List of islands of Finland - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...

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Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

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Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

'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 455 permanently inhabited islands in Finland with no road connection to mainland. Many other islands are used nearly permanently for recreational purposes. Smaller isles number in tens of thousands.

Åland Islands
Åland Islands
The Åland Islands form an archipelago in the Baltic Sea. They are situated at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia and form an autonomous, demilitarised, monolingually Swedish-speaking region of Finland...
Bengtskär
Bengtskär
Bengtskär is a skerry southwest of Hanko, and part of the municipality of Dragsfjärd. This rocky skerry is the southernmost inhabited place in Finland, and is reached by ferry from the village of Kasnäs....
Björkö (Korsholm)
Björkö (Korsholm)
Björkö is an island in Korsholm municipality , Finland. It is situated in the Kvarken area of the Gulf of Bothnia. The chief settlement is called Björköby. In addition to the main island, the Björkö area includes 350 skerries and its total area is 72 km2...
Emäsalo
Emäsalo
Emäsalo is an island and a village in the city of Porvoo in Southern Finland. The population is approximately 400, but during summer many people from all over the world come to spend their holidays at their summer cottages on the island...
Enonsaari
Fasta Åland
Fasta Åland
Fasta Åland is the largest and most populous island of Åland, an autonomous province of Finland. The provincial capital Mariehamn is located on the island. With the area of 685 km² it is the 3rd largest island in Finland....
Hailuoto
Hailuoto
Hailuoto is an island and a municipality in the province of Oulu, Finland. The population of Hailuoto is and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water . The population density is ....
Harmaja
Harmaja
Harmaja is an island and a lighthouse outside Helsinki, south of the Suomenlinna sea fortress. The island has been functioning as a landmark since the 16th century. A landmark structure was built on the island in the 18th century and a light house in 1883. The first lighthouse was only 7.3 m high...
Hirvensalo
Hirvensalo
Hirvensalo is an island in the Archipelago Sea, belonging to the city of Turku, Finland. It is divided into 14 districts, the largest ones being Moikoinen, Kukola and Haarla. Most of the island's economic activity is concentrated on the suburb of Moikoinen, which has a school, shops, a Lutheran...
Houtskär
Houtskär
Houtskär is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Iniö, Korpo, Nagu and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland....
Iniö
Iniö
Iniö is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Korpo, Nagu and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland....
Islands of Turku
Islands of Turku
The Islands of Turku consist of islands belonging to the Finnish city of Turku. There are dozens of islands and skerries, of which four are permanently inhabited:* Ruissalo/Runsala* Hirvensalo* Kakskerta* Satava- External links :*...
Jurmo
Jurmo
Jurmo is the name of an island and a village in the municipality of Korpo in the outer islands of the archipelago off of Turku, Finland. Directly south of the island of Korpo and northeast of the island of Utö, this elongated island is in length with an average width of . The island has had its...
Jussarö
Jussarö
Jussarö is an island in Ekenäs , Finland. Jussarö is known by the Jussarö lighthouse. There is also an iron ore mine, but it was closed in 1967. The iron ore occurrence is the biggest undersea level in Finland. In Jussarö some abandoned buildings still remain; which were used by the military until...
Kakskerta
Kakskerta
Kakskerta is an island in the Archipelago Sea, south of the city of Turku, Finland. It is a former municipality and a current district of Turku. Like other islands in the Archipelago Sea, it has a large number of summer residences...
Kataja
Kataja
Kataja, the easternmost point of Sweden, is an islet south of Haparanda in Norrbotten. The islet's area is 0.71 km², about 2 km long and 200–500 m wide. Its location is .The island is divided between Sweden and Finland...
Kimitoön (Kemiönsaari)
Koivusaari
Koivusaari
Koivusaari is an island and a district of Helsinki, Finland.Koivusaari is the westernmost district of the entire southern part of Helsinki. Directly west from it is a bridge across the Keilalahti bay, crossing the municipality border to Espoo, after which comes Keilaniemi, the easternmost district...
Kökar
Kökar
Kökar is an island municipality to the south-east of the Åland archipelago, Finland.It is also one of the municipalities of Åland. It is reachable by boat from Långnäs on Åland or from Galtby with access to mainland Finland....
