List of divided islands

This article is about a list of divided islands. For the 2015 Indian book about the Sri Lankan conflict, see This Divided Island.
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This is a list of islands whose land is divided by one or more international borders.

Buffer zone in Nicosia

Sea islands[edit]

[Several of the density figures, such as those marked (*), don't agree with the other statistics.]

Island Area
(km2/sq mi) 		Population Countries/Dependencies (Provinces/States/Sovereign) Area Population Population
per km2/per sq mi
New Guinea[1] 785,753/303,381
[2] 		11,306,940  Papua New Guinea 59% 68% 17/44
 Indonesia (Central Papua, Highland Papua, Papua, South Papua, and West Papua) 41% 32% 11/28
Borneo[3] 748,168/288,869
[2] 		21,258,000  Indonesia (Central, East, North, South, and West Kalimantan) 73% 70% 27/70
 Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak) 26% 28% 31/80
 Brunei 1% 2% 78/200
Ireland 84,421/32,595
[4] 		6,806,900  Ireland 83% 72% 70/180
 United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) 17% 28% (*)275/710
Hispaniola[5] 76,192/29,418
[6][7] 		21,396,000  Dominican Republic 64% 50% 221/570
 Haiti 36% 50% 391/1,010
Isla Grande de
Tierra del Fuego 		47,992/18,530
[2] 		133,861  Chile (Antártica Chilena, Tierra del Fuego) 61% 5% (*)0.6/1.6
 Argentina ( Tierra del Fuego) 39% 95% 6.9/18
Timor 28,418/10,972
[2] 		3,182,693  Indonesia ( East Nusa Tenggara) 51% 63% 128/330
 East Timor 49% 37% 78/200
Cyprus 9,234/3,565
[2] 		1,133,803 De jure
 Cyprus 97% 98% 86/220
Akrotiri and Dhekelia ( United Kingdom) 3% 2% 62/160
De facto
 Cyprus 58% 56% 81/210
 Northern Cyprus 35% 41% 100/260
 United Nations (UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus) 4% 1% (*)88/230
Akrotiri and Dhekelia ( United Kingdom) 3% 2% 62/160
Dall Island
[8][9][10][11][12] 		655.2/253.0
[2] 		~20  United States ( Alaska) <100% 100% ~0.03/0.078
 Canada ( British Columbia) >0% none none
Sebatik Island 452.2/174.6
[2] 		105,000  Indonesia ( North Kalimantan) 55% 76% 320/830
 Malaysia ( Sabah) 45% 34% 120/310
Usedom[13] 445/172
 85,047  Germany ( Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) 84% 41% 84/220
 Poland ( West Pomeranian Voivodeship) 16% 59% 625/1,620
Saint Martin 91.9/35.5
[2] 		77,741 Saint-Martin ( France) 59% 51% 682/1,770
 Sint Maarten ( Kingdom of the Netherlands) 41% 49% 1,110/2,900
Hans Island 1.2/0.46
 0  Greenland ( Kingdom of Denmark) 60% none none
 Canada ( Nunavut) 40% none none
Kataja
(including Inakari[14]) 		0.71/0.27 0  Sweden (Norrbotten County) ~85% none none
 Finland (Lapland) ~15% none none
Passport Island[15] 0.66/0.25 ~10  Bahrain (Northern Governorate) ~50% ~50% ~8/21
 Saudi Arabia (Eastern Province) ~50% ~50% ~8/21
K Island[16][17] 0.56/0.22 0  Ukraine ( Odesa Oblast) ~60% none none
 Romania (Tulcea County) ~40% none none
Koiluoto[18] 0.03/0.012 0  Finland (Kymenlaakso) ~60% none none
 Russia (Leningrad Oblast) ~40% none none
Vanhasaari/Maly Pogranichny [ru])[19][20]  Finland (Kymenlaakso)
 Russia (Leningrad Oblast)
Jähi[21] 0  Finland (Kymenlaakso) none none
 Russia (Leningrad Oblast) none none
Island southeast of Peräluoto[22] 0  Finland (Kymenlaakso) none none
 Russia (Leningrad Oblast) none none
Märket 0.03/0.012 0  Åland ( Finland) ~55% none none
 Sweden (Stockholm County and Uppsala County) ~45% none none
Zhongshan Island  China (Zhongshan, Zhuhai)
 Macau ( China) (Macau) 54,226/140,440

Lake islands[edit]

River islands[edit]

Historically divided islands[edit]

Other islands have been divided by international borders in the past but they are now unified.

