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{{Short description|none}}{{Fuller projection with largest islands.svg}}This
list of islands by area includes all islands in the world larger than {{cvt|2,500|km2}} and most of the islands over {{cvt|1000|km2}}, sorted in descending order by area. For size and location reference, four very large
continental landmasses are also shown.
Continental landmasses
Continental
landmasses are not usually classified as islands despite being completely surrounded by water.{{refn|group="Note"|The
United States Geological Survey is a notable exception. The United States-based scientific agency considers all landmasses surrounded by ocean water, including continental
mainlands, as islands. Under their definition, Africa, Australia,
Eurasia, North America, and South America are classified as continental mainland islands.
USGS – Global Islands Explorer}} 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 purposes of this list, mainland Australia along with the other major landmasses have been listed as continental landmasses for comparison. The figures are approximations and are for the four major continental landmasses only.{{refn|group="Note"|Physiographically, there are only four continents (including offshore
continental islands which sit on the nearby
continental shelves) that are completely surrounded by water:
Afro-Eurasia (57% of the global land area), the Americas (28.5%), Antarctica (9%), and
Australia (5%). The remaining 0.5% is made up of remote
oceanic islands, mostly scattered within
Oceania in the central and south
Pacific Ocean.BOOK, Unlocking the Universe, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Hawking, Lucy Hawking, Lucy Hawking, Earth: What's It Made Of?, 9 January 2020, 62, 9780241418864, }} The artificial
Panama and
Suez canals are disregarded, as they are not natural waters that separate the continents.{| class="sortable wikitable"
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! rowspan=2 |Rank! rowspan=2 |Continental landmass{{refn|group="Note"|Including landmasses which are above water and over {{cvt|2,500,000|km2}}. The submerged continent of Zealandia (approx. {{cvt|5,000,000|km2}}) is excluded.GNS Science – Earth's 8th Continent}}! colspan=2 | Area! rowspan=2 | Nation(s)
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| 1| Afro-Eurasia| group="Note" | Global Islands Explorer website, by adding the areas of mainland Africa ({{cvt>29,370,907 | Eurasia ({{cvt>50,439,819|km2}}).}} | 79810726 | disp=number}}|126 countries{{refn|group="Note"|48 countries on mainland Africa{{refn|group="Note"|Egypt has a small portion of its land located on mainland Eurasia. Equatorial Guinea's capital city is located on an island.}} and 78 countries on mainland Eurasia (38 countries on continental Asia{{refn|group="Note"|Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Turkey each have a small portion of their land located on continental Europe. Malaysia has a significant portion of its land located on an island.}} and 40 countries on continental Europe{{refn|group="Note"|Russia has a big portion of its land located on continental Asia. Denmark's capital city is located on an island.}}).}}7 de facto states{{refn|group="Note"|Two states on mainland Africa and five states on mainland Eurasia (three states on continental Asia{{refn|group="Note"|Abkhazia and South Ossetia are both located south of the Greater Caucasus watershed and thus geographically parts of Asia.}} and two states on continental Europe).}} |
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| 2| Americas| group="Note" | Global Islands Explorer website, by adding the areas of mainland North America ({{cvt>20,090,075 | 17,609,548|km2}}).}} | 37,699,623 | disp=number}}| 22 countries{{refn|group="Note"|Ten countries on mainland North America{{refn|group="Note"|Depending on the definition, a significant portion of Panama (land east of the Panama Canal) could be considered a part of mainland South America.}} and twelve countries on mainland South America.}}French Guiana{{refn|group="Note"|An overseas department and region of France, located on mainland South America.}} |
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| 3| Antarctica{{refn>group="Note" | Antarctica is a special case, for if its ice is considered not as land, but as water, it is not a single landmass, but several landmasses of much smaller area, since the ice-bedrock boundary is below sea level in many regions of the continent.3D visualisations of the Earth2014 SUR, BED, TBI and RET topography layers over the Southern Hemisphere, centred to Antarctica If its ice cover were to be lifted, some rocks that are currently below sea level would post-glacial rebound>rise as the weight of the ice would be removed,Global warming and the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, Michael Oppenheimer, 1998 (see map of Antarctica showing regions where bedrock is below sea level) although this would in part be counteracted, and in some areas of the continent overtaken, by eustatic sea level | rises in sea level.JONATHAN L. BAMBER | AUTHOR3=VERMEERSEN | TITLE=REASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL SEA-LEVEL RISE FROM A COLLAPSE OF THE WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET | DATE=MAY 2009 | ISSUE=59295 | DOI=10.1126/SCIENCE.1169335 | BIBCODE=2009SCI...324..901B, 11083712, }} | group="Note" | | WEBSITE=LANDSAT IMAGE MOSAIC OF ANTARCTICA, United States Geological Survey, }} | 12,272,800 | disp=number}} | None{{refn>group="Note" | territorial claims in Antarctica>territorial claims.{{refn | All territorial claims in Antarctica are in abeyance under the Antarctic Treaty System.}}}} |
