List of islands of South America
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The following are lists of the islands of South America by country.
Argentina
Atlantic Ocean islands
Isla Apipé
Isla Bermejo
Isla de los Estados
Isla de San Martín
Isla del Cerrito
Isla Martín García
Isla Trinidad (Buenos Aires)
Patagonic Archipelago
Archipiélago de Tierra del Fuego
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego (divided with Chile)
Isla de los Estados
Lake islands
Isla Huemul
Isla Victoria
River islands
Islands of the Paraná River delta
Islas del Ibicuy
Bolivia
Bolivia is a landlocked country with no ocean islands.
Lake islands
Isla del Pescado (Incahuasi Island)
Isla del Sol
Isla de la Luna
Brazil
Atlantic Ocean islands
Arquipelago de Fernando de Noronha
Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo (Saint Peter and Paul Rocks)
Atol das Rocas (Rocas Atoll)
Ilha de Boipeba
Ilha de Maraca
Ilha da Queimada Grande
Ilha de Santa Bárbara
Ilha de Santa Catarina
Ilha de Santo Amaro
Ilha de São Luís
Ilha Grande
Ilha Itaparica
Ilha Tinhare
Ilha Trindade
Ilha dos Lobos
Ilhabela archipelago
Ilha de São Sebastião
Ilhas Cagarras archipelago
Ilhas Martim Vaz archipelago
Vitória archipelago
Ilha de Vitória
River Islands
Bananal Island
Anavilhanas Archipelago
Fluvial-maritime
Marajó Archipelago
Ilha de Marajó
Chile
Pacific Ocean islands
Archipiélago de Chiloé
Isla de Chiloé
Isla Guafo
Isla Lemuy
Isla Quinchao
Archipiélago de las Guaitecas
Archipiélago Guayaneco
Archipiélago Juan Fernández (also considered part of Oceania)
Isla Alejandro Selkirk
Isla Robinsón Crusoe
Isla Santa Clara
Islote Juananga
Isla Chañaral
Isla de Pascua (Easter Island) (also considered part of Oceania)
Isla del Rey
Isla Magdalena
Isla Mancera
Isla Mocha
Isla Quiriquina
Isla Salas y Gómez
Islas Desventuradas
Isla San Ambrosio
Isla San Félix
Islote González
Roca Catedral
Merino Jarpa Island
Patagonic Archipelago
Archipelago de La Reina Adelaida (Queen Adelaide Archipelago)
Isla Cochrane
Isla Contreras
Isla Juan Guillermo
Isla Pacheco
Isla Ramirez
North Rennell Island
South Rennell Island
Archipiélago de los Chonos
Isla Benjamin
Isla Cuptana
Isla Guamblin
Isla James
Isla Melchor
Isla Rivero
Isla Simpson
Isla Traiguen
Isla Victoria
Archipiélago de Tierra del Fuego
Isla Dawson
Isla Desolación
Isla Gordon
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego (divided with Argentina)
Isla Magdalena
Islas Hermite
Isla Hermite
Isla Hornos – location of Cape Horn (Cabo de Hornos)
Isla Hoste
Isla Navarino
Isla Santa Inés
Islas Picton, Lennox y Nueva
Islas Wollaston
Londonderry Island
Isla Angamos
Isla Aracena
Isla Campana
Isla Chatham
Isla Clarence
Isla Diego de Almagro
Isla Duque de York
Isla Esmeralda
Isla Farrel
Isla Guarello
Isla Hanover
Isla Jorge Montt
Isla Juan Guillermos
Isla Madre de Dios
Isla Manuel Rodriguez
Isla Mornington
Isla Patricio Lynch
Isla Pratt
Isla Riesco
Isla Serrano
Isla Stosch
Isla Wellington
Islas Diego Ramírez
Islote Águila (Águila Islet) – southernmost point of Chile
Islas Ildefonso
Lake islands
Isla Gabriela
Isla Guapi
Isla Fresia
Isla Central
River islands
Isla Teja
Isla del Rey
Isla Mancera
Isla Haverbeck
Isla Mota
Isla Guapi
Isla Lemuy
Isla Orrego
Colombia
Caribbean Sea islands
Bolívar Department:
Córdoba Department:
Tortuguilla Island
Magdalena Department:
Isla de Salamanca
San Andrés and Providencia Department:
Sucre Department:
Pacific Ocean islands
Cauca Department:
Chocó Department:
Cacagual Island
Nariño Department:
Bocagrande Island
El Bajito Island
El Gallo Island
El Morro Island
La Viciosa Island
Sanquianga Island
Tumaco Island
Valle del Cauca Department:
Lake islands
Boyacá Department:
Nariño Department:
River islands
Amazonas Department:
Antioquia Department:
Bolívar Department:
Caquetá Department:
Chocó Department:
Magdalena Department:
Santander Department:
Vichada Department:
Ecuador
Pacific Ocean islands
Galápagos Islands
Bartolomé Island
Baltra Island
Darwin Island
Española Island
Fernandina Island
Floreana Island
Genovesa Island
Isabela Island
Marchena Island
Rábida Island
Pinzón Island
Santa Fe Island
Santa Cruz Island
Santiago Island
Wolf Island
La Plata Island
Puná Island
Salango Island
Santa Clara Island(Ecuador)
Lake Islands
Cuicocha Lake
Teodoro Wolf Island
Yerovi Island
Falkland Islands
Atlantic Ocean islands
Falkland Islands (also claimed by Argentina)
West Falkland
East Falkland
Jason Islands
French Guiana
Îles du Salut
Île du Diable
Île Royale
Île Saint-Joseph
Constable Islands
Remire Islands
Îlet la Mère
Palasisi, island in the Litani River
Île Portal, island in the Maroni River
Guyana
Paraguay
Paraguay is a landlocked country with no ocean islands and only a few very small inland islands.
River islands
Yacyretá Island
Isla del Gato
Isla Anegadizo
Isla Piquete Kamba
Isla Stanley
Isla Pinasco N°1
Isla Pinasco N°2
Isla Pinasco N°3
Isla Ka'apuku Guasu
Isla Ka'apukumi
Isla de Los Puertos
Isla Peña Hermosa
Isla Dalmatia
Isla San Roque
Isla del Faro
Many other small islands in the Paraguay River.
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