List of islands by area

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List of islands by area

This is a list of islandIsland

An island or isle is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water....
s in the world ordered by area. It includes all islands with an area greater than 2,500 km² (970 square miles). For comparison, continentContinent

A continent is a large continuous landmass....
al landmassLandmass

A landmass is a large continuous area of land....
es are also shown.

Continental land masses

These figures are rough approximations only.

Rank	Continent	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
1	Afro-Eurasia	84,400,000	32,500,000	Various
2	AmericasAmericas he Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World consisting of the continents of North America and South Ame...	42,300,000	16,400,000	Various
3	AntarcticaAntarctica Antarctica is the southernmost continent and encompasses the South Pole....	13,000,000	5,000,000	None (, , , , , and the have territorial claimsFacts About Antarctic territorial claims Currently there are seven claimant nations who maintain a territorial claim on eight territories in Antarctica.... )
4	AustraliaAustralia (continent) Australia is a continent made up of the Australian mainland, Tasmania, New Guinea, and eastern islands of the Malay Archipe...	7,600,000	2,900,000

Note: AustraliaAustralia (continent) Summary

Australia is a continent made up of the Australian mainland, Tasmania, New Guinea, and eastern islands of the Malay Archipe...
, at 7,600,000 km², is here considered a continental landmassContinent

A continent is a large continuous landmass....
rather than an islandIsland Summary

An island or isle is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water....
. Australia is more than three times the size of Greenland, the largest island. However, Australia is sometimes considered 'The Island Continent'.

Islands over 250,000 km²

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 AustraliaAustralia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland o...
in the latter category (even though arguments can be made whether it is technically a continent, or merely part of the larger continent called AustralasiaAustralasia Overview

Australasia is a term variably used to describe a region of Oceania namely Australia, New Zealand, and neighbouring islands...
) makes Greenland the largest island. For the sake of classification the list of islands will begin with GreenlandGreenland

Greenland is a self-governed Danish territory....
.

Rank	Island’s Name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
1	GreenlandGreenland Greenland is a self-governed Danish territory....	2,130,800	822,706	, autonomous province of
2	New GuineaNew Guinea New Guinea, located just north of Australia, is the world's second largest island, having become separated from the Australi...	785,753	303,381	Papua]] and West Papua) and
3	BorneoBorneo Borneo is the third largest island in the world....	748,168	288,869	, and
4	MadagascarGeography of Madagascar Summary Madagascar is an island in the Indian Ocean, off the eastern coast of southern Africa, east of Mozambique....	587,713	226,917
5	Baffin IslandBaffin Island Baffin Island is one of the Canadian Arctic islands in the territory of Nunavut....	507,451	195,928
6	SumatraSumatra Sumatra is the sixth largest island of the world and is the largest island entirely in Indonesia ....	443,066	171,069