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| 4| Mainland Australia>Australia{{refn | Mainland Australia is more than three times the size of Greenland, the largest island. Australia is sometimes dubbed "The Island Continent" or "Earth's largest island, but its smallest continent".HTTP://WWW.DFAT.GOV.AU/AIB/ISLAND_CONTINENT.HTML >ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20030820155859/HTTP://WWW.DFAT.GOV.AU/AIB/ISLAND_CONTINENT.HTML | TITLE=AUSTRALIA IN BRIEF - DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE | ACCESS-DATE=2010-08-30, }} | group="Note" | Geoscience Australia website, the area of mainland Tasmania ({{cvt>64,519 | | PUBLISHER=GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA | ACCESS-DATE=3 NOVEMBER 2021, The Global Islands Explorer website has given a slightly larger figure of {{cvt | km2}} for the area of mainland Australia.}} | 7,591,608 | disp=number}}| Australia |
Islands
">Islands {{cvt|100000|km2|-2}} and greater{| class"sortable wikitable"
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! rowspan=2 | Rank! rowspan=2 | Island! colspan=2 | Area WEB,weblink Islands By Land Area, Islands.unep.ch, 2010-08-01,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20221207141131weblink">weblink 2022-12-07, ! rowspan=2 | Nation(s) (subnational divisions)
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| Geography of Greenland>Greenland (main island){{refn | The largest island in the world.}}HTTP://WWW.WORLDISLANDINFO.COM/CONTISLAND.HTML>TITLE=JOSHUA CALDER'S WORLD ISLAND INFO – CONTINENT OR ISLAND? | ACCESS-DATE=28 DECEMBER 2021, | 2,130,800Island Superlatives | {{cvt | km2 | |Kingdom of Denmark (Greenland) |
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| New Guinea{{refn>group="Note" | Eastern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. The largest list of divided islands>divided island in the world.}} | 785,753ISLAND LIFE >FIRST=ANITA | PUBLISHER=RAINTREE | ISBN=9781406249453 | URL=HTTPS://BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM/BOOKS?ID=__KTZBGWOR0C&PG=PA43, | {{cvt | km2 | | Papua (province)>Papua and Central Papua | , Highland Papua>Highland, South Papua | , West Papua (province)>West and Southwest Papua | Papua)Papua New Guinea (Highlands Region>Highlands, Momase Region | , and Southern Region, Papua New Guinea>Southern regions) |
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| Borneo{{refn>group="Note" | Asia. The only island shared by three member states of the United Nations>UN member states.}} | 748,168 | {{cvt | km2 | | BruneiIndonesia (Central Kalimantan>Central, East Kalimantan | , North Kalimantan>North, South, and West Kalimantan)Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak) |
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| Geography of Madagascar | }}{{refn>group="Note" | Africa.}}> | | PUBLISHER=PSYCHOLOGY PRESS | ISBN= 9781857431834 | URL=HTTPS://BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM/BOOKS?ID=JJ4J-AXGDAQC&PG=PA629, | {{cvt | km2 | |Madagascar |
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| Baffin Island{{refn>group="Note" | Arctic Archipelago.}}> | | URL=HTTP://ATLAS.NRCAN.GC.CA/SITE/ENGLISH/LEARNINGRESOURCES/FACTS/ISLANDS.HTML | ARCHIVE-DATE=2013-01-22 | PUBLISHER=ATLAS OF CANADA, | {{cvt | km2 | |Canada (Nunavut) |
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| Sumatra> | | 443065 | disp=number}} | Indonesia (Aceh, Bengkulu, Jambi, Lampung, Riau, North Sumatra | , South Sumatra>South, and West Sumatra provinces) |
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| Honshu> | | DATE=2023-07-01 | | 227938 | disp=number}} | Japan (ChÅ«bu region | , ChÅ«goku region>ChÅ«goku, Kansai region | , KantÅ region>KantÅ, and TÅhoku region | list of regions of Japan>regions) |
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| Victoria Island (Canada)>Victoria Island | 217,291 | {{cvt | km2 | |Canada (British Columbia) |
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| Great Britain{{refn>group="Note" | Europe.}}> | | 209331 | disp=number}} | United Kingdom (England, Scotland, and Wales) |
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| Ellesmere Island> | | 196236 | disp=number}} | Canada (Nunavut) |
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| Sulawesi> | | 180681 | disp=number}} | Indonesia (Gorontalo, Central Sulawesi | , North Sulawesi>North, South Sulawesi | , Southeast Sulawesi>Southeast, and West Sulawesi) |
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| South Island / Te Waipounamu > | | 145836 | disp=number}} | New Zealand (Canterbury Region | , Marlborough District>Marlborough, Nelson, New Zealand | , Otago, Southland Region>Southland, Tasman District | , and the West Coast Region>West Coast) |
