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Top 10 List:
The world's largest islands
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Australia (7,618,493 sq km) is regarded as a continental land mass rather than an island, otherwise it would be ranked first on this list.
Island |
Location |
Area (sq km) |
Area (sq miles) |
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1. |
Greenland (Kalaatdlit Nunaat), Denmark |
Arctic Ocean |
2,175,600 |
840,004 |
2. |
New Guinea |
West Pacific |
785, 753 |
303, 381 |
3. |
Borneo |
Indian Ocean |
748,168 |
288,869 |
4. |
Madagascar (Malagasy Republic) |
Indian Ocean |
587,713 |
226,917 |
5. |
Baffin Island, Canada |
Arctic Ocean |
503,994 |
194,574 |
6. |
Sumatra, Indonesia |
Indian Ocean |
443,065 |
171,068 |
| 7. | Great Britain |
North Atlantic |
229,957 |
88,787 |
8. |
Honshu, Japan |
Northweat Pacific |
225,800 |
87,182 |
9. |
Victoria Island, Canada |
Arctic Ocean |
220,548 |
85,154 |
10. |
Ellesmere Island, Canada |
Arctic Ocean |
183,964 |
71,029 |