Islands 25,000 km²–250,000 km²

Rank	Island’s Name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
7	HonshuHonshu Summary Honshu listen is the largest island of Japan, called the Mainland; it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait,...	225,800	87,182
8	Great BritainGreat Britain Great Britain is an island lying off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe and to the east of Ireland, comprising the ma...	218,595	84,400
9	Victoria Island	217,291	83,897
10	Ellesmere IslandFacts About Ellesmere Island Ellesmere Island lying in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the most northerly of the Canadian Arctic islands....	196,236	75,767
11	SulawesiSulawesi Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda islands of Indonesia....	180,681	69,761	Gorontalo]] and CentralCentral Sulawesi Central Sulawesi is a province of Indonesia located in the heart of Sulawesi Island.... , NorthNorth Sulawesi North Sulawesi or Sulawesi Utara is a province of Indonesia.... , SouthSouth Sulawesi South Sulawesi is a province of Indonesia, located on Sulawesi island.... , South EastSouth East Sulawesi South East Sulawesi is a province of Indonesia on the island of Sulawesi.... and West SulawesiWest Sulawesi West Sulawesi or Sulawesi Barat is a province of Indonesia, created in 2004.... )
12	South Island (Te Wai Pounamu)South Island Summary The South Island is one of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the North Island....	145,836	56,308
13	Java	138,794	53,589
14	North Island (Te Ika-a-Maui)North Island he North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island....	111,583	43,082
15	LuzonLuzon Luzon refers to the largest and most politically important island in the Philippines and to one of the three island groups i...	109,965	42,458
16	Newfoundland	108,860	42,031
17	Cuba (main island)Geography of Cuba Cuba is an island nation located in the Caribbean Sea, with the geographic coordinates 213N, 8000W....	105,806	40,852
18	Iceland (main island)Geography of Iceland Iceland is a large island with extensive volcanic and geothermal activity located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the North Atl...	103,000	39,315
19	MindanaoMindanao Mindanao is the second largest and easternmost island in the Philippines and one of the three island groups in the country, ...	97,530	36,657
20	IrelandIreland Ireland is the third largest island in Europe....	81,638	31,521	and
21	HokkaidoHokkaido Hokkaido listen , formerly known as Ezo, is the second largest island and largest prefecture of Japan....	78,719	30,394
22	HispaniolaHispaniola The island of Hispaniola is the second-largest island of the Antilles, lying between the islands of Cuba to the west, and P...	73,929	28,544	and
23	SakhalinSakhalin Sakhalin, GOST transliteration Sahalin, , also Saghalien, is a large elongated island in the North Pacific, lyin...	72,493	28,376
24	Banks IslandBanks Island Banks Island is one of the Canadian Arctic islands situated in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada....	70,028	27,038
25	Sri Lanka (main island)Geography of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka is an island in the Indian Ocean, located in Southern Asia, southeast of India, in a strategic location near major...	65,268	25,200
26	Tasmania (main island)Geography of Tasmania The geography of Tasmania is rugged and varied....	64,519	24,911
27	Devon IslandDevon Island Devon Island is the second-largest of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Nunavut, Canada, the 27th largest island in the world and...	55,247	21,331	(largest uninhabited island in the world)
28	Alexander IslandAlexander Island Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land or Alexander The First Isl...	49,070	18,946	None, and )
29	Isla Grande de Tierra del FuegoIsla Grande de Tierra del Fuego Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego is an island near the southern tip of South America from which it is separated by the Strait...	47,401	18,302	and
30	Severny IslandSeverny Island Severny Island is the northern island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, lying north of Russia....	47,079	18,177
31	Berkner IslandFacts About Berkner Island Berkner Island or Berkner Ice Rise or Hubley Island is a high and completely ice-covered island about 320 km lon...	43,873	16,939	None and )
32	Axel Heiberg IslandAxel Heiberg Island Axel Heiberg Island is the 31st largest island in the world and Canada's 7th largest island....	43,178	16,671
33	Melville IslandMelville Island, Canada Melville Island is a vast, uninhabited member of the Canadian arctic islands, Canada with an area of 42 149 km....	42,149	16,274
34	Southampton IslandSouthampton Island Southampton Island is a large island at the entrance to Hudson Bay, Canada....	41,214	15,913
35	MarajóMarajó Maraj is an inhabited island, located at the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil....	40,100	15,483	(largest littoralLittoral Summary Littoral refers to the coast or to the banks of a river, lake or estuary.... island in the world)
36	SpitsbergenSpitsbergen Spitsbergen is the largest island in the Svalbard archipelago, situated in the Arctic Ocean....	38,981	15,051
37	KyushuKyushu Kyushu is the third largest island of Japan and most southerly and westerly of the four main islands....	37,437	14,455
38	New BritainNew Britain New Britain, formerly Neu Pommern, is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea, separated fr...	35,145	13,570
39	TaiwanTaiwan Taiwan is an island in East Asia, but the term "Taiwan" is also commonly used to collectively refer to the territories gove...	35,801	13,323	(also claimed by )
40	Prince of Wales Island	33,339	12,872
41	Yuzhny IslandYuzhny Island Yuzhny is the southern island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, lying north of Russia....	33,246	12,836
42	HainanHainan Hainan is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China, located off the southern coast of the country....	33,210	12,822
43	Vancouver IslandVancouver Island Summary Vancouver Island is located off Canada's Pacific coast and is part of the Canadian province of British Columbia....	31,285	12,079
44	TimorTimor Timor is an island at the south end of the Malay Archipelago, divided between the independent state of East Timor, and West ...	28,418	10,972	and
45	SicilySicily Sicily is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km and 5 mi...	25,662	9,908

