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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.
This is a list of islands in the world ordered by area. It includes all islands with an area greater than 250,000 km² (96,526 square miles). Although an island is, in general, any land mass that is completely surrounded by water, some definitions exclude land masses large enough to be considered continents.
RankIsland’s NameArea(km²)Area(sq Mi)12,130,800822,7062785,753303,3813748,168288,8694587,713226,917Isle Royale National Park preserves 132,018 acres (534.26 km2) of land-based wilderness. ^ Drummond Island comprises the bulk of Drummond Township, Chippewa County, Michigan. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the land area of Drummond Township is 334.3 km2, or 249.1 mi2, and its population was 1,049 in 2017.
RankIsland's NameArea (sq Mi)Area (km 2 )14,028 [1]10,433 [1]23,588 [2]9,293 [2]33,513 [3]9,100 [3]42,5776,675 [5] [6]People also ask
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- Greenland (autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark); area: 2,130,800 km2; population: 56,344.
- New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea); area: 785,753 km2; population: 11,306,940.
- Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia); area: 748,168 km2; population: 19,804,064.
- Madagascar (Madagascar); area: 587,713 km2; population: 22,005,222.
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Continental landmasses are not usually classified as islands despite being completely surrounded by water. However, because the definition of continent varies between geographers, the Americas are sometimes defined as two separate continents while mainland Australia is sometimes defined as an island as well as a continent. Nevertheless, for the pur...
Islands 1,000–2,500 km2
This section of the list might not be complete but covers almost all of the islands in the world over 1,000 km2(390 sq mi). The area of some Antarctic islands is uncertain.
This list of islands by area includes all islands in the world greater than 2,500 km 2 (970 sq mi) and several other islands over 500 km 2 (193 sq mi), sorted in descending order by area. For comparison, continents are also shown.
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 comparison, four very large continental landmasses are also shown.
