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Largest islands of the world
Note: Australia is generally considered to be a continental landmass, rather than an island. If however one does count Australia among the islands it, not Greenland, would be the largest in the world (unless one also considered Antarctica an island).
- Greenland (840000 sq mi) - self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark
- New Guinea (309000 sq mi) - the state Papua New Guinea and part of Indonesia
- Borneo (287300 sq mi) - the state Brunei and parts of Indonesia and Malaysia
- Madagascar (227000 sq mi)
- Baffin Island (195928 sq mi) - part of Canada
- Sumatra (182860 sq mi) - part of Indonesia
- Honshu (89176 sq mi) - part of Japan
- Great Britain (88795 sq mi) - part of UK
- Victoria Island (83897 sq mi) - part of Canada
- Ellesmere Island (75767 sq mi) - part of Canada
- Celebes (73057 sq mi) - part of Indonesia
- South Island (58384 sq mi) - part of New Zealand
- Java (51038 sq mi) - part of Indonesia
- North Island (44702 sq mi) - part of New Zealand
- Cuba (42803 sq mi) - in the Caribbean
- Newfoundland (42031 sq mi) - part of Canada
- Luzon (40420 sq mi) - part of Philippines
- Iceland (39800 sq mi)
- Mindanao (36537 sq mi) - part of Philippines
- Ireland (32600 sq mi) - Republic of Ireland and part of UK
- Hokkaido (32245 sq mi) - part of Japan
- Novaya Zemlya (31900 sq mi) - part of Russia
- Sakhalin (29500 sq mi) - part of Russia
- Hispaniola (29300 sq mi) - states Haiti and Dominican Republic
- Banks Island (27038 sq mi) - part of Canada
- Tasmania (26200 sq mi) - part of Australia
- Sri Lanka (Ceylon) (24900 sq mi)
Islands of the world by region
Africa- Equatorial Guinea
- Annobon[?]
- Bioko (formerly Fernando Po)
- Corisco[?]
- Elobey[?]
- Eritrea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Réunion
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Sierra Leone
- Sherbro Island[?] (now Bonthe Island)
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Tunisia
Antarctica (and sub-Antarctica islands)
- Adelaide Island[?]
- Alexander Island[?]
- Antipodes Islands[?]
- Auckland Island[?]
- Balleny Islands
- Bear Island[?]
- Berkner Island[?]
- Bounty Islands[?]
- Bowman Island[?]
- Burke Island[?]
- Campbell Island[?]
- Charcot Island[?]
- Coulman Island[?]
- Drygalski Island
- Fletcher Islands[?]
- Latady Island[?]
- Macquarie Island
- Masson Island[?]
- Mill Island[?]
- Peter I Island
- Pobeda Ice Island[?]
- Ross Island
- Roosevelt Island
- Scott Island
- Shepard Island[?]
- South Orkney Islands[?]
- South Shetland Islands[?]
- Thurston Island[?]
- Indonesia 17,000 islands, 6,000 are inhabited
- Bali
- Borneo (Kalimantan)
- Java
- New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
- Sulawesi (Celebes)
- Sumatra
- Timor
- etc, see Islands of Indonesia
- Philippines: 7,107 islands; about 4,000 are inhabited
Atlantic
- Azores
- Bermuda
- Canary Islands
- Cape Verde Islands
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Greenland
- Madeira
- Saint Helena
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)
- Archipelago of the Recherche[?]
- Barrow Island[?]
- Bathurst Island[?]
- Bonaparte Archipelago[?]
- Buccaneer Archipelago[?]
- Croker Island[?]
- Dampier Archipelago[?]
- Dirk Hartog Island[?]
- Flinders Island[?]
- Fraser Island
- Groote Eylandt
- Hinchinbrook Island[?]
- Houtman Abrolhos
- Kangaroo Island
- King Island[?]
- Lacepede Islands[?]
- Lord Howe Island[?]
- Melville Island[?]
- Montebello Islands
- Moreton Island[?]
- North Stradbroke Island[?]
- Rowley Shoals[?]
- Sir Edward Pellew Group[?]
- Tasmania
- Torres Strait Islands[?]
- Wellesley Islands[?]
- Wessel Islands[?]
- Whitsunday Islands[?]
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Bonaire
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Dominica
- Guadeloupe (France)
- Hispaniola
- Jamaica
- Martinique (France)
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Barthélemy (France)
- Saint Martin
- Saint Lucia
- Tobago (smaller island of Trinidad and Tobago)
- Trinidad (larger island of Trinidad and Tobago)
- Denmark has 405 named islands, of which 82 are inhabited. The largest are listed.