Islands 10,000 km²–25,000 km²

Rank	Island’s Name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
46	Somerset Island	24,786	9,570
47	Kotelny/Faddeyevsky IslandKotelny/Faddeyevsky Island Kotelny Island and Faddeyevsky Island formed as separate islands in the New Siberian Islands group of the eastern Russ...	24,000	9,266
48	SardiniaSardinia Sardinia At the beginning of the nuragic age circa 1500 BC the island was first called Hyknusa by the Mycenaeans proba...	23,949	9,247
49	BananalFacts About Bananal Island Bananal Island is a large island in the Araguaia River, state of Tocantins in Brazil....	20,000	7,722	Tocantins]]) (world's largest fluvialFluvial The word fluvial is used in geography and earth science to refer to all topics related to flowing water.... island)
50	ShikokuShikoku For the 1999 Japanese film, see Shikoku ....	18,545	7,160
51	HalmaheraHalmahera Halmahera is the largest island in the Maluku Islands....	18,040	6,865
52	Ceram	17,454	6,621	Maluku]])
53	New Caledonia (main island)Geography of New Caledonia Location:Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia...	16,648	6,467	New CaledoniaNew Caledonia New Caledonia, the foreshortened form of Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies , is a "sui generis collectiv... , self-governing overseas territory of
54	Bathurst IslandBathurst Island There is also Bathurst Island off the coast of Australia....	16,042	6,194
55	Prince Patrick IslandPrince Patrick Island Prince Patrick Island is the westernmost of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Northwest Territories of Canada....	15,848	6,119
56	Thurston IslandThurston Island Thurston Island is an ice-covered, glacially dissected island, 215 km long, 90 km wide and 15,700 km in area, lying a short ...	15,700	6,050	None (unclaimed island of AntarcticaAntarctica Antarctica is the southernmost continent and encompasses the South Pole.... )
57	SumbawaSumbawa Sumbawa is an Indonesian island, located in the middle of the Lesser Sunda Islands chain, with Lombok to the west, Flores to...	14,386	5,965
58	NordaustlandetNordaustlandet Nordaustlandet is the second largest island in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, with an area of 14,443 km....	14,247	5,486
59	October Revolution Island (Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii)	14,204	5,471
60	FloresFlores Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, an island arc with an estimated area of 14,300 km extending east from the Java i...	14,154	5,464
61	King William IslandKing William Island King William Island is a Canadian Arctic island, in the Nunavut Territory....	13,111	5,062
62	NegrosNegros Negros is an island of the Philippines located in the Visayas, at ....	13,074	5,048
63	Samar	12,849	4,961
64	Palawan	12,189	4,706
65	PanayPanay Island Overview Panay is an island in the Philippines located in the Visayas....	12,011	4,637
66	TupinambaranaTupinambarana Tupinambarana is a river island in the Amazon and Urara rivers in Amazonas, Brazil.... (NB Now split into four islands)	11,850	4,576	Amazonas]])
67	Yos SudarsoYos Sudarso Island Pulau Yos Sudarso is an island in Papua province, Indonesia....	11,742	4,534
68	BangkaBangka Island Bangka Island is an island lying east of Sumatra, Indonesia....	11,413	4,407
69	Ellef Ringnes IslandFacts About Ellef Ringnes Island Ellef Ringnes Island is one of the Sverdrup Islands in Nunavut, Canada....	11,295	4,361
70	Bolshevik IslandBolshevik Island Overview Bolshevik Island is the southernmost island of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic, and the second largest isla...	11,206	4,327
71	JamaicaGeography of Jamaica Jamaica lies 145 kilometers south of Cuba and 160 kilometers west of Haiti....	11,190	4,320
72	Bylot IslandBylot Island Bylot Island lies off the northern end of Baffin Island in Nunavut Territory, Canada....	11,067	4,273
73	SumbaSumba Sumba is an island in Indonesia, and is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands....	10,711	4,135
74	MindoroMindoro Mindoro is the seventh-largest island in the Philippines....	10,572	4,082
75	Viti LevuViti Levu Viti Levu is the largest island in the Republic of Fiji, the site of the nation's capital, Suva, and home to a large majorit...	10,531	4,066
76	Hawai'i (Big Island)Hawaii (island) The Island of Hawaii is one of eight main islands that make up the U.S....	10,434	4,029
77	Cape Breton IslandCape Breton Island Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America....	10,311	3,981

Islands 5,000 km²–10,000 km²

Rank	Island’s Name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
78	Prince Charles IslandPrince Charles Island Prince Charles Island is a large, low-lying island with an area of 9,521 km², making it the world's 78th largest island...	9,521	3,676
79	BougainvilleBougainville Island Bougainville is part of Papua New Guinea and is the largest island of the Solomon Islands group....	9,318	3,598
80	Kodiak IslandKodiak Island Kodiak Island is a large island on the south coast of the U.S....	9,293	3,588
81	CyprusGeography of Cyprus Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after the Italian islands of Sicily and Sardinia....	9,234	3,572	and Akrotiri and DhekeliaAkrotiri and Dhekelia Akrotiri and Dhekelia are two areas on the island of Cyprus that comprise the Sovereign Base Areas Overseas Territory... , sovereign base areas. ( claims and controls one third of the island, although this is not recognised by any country except TurkeyTurkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Sou... .)
82	Puerto RicoGeography of Puerto Rico Summary The geography of Puerto Rico describes an archipelago located between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east o...	9,100	3,435	, commonwealth associated with the
83	Komsomolets IslandKomsomolets Island Komsomolets Island is the northernmost island of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic, and the third largest isl...	8,812	3,402
84	CorsicaCorsica Corsica is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea....	8,741	3,351
85	Qeqertarsuaq (Disko)Disko Island Disko Island or Qeqertarsuaq is a large island in Davis Strait, off the west coast of Greenland at a latitude of less ...	8,612	3,312	, autonomous province of
86	Carney IslandCarney Island of [[1957]...	8,500	3,300	None (unclaimed island of AntarcticaAntarctica Summary Antarctica is the southernmost continent and encompasses the South Pole.... )
87	ChiloéFacts About Chiloé Island Chilo Island, also known as Isla Grande de Chilo "Big Island of Chilo", is a South American island off the coast o...	8,478	3,273
88	BuruBuru Buru is an island in the Maluku province of Indonesia....	8,473	3,271	Maluku]])
89	CreteCrete Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea....	8,312	3,209
90	Anticosti	7,941	3,066
91	Roosevelt IslandFacts About Roosevelt Island, Antarctica Roosevelt Island is an ice-covered island, about 130 km long in a NW-SE direction, 65 km wide and about 7,500 km2 in area, l...	7,910	3,054	None
92	Wrangel Island (Vrangelya)Wrangel Island Wrangel Island is an island in the Arctic Ocean, between the Chukchi and East Siberian Seas....	7,866	3,037
93	New IrelandNew Ireland (island) New Ireland is a large island in Papua New Guinea, approximately 8,650 km? in area....	7,404	2,859
94	Leyte	7,368	2,785
95	Zealand (Sjælland)Zealand Summary Zealand is the largest island of Denmark....	7,180	2,715
96	Cornwallis IslandCornwallis Island, Nunavut Cornwallis Island is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut Territory of the Canadian Arctic....	6,995	2,701
97	Prince of Wales Island	6,675	2,577
98	Kerguelen (main island) (Desolation Island)Kerguelen Islands The Kerguelen Islands or the Kerguelen Archipelago is a group of islands in the southern Indian Ocean....	6,617	2,555	, overseas territory of
99	East FalklandEast Falkland East Falkland, the largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, has an area of 6,605 square kilometres....	6,605	2,550	, overseas territory of the (also claimed by )
100	Siple IslandSiple Island Siple Island is a massive, snow-covered island, 110 km long, lying east of Wrigley Gulf along the Getz Ice Shelf off the coa...	6,390	2,500	None (unclaimed island of AntarcticaAntarctica Antarctica is the southernmost continent and encompasses the South Pole.... )
101	Graham IslandGraham Island Graham Island is the largest of the Queen Charlotte Islands...	6,361	2,456
102	New Siberia (Novaya Sibir)Facts About New Siberia New Siberia is one of the New Siberian Islands lying between the Laptev Sea and East Siberian Sea....	6,201	2,394
103	Melville IslandMelville Island, Northern Territory Melville Island lies off the coast of the Northern Territory of Australia....	5,765	2,234
104	Prince Edward IslandPrince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province coextensive with the island of the same name....	5,620	2,170
105	Vanua LevuVanua Levu Vanua Levu, formerly known as Sandalwood Island, is the second largest island of Fiji....	5,587	2,157
106	Wellington IslandFacts About Wellington Island Wellington Island lies in Chile, west of Bernardo O'Higgins National Park....	5,556	2,145
107	Coats IslandCoats Island Coats Island lies at the northern end of Hudson Bay in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut....	5,498	2,123
108	BaliBali Bali is an Indonesian island located at , one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, and one of the country's 33 provinces....	5,416	2,091
109	Chichagof IslandChichagof Island Chichagof Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago of the Alaska Panhandle, ....	5,388	2,080
110	GuadalcanalGuadalcanal Summary Guadalcanal is a 2,510 square mile island in the Pacific Ocean and a province of the Solomon Islands....	5,353	2,047
111	Amund Ringnes IslandAmund Ringnes Island Amund Ringnes Island is one of the Sverdrup Islands in Nunavut between 78 and 79 degrees of latitude....	5,255	2,029
112	Great Lyakhovsky Island (Bolshoy Lyakhovsky)Great Lyakhovsky Island Great Lyakhovsky Island is the largest of the Lyakhovsky Islands belonging to the New Siberian Islands archipelago in Lapte...	5,157	1,991
113	St. Lawrence IslandSt. Lawrence Island St. Lawrence Island is located west of mainland Alaska in the Bering Sea, just south of the Bering Strait, at about 64 North...	5,135	1,983
114	Riesco Island	5,110	1,973
115	Mackenzie King IslandMackenzie King Island Mackenzie King Island is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands north of Canada....	5,048	1,949
116	TrinidadTrinidad Overview Trinidad is the largest and most populous of the 23 islands which make up the country of Trinidad and Tobago....	5,009	1,864

