A list of the top 20 largest islands of the world, with area measured in square miles and kilometres.
Australia ( 澳大利亞 ) and Antarctica ( 南極洲 ) both have a claim to be in this island list however, for geological, political and cultural reasons they are described as continental land masses and so are not included in the list. However if they were included Antarctica would be the largest island with an area of 5,400,000 sq. miles (14,000,000 sq. km)and Australia would be the second largest island with an area of 2,941,517 sq. miles (7,618,493 sq. km).
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Island Area Comment sq. miles sq. km Greenland822,7002,130,800self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark New Guinea309,000800,000the state Papua New Guinea and part of Indonesia Borneo280,100725,500the state Brunei and parts of Indonesia and Malaysia Madagascar226,658578,041 Baffin Island195,928507,451part of Canada Sumatra164,000425,000part of Indonesia Honshu87,805227,414part of Japan Victoria Island83,896217,291part of Canada Great Britain83,698216,777part of UK Ellesmere Island75,767196,236part of Canada Celebes67,400174,600part of Indonesia South Island,
New Zealand58,200150,737 Java48,900126,700part of Indonesia North Island,
New Zealand44,035114,050 Newfoundland42,031108,860part of Canada Cuba40,543105,007 Luzon40,422104,688part of the Philippines Iceland39,702102,828 Mindanao36,53994,630part of the Philippines Ireland (Eire)32,58984,406Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland