List of artificial islands

This is a list of artificial islands.

Table

Australia

• Areas around the Gold Coast region

Bahamas

• Ocean Cay

Bahrain

• New Bahrain International Airport

Bolivia

See #Peru/Bolivia

Brazil

• Cidade Universitária (Rio de Janeiro)
• Jangadeiros Island

Bulgaria

• 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.

Colombia

Bolívar Department

• Santa Cruz del Islote

China

• Dongjiang, an island at Bohai Bay, near Beijing, 33.5 km², for cargo transfer and wetlands reconstruction.
• Runways of Shanghai Pudong Airport
• Port and Urban Areas around Xiamen, Shantou & Ningbo-Zhoushan
• Amusement Park at Liuye Lake Changde
• Zhanghe Airport, Jingmen
• Zhuhai General Aviation Airport
• Several Islands off the coast of Fengchengzhen, Shandong
• Coastal Extensions around Bindao Island, Weihai
• Rizhao Port
• Xinjiancun Coast Islands
• Qingdao Linghai Hot Spring Golf Club
• Qingdao Port
• Maojia Port, Qidong City
• Rudong Coast Extensions
• Extensions on coasts around Yangjia Bay
• Islands off the coast of Lingezhuang
• Dongzhuang Coast Extensions
• Longkou Harbor Port and Islands
• Banweiba Ditch Port & Coastal extensions
• Land bordering Bailang Estuary
• Jiangdao Coast Extensions
• Lianyungang Port
• Ganyu Coast
• Rudong Yangkou Harbour
• Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport Runway
• Ports of Pingtan Island
• Ports of Jiangyin Island, Fuqing, Fuzhou
• Lands surrounding Luoyuan Bay, Luoyuan, Fuzhou
• Ports in Xinghua Bay

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre - new wing on a man-made island off the coast of the old wing at Wan Chai.
• An artificial island in the artificial Inspiration Lake in the former Penny's Bay
• Macau Ferry Terminal - an artificial island connected by a skyway to another artificial island, and further connected by two other skyways to Shun Tak Centre.
• Nam Wan
• A former knoll in the Shek Pik Reservoir
• A former knoll in the Shing Mun (Jubilee) Reservoir
• - a former knoll isolated from the mainland after construction of High Island Reservoir
• Former knolls and hills in the Tai Lam Chung Reservoir
• The central tower of Ting Kau Bridge stands on an artificial island in the Rambler Channel.
• The west tower of Tsing Ma Bridge stands on an artificial island in the Ma Wan Channel
• Duplicate Tsing Yi South Bridge - two artificial islets to the south of two bridge columns, to prevent ships from colliding with the bridge.
• Southern half of Lamma Power Station
• Hong Kong–Macau–Zhuhai Bridge Hong Kong Control Point
• Breakwaters of many typhoon shelters
• An island at the confluence of River Sutlej and River Beas into River Indus, where Sheung Shui Abattoir and Shek Wu Hui Sewage Treatment Works are located.
• Shatin Floating Restaurant (aka Treasure Floating Restaurant, Star Seafood Floating Restaurant)
• Tsing Tsuen Bridge - two artificial islands to the north of the two bridge columns

Former

• West Kowloon Reclamation during its construction stage

Macau

• Aterro da "Zona A" dos Novos Aterros Urbanos
• Aterro da "Zona C" dos Novos Aterros Urbanos
• Macau International Airport
• Islets in the Lagos Nam Van
• (southern half part of Macau)

Egypt

• Coasts of Hurghada
• Coasts of Alexandria
• Ain Sokhna

Germany

• Dithmarschen
• Bremerhaven

India

• Willingdon Island
• Murud-Janjira
• Jag Mandir
• Nehru Garden
• Taj Lake Palace
• Padmadurg
• Kesar Kyari
• Jal Mahal

Ireland

• Bull Island

Japan

• Chubu Centrair International Airport (
• Shinkawa, Chūō, Tokyo
• Dejima in Nagasaki (Historic) (1634)
• Dream Island (Yume No Shima) (1939)
• Islands for Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu
• Islands for Haneda International Airport runway expansion.
• Heiwa Island, in Tokyo Bay
• Island City, Fukuoka (Hakata) harbour
• Kansai International Airport (1994)
• Kaze no Tō
• Kisarazu Island for Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line
• Kobe Airport
• , off Hakodate
• New Kitakyushu Airport
• Nagasaki Airport
• Odaiba, Tokyo Bay
• Painuhama-cho (), Ishigaki-shi, Okinawa-ken
• Port Island, Kobe harbour
• Rokkō Island, Kobe harbour
• The Second Sea Fortress, Tokyo Bay (The first and second fortresses were sunk)
• Umihotaru
• Wakaejima (artificial)
• Wakasu

Kuwait

• Khiran Sea City
• Green Island (Kuwait)

Malaysia

• Andaman Island, George Town, Penang
• Gazumbo Island, George Town, Penang
• Malacca Island, Malacca City, Malacca.
• Marina island Pangkor, Lumut, Perak.
• Forest City, Johor Bahru, Johor

Maldives

• Gaadhoo (Laamu atoll)
• Gulhifalhu
• Hulhumalé (2004)
• Thilafushi (1992)

Mexico

• Spiral Island, a small floating island

Montenegro

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

Netherlands

• Flevoland
• IJburg
• IJsseloog
• Neeltje-Jans
• Pampus
• REM Island
• Maasvlakte
• Marker Wadden

Oman

• Al Mouj Muscat

Panama

• Ocean Reef Islands

Peru/Bolivia

• Artificial floating islands made of reed on Lake Titicaca, made by the Uru people

Qatar

• Lusail, new development north of Doha with several artificial islands.
• The Pearl
• Hamad International Airport
• Ras Laffan
• Hamad Port
• Banana Island

Russia

Nineteen artificial islands in the Gulf of Finland for fortresses.

