NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of islands by size

This is a list of islands in the world ordered by area. It includes all islands with an area greater than 1,200 square miles or 3,000 km�. For comparison, continental land masses are also shown.

Contents

1 Land masses

2 Islands over 3,000 km�

3 Islands over 1,000 km�

4 See also

5 External links

Land masses

Africa-Eurasia (84,000,000 km�)
America (41,000,000 km�)
Antarctica (13,000,000 km�)
Australia (7,600,000 km�)

Islands over 3,000 km�

	Island’s Name	Area in sq. mi.	Area in km�	Country
1	Greenland	840,000	2,175,600	self-governing division of Denmark
2	New Guinea	305,000	790,000	Papua New Guinea and Indonesia
3	Borneo	285,000	737,500	Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia
4	Madagascar	226,658	587,041	Madagascar
5	Baffin Island	195,928	507,451	Canada
6	Sumatra	164,000	425,000	Indonesia
7	Honshu	87,805	227,414	Japan
8	Great Britain	84,400	219,000	UK
9	Victoria Island	83,896	217,291	Canada
10	Ellesmere Island	75,767	196,236	Canada
11	Sulawesi	67,400	174,600	Indonesia
12	South Island	58,200	150,737	New Zealand
13	Java	48,900	126,700	Indonesia
14	North Island	44,035	114,050	New Zealand
15	Newfoundland	42,031	108,860	Canada
16	Cuba	40,543	105,007	Cuba
17	Luzon	40,422	104,688	Philippines
18	Iceland	39,702	102,828	Iceland
19	Mindanao	36,539	94,630	Philippines
20	Ireland	32,589	84,406	Republic of Ireland and UK
21	Hokkaido	30,144	78,073	Japan
22	Sakhalin	29,500	76,400	Russia
23	Hispaniola	28,840	74,700	Haiti and Dominican Republic
24	Banks Island	27,038	70,028	Canada
25	Sri Lanka	25,200	65,268	Sri Lanka
26	Tasmania	23,412	60,637	Australia
27	Devon Island	21,331	55,247	Canada
28	Severny, Novaya Zemlya	18,882	48,904	Russia
29	Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego	18,530	47,992	Argentina and Chile
30	Alexander Island	16,700	43,200	Antarctica
31	Axel Heiberg Island	16,671	43,178	Canada
32	Melville Island	16,274	42,149	Canada
33	Southampton Island	15,913	41,214	Canada
34	Marajo	15,500	40,100	Brazil
35	Spitsbergen	15,075	39,044	Norwegian dependency of Svalbard
36	Kyushu	14,114	36,555	Japan
37	New Britain	14,098	36,514	Papua New Guinea
38	Taiwan	13,823	35,801	Republic of China
39	Hainan	12,962	33,572	People's Republic of China
40	Prince of Wales Island	12,872	33,339	Canada
41	Yuzhny, Novaya Zemlya	12,848	33,275	Russia
42	Vancouver Island	12,079	31,285	Canada
43	Timor	11,883	30,777	East Timor and Indonesia
44	Sicily	9,830	25,460	Italy
45	Somerset Island	9,570	24,786	Canada
46	Sardinia	9,194	23,813	Italy
47	Kotelny / Faddeyesky	8,444	23,165	Russia
48	Bananal	7,720	20,000	Brazil
49	Shikoku	7,251	18,780	Japan
50	Halmahera	6,865	17,780	Indonesia
51	Ceram	6,621	17,148	Indonesia
52	New Caledonia	6,467	16,750	overseas territory of France
53	Bathurst Island	6,194	16,042	Canada
54	Prince Patrick Island	6,119	15,848	Canada
55	Thurston Island	6,050	15,700	Antarctica
56	Sumbawa	5,965	15,448	Indonesia
57	Flores	5,520	14,300	Indonesia
58	Nordaustlandet	5,486	14,210	Norwegian dependency of Svalbard
59	Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii	5,471	14,170	Russia
60	King William Island	5,062	13,111	Canada
61	Samar	5,050	13,080	Philippines
62	Negros	4,906	12,705	Philippines
63	Tupinambarana	4,550	11,850	Brazil
64	Palawan	4,550	11,785	Philippines
65	Yos Sudarso (Dolak)	4,500	11,600	Indonesia
66	Panay	4,446	11,515	Philippines
67	Bangka	4,375	11,330	Indonesia
68	Bolshevik	4,368	11,312	Russia
69	Ellef Ringnes Island	4,361	11,295	Canada
70	Sumba	4,306	11,153	Indonesia
71	Bylot Island	4,273	11,067	Canada
72	Jamaica	4,244	10,991	Jamaica
73	Hawaii	4,021	10,414	USA
74	Viti Levu	4,011	10,388	Fiji