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| Java> | | 138,794 | disp=number}} | Indonesia (Banten, Jakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta | , Central Java>Central, East, and West Java) |
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| North Island / Te Ika-a-MÄui> | | 111583 | disp=number}} | New Zealand (Auckland Region | , the Bay of Plenty Region>Bay of Plenty, Gisborne District | , Hawke's Bay, ManawatÅ«-Whanganui, Northland Region>Northland, Taranaki, Waikato, and Wellington) |
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| Luzon>Luzon (main island) | 109,965 | {{cvt | km2 | | Bicol Region>Bicol, Cagayan Valley, Calabarzon, Central Luzon, Cordillera Administrative Region | , Ilocos Region>Ilocos, and the National Capital Region) |
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| Newfoundland (island)>Newfoundland | 108,860 | {{cvt | km2 | |Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) |
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| Geography of Cuba>Cuba (main island){{refn | The largest island in the Caribbean.}} | 105,806 | {{cvt | km2 | |Cuba |
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| Geography of Iceland>Iceland (main island){{refn | The largest volcanic island in the world.}} | 101,826 | {{cvt | km2 | |Iceland |
">Islands {{cvt|25000|–|100000|km2|-2}}{| class"sortable wikitable"
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! rowspan=2 | Rank! rowspan=2 | Island! colspan=2 | Area WEB,weblink Islands By Land Area, Islands.unep.ch, 2010-08-01,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20221207141131weblink">weblink 2022-12-07, ! rowspan=2 | Nation(s) (subnational divisions)
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| Mindanao>Mindanao (main island) | 97,530 | {{cvt | km2 | | Caraga, Davao Region>Davao, Bangsamoro, Northern Mindanao, Soccsksargen, and Zamboanga Peninsula) |
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| Ireland > | | PUBLISHER=GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND | LAST=NOLAN | ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20091124012641/HTTP://WWW.GOV.IE/EN/ESSAYS/GEOGRAPHY.HTML | | 84421 | disp=number}} | IrelandUnited Kingdom (Northern Ireland) |
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| Hokkaido > | | 77982 | disp=number}} | Japan (Hokkaido | list of regions of Japan>region and prefecture) |
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| Hispaniola > | | 73929 | disp=number}} | Dominican RepublicHaiti |
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| Sakhalin > | | 72493 | disp=number}} | Russia (Sakhalin) |
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| Banks Island > | | 70028 | disp=number}} | Canada (Northwest Territories) |
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| Geography of Sri Lanka>Sri Lanka (main island) | 65,268HTTP://WWW.WORLDISLANDINFO.COM/LARGESTV1.HTML >TITLE=JOSHUA CALDER'S WORLD ISLAND INFO - LARGEST ISLANDS OF THE WORLD | ACCESS-DATE=2016-01-30, | {{cvt | km2 | | Sri Lanka |
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| Tasmania>Tasmania (main island) | 65,022 | {{cvt | km2 | | Australia (Tasmania) |
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| Devon Island{{refn>group="Note" | desert island>uninhabited island in the world.}} | 55,247 | {{cvt | km2 | | Canada (Nunavut) |
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| Alexander Island{{refn>group="Note" | Antarctica.}} > | | 49070 | disp=number}} | None{{refn | Antarctic territorial claims by Argentina (partial), Chile, and the United Kingdom.}} |
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| Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego{{refn>group="Note" | South America.}} > | | 47992 | disp=number}} | Argentina (Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina | )Chile (Magallanes Region>Magallanes) |
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| Severny Island (northern Novaya Zemlya)}} | 47,079 | {{cvt | km2 | | Arkhangelsk Oblast>Arkhangelsk) |
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| Berkner Island > | | 43873 | disp=number}} | None{{refn | Antarctic territorial claims by Argentina (partial), Chile, and the United Kingdom.}} |
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| Axel Heiberg Island > | | 43178 | disp=number}} | Canada (Nunavut) |
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| Melville Island (Northwest Territories and Nunavut)>Melville Island | 42,149 | {{cvt | km2 | | Canada (Northwest Territories and Nunavut) |
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| Southampton Island > | | 41214 | disp=number}} | Canada (Nunavut) |
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| Marajó{{refn>group="Note" | Amazon River, Marajó is the world's largest fluvial island.}} > | | 40100 | disp=number}} | Brazil (Pará) |
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| Spitsbergen > | | LANGUAGE=NO | ACCESS-DATE=2010-08-01, | {{cvt | km2 | | Norway (Svalbard) |
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| Kyushu>Kyūshū | 36,782 | {{cvt | km2 | | Kyushu>Kyūshū region) |
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| New Britain > | | 35145 | disp=number}} | Papua New Guinea (East New Britain Province and West New Britain Province) |