• Cherepakha Islet
• Federation Island
• New Holland Island
• Sukho (island)
• Port of Bronka
• Sviyazhsk

Saudi Arabia

• King Abdullah Port
• Manifah Field
• King Abdul Aziz Sea Port
• Yanbu Island
• Jazan Economic City
• King Fahd Industrial Ports
• Areas around Alkhobar & Dhahran
• King Salman International Complex for Maritime Industries
• Coast line of Jeddah

Solomon Islands

• Sulufou
• Adagege
• Funaafou
• Foueda
• Niuleni
• Ferasubua
• Saua
• Auki Island

South Africa

• Island in Kamfers Dam, constructed as a flamingo breeding island

South Korea

• Banpo Seorae Island (Seoraeseom)
• Sebitseom (Sebit islets)
• Songdo International Business District
• Yeouido

Sri Lanka

• Hambantota Port

Taiwan

Tonga

• Former Republic of Minerva

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi

• Yas Island
• Al Lulu Island
• Khalifah Port

Dubai

• Burj al-Arab, a hotel on a small artificial island.
• The Palm Islands (The Palm, Jumeirah, The Palm, Jebel Ali, and The Palm, Deira). The Palm Jebel Ali has had most of its land filled, but both the Palm Jebel Ali and the Palm Deira projects are on hold as of 2013.
• The World Islands, currently uninhabited.
• Bluewaters Island
• Jumeirah Bay Island
• Jumeirah Island 2
• Pearl Jumeirah
• Dubai Harbour
• Dubai Waterfront
• The Universe

Ras al Khaimah

• Bal al Bahr
• Mina al Arab
• Al Hamra Village

Sharjah

• Hamriyah
• Flag Island
• Al Khan
• Al Mamzar
• Al Majaz Island

Fujairah

• Fujairah Port

United Kingdom

England

• Challis Island, Cambridgeshire
• Crossrail Place, Canary Wharf, Greater London
• Spike Island, Widnes, in Cheshire
• Whale Island, Hampshire, in Portsmouth harbour

Scotland

• Several hundred crannógs in Scotland

United States

Alabama

• 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.

Alaska

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

California

• Tom Sawyer Island, Frontierland, Disneyland theme park
• Balboa Island (Newport Beach)
• Treasure Island (San Francisco Bay)
• Rincon Island (off Ventura County Coast)
• THUMS Islands (also called Astronaut Islands) - four artificial island oil platforms (off Long Beach Harbor)
• Coast Guard Island (Oakland Estuary, San Francisco Bay area)
• Long Beach Port

Florida

• Isola di Lolando (Miami) - Failed artificial island construction project.
• Hibiscus Island (Miami Beach) (1922)
• San Pablo Island (name not official) (Jacksonville Beaches) (1912)
• Palm Island (Miami Beach)
• Peanut Island (Riviera Beach) (1918)
• Star Island (Miami Beach)
• Venetian Islands (Miami Beach) - Includes Belle Isle, Biscayne Island, Di Lido Island and Flagler Monument Island.
• Fisher Island (Miami)
• Watson Island (Miami)
• Dodge Island (Miami)
• Sunset Islands (Miami Beach) - 4 separate, numbered islands
• Brickell Key (Miami)

Illinois

• Goose Island (Chicago)
• Northerly Island (Chicago)
• Volvo Island (Near Ottawa)

Kentucky

• 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.

New Jersey/Delaware

• Artificial Island, New Jersey (Alloway Township, New Jersey)/a tiny portion of Delaware

New York

• U Thant Island (Manhattan)
• Hoffman Island (Staten Island)
• Swinburne Island (Staten Island)

Washington

• Harbor Island (Seattle)
• Duck Island, in Green Lake Park, Seattle.

Wisconsin

• Door County (north of the canal)

Venezuela

Zulia State

• Isla La Salina
• Isla Dorada

Anzoátegui State

• Isla Paraíso

Land disconnected by artificial canals

• Africa has been separated from Eurasia by the Suez Canal
• Barnegat Peninsula, New Jersey, United States (Point Pleasant Canal)
• Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States (Cape Cod Canal)
• Cape Henlopen, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and environs (Lewes and Rehoboth Canal)
• Cape Island, New Jersey, United States (Cape May Canal)
• Cijin/Kaohsiung Port, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• Delmarva Peninsula, United States (Chesapeake & Delaware Canal; lockless)
• Western Europe (Rhône–Rhine Canal and rivers)
• Finland, Norway, Sweden, Murmansk Oblast, most of the Republic of Karelia, and a portion of Leningrad Oblast (White Sea–Baltic Canal)
• Fenwick Island, Delaware and Maryland, United States (Assawoman Canal)
• Southern Florida (Okeechobee Waterway)
• Southeastern New Jersey (Delaware and Raritan Canal)
• Part of North Carolina (Alligator-Pungo Canal)
• Peloponnese, Greece (Corinth Canal; lockless)
• Sääminginsalo, Saimaa, Finland
• Southern Sweden (Göta Canal and Trollhätte Canal and rivers)
• Sviyazhsk, Russia
• Eastern United States and southeastern Canada (Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and Chicago River, Mississippi River, Great Lakes, St. Lawrence Seaway)
• Virginia Beach and Norfolk, Virginia, United States (Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal)
• Eastern Virginia and North Carolina, United States (Dismal Swamp Canal)
• Potonggang-guyok, North Korea, between Pothong River and Pothonggang Canal

Former hilltops in artificial lakes

• Barro Colorado Island, a former hilltop in the Panama Canal Zone, Panama
• René-Levasseur Island, Québec, Canada

See also

• Lists of islands

References