List of islands of Albania

This is a list of islands of Albania. The majority of islands in Albania are very small; only two are larger than a square kilometer: Sazan Island and Kunë Island. Albania has a number of islands in the Mediterranean, and some other islands are found in the three biggest lakes in the Balkans within Albania, and others in smaller lakes. Below is a list sorted by location, sea or lake.

In the Mediterranean Sea

Ksamil Islands
Sazan Island seen from Vlora

In lakes

Maligrad island on Lake Prespa, Albania

In rivers

Berat island on Osum river, Berat, Albania

List of islands

# Island Area(km²),(ha) Coordinates Location
1 Sazan Island 5.7 (570 ha) 40°30′N 19°17′E / 40.500°N 19.283°E / 40.500; 19.283 Adriatic Sea
2 Kunë 1.4 (140 ha) 41°45′47″N 19°34′54″E / 41.76306°N 19.58167°E / 41.76306; 19.58167 Adriatic Sea
3 Malsori Island 0.4 (40 ha) 42°00′30″N 19°27′38″E / 42.00833°N 19.46056°E / 42.00833; 19.46056 Bojana (river)
4 Zvërnec Islands 0.1 (10 ha) 40°31′02″N 19°24′06″E / 40.51722°N 19.40167°E / 40.51722; 19.40167 Narta Lagoon
5 Shurdhah Island 0.075 (7.5 ha)42°04′12″N 19°39′11″E / 42.07000°N 19.65306°E / 42.07000; 19.65306Lake Vau i Dejës
6 Ksamil Islands 0.071 (7.1 ha) 39°46′30″N 19°59′42″E / 39.77500°N 19.99500°E / 39.77500; 19.99500Ionian Sea
7 Maligrad 0.05 (5 ha) 40°47′31″N 20°55′59″E / 40.79194°N 20.93306°E / 40.79194; 20.93306 Prespa Lake
8 Franc Jozeph Island 0.05 (5 ha) 41°50′50″N 19°22′29″E / 41.84722°N 19.37472°E / 41.84722; 19.37472 Adriatic Sea
9 Berat Island 0.03 (3 ha) 40°42′10″N 19°57′05″E / 40.70278°N 19.95139°E / 40.70278; 19.95139 Osum
10 Kukës Island 0.025 (2.5 ha) 42°05′43″N 20°22′21″E / 42.09528°N 20.37250°E / 42.09528; 20.37250 Fierza Lake
11 Tongo Island 0.025 (2.5 ha) 39°41′25″N 20°00′20″E / 39.69028°N 20.00556°E / 39.69028; 20.00556 Ionian Sea
12 Stil Island 0.006 (0.6 ha) 39°41′07″N 19°59′22″E / 39.68528°N 19.98944°E / 39.68528; 19.98944 Ionian Sea
13 Paqe Island 0.003 (0.3 ha) 42°09′57″N 19°52′43″E / 42.16583°N 19.87861°E / 42.16583; 19.87861 Komani Lake

See also

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