanka
|
|
Dagelet Island
|
former European
|
Ullung-do (South Korea)
|
|
Dago, Dagö, or Dagoe
|
former
|
Hiiumaa (Estonia)
|
|
Devil's Island
|
English
|
Diable, Î. du (French Guiana)
|
|
Dhalacel Keber
|
former variant
|
Dehalak' Deset (Eritrea)
|
|
Diayu Dao
|
Chinese alternate
|
Senkaku-gunto (Japan)
|
|
Disko
|
former
|
Qeqertarsuaq (Greenland)
|
|
Djawa
|
former variant
|
Java (Indonesia)
|
|
Donnasö
|
former variant
|
Donna (Norway)
|
|
Drago
|
former variant
|
Hiiumaa (Estonia)
|
|
Ebusos
|
ancient
|
Ibiza (Spain)
|
|
Edge Island
|
English
|
Edgeöya (Svalbard)
|
|
Egg I.
|
former variant
|
Eigg Island (Scotland)
|
|
Egripo
|
former
|
Euboea (Greece)
|
|
Ekerö Ekero
|
former variant
|
Iegeröya (Norway)
|
|
Elandia
|
former Latin
|
Oland (Sweden)
|
|
Eolie, Isole
|
alternate
|
Lipari Islands (Italy)
|
|
Española
|
former Spanish
|
Hispaniola
|
|
Etorofu
|
Japanese name
|
Iturup (Kuril Islands, Russia)
|
|
Ezel
|
former variant
|
Saaremaa (Estonia)
|
|
Faddeevski or Faddeyeff I.
|
former variants
|
Faddeyevskiy (Russia)
|
|
Faroër Faroer
|
former variant
|
Faeroe Islands
|
|
Fayal or Fayall
|
former variants
|
Faial (Azores, Portugal)
|
|
Feejee
|
former variant
|
Fiji
|
|
Femeren
|
former variant
|
Fehmarn (Germany)
|
|
Fero
|
former variant
|
Faeroe Islands
|
|
Fionia
|
former Latin
|
Fyn (Denmark)
|
|
Floris
|
former variant
|
Flores (Indonesia)
|
|
Formosa
|
former
|
Taiwan
|
|
Formose
|
former variant
|
Taiwan
|
|
Føroyar Foroyar
|
Faroese
|
Faeroe Islands
|
|
Frantsa Iosifa, Zemlya
|
Russian
|
Franz Josef Land (Russia)
|
|
Fridtjof Nansen Land
|
former alternate
|
Franz Josef Land (Russia)
|
|
Friendly Islands
|
former alternate
|
Tonga
|
|
Fro Öer
|
former variant
|
Froan (Norway)
|
|
Froien
|
former variant
|
Fröya (north of Hitra, Norway)
|
|
Frötö
|
former variant
|
Fröya (More og Roms.,
Nor.)
|
|
Fune, Funen, or Fünen
|
alternate
|
Fyn (Denmark)
|
|
Fungma
|
former
|
Cheju (South Korea)
|
|
Fyen
|
former variant
|
Fyn (Denmark)
|
|
Gallups Island
|
former variant
|
Gallops Island (MA)
|
|
Gardner Island
|
former
|
Nikumaroro (Kiribati)
|
|
Georgia
|
former alternate
|
South Georgia
|
|
Gilolo
|
former
|
Halmahera (Indonesia)
|
|
Godland
|
former variant
|
Gotland (Sweden)
|
|
Godo
|
former variant
|
Goddo (Norway)
|
|
Gothland or Gottland
|
former variant
|
Gotland (Sweden)
|
|
Gran Malvina
|
Argentine alternate
|
West Falkland (Falkland Is.)
|
|
Graver Island
|
former variant
|
Grover Island (SE Georgia)
|
|
Great Island
|
former variant
|
Groote Eylandt (Australia)
|
|
Great Liqueo
|
former alternate
|
Okinawa (Japan)
|
|
Great Warsaw
|
former variant
|
Wassaw (Georgia)
|
|
Green Island
|
English
|
Lu Tao (Taiwan)
|
|
Groenlande
|
former variant
|
Greenland
|
|
Groenlandia
|
former variant
|
Greenland
|
|
Gross Homn, Insel
|
former
|
Kräsuli (Estonia)
|
|
Grossa
|
former Italian
|
Dugi Otok (Croatia)
|
|
Grossbritannien
|
German
|
Great Britain
|
|
Gyaros
|
variant name
|
Yiaros (Greece)
|
|
Haida Gwaii
|
Haida
|
Queen Charlotte Is. (BC, Can.)
|
|
Haynan
|
former variant
|
Hainan (China)
|
|
Herd's Island
|
former variant
|
Heard Island (Indian Ocean)
|
|
Heligoland
|
former variant
|
Helgoland (Germany)
|
|
Herds Island
|
former variant
|
Hird I. (off Darien Georgia)
|
|
Hestmandö
|
former variant
|
Hestmona (Norway)
|
|
Heyligeland
|
former variant
|
Helgoland (Germany)
|
|
Hibernia
|
Latin name
|
Ireland
|
|
Hindo
|
former variant
|
Hinnöya (Norway)
|
|
Hitland
|
former variant
|
Shetland (Scotland)
|
|
Hitteren
|
former variant
|
Hitra (Norway)
|
|
Hitterö Hittero
|
former variant
|
Hidra (Norway)
|
|
Hjaltland
|
former Norse
|
Shetland (Scotland)
|
|
Hog Island
|
former
|
Paradise Island (Bahamas)
|
|
Hogland
|
former variant
|
Gogland (Baltic, Russia)
|
|
Hondo
|
former
|
Honshu (Japan)
|
|
Hoopen Eyland
|
former variant
|
Hopen (Svalbard)
|
|
Hope Island
|
English
|
Hopen (Svalbard)
|
|
Imbros
|
former Greek
|
Gökceada (Turkey)
|
|
Imroz
|
former Gokceada
|
Gökceada (Turkey)
|
|
Ila
|
former variant
|
Islay (Scotland)
|
|
Ilva
|
ancient
|
Elba (Italy)
|
|
Incoronata
|
former Italian
|
Kornat (Croatia)
|
|
Indre Sulen
|
former variant
|
Sula (Norway)
|
|
Irian
|
Indonesian
|
New Guinea
|
|
Isedom
|
former variant
|
Usedom (Germany-Poland)
|
|
Island
|
Icelandic, German
|
Iceland
|
|
Islandia
|
Latin
|
Iceland
|
|
Ithaca
|
variant
|
Ithaki (Greece)
|
|
Ivica or Iviza
|
former variant
|
Ibiza (Spain)
|
|
Iwo-jima
|
variant
|
Io-jima (Japan)
|
|
Jawa
|
Indonesian
|
Java (Indonesia)
|
|
Jeendana
|
former alternate
|
Sumba (Indonesia)
|
|
Jeju
|
alternate
|
Cheju (South Korea)
|
|
Jerba
|
variant
|
Djerba (Tunisia)
|
|
Jesso
|
former variant
|
Hokkaido (Japan)
|
|
Joanes or Joannes
|
former
|
Marajo (Brazil)
|
|
Jykill Island
|
former variant
|
Jekyll Island (Georgia)
|
|
Kaggo
|
former variant
|
Kågen (Norway) Kagen
|
|
Kalaallit Nunaat
|
Greenlandic alternate
|
Greenland
|
|
Kalimantan
|
Indonesian
|
Borneo
|
|
Kannay
|
former variant
|
Canna (Scotland)
|
|
Karafuto
|
Japanese
|
Sakhalin (Siberia, Russia)
|
|
Karlo or Karlö
|
Swedish alternate
|
Hailuoto (Finland)
|
|
Kashut
|
former variant
|
Kasos (Greece)
|
|
Ké Ke
|
former variant
|
Kai (Indonesia)
|
|
Keeling Islands
|
former alternate
|
Cocos Islands (Indian Ocean)
|
|
Kentucky Island
|
former Western
|
Dan Dao, Shandong, China
|
|
Kerkira
|
Greek alternate
|
Corfu (Greece)
|
|
Kharaj Island
|
former variant
|
Kharg (Iran)
|
|
Kipr
|
former Norse
|
Cyprus
|
|
Kolgi, Kolguef, or Kolguev
|
former variants
|
Kolguyev (Russia)
|
|
Kondor Islands, Pulau
|
former alternate
|
Con Son (Vietnam)
|
|
Kotelnoi or Kotelny
|
former variants
|
Kotel'nyy (Russia)
|
|
Koulouri
|
former
|
Salamis (Greece)
|
|
Koutan
|
former variant
|
Akutan (Aleutians, US)
|
|
Kreta
|
German
|
Crete (Greece)
|
|
Kriti
|
Greek name
|
Crete (Greece)
|
|
Kunö Kuno
|
former
|
Kihnu (Estonia)
|
|
Kuria Muria Islands
|
variant
|
Khuriya Muriya (Oman)
|
|
Kurile Islands
|
variant
|
Kuril Islands (Russia)
|
|
Kythera
|
variant
|
Kithira (Greece)
|
|
Laaland
|
former variant
|
Lolland (Denmark)
|
|
Laccadive
|
former
|
Lakshadweep (India)
|
|
Ladrone or Ladrones
|
former alternate
|
Mariana Islands
|
|
Lagosta
|
former Italian
|
Lastovo (Croatia)
|
|
Landegode
|
former variant
|
Landego (Norway)
|
|
Lantau
|
variant
|
Lan Tao (Hong Kong)
|
|
Leila
|
Moroccan alternate
|
Perejil (Ceuta, Spain)
|
|
Lesina
|
former Italian
|
Hvar (Croatia)
|
|
Leucas or Leukas
|
ancient name
|
Levkas (Greece)
|
|
Liakhof Islands
|
former variant
|
Lyakhovskiye Os. (Russia)
|
|
Liqueo Isles
|
former alternate
|
Ryukyu Islands (Japan)
|
|
Lisiansky
|
former variant
|
Lisianski (Hawaii)
|
|
Lissa
|
former Italian
|
Vis (Croatia)
|
|
Little Makin Island
|
former
|
Makin (Kiribati)
|
|
Little Warsaw
|
former variant
|
Little Wassaw (Georgia)
|
|
Lofoden
|
former variant
|
Lofoten Is. (Norway)
|
|
Lombock
|
former variant
|
Lombok (Indonesia)
|
|
Longa, Insula
|
former Latin
|
Long Island (New York, US)
|
|
Longe Isleland
|
former variant
|
Long Island (New York, US)
|
|
Loppen
|
|