List of islands of Chile
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The following is an ordered list of the islands of the Republic of Chile.

Pacific Ocean islands

  • Archipiélago de Chiloé
    Chiloé Archipelago
    Chiloé Archipelago consists of several islands lying off the coast of Chile. It is separated from mainland Chile by Chacao Channel in the north, the Sea of Chiloé in the east and Gulf of Corcovado to the southeast. All of the archipelago except Desertores Islands, which are part of Palena...

    • Isla de Chiloé
      Chiloé Island
      Chiloé Island , also known as Greater Island of Chiloé , is the largest island of the Chiloé Archipelago off the coast of Chile, in the Pacific Ocean...

    • Isla Guafo
    • Isla Lemuy
      Lemuy Island
      Lemuy Island is an island in Chiloé Archipelago, Chile, off the eastern coast of Chiloé Island. It has an area of 97 km2 and a population of 4,125 . It is coterminous with the commune of Puqueldón....

    • Isla Quinchao
      Quinchao Island
      Quinchao Island is an island in Chiloé Province, Chile, off the east coast of Chiloé Island. It has an area of 135 km2 and a population of ca 12,000. It includes the communes of Quinchao and Curaco de Vélez. Main towns are Achao and Curaco de Vélez. Quinchao Island is separated from Chiloé...

  • Archipiélago de las Guaitecas
    Guaitecas Archipelago
    Guaitecas Archipelago is an archipelago in the municipality of Guaitecas in the Aisén province. The Ciprés de las Guaitecas tree is named after the archipelago. The only settlement in the archipelago is Melinka....

  • Archipiélago Guayaneco
    Guayaneco Archipelago
    The Guayaneco Archipelago is an archipelago in southern Chile . It was heavily glaciated during the most recent ice age. These glaciers dissected these mountain islands into a series of deep river valleys and glacial troughs. Today these glacial troughs are deep channels and fjords...

  • Archipiélago Juan Fernández
    Juan Fernández Islands
    The Juan Fernández Islands are a sparsely inhabited island group reliant on tourism and fishing in the South Pacific Ocean, situated about off the coast of Chile, and is composed of three main volcanic islands; Robinson Crusoe Island, Alejandro Selkirk Island and Santa Clara Island, the first...

    • Isla Alejandro Selkirk
      Alejandro Selkirk Island
      Alejandro Selkirk Island, previously known as Isla Más Afuera and renamed after Alexander Selkirk, is the second largest and most westernly island of the Juan Fernández Islands archipelago of the Valparaíso Region of Chile...

    • Isla Robinsón Crusoe
      Robinson Crusoe Island
      Robinson Crusoe Island , formerly known as Más a Tierra , or Aguas Buenas, is the largest island of the Chilean Juan Fernández archipelago, situated 674 kilometres west of South America in the South Pacific Ocean...

    • Isla Santa Clara
      Santa Clara (Juan Fernández Islands)
      Santa Clara is an uninhabited tiny island in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Robinson Crusoe Island in a group of islands known as the Juan Fernández Islands. The island is of volcanic origin and is approximately 1 kilometre long and 600 metres wide...

    • Islote Juananga
      Juan Fernández Islands
      The Juan Fernández Islands are a sparsely inhabited island group reliant on tourism and fishing in the South Pacific Ocean, situated about off the coast of Chile, and is composed of three main volcanic islands; Robinson Crusoe Island, Alejandro Selkirk Island and Santa Clara Island, the first...

  • Isla Chañaral
    Isla Chañaral
    Isla Chañaral , Chile is located 6 km off-shore from the northern Central Chilean coast, some 100 km north of the city of La Serena. Together with Isla Choros and Isla Damas, the island forms the Humboldt Penguin National Reserve, which is administered by the Chilean Forestry Corporation...

  • Isla de Pascua (Easter Island
    Easter Island
    Easter Island is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian triangle. A special territory of Chile that was annexed in 1888, Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapanui people...

    )
  • Isla del Rey
    Del Rey Island
    Isla del Rey is the largest island in Los Ríos Region of Chile. It is located at the outflow of Valdivia River into Corral Bay. To the east the island is separated from the mainland by Futa River and by south by Tornagaleones River....

  • Isla Magdalena
    Magdalena Island, Aisén Region
    Magdalena Island is an island in Aisén Region of southern Chile. It has an approximate area of 2,025 km2. The island is located between the Moraleda Channel and the Puyuhuapi Channel, and belongs partially to the Isla Magdalena National Park....

  • Isla Mancera
    Mancera Island
    Mancera Island is a minor island at the mouth of Valdivia River, in southern Chile. It was named after the Spanish viceroy of Peru Pedro de Toledo, 1st Marquis of Mancera, who fortified the island. The fort was a vital point in the Valdivian Fort System, preventing enemy ships from reaching...

  • Isla Mocha
  • Isla Quiriquina
    Quiriquina Island
    Quiriquina Island, Chile is located at the entrance to the Bay of Concepción, 11 km north of Talcahuano.In April, 1557, Don Garcia de Mendoza, Spanish viceroy of the Kingdom of Chile, arrived at the harbor of Concepción, with a large force of infantry and established himself upon the island of...

  • Isla Salas y Gómez
  • Islas Desventuradas
    Desventuradas Islands
    thumb|Map of Desventuradas Islands The Desventuradas Islands, also known as Islas de los Desventurados, is a group of four small islands located off the coast of Chile, northwest of Santiago in the Pacific Ocean...

    • Isla San Ambrosio
      Desventuradas Islands
      thumb|Map of Desventuradas Islands The Desventuradas Islands, also known as Islas de los Desventurados, is a group of four small islands located off the coast of Chile, northwest of Santiago in the Pacific Ocean...

    • Isla San Félix
      Desventuradas Islands
      thumb|Map of Desventuradas Islands The Desventuradas Islands, also known as Islas de los Desventurados, is a group of four small islands located off the coast of Chile, northwest of Santiago in the Pacific Ocean...

    • Islote González
      Desventuradas Islands
      thumb|Map of Desventuradas Islands The Desventuradas Islands, also known as Islas de los Desventurados, is a group of four small islands located off the coast of Chile, northwest of Santiago in the Pacific Ocean...

    • Roca Catedral
      Desventuradas Islands
      thumb|Map of Desventuradas Islands The Desventuradas Islands, also known as Islas de los Desventurados, is a group of four small islands located off the coast of Chile, northwest of Santiago in the Pacific Ocean...

  • Merino Jarpa Island
    Merino Jarpa Island
    Merino Jarpa Island is an island in the Baker Channel in Aisén region, Chile. It has an area of 430 km2....

  • Patagonic Archipelago
    • Archipelago de La Reina Adelaida
      Queen Adelaide Archipelago
      Queen Adelaide Archipelago is an island group in Zona Austral, the extreme south of Chile. It belongs to the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region....

       (Queen Adelaide Archipelago
      Queen Adelaide Archipelago
      Queen Adelaide Archipelago is an island group in Zona Austral, the extreme south of Chile. It belongs to the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region....

      )
      • Isla Cochrane
        Queen Adelaide Archipelago
        Queen Adelaide Archipelago is an island group in Zona Austral, the extreme south of Chile. It belongs to the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region....

      • Isla Contreras
        Contreras Island
        Contreras Island is an island in the Queen Adelaide Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. Its area is 626 km²....

      • Isla Juan Guillermo
        Queen Adelaide Archipelago
        Queen Adelaide Archipelago is an island group in Zona Austral, the extreme south of Chile. It belongs to the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region....

      • Isla Pacheco
        Pacheco Island
        Pacheco Island is an island in the Queen Adelaide Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. Its area is 151 km²....

      • Isla Ramirez
        Ramirez Island
        ]Ramirez Island is an island in the Queen Adelaide Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. Its area is 163 km². ....

      • North Rennell Island
        North Rennell Island
        North Rennell Island is the smaller of the two Rennell Islands in the Queen Adelaide Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. Its area is 303 km²....

      • South Rennell Island
        South Rennell Island
        ]]South Rennell Island is the largest of the Rennell Islands in the Queen Adelaide Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. Its area is 340 km²....

    • Archipiélago de los Chonos
      Chonos Archipelago
      Chonos Archipelago is a series of low mountainous elongated islands with deep bays, traces of a submerged Chilean Coast Range. Most of the islands are forested with little or no human settlement...

      • Isla Benjamin
        Benjamin Island
        Benjamin Island is an island in the Chonos Archipelago of Chile. It has an area of 618 km²....

      • Isla Cuptana
        Cuptana Island
        Cuptana Island is an island in the Chonos Archipelago of Chile. It has an area of 320 km²....

      • Isla Guamblin
        Chonos Archipelago
        Chonos Archipelago is a series of low mountainous elongated islands with deep bays, traces of a submerged Chilean Coast Range. Most of the islands are forested with little or no human settlement...

      • Isla James
        James Island (Chile)
        James Island is an island in the Chonos Archipelago of Chile. It has an area of 388 km²....

