| 群岛 | qún dǎo | group of islands; archipelago |
| 西沙群岛 | Xī shā Qún dǎo | Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea |
| 亚速尔群岛 | Yà sù ěr qún dǎo | Azores Islands |
| 加拉巴哥斯群岛 | jiā lā bā gē sī qún dǎo | Galapagos islands |
| 加拉帕戈斯群岛 | Jiā lā pà gē sī qún dǎo | Galapagos Islands |
| 加罗林群岛 | Jiā luó lín qún dǎo | Caroline Islands |
| 加那利群岛 | Jiā nà lì qún dǎo | Canary Islands |
| 北马里亚纳群岛 | Běi Mǎ lǐ yà nà qún dǎo | Northern Mariana Islands |
| 千岛群岛 | Qiān dǎo qún dǎo | Kuril island chain between Kamchatka and Hokkaidō; Japanese Chishima-rettō; same as 库页岛 |
| 南沙群岛 | Nán shā qún dǎo | Spratly islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam |
| 吉尔伯特群岛 | Jí ěr bó tè qún dǎo | Gilbert Islands |
| 塞舌尔群岛 | Sài shé ěr qún dǎo | the Seychelles |
| 大安的列斯群岛 | Dà ān dì liè sī qún dǎo | Greater Antilles, Caribbean archipelago |
| 奥兰群岛 | Ào lán qún dǎo | Åland Islands, Finland |
| 安达曼群岛 | Ān dá màn qún dǎo | Andaman islands |
| 巴坦群岛 | Bā tǎn qún dǎo | Batan Islands in Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines |
| 巴布延群岛 | Bā bù yán qún dǎo | Babuyan Archipelago in Luzon Strait north of the Philippines |
| 库克群岛 | Kù kè qún dǎo | Cook Islands |
| 所罗门群岛 | Suǒ luó mén qún dǎo | Solomon Islands in southwest Pacific |
| 斯普拉特利群岛 | Sī pǔ lā Tè lì qún dǎo | Spratly islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam; same as 南沙群岛 |
| 查戈斯群岛 | Chá gē sī qún dǎo | Chagos Archipelago, coral archipelago in tropical Indian Ocean, with Diego Garcia 迪戈・加西亚岛[Di2 ge1 · Jia1 xi1 ya4 dao3] as largest island |
| 冲绳群岛 | chōng shéng qún dǎo | the Okinawa archipelago |
| 法罗群岛 | Fǎ luó qún dǎo | Faroe Islands |
| 流球群岛 | liú qiú qún dǎo | the Ryukyu or Luchu islands (incl. Okinawa) |
| 海峡群岛 | Hǎi xiá qún dǎo | Channel Islands |
| 汤加群岛 | tāng jiā qún dǎo | Tonga |
| 澎湖群岛 | Péng hú qún dǎo | Penghu or Pescadores, archipelago of 90 islands to west of Taiwan |
特克斯和凯科斯群
岛 | Tè kè sī hé Kǎi kē sī qún dǎo | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 琉球群岛 | Liú qiú qún dǎo | Ryukyu islands; Okinawa 冲绳 and other islands of modern Japan |
| 皮特凯恩群岛 | Pí tè kǎi ēn Qún dǎo | Pitcairn Islands |
| 福克兰群岛 | Fú kè lán qún dǎo | Falkland Islands |
| 美属维尔京群岛 | Měi shǔ Wéi ěr jīng Qún dǎo | United States Virgin Islands (USVI) |
| 群岛弧 | qún dǎo hú | island arc (geology) |
| 舟山群岛 | Zhōu shān qún dǎo | Zhoushan Island |
| 英属维尔京群岛 | Yīng shǔ Wéi ěr jīng Qún dǎo | British Virgin Islands |
| 西南中沙群岛 | Xī nán zhōng shā qún dǎo | Xinanzhongsha islands, Hainan |
| 开曼群岛 | Kāi màn Qún dǎo | Cayman Islands |
| 阿留申群岛 | Ā liú shēn qún dǎo | Aleutian islands (trailing 2250 km southwest of Alaska almost down to Kamtchatka) |
| 马利亚纳群岛 | Mǎ lì yà nà qún dǎo | Mariana Islands in Pacific |
| 马德拉群岛 | Mǎ dé lā qún dǎo | Madeira; the Madeira islands |
| 马尔维纳斯群岛 | Mǎ ěr wéi nà sī qún dǎo | Malvinas Islands (also known as Falkland Islands) |
| 马绍尔群岛 | Mǎ shào ěr qún dǎo | Marshall Islands |
| 马里亚纳群岛 | Mǎ lǐ yà nà qún dǎo | Mariana islands in Pacific |