75	Cape Breton Island	3,981	10,311	Canada
76	Bougainville	3,880	10,049	Papua New Guinea
77	Mindoro	3,759	9,735	Philippines
78	Prince Charles Island	3,676	9,521	Canada
79	Buru	3,670	9,505	Indonesia
80	Kodiak Island	3,588	9,293	USA
81	Cyprus	3,572	9,251	Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
82	Komsomolets	3,477	9,006	Russia
83	Puerto Rico	3,435	8,897	in association with the USA
84	Corsica	3,351	8,681	France
85	New Ireland	3,344	8,661	Papua New Guinea
86	Qeqertarsuatsiaq (Disko)	3,312	8,578	Greenland, self-governing division of Denmark
87	Carney Island	3,300	8,500	Antarctica
88	Chilo�	3,241	8,394	Chile
89	Crete	3,190	8,261	Greece
90	Anticosti	3,066	7,941	Canada
91	Vrangelya (Wrangel)	3,030	7,850	Russia
92	Roosevelt Island	2,900	7,500	Antarctica
93	Leyte	2,785	7,214	Philippines
94	Sjaelland	2,715	7,031	Denmark
95	Cornwallis Island	2,701	6,995	Canada
96	Prince of Wales Island	2,577	6,675	USA
97	Grande Terre de Kerguelen	2,555	6,617	overseas territory of France
98	East Falkland	2,550	6,605	Falkland Islands, overseas territory of the UK, claimed by Argentina
99	Siple Island	2,500	6,500	Antarctica
100	Graham Island	2,456	6,361	Canada
101	Novaya Sibir	2,394	6,200	Russia
102	Melville Island	2,234	5,786	Australia
103	Prince Edward Island	2,170	5,620	Canada
104	Bali	2,147	5,561	Indonesia
105	Wellington	2,145	5,556	Chile
106	Vanua Levu	2,137	5,535	Fiji
107	Coats Island	2,123	5,498	Canada
108	Lombok	2,098	5,435	Indonesia
109	Chichagof Island	2,080	5,398	USA
110	Guadalcanal	2,047	5,302	Solomon Islands
111	Madura	2,042	5,290	Indonesia
112	Amund Ringnes	2,029	5,255	Canada
113	St. Lawrence Island	1,983	5,135	USA
114	Riesco	1,973	5,110	Chile
115	Mackenzie King Island	1,949	5,048	Canada
116	Edgeoya	1,942	5,030	Svalbard, dependency of Norway
117	Caviana	1,930	5,000	Brazil
118	Grande de Gurupa	1,878	4,864	Brazil
119	Trinidad	1,864	4,828	Trinidad and Tobago
120	Belitung	1,853	4,800	Indonesia
121	Vendsyssel-Thy	1,809	4,685	Denmark
122	Isabela	1,790	4,640	Gal�pagos Islands, Ecuador
123	Bolshoy Lyakhovsky	1,776	4,600	Russia
124	West Falkland	1,750	4,532	Falkland Islands, overseas territory of the UK, claimed by Argentina
125	Stefansson Island	1,723	4,463	Canada
126	Cebu	1,707	4,421	Philippines
127	Kangaroo Island	1,705	4,416	Australia
128	Admiralty Island	1,684	4,361	USA
129	Nunivak Island	1,625	4,209	USA
130	Butung	1,620	4,200	Indonesia
131	Spaatz Island	1,600	4,100	Antarctica
132	Unimak Island	1,590	4,119	USA
133	Hoste	1,590	4,117	Chile
134	Malaita	1,572	4,071	Solomon Islands
135	Baranof Island	1,569	4,065	USA
136	Nias	1,569	4,064	Indonesia
137	Milne Land	1,511	3,913	Greenland
138	Bohol	1,492	3,864	Philippines
139	Siberut	1,470	3,810	Indonesia
140	Santa Isabel	1,460	3,780	Solomon Islands
141	South Georgia	1,450	3,756	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, overseas territory of the UK, claimed by Argentina
142	Espiritu Santo	1,420	3,677	Vanuatu
143	Euboea	1,411	3,655	Greece
144	Santa Ines	1,407	3,645	Chile
145	Majorca	1,405	3,640	Spain
146	Long Island	1,401	3,629	USA
147	Wetar	1,400	3,600	Indonesia
148	Socotra	1,382	3,579	Yemen
149	Traill	1,367	3,542	Greenland
150	North Andros Island	1,328	3,439	Bahamas
151	Vaygach	1,306	3,383	Russia
152	Bear Island	1,300	3,500	Antarctica
153	Adelaide Island	1,270	3,290	Antarctica
154	Masbate	1,262	3,268	Philippines
155	Kolguyev	1,240	3,200	Russia
156	Mansel Island	1,228	3,180	Canada
157	Iturup (Etorofu)	1,212	3,139	Russia, claimed by Japan
158	San Cristobal	1,206	3,125	Solomon Islands
159	Yamdena	1,200	3,100	Indonesia
160	Waigeo	1,180	3,060	Indonesia
161	Akimiski Island	1,159	3,001	Canada
162	Gotland	1,159	3,001	Sweden

