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Pacific Islands

More than 25,000 islands are scattered across the Pacific Islands region. Many are volcanic islands or tropical coral atolls. This is a broad regional estimate: the exact count depends on how “Pacific Islands” is bounded and which small islets are included. The U.S. National Science Foundation gives the “over 25,000” estimate.

Synthetic conceptual illustration; not a map or a depiction of a specific island.

![Conceptual illustration of scattered Pacific islands](media/fact-883-illustration.webp)