      • Isla Melchor
        Melchor Island
        Melchor Island is an island in the Chonos Archipelago of Chile. It has an area of 864 km²....

      • Isla Rivero
        Rivero Island
        Rivero Island is an island in the Chonos Archipelago of Chile. It has an area of 452 km²....

      • Isla Simpson
        Chonos Archipelago
        Chonos Archipelago is a series of low mountainous elongated islands with deep bays, traces of a submerged Chilean Coast Range. Most of the islands are forested with little or no human settlement...

      • Isla Traiguen
        Traiguen Island
        Traiguen Island is an island in the Chonos Archipelago of Chile. It has an area of 520 km²....

      • Isla Victoria
        Victoria Island (Chile)
        Victoria Island is an island in the Chonos Archipelago of Chile. It has an area of 354 km²....

    • Archipiélago de Tierra del Fuego
      Tierra del Fuego
      Tierra del Fuego is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan. The archipelago consists of a main island Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego divided between Chile and Argentina with an area of , and a group of smaller islands including Cape...

      • Isla Dawson
        Dawson Island
        Dawson Island is an island in the Strait of Magellan that forms part of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, 100 km south of the city of Punta Arenas in Chile, and part of the Municipality of Punta Arenas. It is located southeast of Brunswick Peninsula and is an approximately 1290 km² tract...

      • Isla Desolación
        Desolación Island
        Desolación Island is an island at the western end of the Strait of Magellan in the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. It belongs to the Tierra del Fuego archipelago...

      • Isla Gordon
        Gordon Island
        Gordon Island is an island in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. Politically, the island is located in the Commune of Cabo de Hornos, which belongs to the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. It has an area of 591 km²....

      • Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
        Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
        Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego is an island near the southern tip of South America from which it is separated by the Strait of Magellan...

         (divided with Argentina)
      • Isla Magdalena
        Magdalena Island, Magallanes Region
        Magdalena Island is a small island in the Strait of Magellan, Chile. It is located in Magallanes Region about 32 km northeast of the regional capital Punta Arenas. In 1982 it, and nearby Marta Island, were declared a national monument- Monumento Natural Los Pingüinos. The island is the breeding...

      • Islas Hermite
        Hermite Islands
        The Hermite Islands are a group of Chilean islands in the archipelago of Tierra del Fuego. They form part of the Commune of Cabo de Hornos in Antártica Chilena Province of Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region, at the southernmost end of South America...

        • Isla Hermite
          Hermite Islands
          The Hermite Islands are a group of Chilean islands in the archipelago of Tierra del Fuego. They form part of the Commune of Cabo de Hornos in Antártica Chilena Province of Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region, at the southernmost end of South America...

        • Isla Hornos
          Hornos Island
          Hornos Island is a Chilean island at the southern tip of South America. The island is mostly known for being the location of Cape Horn. It is generally considered South America's southernmost island, but the Diego Ramírez Islands are farther south...

           – location of Cabo de Hornos (Cape Horn
          Cape Horn
          Cape Horn is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island...

          )
      • Isla Hoste
      • Isla Navarino
        Isla Navarino
        Isla Navarino is a Chilean island located strategically between Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, to the north, and Cape Horn, to the south. The island forms part of the Commune of Cabo de Hornos, the southernmost commune in Chile and in the world, belonging to Antártica Chilena Province in the XII...

      • Isla Santa Inés
      • Islas Picton, Lennox y Nueva
        Picton, Lennox and Nueva
        Picton, Lennox and Nueva is a group of three islands on the extreme south of South America, in the Chilean commune of Cabo de Hornos in Antártica Chilena Province, Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region...

      • Islas Wollaston
        Wollaston Islands
        Wollaston Islands is a group of islands in the extreme south of Chile near Cape Horn. The islands are inside Cabo de Hornos National Park, belonging to the Commune of Cabo de Hornos in Antártica Chilena Province of Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region....

      • Londonderry Island
        Londonderry Island
        Londonderry is an island in Tierra del Fuego in Chile at the western end of the Beagle Channel and Darwin Sound; the captain of HMS Beagle, Robert FitzRoy, was a descendant of the Marquis of Londonderry. Politically, the island is located in the Commune of Cabo de Hornos, which belongs to the...

    • Isla Angamos
      Angamos Island
      Angamos Island is an island in the Patagonian Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. It has an area of 448 km²....

    • Isla Aracena
      Aracena Island
      Aracena Island is an island in the Patagonian Archipelago, Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. It belongs to the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. It has an area of . The highest point of the island is Monte Vernal at...

