The largest islands in the world
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Greenland · New Guinea · Borneo. (Updated Aug 21, 2019.)
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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Top 20
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1
Greenland
About 2.13 million km², almost entirely covered by ice; part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
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2
New Guinea
About 786,000 km², split between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
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3
Borneo
About 748,000 km², the only island shared by three countries: Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.
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4
Madagascar
About 587,000 km², with lemurs and baobabs found nowhere else.
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Baffin Island
About 507,000 km² in the Canadian Arctic.
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Sumatra
About 443,000 km², home of the Sumatran orangutan and tiger.
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7
Honshu
Japan's main island, home to Tokyo and Mount Fuji.
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8
Victoria Island
A large Canadian Arctic island, shared by Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
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9
Great Britain
Europe's largest island, with England, Scotland and Wales.
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10
Ellesmere Island
Canada's northernmost island, almost uninhabited.
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11
Sulawesi
The orchid-shaped Indonesian island.
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12
South Island
New Zealand's largest island, with the Southern Alps.
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13
Java
The most populous island in the world, home to Jakarta.
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14
North Island
With Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand's most populated island.
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15
Luzon
The main island of the Philippines, with Manila.
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16
Newfoundland
The Canadian island where the Vikings landed around the year 1000.
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17
Cuba
The largest island in the Caribbean.
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18
Iceland
Land of volcanoes, geysers and glaciers in the North Atlantic.
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19
Mindanao
The second largest island in the Philippines.
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20
Ireland
The "Emerald Isle", divided between Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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