ISLANDS

Islands that contain B

19 islands containing the letter B — each with origin, classification, and notes.

Below are islands that contain the letter B anywhere in the name. Each of the 19 islands below opens to a full profile.

Table of contents 19 entries
Aruba (Island)Baffin IslandBahamas (Island)Bali
Barbados (Island)Bermuda (Island)Bora BoraBorneo
BornholmCuba (Island)DjerbaElba
IbizaLesbosLombokQuirimbas
Visby IslandWhidbey IslandZanzibar

List of Islands That Contain B

    1

    Aruba (Island)

    A small flat island in the southern Caribbean, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

    2

    Baffin Island

    The largest island of Canada and the fifth-largest in the world, a mountainous Arctic landmass in Nunavut with fjords, glaciers, and Inuit hamlets.

    3

    Bahamas (Island)

    An archipelago of about 700 islands and 2,400 cays stretching across the western North Atlantic.

    4

    Bali

    An Indonesian island east of Java, renowned for Hindu temples, volcanic peaks, terraced rice fields, and a long-running global tourism boom.

    5

    Barbados (Island)

    The easternmost island of the Caribbean, formed from uplifted coral on a tectonic accretionary prism.

    6

    Bermuda (Island)

    A British Overseas Territory of about 180 islands in the North Atlantic, sitting on an extinct volcanic seamount.

    7

    Bora Bora

    Volcanic island in French Polynesia famed for its turquoise lagoon and the central peaks of Mount Otemanu and Pahia.

    8

    Borneo

    The world's third-largest island, divided between Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei, covered by some of the oldest rainforest on Earth.

    9

    Bornholm

    A rocky Danish island in the southern Baltic Sea, geologically and culturally distinct from the rest of Denmark, known for round churches and smoked herring.

    10

    Cuba (Island)

    The largest island in the Caribbean, anchoring the Greater Antilles and the Cuban archipelago.

    11

    Djerba

    A sun-baked island off the coast of southeastern Tunisia, known for its whitewashed villages, pottery, and ancient Jewish community.

    12

    Elba

    A Tyrrhenian island west of Tuscany, best known as the site of Napoleon Bonaparte's first exile.

    13

    Ibiza

    A Balearic island in the western Mediterranean famous globally for its electronic music scene and beaches.

    14

    Lesbos

    The third-largest Greek island in the northeastern Aegean Sea, separated from Turkey by a narrow strait.

    15

    Lombok

    An Indonesian island east of Bali, dominated by Mount Rinjani volcano and a quieter, more rural alternative to its famous neighbor.

    16

    Quirimbas

    A chain of 32 mostly coral islands along the northern coast of Mozambique, protected within a national park renowned for sea life and Swahili ruins.

    17

    Visby Island

    The harbor city of Visby on the Swedish Baltic island of Gotland, a medieval Hanseatic town within preserved stone walls.

    18

    Whidbey Island

    A long island in Puget Sound, Washington, the largest island in the state and home to U.S. Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.

    19

    Zanzibar

    A semi-autonomous Tanzanian archipelago in the Indian Ocean, historic center of the Swahili-Arab spice trade and slave routes.

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