    • Isla Campana
      Campana Island
      Campana Island is an island in the Patagonic Archipelago, Chile. Its area is 1,188 km²....

    • Isla Chatham
      Chatham Island, Chile
      Chatham Island is an island in the Patagonian Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. It has an area of 696 km²....

    • Isla Clarence
      Clarence Island, Chile
      Clarence Island is an island in the Patagonian Archipelago, Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. It belongs to the Tierra del Fuego archipelago and to the municipality of Punta Arenas. It is located just south of Brunswick Peninsula and has an area of...

    • Isla Diego de Almagro
      Diego de Almagro Island
      Diego de Almagro Island is an island in the Patagonian Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. It has an area of 376 km²....

    • Isla Duque de York
      Duke of York Island (Chile)
      Duke of York Island is an island in the Patagonian Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. It has an area of 522 km²....

    • Isla Esmeralda
      Esmeralda Island
      Esmeralda Island is an island in the Patagonian Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. It has an area of 515 km²....

    • Isla Farrel
      Farrel Island
      Farrel Island is an island in the Patagonian Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. It has an area of 325 km²....

    • Isla Guarello
      Guarello Island
      Guarello Island is an island in Madre de Dios Archipelago in Magallanes Region, Chile. Guarello Island is in a limestone area that also includes Madre de Dios Island. The island has the world's southernmost limestone mine...

    • Isla Hanover
      Hanover Island
      Hanover Island is an island in the Patagonian Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. Its area is 812 km².In popular fiction the island is featured in Jules Verne's book 'Two Years' Vacation'...

    • Isla Jorge Montt
      Jorge Montt Island
      Jorge Montt Island is an island in the Patagonian Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. It has an area of 537 km²....

    • Isla Juan Guillermos
      Juan Guillermos Island
      Juan Guillermos Island is a Chilean island in the Patagonian Archipelago in Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region. It has an area of 393 km². It is named after Irish Captain John Williams Wilson....

    • Isla Madre de Dios
      Madre de Dios Island
      Madre de Dios Island is an island in the Patagonian Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. Its area is 1,043 km². Madre de Dios Island is composed partly by limestone and has several natural caves...

    • Isla Manuel Rodriguez
      Manuel Rodriguez Island
      Manuel Rodriguez Island is an island in the Patagonian Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. It has an area of 466 km²....

    • Isla Mornington
      Mornington Island (Chile)
      Mornington Island is an island in the Patagonian Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. It has an area of 529 km²....

    • Isla Patricio Lynch
      Patricio Lynch Island
      Patricio Lynch Island is an island in the Patagonian Archipelago, Chile. Its area is 561 km²....

    • Isla Pratt
    • Isla Riesco
    • Isla Serrano
      Serrano Island
      Serrano Island , also known as Little Wellington Island, is an island in the Patagonian Archipelago, Chile. Its area is 1,063 km². It should not be confused with Lavoisier Island in the Antarctica, which is also called Isla Serrano in Spanish.-References:http://islands.unep.ch/IXE.htm#329...

    • Isla Stosch
      Stosch Island
      Stosch Island is an island in the Patagonian Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. It has an area of 357 km²....

    • Isla Wellington
      Wellington Island
      Wellington Island is an island west of Southern Patagonian Ice Field, Chile. It has an area of 5,556 km² and most of the island forms part of Bernardo O'Higgins National Park. It is home to the last Kawésqar people, living the village of Puerto Edén, the only inhabited place on the...

    • Islas Diego Ramírez
      Diego Ramírez Islands
      The Diego Ramírez Islands are a small group of lesser islands located in the southernmost extreme of Chile about south-west of Cape Horn and south-south-east of Ildefonso Islands, stretching north-south . Their land area is little more than...

      • Islote Águila
        Águila Islet
        Águila Islet is the southernmost point of the South American continent . It is part of the larger southern group of the Diego Ramírez Islands, about southwest of Cape Horn in the Drake Passage, which is the southernmost possession of Chile.The distance to the closest Antarctic lands is...

         (Águila Islet
        Águila Islet
        Águila Islet is the southernmost point of the South American continent . It is part of the larger southern group of the Diego Ramírez Islands, about southwest of Cape Horn in the Drake Passage, which is the southernmost possession of Chile.The distance to the closest Antarctic lands is...

        ) – southernmost point of Chile
    • Islas Ildefonso
      Ildefonso Islands
      Islas Ildefonso are a group of islands in Chile. The islands belong to the Commune of Cabo de Hornos in Antártica Chilena Province of Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region...


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