Islands over 1,000 km�

This section of the list is not comprehensive; it shows how the areas of other large islands compare.

Island’s Name	Area in km�	Country
Fyn	2,985	Denmark
Choiseul	2,966	Solomon Islands
Revillagigedo Island	2,965	United States
Guest Island	2,950	Antarctica
Muna	2,911	Indonesia
Taliabu	2,900	Indonesia
Kupreanof Island	2,813	United States
Borden Island	2,794	Canada
North Andaman Island	2,781	India
Zemlya Georga	2,770	Russia
Manitoulin Island	2,766	Canada
Unalaska Island	2,722	United States
Saaremaa	2,674	Estonia
Moresby Island	2,608	Canada
James Ross Island	2,600	Antarctica
Obi	2,542	Indonesia
R�union	2,512	overseas department of France
Navarino	2,473	Chile
Paramushir	2,471	Russia
Ross Island	2,460	Antarctica
Ymer's Island	2,437	Greenland
Anvers Island	2,432	Antarctica
Peleng	2,345	Indonesia
Groote Eylandt	2,285	Australia
Yapen	2,278	Indonesia
Morotai	2,266	Indonesia
Cornwall Island	2,258	Canada
Princess Royal Island	2,251	Canada
Juventud	2,237	Cuba
Hinn�ya	2,198	Norway
Nelson Island	2,183	United States
Lewis and Harris	2,179	United Kingdom
Richards Island	2,165	Canada
Margarita Island	2,100	Colombia
Magdalena	2,025	Chile
Rene-Lavasseur	2,020	Canada
Bioko	2,017	Equatorial Guinea
Kuiu Island	1,962	United States
Maui	1,888	United States
Mauritius	1,836	Mauritius
Cheju-do	1,825	South Korea
Afognak	1,809	United States
Umnak	1,793	United States
Air Force Island	1,720	Canada
Bathurst Island	1,693	Australia
Zanzibar	1,658	Tanzania
Skye	1,656	United Kingdom
Fraser Island	1,653	Australia
Soisalo	1,635	Finland
Lesbos	1,630	Greece
Oahu	1,600	United States
Dakhin Shahbazpur	1,585	Bangladesh
Middle Andaman Island	1,536	India
Flaherty Island	1,525	Canada
Retea	1,480	Romania
Kauai	1,446	United States
Rhodes	1,398	Greece
Flinders Island	1,359	Australia
Ramree Island	1,350	Burma
Qishm	1,336	Iran
Morfil	1,250	Senegal
Lolland	1,243	Denmark
Tibur�n Island	1,196	Mexico
Njazidja	1,158	Comoros
Martinique	1,101	overseas territory of France
King Island	1,091	Australia
Isla Margarita	1,072	Venezuela
Atka Island	1,061	United States
Great Nicobar	1,045	India
Tahiti	1,042	French Polynesia, overseas territory of France
Chongming	1,041	China
Mornington Island	1,002	Australia

Note: Australia, at 7,600,000 km�, is generally considered to be a continental landmass, rather than an island. If however one does count Australia among the islands it, not Greenland, would be the largest in the world.

External links

Joshua Calder's island information (http://users.erols.com/jcalder)
United Nations Environment Programme list of islands by area (http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm)

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External links

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