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Apr 12, 2024 · This list of islands by area includes all islands in the world larger than 2,500 km 2 (970 sq mi) and most of the islands over 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi), sorted in descending order by area. For size and location reference, four very large continental landmasses are also shown.
- Baffin Island
Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian...
- Victoria Island
Victoria Island (Inuinnaqtun: Kitlineq) is a large island in...
- Geography of Jamaica
Jamaica's parishes, rivers and population centres and other...
- Geography of Cuba
Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea.It comprises...
- Ellef Ringnes Island
NASA Landsat photo of Ellef Ringnes Island. Ellef Ringnes...
- Mayotte
Mayotte consists of a main island, Grande-Terre (or Maore),...
- Baffin Island
6 days ago · Island, any area of land smaller than a continent and entirely surrounded by water. Islands may occur in oceans, seas, lakes, or rivers. A group of islands is called an archipelago. Islands may be classified as either continental or oceanic. Learn more about islands in this article.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
19 hours ago · Solomon Islands. / 9.43194°S 159.95556°E / -9.43194; 159.95556. Solomon Islands, [7] also known simply as the Solomons, [8] is a country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, to the northeast of Australia. It is directly adjacent to Papua New Guinea to the northwest, Australia to ...
- 1998-2003
- +677
- Guadacanal & Malaita, Solomon Islands
- Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
4 days ago · Long Island is an island in southeastern New York state, constituting a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land area. The island extends from New York Harbor 118 miles (190 km) eastward into the North Atlantic Ocean with a maximum north–south width of 23 miles (37 km).
- 1,376.1 sq mi (3,564 km²)
- Atlantic Ocean
- 8,063,232 (2020)
- New York
5 days ago · Prince Edward Island ( PEI; French: Île-du-Prince-Édouard; Scottish Gaelic: Eilean a' Phrionnsa; colloquially known as The Island) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. While it is the smallest province in terms of land area and population, it is the most densely populated.
- July 1, 1873 (8th)
- Charlottetown
- Canada
5 days ago · Ireland (/ ˈ aɪər l ə n d / ⓘ IRE-lənd; Irish: Éire [ˈeːɾʲə] ⓘ; Ulster-Scots: Airlann [ˈɑːrlən]) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel.