There are about 1300 islands within Saudi Arabia. 89% of these islands are located in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba, while the remaining 11% are in the Persian Gulf. The majority of these islands are located in Tabuk and Mecca provinces.
Only 4 of the 1,285 islands have an area of more than 50 km<sup>2</sup>, 18 have an area between 10 and 50 km<sup>2</sup>, 64 have an area between 1 and 10 km<sup>2</sup>, while the remaining islands all have an area of less than 1 km<sup>2</sup>. Only 6 out of the 1,285 islandsâÂÂjust 0.5%âÂÂare inhabited.
The following is a list of major islands of both Saudi Arabia's Eastern and Western coasts:
This list contains all of Saudi Arabia's West coast islands that have an area of more than 1 km<sup>2</sup>:
This list contains the major islands of Saudi Arabia's East coast: