GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS: MAJOR ISLAND OF THE WORLD BY SIZE
MAJOR ISLANDS (by size)
- Locator Map
- Australia 7,617.930 sq km; widely considered part of a
continental landmass, not officially an island. But without doubt it is
the largest island on the planet, and when combined with Oceania, the
smallest continent on Earth.
- Greenland 2,175,600 sq km
- New Guinea 792,500 sq km
- Borneo 725,500 sq km
- Madagascar 587,000 sq km
- Baffin 507,500 sq km
- Sumatra 427,300 sq km
- Honshu 227,400 sq km
- Great Britain 218,100 sq km
- Victoria 217,300 sq km
- Ellesmere 196,200 sq km
- Celebes 178,650 sq km
- New Zealand (south) 151,000 sq km
- Java 126,700 sq km
- New Zealand (north) 114,000 sq km
- Newfoundland 108,900 sq km
