largest islands

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largest islands

sq km

sq mi

* Geographers consider Australia to be a continental landmass

Europe

Great Britain [8]

229,900

88,700

Iceland

103,000

39,800

Ireland

84,400

32,600

Novaya Zemlya (N)

48,200

18,600

Sicily

25,700

9900

Sardinia

24,090

9300

Asia

Borneo [3]

743,000

287,400

Sumatra [6]

425,000

164,000

Honshu [7]

230,800

89,100

Sulawesi

189,200

73,000

Java

126,500

48,800

Luzon

104,700

40,400

Mindanao

95,000

36,600

Hokkaido

83,500

32,200

Sakhalin

76,400

29,500

Sri Lanka

65,600

25,300

Africa

Madagascar [4]

587,000

226,700

Socotra

3100

1200

Réunion

2,510

969

North America

Greenland [1]

2,175,000

840,000

Baffin Island [5]

507,500

195,900

Victoria Island [9]

212,200

81,900

Ellesmere Island [10]

196,200

75,800

Cuba

110,860

42,800

Newfoundland

96,000

37,100

Hispaniola

76,500

29,500

Jamaica

11,000

4200

Puerto Rico

8,900

3400

South America

Tierra del Fuego

47,000

18,100

Falkland Island (E)

6800

2600

Oceania*

New Guinea [2]

885,800

342,000

New Zealand (S)

150,500

58,100

New Zealand (N)

114,700

44,300

Tasmania

68,300

26,400

Hawaii

10,450

4000


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