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This is a list of islands of Haiti. Most of The Republic of Haiti is situated on the western portion of

Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...

, an island which it shares with the

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...

. There are approximately 59 islands in Haiti making it one of the sovereign countries with the most island in the Caribbean. The islands are either in the

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

, Gulf of Gonave or

Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...

(see map link). La Navase is disputed between Haiti and the US. Ilet a Brouee is the most densely populated island in the world with up to 500 people sharing an area of just .

Islands

Haitian islands include: *Caye Baice, *Caye de l'Est, *Caye Orange, *Caye Ramier, * Caye Sable, *

Gonâve Island Gonâve Island or Zile Lagonav (french: Île de la Gonâve, ; also ''La Gonâve'') is an island of Haiti located west-northwest of Port-au-Prince in the Gulf of Gonâve. It is the largest of the Hispaniolan satellite islands. The island is an a ...

, *

Grosse Caye Grosse Caye ( ht, Gwòskay) is an island of Haiti which is located in Sud, east of Île-à-Vache Île-à-Vache, (French, also expressed Île-à-Vaches, former Spanish name Isla Vaca; all translate to Cow Island) is a Caribbean island, one of ...

, *

, *Île de Anacaona *Île Bayau, *Îlet Boyer, *Île à Cabrits, *Île Corny, *Île du Nord (Ti Teal) *Île Petite Gonâve *Île du Phare (Lighthouse Island) *Île Picoulet, *Île Pleermantois, *Île du Sud *

Île-à-Vache Île-à-Vache, ( French, also expressed Île-à-Vaches, former Spanish name Isla Vaca; all translate to Cow Island) is a Caribbean island, one of Haiti's satellite islands. It lies in the Baie de Cayes about off the coast of the country's south ...

(''Cow Island''), *

Ilet a Brouee Ilet a Brouee is a Caribbean island and forms part of Haiti. It lies in the Canal de L'est strait and it is located north of the Île-à-Vache island. Ilet a Brouee is one of the List of islands by population density, most densely populated island ...

, *Îlet Limbé, *Îlet Moustique, *Îlet Rémy, *Îlet Saint-Louis, *Îlot du Fort, * Isle Cacique, *

Les Cayemites The Cayemites are a pair of islands located in the Gulf of Gonâve off the coast of southwest Haiti. The two islands, known individually as Grande Cayemite and Petite Cayemite, are a combined in area. Petite Cayemite lies just west of the larger i ...

**Grand Cayemite, **Petite Cayemite, *

Navassa Island Navassa Island (; ht, Lanavaz; french: l'île de la Navasse, sometimes ) is a small uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea. Located northeast of Jamaica, south of Cuba, and west of Jérémie on the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti, it is subject to ...

(claimed by both

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

and the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

), *Petite Caye, * Tortuga Island (''Turtle Island''), *La Trompeuse,

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Islands An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

Islands

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