- Italy
- Switzerland
- Lake Zurich Islands
- Brissago Islands[?] (Lake Maggiore[?])
- Ile d'Ogoz[?] (Lac de la Gruyère)
- Werd, Switzerland[?] (Eschenz, Rhine, Thurgau[?])
- Schwanau Island[?] (Lauerzersee)
- United Kingdom
- Anglesey
- Arran
- Great Cumbrae
- Little Cumbrae
- Burgh Island
- Brownsea Island[?]
- Fair Isle
- Flannan Islands[?]
- Farne Islands
- Great Britain
- Orkney Islands
- Hayling Island
- Inner Hebrides
- Outer Hebrides
- Looe Island
- Lundy
- Isle of Man
- North Rona[?]
- Channel Islands
- Isles of Scilly (About 40 can be classed as islands, the rest are just rocks)
- Bryher[?]
- St. Agnes[?]
- St. Martin's[?]
- St. Mary's[?]
- Tresco[?]
- White Island[?]
- Round Island
- English Island
- Great Ganinick[?]
- Little Ganinick[?]
- Green Island[?]
- Stony Island[?]
- Puffin Island[?]
- Burnt Island[?]
- Crow Island[?]
- Merrick Island[?]
- St. Helen's[?]
- Plumb Island[?]
- Toll's Island[?]
- Samson (island)
- Annet[?]
- Tean[?]
- Gweal[?]
- Great Gannilly[?]
- Little Gannilly[?]
- Great Arthur[?]
- Little Arthur[?]
- Guther's Island[?]
- Menawethan[?]
- Rosevear[?]
- Gorregan[?]
- Shetland Islands
- Skye
- Small Isles
- Stroma[?]
- Sula Sgeir[?]
- Swona[?]
- West Isles[?]
- Isle of Wight
- Amsterdam Island[?] (France)
- Bassas da India (France)
- Comoros
- Christmas Island
- Crozet Islands[?] (France)
- Diego Garcia
- Europa Island (France)
- Glorioso Islands (France)
- Juan de Nova Island (France)
- Maldives
- Saint-Paul Island[?] (France)
- Seychelles
- Kerguelen Islands (France)
- La Réunion (France)
- Mayotte (France)
- Tromelin Island (France)
- Canada
- United States
- Alaska
- California
- Florida
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Apostle Islands[?]
- Beaver Island[?]
- Bois Blanc Island[?]
- Cheneaux Islands[?]
- Copper Island
- Drummond Island[?]
- Garden Island[?]
- Higgins Island[?]
- High Island[?]
- Isle Royale[?]
- Mackinac Island
- Manitou Island[?]
- Marquette Island[?]
- Needbish Island[?]
- North Manitou Island[?]
- South Manitou Island[?]
- Sugar Island[?]
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Washington
Pacific
- Baker Island (United States)
- Clipperton Island (France)
- Cook Islands
- Aitutaki
- Atiu[?]
- Avarua[?] (Palmerston[?])
- Mangaia[?]
- Manihiki[?] (Humphrey)
- Manuae[?]
- Mauke[?]
- Mitiaro[?]
- Nassau
- Pukapuka[?] (Danger)
- Rakahanga[?] (Reirson)
- Rarotonga
- Suwarrow[?] (Anchorage)
- Takutee[?]
- Tongareva[?] (Penrhyn)
- Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
- Line Islands
- Caroline Island[?]
- Flint Island[?]
- Jarvis Island
- Kingman Reef
- Kiritimati (Christmas Island)
- Malden Island
- Palmyra Atoll
- Starbuck Island[?]
- Tabuaeran[?] (Fanning Island)
- Teraina[?] (Washington Island)
- Tongareva[?] (Penhryn Island)
- Vostok Island[?]
- New Caledonia (France)
- New Zealand
- Arapawa Island
- D'Urville Island
- Great Barrier Island
- Hen and Chickens Islands[?]
- Kapiti Island[?]
- Kawau Island[?]
- Little Barrier Island[?]
- Matakana Island[?]
- Mayor Island[?]
- North Island
- Rabbit Island[?]
- Rangitoto Island
- Resolution Island[?]
- Ruapeke Island[?]
- Secretary Island[?]
- South Island
- Stewart Island[?]
- The Snares[?]
- Three Kings Islands[?]
- Waiheke Island[?]
- White Island[?]
- Western Samoa (see Samoa)
South America
- Ecuador
- Tierra del Fuego (both Argentina and Chile)
Phantom Islands - (mythical islands believed at one time, to be real)
Artificial Islands[?] -(islands created by humans, where once was sea)
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