Kokkosaari
Kokkosaari
Kokkosaari is the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake in the world. It is located in Kuonanjärvi on the Sääminginsalo island, which has been claimed to be the largest island in Finland. Kokkosaari is almost 2000m long, with a width of 400-900m....
Korkeasaari
Korkeasaari
Korkeasaari is an island in Helsinki, Finland where the country's biggest zoo is situated. The English name of the zoo is Helsinki Zoo.The zoo is located on a rocky island. It's connected to mainland via a bridge to Mustikkamaa, where there is access to the zoo all year round...
Korpo
Korpo
Korpo is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Iniö, Nagu and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region...
Kråkö
Kråkö
Kråkö is a small island in Porvoo in Finland. There is a primary school for Swedish-speaking children on the island and a voluntary fire station. There used to be a few shops and a cafeteria. However these closed down in the late 1990s. There is a museum of boatbuilding, reflecting the islanders'...
Kuivasaari
Kuivasaari
Kuivasaari is a Finnish island in the Gulf of Finland, near Helsinki. The island gets its name, meaning 'dry island', from the fact that there is no fresh water on the island, and water is instead pumped from the nearby Isosaari island.The whole island is a military installation and access for...
Kulosaari
Kulosaari
Kulosaari is an island and a suburb in Helsinki, Finland. It is also the 42nd neighbourhood of the city. Construction of villas on the island started in the beginning of the 20th century, and a bridge from Sörnäinen was opened in 1919...
Kustavi
Kustavi
Kustavi is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....
Kvarken
Kvarken
Kvarken is the narrow region in the Gulf of Bothnia separating the Bothnian Bay from the Bothnian Sea...
Kytö
Kytö
Kytö is an island in Espoo, Finland. It is one of Espoo's southernmost islands, and beyond it lies mostly only open sea. For decades, Kytö was used by the Finnish Defence Forces as a private training ground, and admittance to it was severely restricted...
Laajasalo
Laajasalo
Laajasalo is a group of islands that forms a neighbourhood in southern Helsinki, the capital of Finland. As of 2005, it had a population of 16,486....
Lauttasaari
Lauttasaari
Lauttasaari is an island and neighbourhood of Western Helsinki , about 3 kilometres west of the city centre....
Luonnonmaa
Luonnonmaa
Luonnonmaa is an island in the city of Naantali, in south-western Finland. It forms most of the city's area, but only a fraction of its population as it is rather sparsely populated. It previously belonged to the rural municipality of Naantali , but the municipality was annexed to the city of...
Mäkiluoto
Mäkiluoto
Mäkiluoto is a Finnish island in the Gulf of Finland, just to the south of Porkkala peninsula. It is part of Kirkkonummi municipality. The whole island is an unmanned military installation and access for civilians is heavily restricted. A number of coastal artillery guns are emplaced...
Maly Vysotsky Island
Maly Vysotsky Island
Maly Vysotsky is an island in northwest Russia, currently leased to Finland. It is located in Vyborg Bay, next to Vysotsk, 12 km southwest of Vyborg....
Märket
Märket
Märket is a small 3.3 hectares uninhabited skerry in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland , which has been divided between two sovereignties since the Treaty of Fredrikshamn of 1809 defined the border between Sweden and Russian Empire as going through the middle of the island...
Mulkkusaaret
Mulkkusaaret
Mulkkusaaret is a group of three small islands and one rock in lake Oulujärvi in the Paltamo municipality in Finland...
Nagu
Nagu
Nagu is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Iniö, Korpo and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland....
Öja (island)
Öja (island)
Öja is an island in the Gulf of Bothnia in Kokkola municipality, Finland. It has an area of . Öja is also the name of a settlement on the island with a population of 800....
Otava (island)
Otava (island)
Otava is an island in the Archipelago Sea, Finland. It is situated west of Naantali and has an area of ....
Pellinki
Pihlajasaari
Pihlajasaari
Pihlajasaari is an island in Helsinki, the capital of Finland.Pihlajasaari actually consists of two separate islands connected with a bridge...
Raippaluoto (Replot)
Replot
Replot is an island in the Kvarken , the narrowest part of the Gulf of Bothnia in the northern part of the Baltic sea. It has about 2,100 inhabitants, almost only Swedish-speaking. The size is about , one of the largest islands of Finland...
Reposaari
Reposaari
Reposaari is an island at the Kokemäenjoki rivers mouth in Pori, Finland.It is connected with the Finnish mainland by three bridges. It is mainly harbour and industrial area....
Ruissalo
Ruissalo
