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Sunday, July 30, 2023

Top 30 largest islands by area

This post is a list of the top 30 largest islands by size. The photo above is Greenland. Source: Wikipedia

 

  1. Greenland: 2.1 million km sq.
  2. New Guinea, Papua New Guinea: 785 thousand km sq.
  3. Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia: 748 thousand km sq.
  4. Madagascar, Madagascar: 587 thousand km sq.
  5. Baffin Island, Canada: 507 thousand km sq.
  6. Sumatra, Indonesia: 443 thousand km sq.
  7. Honshū, Japan: 225 thousand km sq.
  8. Victoria Island, Canada: 217 thousand km sq.
  9. Great Britain, United Kingdom: 209 thousand km sq.
  10. Ellesmere Island, Canada: 196 thousand km sq.
  11. Sulawesi, Indonesia: 180 km sq.
  12. South Island, New Zealand: 145 thousand km sq.
  13. Java, Indonesia: 138 thousand km sq.
  14. North Island, New Zealand: 111 thousand km sq.
  15. Luzon, Philippines: 109 thousand km sq.
  16. Newfoundland, Canada: 109 thousand km sq.
  17. Cuba, Cuba: 108 thousand km sq.
  18. Iceland, Iceland: 101 thousand km sq.
  19. Mindanao, Philippines: 97 thousand km sq.
  20. Ireland, Ireland: 84 thousand km sq.
  21. Hokkaidō, Japan: 78 thousand km sq.
  22. Hispaniola, Dominican Republic, Haiti: 73 thousand km sq.
  23. Sakhalin, Russia: 72 thousand km sq.
  24. Banks Island, Canada: thousand km sq.
  25. Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka: 65 thousand km sq.
  26. Tasmania, Australia: 65 thousand km sq.
  27. Devon Island, Canada: 55 thousand km sq.
  28. Alexander Island, Antarctica: 49 thousand km sq.
  29. Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, Chile: 47 thousand km sq.
  30. Severny Island, Russia: 47 thousand km sq.