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List of islands by area

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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. Placing Australia in the latter category (even though arguments can be made whether it is technically a continent, or merely part of the larger continent called Australasia) makes Greenland the largest island. For the sake of classification the list of islands will begin with Greenland.

Rank Island’s Name Area
(km²)
Area
(sq mi)
1 Greenland 2,130,800[1] 822,706
2 New Guinea 785,753 303,381
3 Borneo 748,168 288,869
4 Madagascar 587,713 226,917
5 Baffin Island 507,451[2] 195,928
6 Sumatra 443,066 171,069
7 Honshū 227,960

References

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  1. Joshua Calder's World Island Info
  2. "Atlas of Canada". Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2008-04-29.