World's Twenty Largest Islands

World's 20 Largest Islands

The following list summarizes the TOP TWENTY BIGGEST islands in the world. The size of each island is given in square miles, and in square kilometers.

390 - 450

The Ten Biggest Islands on Earth
Rank	Islands, Ten Largest	Area in Square Miles	Area in Square Kilometers
1	Greenland	823,000	2,131,000
2	New Guinea	309,000	800,000
3	Borneo, Indonesia	280,000	726,000
4	Madagascar, Africa	227.000	578,000
5	Baffin Island, Canada	196,000	507,000
6	Sumatra, Indonesia	164,000	425,000
7	Honshu, Japan	88,000	227,000
9	Victoria Island, Canada	83,896	217,291
8	Great Britain	83,698	216,777
10	Ellesmere, Canada	76,000	196,000
11	Celebes, Indonesia	67,000	175,000
12	South Island, New Zealand	58,000	151,000
13	Java, Indonesia	49,000	127,000
14	North Island, New Zealand	44,000	114,000
15	Newfoundland, Canada	42,000	109,000
16	Cuba	41,000	105,000
17	Luzon, Phillipines	40,000	104,700
18	Iceland	39,700	103,000
19	Mindanao, Phillipines	37,000	95,000
20	Ireland	33,000	84,000
50	250 - 450	75	75

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Disclaimer: I hope there are no errors.

This Vaughns World's 20 Largest Islands Summary
was last updated on 2012-07-18.