- 开曼群岛 Kāimàn Qúndǎo Cayman Islands
- 所罗门群岛 Suǒluómén Qúndǎo Solomon Islands
- 西沙群岛 Xīshā Qúndǎo Paracel IslandsParacel Islands, located in the South China Sea
- 南沙群岛 Nánshā Qúndǎo Spratly IslandsSpratly Islands, an archipelago in the South China Sea disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam
- 千岛群岛 Qiāndǎo Qúndǎo Kuril IslandsKuril Islands, archipelago in Sakhalin, far-eastern Russia
- 海峡群岛 Hǎixiá Qúndǎo Channel Islandsthe Channel Islands
- 舟山群岛 Zhōushān Qúndǎo Zhoushan ArchipelagoZhoushan Archipelago, an island group in Zhejiang province
- 库克群岛 Kùkè Qúndǎo Cook Islands
- 安达曼群岛 āndámàn Qúndǎo Andaman Islands
- 英属维尔京群岛 Yīngshǔ Wéi'ěrjīng Qúndǎo British Virgin Islands
- 法罗群岛 Fǎluó Qúndǎo Faroe Islands
- 马绍尔群岛 Mǎshào'ěr Qúndǎo Marshall Islands
- 加那利群岛 Jiānàlì Qúndǎo Canary Islands
- 马尔维纳斯群岛 Mǎ'ěrwéinàsī Qúndǎo Malvinas IslandsMalvinas Islands (also known as Falkland Islands)
- 琉球群岛 Liúqiú Qúndǎo Ryukyu IslandsAn archipelago in the western Pacific, including Okinawa and other islands of modern Japan.
- 加拉帕戈斯群岛 Jiālāpàgēsī Qúndǎo Galapagos Islands
- 阿留申群岛 āliúshēn Qúndǎo Aleutian IslandsAleutian Islands (trailing 2250 km southwest of Alaska almost down to Kamtchatka)
- 福克兰群岛 Fúkèlán Qúndǎo Falkland Islands
- 马里亚纳群岛 Mǎlǐyànà Qúndǎo Mariana IslandsMariana Islands in the Pacific
- 北马里亚纳群岛 Běi Mǎlǐyànà Qúndǎo Northern Mariana Islands
- 亚速尔群岛 Yàsù'ěr Qúndǎo AzoresAzores Islands
- 中沙群岛 Zhōngshā Qúndǎo Macclesfield BankMacclesfield Bank, a series of reefs in the South China Sea southeast of Hainan Island
- 塞舌尔群岛 Sàishé'ěr Qúndǎo Seychellesthe Seychelles
- 特克斯和凯科斯群岛 Tèkèsīhé Kǎikēsī Qúndǎo Turks and CaicosTurks and Caicos Islands
- 设得兰群岛 Shèdélán Qúndǎo Shetland Islands
- 冲绳群岛 Chōngshéng Qúndǎo Okinawa archipelagothe Okinawa archipelago
- 澎湖群岛 Pénghú Qúndǎo Penghu IslandsPenghu or Pescadores, an archipelago of 90 islands to the west of Taiwan
- 吉尔伯特群岛 Jí'ěrbótè Qúndǎo Gilbert Islands
- 加罗林群岛 Jiāluólín Qúndǎo Caroline Islands
- 美属维尔京群岛 Měishǔ Wéi'ěrjīng Qúndǎo US Virgin IslandsUnited States Virgin Islands (USVI)
- 马德拉群岛 Mǎdélā Qúndǎo Madeiraarchipelago of Portugal located in the North Atlantic Ocean
- 查戈斯群岛 Chágēsī Qúndǎo Chagos ArchipelagoChagos Archipelago, a coral archipelago in the tropical Indian Ocean; Diego Garcia is its largest island.
- 汤加群岛 Tāngjiā Qúndǎo Tonga
- 摩鹿加群岛 Mólùjiā Qúndǎo Maluku IslandsMaluku Islands, Indonesia
- 科隆群岛 Kēlóng Qúndǎo Galapagos Islands
- 奥兰群岛 àolán Qúndǎo Åland IslandsÅland Islands, Finland
- 火地群岛 Huǒdì Qúndǎo Tierra del FuegoTierra del Fuego (archipelago at the southern tip of South America)
- 马利亚纳群岛 Mǎlìyànà Qúndǎo Mariana IslandsMariana Islands in the western North Pacific Ocean
- 皮特凯恩群岛 Pítèkǎi'ēn Qúndǎo Pitcairn Islands
- 巽他群岛 Xùntā Qúndǎo Sunda IslandsSunda Islands (Malay archipelago)
- 西南中沙群岛 Xīnánzhōngshā Qúndǎo Xinanzhongsha IslandsXinanzhongsha islands, Hainan
- 埃加迪群岛 āijiādí Qúndǎo Aegadian IslandsAegadian Islands near Sicily, Italy
- 流球群岛 Liúqiú Qúndǎo Ryukyu Islandsthe Ryukyu or Luchu Islands (including Okinawa)
- 斯普拉特利群岛 Sīpǔlātèlì Qúndǎo Spratly IslandsSpratly Islands, an archipelago in the South China Sea disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam
- 巴坦群岛 Bātǎn Qúndǎo Batan IslandsBatan Islands in Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines
- 加拉巴哥斯群岛 Jiālābāgēsī Qúndǎo Galapagos Islands
- 群岛弧 qúndǎohú island arcisland arc (geology)
- 巴布延群岛 Bābùyán Qúndǎo Babuyan ArchipelagoBabuyan Archipelago in Luzon Strait north of the Philippines
- 大安的列斯群岛 Dà'āndìlièsī Qúndǎo Greater Antillesthe Greater Antilles, Caribbean island group including Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Jamaica and Puerto Rico