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Overview of the world's artificial islands

This is a list of artificial islands.

+NameCountryArea (km2)PopulationNotesRené Levasseur Island2,0200Impact crater in Quebec isolated when two pre existing natural lakes were connected by the formation of the Manicouagan Reservoir. Caofeidian60Dongjiang Island33.5Cargo transfer and wetland reconstruction. Jurong Island320Formed by the amalgamation of seven natural islandsSanya Hongtangwan International Airport23.99International Airport under construction. Dalian Jinzhouwan International Airport210International Airport under construction. Khazar Islands200Planned citySubi ReefDisputed16200Currently being converted into an island by China as part of the Great Wall of Sand. Also claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan. Qianhai14.92Hong Kong International Airport12.48Mostly on reclaimed land. Some of it is on the now merged Chek Lap Kok and Lam Chau islands. Diyar Al Muharraq120Cuarteron ReefDisputed80Currently being converted into an island by China as part of the Great Wall of Sand. Also claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan. Macau New Urban Zones7.3Northern City71,000Mischief ReefDisputed5.580Currently being converted into an island by China as part of the Great Wall of Sand. Also claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan. Durrat Al Bahrain51,000Amwaj Islands4.3110,000Ocean Flower Island3.81Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis3.76Pulau Semakau3.50Fiery Cross ReefDisputed2.74200Currently being converted into an island by China as part of the Great Wall of Sand. Also claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan. Pulau Punggol Barat1.92 0Bahrain Bay1.35100Peberholm1.3Pulau Punggol Timor1.120?King Fahd Passport Island0.8810Shared island between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Also known as Middle Island, Embankment 4. Reef Island0.713 3,000Also known as Lulu Island. Ontario Place East and West Island0.62730Theme park in Ontario. Flakfortet0.3Copenhagen harbourFreedom Island0.3Heirisson Island0.28560Created from pre existing smaller islands via reclamation. Swan River, Western AustraliaÎle Notre Dame0.250Located in MontrealGaven ReefsDisputed0.1360Currently being converted into an island by China as part of the Great Wall of Sand. Also claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan. Chinese Garden0.1350Johnson South ReefDisputed0.1090Currently being converted into an island by China as part of the Great Wall of Sand. Also claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan. Hughes ReefDisputed0.0760Currently being converted into an island by China as part of the Great Wall of Sand. Also claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan. Middelgrundsfortet0.07Copenhagen harbour (also known as Middelgrunden)Pearl Island0.0190Coral Island0.0170Langlütjen II0.0170Sold to a private owner. Langlütjen I0.0160Sold.Île aux Cygnes0.0130Wilhelmstein0.01250Sealand (de jure)
(de facto)0.0042Sandy Island0.00070Queen Elizabeth II Island0Bahrain LagoonFuture artificial planned islandChina Dafeng Port Economic ZoneDayang PortDonauinsel20 kilometres long and 200 meters wide in the Danube (Vienna)0In the Danube (Vienna)Dongjiakou DockFisherman's Island0Created by land reclaiming Bishop Island into the Port of BrisbaneFort Boyard250FortJizuishi ShipyardLanqiao PortLe Havre PortLongxue Island Shipyard and PortLvsi HarbourMaojia PortMOSEAn artificial island was created in Lido inlet as part of the flood defenses for VeniceNigehörn0Paradise Island0Qingdao Linghai Hot Spring Golf ClubQingdao PortRizhao PortSalman CitySangang HarbourJiangsuShawan HarbourYancheng, JiangsuTreasure Island0Trekroner FortCopenhagen harbourXiamen Xiang'an International AirportXiaogoukou Binhai, YanchengXimazhou Shipyard IslandXinkaihe HarbourYangshan Deepwater PortZhanghe AirportZhewangzhen PortJiangsuZhuhai General Aviation AirportZuhai Jinwan AirportZuhai Jiuzhou Airport(unnamed amusement park)Amusement Park at Liuye Lake, ChangdeEko Atlantic25Created from the Atlantic Ocean via reclamationBanana Island, LagosAn artificial island off the foreshore of Ikoyi, Lagos, NigeriaGracefield IslandCreated via land reclamation from the Lagos LagoonKashagan Field

In Varna, a portion of the southern industrial and port zone on a 2 km wide isthmus between the Black Sea and Lake Varna became an artificial island in 1976 when it became separated from the shore by two navigable canals.

The Lady Of the Rocks / Gospa od Skrpjela, a small island contribute to Our Lady of the Rocks, situated in the Bay of Kotor.

Gaillard Island, is an artificially created island located in Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama. It was built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, using sand and mud dredged from the Mobile Bay ship channel and elsewhere. The island is an important site for colonial nesting seabirds and shore birds in coastal Alabama and has been the only nesting site for brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in Alabama first discovered in 1983.

Northstar Island, an island built for oil drilling and extraction from the Northstar Oil Pool in the Beaufort Sea.

Shippingport, a former town now within the boundaries of Louisville that became an island in 1825 when the Louisville and Portland Canal was built as a bypass of the Falls of the Ohio.