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| Geography of Taiwan>Taiwan (main island) | 34,507 | {{cvt | km2 | | group="Note" | China>People's Republic of China.}} |
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| Prince of Wales Island (Nunavut)>Prince of Wales Island | 33,339 | {{cvt | km2 | | Canada (Nunavut) |
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| Yuzhny Island (southern Novaya Zemlya)}} | 33,246 | {{cvt | km2 | | Russia (Arkhangelsk) |
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| Hainan#Geography>Hainan (main island) | 33,210 | {{cvt | km2 | | Hainan>Hainan Province) |
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| Vancouver Island > | | 31285 | disp=number}} | Canada (British Columbia) |
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| Timor > | | 28418 | disp=number}} | East TimorIndonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) |
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| Sicily > | | FIRST= GABRIEL | YEAR= 2015 | PAGE=310 | | 25711 | disp=number}} | Italy (Sicily) |
">Islands {{cvt|10000|–|25000|km2}}{| class"sortable wikitable"
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! rowspan=2 | Rank! rowspan=2 | Island! colspan=2 | Area WEB,weblink Islands By Land Area, Islands.unep.ch, 2010-08-01,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20221207141131weblink">weblink 2022-12-07, ! rowspan=2 | Nation(s) (subnational divisions)
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| Somerset Island (Nunavut)>Somerset Island | 24,786 | {{cvt | km2 | | Canada (Nunavut) |
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| Kotelny Island > | | 24000 | disp=number}} | Russia (Sakha) |
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| Sardinia > | | 23949 | disp=number}} | Italy (Sardinia) |
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| Bananal Island>Bananal{{refn | The world's largest river island and the largest island surrounded entirely by fresh water.}} | 20,000 | {{cvt | km2 | | Brazil (Tocantins) |
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| Shikoku > | | 18296 | disp=number}} | Japan (Shikoku region) |
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| Halmahera > | | 18040 | disp=number}} | Indonesia (North Maluku) |
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| Seram Island>Seram | 17,454 | {{cvt | km2 | | Maluku (province)>Maluku) |
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| Grande Terre (New Caledonia)>Grande Terre | 16,648 | {{cvt | km2 | | France (New Caledonia sui generis collectivity) |
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| Bathurst Island (Nunavut)>Bathurst Island | 16,042 | {{cvt | km2 | | Canada (Nunavut) |
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| Prince Patrick Island > | | 15848 | disp=number}} | Canada (Northwest Territories) |
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| Thurston Island > | | 15700 | disp=number}} | None (unclaimed island of Antarctica) |
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| Nordaustlandet > | | 14467 | disp=number}} | Norway (Svalbard) |
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| Sumbawa > | | 14386 | disp=number}} | Indonesia (West Nusa Tenggara) |
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| October Revolution Island > | | 14204 | disp=number}} | Russia (Krasnoyarsk Krai) |
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| Flores > | | 14154 | disp=number}} | Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) |
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| King William Island > | | 13111 | disp=number}} | Canada (Nunavut) |
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| Negros (island)>Negros | 13,075 | {{cvt | km2 | | Philippines (Western Visayas and Central Visayas) |
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| Samar > | | 12849 | disp=number}} | Philippines (Eastern Visayas) |
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| Palawan (island)>Palawan | 12,189 | {{cvt | km2 | | Philippines (Mimaropa) |
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| Panay > | | 12011 | disp=number}} | Philippines (Western Visayas) |
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| Yos Sudarso Island>Yos Sudarso (Dolak) | 11,742 | {{cvt | km2 | | Papua (province)>Papua) |
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| Bangka Island>Bangka | 11,413 | {{cvt | km2 | | Indonesia (Bangka Belitung Islands) |
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| Ellef Ringnes Island > | | 11295 | disp=number}} | Canada (Nunavut) |
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| Bolshevik Island > | | 11206 | disp=number}} | Russia (Krasnoyarsk Krai) |
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| Geography of Jamaica>Jamaica (main island) | 11,190 | {{cvt | km2 | | Jamaica |
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| Bylot Island > | | 11067 | disp=number}} | Canada (Nunavut) |
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| Sumba > | | 10711 | disp=number}} | Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) |