Ruissalo is an island in the Archipelago Sea and a district of the city of Turku, Finland. The island is located to the south-west of the city, between Hirvensalo and Pansio in the mainland. It is rather sparsely populated, having a population of only 126 , with an annual growth rate of 3.97%...
Rymättylä
Rymättylä
Rymättylä is a former municipality of Finland. It was, together with Merimasku and Velkua, consolidated with the town of Naantali on January 1, 2009....
Sääminginsalo
Sääminginsalo
Sääminginsalo has been said to be the largest true island of Finland . However, it is not a real island, because it is partly surrounded by an artificial canal. If it is considered as an island, it is the third largest island in a lake in the world...
Santahamina
Santahamina
Santahamina is an island and neighbourhood of Eastern Helsinki, Finland. At present it is a military base housing the Guard Jaeger Regiment, making access restricted...
Särkisalo
Särkisalo
Särkisalo is a former municipality of Finland, located mostly on Särkisalo island. It was consolidated with Salo on January 1, 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 710 and covered an area of...
Satava
Satava
Satava is a large island in the Archipelago Sea, off the coast of the city of Turku, Finland. The island is located between Hirvensalo and Kakskerta, and as many Finnish islands, it has a large amount of summer residences...
Seurasaari
Seurasaari
Seurasaari is an island and a district in Helsinki, Finland, known mostly as the location of the Seurasaari Open-Air Museum, which consists of old, mainly wooden buildings transplanted from elsewhere in Finland and placed in the dense forest landscape of the island.Every summer, many Helsinkians...
Själö
Själö
Själö or Nagu Själö or Seili is a small island , off the main islands of Nagu, in the Archipelago Sea, off the south west coast of Finland. Själö is part of the municipality of Väståboland...
Soisalo
Soisalo
Soisalo is the largest island of Finland and the largest inland island in Europe. The area of the island is . Located in Savonia, Eastern Finland, it is surrounded by the lakes Kallavesi, Suvasvesi, Kermajärvi, Ruokovesi, Haukivesi and Unnukka. Geographically Soisalo, although being surrounded by...
Storlandet
Storlandet
Storlandet is the main island of the former Nagu municipality in Western Finland. It has an area of ....
Suomenlinna
Suomenlinna
Suomenlinna, until 1918 Viapori , or Sveaborg , is an inhabited sea fortress built on six islands , and which now forms part of the city of Helsinki, the capital of Finland.Suomenlinna is a UNESCO World Heritage site and popular with both tourists and locals, who...
Suvisaaristo
Suvisaaristo
Suvisaaristo or Sommaröarna is a maritime district in Espoo, Finland, districts number 451 and 452, and an archipelago in the Gulf of Finland, directly in front of a peninsula in Soukka, in the southwestern corner of Espoo....
Säppi
Sappi
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Tammisalo
Tammisalo
Tammisalo is a wealthy neighbourhood and an island in eastern part of Helsinki, Finland. The population of Tammisalo is approximately 2,200 and its area is 0.73 km². The nearest districts are Herttoniemi, Roihuvuori and Laajasalo. In the viking era the coastal waterway from Sweden to Arab...
Ukonkivi
Ukonkivi
Ukonkivi, , is located on the island of Ukonsaari in lake Inari, Finnish Lapland. The Inari Sami name for the island is Äijih. The area of the lake is called Ukonselkä. Ukonkivi was used by the Sami people as a holy sacrificial place, perhaps as recently as the 19th century...
Utö, Finland
Utö, Finland
Utö is a small island in the Archipelago Sea in the Baltic sea and belongs to Väståboland municipality. It is the southernmost year-round inhabited island in Finland. On the island there's a lighthouse, pilot station, a small guest harbour, a shop and a post office. Due to the remoteness of the...
Valsörarna
Valsörarna
Valsörarna or Valassaaret is a small archipelago located in the Kvarken region of the Gulf of Bothnia. The islands are situated in the territorial waters of Finland and are the last you see when going by boat or ferry from Vaasa, Finland to Umeå, Sweden. They are a part of Korsholm municipality...
Väski
Väski
Väski is an island off the coast of Naantali, next to Kailo island which houses the theme park Muumimaailma in the Turku archipelago of southern Finland.The island is a tourist spot and is organised as a location for adventure holidays....
Velkua
Velkua
Velkua is a former municipality of Finland. It was, together with Merimasku and Rymättylä, consolidated with the town of Naantali on January 1, 2009....
Vessölandet
Vessölandet
Vessölandet, also called Vessö is an island situated 10 km to the south of Porvoo in Finland. It has an area of 52 km2 and is the largest island in the region of Eastern Uusimaa. It has a population of 500, of which 400 are Swedish- speaking....

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