This is a
list of islands of Indonesia.
Indonesia comprises more than 17,000
islands according to estimates made by the
Government of Indonesia, with 922 of those permanently inhabited. The country extends from adjacent the
Malay Peninsula in its west and into
Melanesia in its east. According to a 2002 survey by
National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN), Indonesia has 18,306 islands. Counting
tidal islands (periodically submerged) doubles the island figure, and many islands have no name or share names, all of which makes tabulation very confusing even to the government of Indonesia.
Management of the islands sometimes includes a
regency which covers a small island chain.
On September 21, 2007, an 8.4
earthquake struck Sumatra near
South Pagai Island, producing a cluster of six small new islands, and enlarging others by uplift. A large portion of Indonesia is seismically active; the number, size, and shape of islands continues to evolve.

Map of Indonesia
Main islands
- * Java (formerly Jawa Dwipa)
Other islands
Java
Province of BantenProvince of DKI Jakarta- Thousand Islands archipelago (Kepulauan Seribu) 105 islands. Only 11 islands are inhabited.
Province of Central JavaProvince of East Java- Bawean archipelago (kepulauan Bawean)
Sumatra
Province of Aceh, 119 islands
- Banyak archipelago (kepulauan Banyak), 99 islands
- Nias archipelago (Kepulauan Nias)
- Hinako archipelago (Kepulauan Hinako)
Province of West SumatraProvince of LampungProvince of RiauProvince of Riau Islands, about 3,200 islands
- Natuna archipelago (Kepulauan Natuna)
Province of Bangka-Belitung IslandsKalimantan
Province of East KalimantanProvince of South KalimantanProvince of Central KalimantanProvince of West KalimantanSulawesi
Province of North SulawesiProvince of Central SulawesiProvince of South SulawesiLesser Sunda Islands
Province of BaliProvince of West Nusa TenggaraProvince of East Nusa TenggaraMaluku
Small volcanic islands in the
Banda SeaNew Guinea
Islands on the west of the main New Guinea island610 islands, 35 inhabited
North of New Guinea Island:
Province of Papua
See also