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| Mindoro > | | 10572 | disp=number}} | Philippines (Mimaropa) |
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| Viti Levu > | | 10531 | disp=number}} | Fiji (Central Division, Fiji | and Western Division, Fiji>Western Division) |
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| Hawaii (island)>Hawaiʻi (Big Island) | 10,434 | {{cvt | km2 | | United States (Hawaii) |
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| Cape Breton Island > | | 10311 | disp=number}} | Canada (Nova Scotia) |
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! rowspan=2 | Rank! rowspan=2 | Island! colspan=2 | Area WEB,weblink Islands By Land Area, Islands.unep.ch, 2010-08-01,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20221207141131weblink">weblink 2022-12-07, ! rowspan=2 | Nation(s) (subnational divisions)
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| Prince Charles Island > | | 9521 | disp=number}} | Canada (Nunavut) |
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| Bougainville Island > | | 9318 | disp=number}} | Papua New Guinea (Autonomous Region of Bougainville) |
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| Kodiak Island > | | 9311 | disp=number}}DUNHAM >FIRST=MIKE | TITLE=TURNS OUT KODIAK IS LARGEST U.S. ISLAND DEPENDING ON VIEWPOINT | NEWSPAPER=ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS | ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20100802230249/HTTP://WWW.ADN.COM/2010/07/31/1389864/TURNS-OUT-KODIAK-IS-LARGEST-US.HTML | | United States (Alaska) |
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| Geography of Cyprus>Cyprus (main island) | 9,234 | {{cvt | km2 | | Cyprus, Akrotiri and Dhekelia Sovereign Base Areas of the United Kingdom and Northern CyprusThe Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus claims and controls one third of the island of Cyprus although this is not recognised by any country except Turkey. |
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| Geography of Puerto Rico>Puerto Rico (main island) | 8,868HTTPS://WWW.CENSUS.GOV/GEOGRAPHIES/REFERENCE-FILES/2010/GEO/STATE-AREA.HTML >TITLE= STATE AREA MEASUREMENTS AND INTERNAL POINT COORDINATES | ACCESS-DATE=24 FEBRUARY 2024, | {{cvt | km2 | | Puerto Rico insular area of the United States |
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| Komsomolets Island > | | 8812 | disp=number}} | Russia (Krasnoyarsk Krai) |
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| Corsica > | | 8741 | disp=number}} | France (Corsica) |
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| Disko Island > | | 8612 | disp=number}} | Kingdom of Denmark (Greenland) |
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| Carney Island > | | 8500 | disp=number}} | None (unclaimed island of Antarctica) |
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| Chiloé Island > | | 8478 | disp=number}} | Chile (Los Lagos Region) |
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| Buru > | | 8473 | disp=number}} | Indonesia (Maluku) |
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| Crete > | | 8350 | disp=number}} | Greece (Crete) |
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| Anticosti Island > | | 7941 | disp=number}} | Canada (Quebec) |
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| Bahr al Jabal Island > | | 7929 | disp=number}} | South Sudan |
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| Roosevelt Island, Antarctica>Roosevelt Island | 7,910 | {{cvt | km2 | | Territorial claims in Antarctica>Antarctic territorial claim by New Zealand). Status as an island is disputed. |
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| Wrangel Island>Wrangel Island (Vrangelya) | 7,866 | {{cvt | km2 | | Russia (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug) |
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| Tupinambarana (western part)}} | 7,700 | {{cvt | km2 | | Amazonas (Brazilian state)>Amazonas) (if taken as one fluvial island) |
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| New Ireland (island)>New Ireland | 7,405 | {{cvt | km2 | | Papua New Guinea (New Ireland Province) |
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| Leyte > | | 7368 | disp=number}} | Philippines (Eastern Visayas) |
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| East Falkland > | | 7040 | disp=number}} | Falkland Islands (a British Overseas Territories | administered by the United Kingdom and disputed by Argentina{{refn>group="Note" | A dispute exists between the governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom concerning the sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. The disputed territory is described as "Falkland Islands (Malvinas)" by the United Nations.}}) |
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| Zealand > | | DATE=2003-09-23 | date=December 2017 | fix-attempted=yes }} | {{cvt | km2 | | Region Zealand>Zealand and Capital Region) |
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| Cornwallis Island (Nunavut)>Cornwallis Island | 6,995 | {{cvt | km2 | | Canada (Nunavut) |
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| Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)>Prince of Wales Island | 6,675 | {{cvt | km2 | | United States (Alaska) |
