# The largest islands in the world

The twenty largest islands on the planet, from Greenland, more than three times the size of France, to Ireland. Australia is left out: it counts as a continent.

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- Aug 21, 2019 · Federico G.
- https://even.best/en/l/1695/the-largest-islands-in-the-world

## Top 20

1. **Greenland** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — About 2.13 million km², almost entirely covered by ice; part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
2. **New Guinea** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — About 786,000 km², split between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
3. **Borneo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — About 748,000 km², the only island shared by three countries: Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.
4. **Madagascar** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — About 587,000 km², with lemurs and baobabs found nowhere else.
5. **Baffin Island** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — About 507,000 km² in the Canadian Arctic.
6. **Sumatra** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — About 443,000 km², home of the Sumatran orangutan and tiger.
7. **Honshu** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Japan's main island, home to Tokyo and Mount Fuji.
8. **Victoria Island** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A large Canadian Arctic island, shared by Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
9. **Great Britain** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Europe's largest island, with England, Scotland and Wales.
10. **Ellesmere Island** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Canada's northernmost island, almost uninhabited.
11. **Sulawesi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The orchid-shaped Indonesian island.
12. **South Island** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — New Zealand's largest island, with the Southern Alps.
13. **Java** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The most populous island in the world, home to Jakarta.
14. **North Island** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — With Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand's most populated island.
15. **Luzon** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The main island of the Philippines, with Manila.
16. **Newfoundland** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Canadian island where the Vikings landed around the year 1000.
17. **Cuba** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The largest island in the Caribbean.
18. **Iceland** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Land of volcanoes, geysers and glaciers in the North Atlantic.
19. **Mindanao** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The second largest island in the Philippines.
20. **Ireland** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The "Emerald Isle", divided between Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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