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This is a List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands.

Sub-Antarctic islands are islands in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica north of the Antarctic Circle (66° 33' 38").
Antarctic islands are the islands in the Southern Ocean or in the seas around Antarctica south of the Antarctic Circle.

According to the terms of the Antarctic Treaty, claims to sovereignty over lands south of 60°S are not asserted. This includes all of the Antarctic islands and some of the sub-Antarctic islands.

List of largest Antarctic islands by size

Rank	Island	Area (km²)	Elevation (m)	Coordinates
1	Alexander Island	49,070	2976
2	Berkner Island	43,873	975
3	Thurston Island	15,700	.
4	Carney Island	8,500	.
5	Roosevelt Island	7,910	550
6	Siple Island	6,390	3110
7	Adelaide Island	4,463	2317
8	Spaatz Island	4,100	.
9	Bear Island	3,500	.
10	Guest Island¹⁾	2,950	.
11	James Ross Island	2,598.4	1628
12	Ross Island	2,460	3794
13	Anvers Island	2,432	2821
	Joinville Island	1,607.4	765
	Charcot Island	1,500²⁾	.
	King George Island	1,383.8	655
	Mill Island	1,258.1	326
	Sherman Island	1,158.6	186
	Smyley Island	1,000²⁾	.
	Brabant Island	976.8	2522
	Livingston Island	973.5	1700
	Grant Island	767.8	580
	Latady Island	700²⁾	.
	Drygalski Island	693.7	510
	Renaud Island	618.3	.
	Masson Island	585.4	471
	Elephant Island	557.9	852
	Rothschild Island	500²⁾	.
	Hearst Island	500²⁾	365
	D'Urville Island	455.3	210
	Coronation Island	450	1278
	Sturge Island	437.4	945
¹⁾ actually a peninsula, also called Guest Peninsula
²⁾ rough estimate from map

List of sub-Antarctic islands (north of 60° S)

Antarctica and surrounding islands

Antipodes Islands ( (New Zealand )
- Antipodes Island ( ) (New Zealand )
- Bollons Island ( ) (New Zealand )
Auckland Islands ( , New Zealand )
Bounty Islands ( ) (New Zealand )
Bouvet Island ( ) (Norway )
Campbell Island group (New Zealand )
- Campbell Island, New Zealand ( )
- Dent Island ( )
- Folly Island or Folly Islands
- Jacquemart Island ( )
Crozet Islands ( or officially Archipel Crozet) (France )
- L'Occidental (Western Group)
  - Île aux Cochons (Pig Island) ( )
  - Two major rocks
    - Brisants de l'Héroïne (Heroine Breakers)
    - Rochers de la Meurthe (Meurthe Rocks) ( )
  - Île des Pingouins (Penguin Island) ( )
    - Brisant du Tamaris
    - la Chandelle
    - les Chaudrons de l'Enfer (maybe not an island, but a coastal section)
    - Île Riou
    - le Kiosque
    - Rocher de l'Arche
  - Îlots des Apôtres (Apostle Islets) ( )
    - le Caillou
    - le Clown
    - le Donjon
    - l'Enclume
    - la Grande Aiguille
    - Grand Île (the biggest island of the Îlots des Apôtres)
    - le Hangar
    - les Jumeaux
    - l'Obélisque
    - Rocher Percé
    - la Petite Aiguille
    - Petite Île (the second biggest island of the Îlots des Apôtres)
    - Rocher Fendu
    - Rocher Nord (the third biggest island of the Îlots des Apôtres)
    - Rocher Sud
    - les Sentinelles du Diable
    - la Sentinelle Perdue
    - le Torpilleur
- L'Oriental (Eastern Group)
  - Île de la Possession (Possession Island) ( )
  - Île de l'Est (East Island) ( )
    - la Voile (small rock south of Île de l'Est )
Diego Ramirez Islands ( ) (Chile )
- Águila Islet
Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) ( ) (Australia)
- Heard Island ( )
- McDonald Islands ( )
Ildefonso Islands ( ) (Chile )
Kerguelen Islands ( ) (France )
Macquarie Island ( ) (Australia)
- Bishop and Clerk Islets ( )
- Judge and Clerk Islets ( )
Prince Edward Islands ( ) (South Africa)
- Marion Island ( )
- Prince Edward Island ( )
Saint-Paul Island (France )
The Snares ( ) (New Zealand )
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom ; claimed by Argentina )
- South Georgia and its associated islands
  - the main island (South Georgia Island) and its surrounding (=lying immediately next or close to the main island (South Georgia Island)) islands
    - South Georgia Island, the big main island ( ) (variant names: Isla San Pedro, Isle of Georgia, South Georgia Island, Süd-Georgien or South Georgia Main Island or historically Roché Island)
    - Bird Island ( )
    - Annenkov Island ( )
    - Cooper Island ( )
    - Pickersgill Islands ( )
    - Welcome Islands ( )
    - Willis Islands ( )
      - Trinity Island ( )
    - Black Rocks ( )
  - The Shag Rocks and the Black Rock
    - Shag Rocks ( ) 185 km west-northwest of South Georgia Island
    - Black Rock ( ) 169 km west-northwest of South Georgia Island and 16 km southeast of the Shag Rocks
  - Clerke Rocks ( ) 56 km east-southeast of South Georgia Island
- South Sandwich Islands ( )
  - Traversay and Candlemas Islands
    - Traversay Islands ( )
    - Candlemas Islands ( )
      - Candlemas Island
      - Vindication Island
  - Bristol Island
  - Montagu Island
  - Saunders Island
  - Southern Thule
Archipelago of Tristan da Cunha and its associated islands (United Kingdom )
- Tristan da Cunha ( ), the relatively big main island (98 km²)
  - Inaccessible Island ( ) (10 km²)
  - Nightingale Islands (2 km²)
    - Nightingale Island ( ) (1.8 km²)
    - Middle Island (0.1 km²)
    - Stoltenhoff (0.1 km²)
- Gough Island ( ) (Diego Alvarez) (91 km²)

List of Antarctic islands (south of 60° S)

All these islands fall under the terms of the Antarctic Treaty.

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Adams Island, Antarctica ( ).
Adelaide Island or Isla Adelaida or Isla Belgrano - west side of the Antarctic Peninsula ( )
Aldea Island
Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land or Alexander The First Island or Isla Alejandro I ( ) (claimed by the United Kingdom , Chile and Argentina )
Amsler Island
Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes ( )