The definite borders of modern nation states do not apply in other forms of societal organisation, where "divided" islands may consequently be less noteworthy. For example, in Ancient Greece, the island of Euboea was divided among several city-states, including Chalcis and Eretria; and before its settlement by Europeans, the Island of Tasmania was divided among nine indigenous tribes.

Islands in wartime may be divided between an invading and defending power, as with Crete in 1645–1669 between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice.

Examples of formerly divided islands include:

A few former islands have disappeared because of changes in water levels:

Subnational divided islands[edit]

There are islands that lie across different provinces or states of the same country.

Killiniq Island of Canada, which is divided between Newfoundland and Labrador and Nunavut, whereas Melville Island and Victoria Island are divided between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. In Australia, the Boundary Islet is divided between Tasmania and Victoria.

Smith Island in Chesapeake Bay and Assateague Island, a barrier island on the Atlantic coast of the United States, are divided between the states of Maryland and Virginia. Ellis Island contains a true exclave of the state of New York, which is largely the area of the original natural island, while all land reclamation extensions from 1890-1935 are in New Jersey. The states also share Shooters Island in Newark Bay. Owing only to accretion of silt, an island has arisen spontaneously in the Mississippi River at the location of the boundary trijunction of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, and is thus divided among the three states.

Pag, in Croatia, is divided between Zadar County and Lika-Senj County.

Ishima, in Japan, is divided between Kagawa Prefecture in the South and Okayama Prefecture in the north. Chek Lap Kok in Hong Kong is divided between Islands and Tuen Mun districts, and Lantau is divided between Islands and Tsuen Wan districts.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  57. ^ 58°53′18″N 11°27′27″E / 58.88843°N 11.45739°E / 58.88843; 11.45739
  58. ^ Hisøya: 58°54′22.8″N 11°39′7.1″E / 58.906333°N 11.651972°E / 58.906333; 11.651972
  59. ^ Søndre Boksjø: 59°02′N 11°42′E / 59.03°N 11.7°E / 59.03; 11.7
  60. ^ Salholmen: 59°14′15.96″N 11°49′32.24″E / 59.2377667°N 11.8256222°E / 59.2377667; 11.8256222; Mosvikøya 59°15′55″N 11°49′32″E / 59.26528°N 11.82556°E / 59.26528; 11.82556; Trollön : 59°15′17.76406″N 11°49′13.45279″E / 59.2549344611°N 11.8204035528°E / 59.2549344611; 11.8204035528
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  62. ^ Linneholmene: 59°53′20.98″N 12°1′59.96″E / 59.8891611°N 12.0333222°E / 59.8891611; 12.0333222
  63. ^ Jensøya: 59°53′35.77″N 12°6′47.88″E / 59.8932694°N 12.1133000°E / 59.8932694; 12.1133000
  64. ^ Storøya: 60°0′55.9″N 12°23′42.5″E / 60.015528°N 12.395139°E / 60.015528; 12.395139
  65. ^ Fallsjøholmen: 60°33′2.9″N 12°34′54.76″E / 60.550806°N 12.5818778°E / 60.550806; 12.5818778
  66. ^ Kroksjøen's island: 60°44′02″N 12°23′43″E / 60.733895°N 12.395381°E / 60.733895; 12.395381
  67. ^ Vonsjøen's island: 62°15′38″N 12°17′46″E / 62.260625°N 12.296161°E / 62.260625; 12.296161
  68. ^ Skurdalssjøen's island: 63°21′28″N 12°05′10″E / 63.357646°N 12.085973°E / 63.357646; 12.085973
  69. ^ Gihcijoka island: 67°39′55″N 16°34′11″E / 67.665396°N 16.569616°E / 67.665396; 16.569616
  70. ^ Čoarvejávri's islands: largest:68°01′46″N 17°57′48″E / 68.029364°N 17.963228°E / 68.029364; 17.963228; middle:68°01′35″N 17°57′43″E / 68.0262611°N 17.9620527°E / 68.0262611; 17.9620527; southern:68°01′29″N 17°57′37″E / 68.0247914°N 17.9604023°E / 68.0247914; 17.9604023
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