Islands 2,500 km²–5,000 km²

Rank	Island’s Name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
117	CavianaCaviana Caviana, the Ilha Caviana, is an island lying off the north coast of Ilha de Marajó in the delta lowlands at the mout...	5,000	1,930
118	KolguyevKolguyev Kolguyev Island is an island in Nenets Autonomous Okrug Russia....	4,968	1,918
119	EdgeøyaEdgeøya Edge?ya, occasionally anglicised as Edge Island, is an uninhabited Norwegian island in southeast of the Svalbard archi...	4,940	1,907
120	Ilha Grande do GurupáFacts About Ilha Grande do Gurupá Ilha Grande do Gurup? is the second largest island of the River Amazon delta....	4,864	1,878
121	IsabelaIsabela Island (Ecuador) Isabela Island is the largest island of the Galápagos with an area of 4,640 km²....	4,711	1,819
122	North Jutlandic Island (Vendsyssel-Thy)	4,685	1,809	(physically part of the JutlandJutland Jutland is a peninsula in northern Europe that forms the only non-insular part of Denmark and also the northernmost part of... peninsulaPeninsula Summary A peninsula is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three... until 1825)
123	LombokLombok Summary Lombok is an island in West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia....	4,625	1,786
124	West FalklandWest Falkland West Falkland, known as Gran Malvina in Spanish, is the second largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, wi...	4,531	1,750	, overseas territory of the (also claimed by )
125	BelitungBelitung Belitung, formerly known as Billiton, is an island on the east coast of Sumatra, Indonesia in the Java Sea....	4,478	1,729
126	CebuCebu Island Cebu is an island of the Philippines....	4,468	1,725
127	Adelaide IslandFacts About Adelaide Island Adelaide Island or Isla Adelaida or Isla Belgrano is a large, mainly ice-covered island, 75 miles long and 20 mi...	4,463	1,723	None
128	Stefansson IslandStefansson Island Summary Stefansson Island is a Canadian arctic island in Nunavut, Canada....	4,463	1,723
129	Madura	4,429	1,710
130	ButonButon Buton, is an island in Indonesia just off the southeast peninsula of Sulawesi....	4,408	1,699
131	Kangaroo IslandKangaroo Island Kangaroo Island is Australia's third largest island - after Tasmania and Melville Island....	4,374	1,689
132	Admiralty IslandAdmiralty Island Overview Admiralty Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, at ....	4,362	1,684
133	Nunivak IslandNunivak Island ...	4,209	1,625
134	Unimak IslandUnimak Island Unimak Island is an island in the Aleutian Islands chain of the U.S....	4,119	1,590
135	Hoste	4,117	1,590
136	Spaatz IslandSpaatz Island Spaatz Island is a large ice-covered island of Antarctica....	4,100	1,583	None
137	Baranof IslandBaranof Island Baranof Island, also sometimes called Baranov Island or Sitka Island, is an island in the Alexander Archipelago ...	4,064	1,569
138	NiasNias Nias is an island off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia....	4,048	1,563
139	Espiritu SantoEspiritu Santo Espiritu Santo is the largest island in the nation of Vanuatu, with a surface area of 3955.5 km....	3,956	1,527
140	Milne LandMilne Land Summary Milne Land is a large island in eastern Greenland, located at ....	3,913	1,511	, autonomous province of
141	MalaitaMalaita Malaita Island is the largest island of the Malaita Province in the Solomon Islands, at ....	3,836	1,481
142	SiberutSiberut Siberut is the largest and northernmost of the Mentawai Islands, lying west of Sumatra in the Indian Ocean....	3,828	1,478
143	Bohol	3,821	1,475
144	South GeorgiaSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the southern Atlantic Ocean....	3,718	1,450	, overseas territory of the (also claimed by )
145	Santa Inés Island	3,688	1,424
146	Majorca	3,667	1,416
147	Santa Isabel IslandSanta Isabel Island Santa Isabel Island is the longest in the Solomon Islands, South Pacific, and the largest in Isabel Province....	3,665	1,415
148	EuboeaEuboea Euboea or Negropont or Negroponte, is the largest island of the Greek archipelago....	3,655	1,411	Central Greece periphery]])
149	Long IslandLong Island Jer's Island is an island in New York, USA....	3,629	1,401
150	SocotraSocotra Socotra or Soqotra is a small archipelago of four islands and islets in the Indian Ocean off the coast Somalia some 35...	3,607	1,393
151	WetarWetar The tropical island Wetar belongs to the Indonesian province Maluku and is the largest island of the Barat Daya Islands....	3,600	1,390	Maluku]])
152	Traill IslandTraill Island Traill Island is a large island in eastern Greenland, located at ....	3,542	1,367	, autonomous province of
153	Bear Island	3,500	1,351	None
154	North Andros IslandAndros, Bahamas Andros Island is the largest island of the Bahamas at roughly 2300 square miles in area and 104 miles long and 40 miles wide...	3,439	1,328
155	Vaygach IslandVaygach Island Vaygach Island is an island in the Arctic Sea on the border of the Barents Sea and Kara Sea....	3,329	1,306
156	Masbate	3,268	1,262
157	Iturup (Etorofu)Iturup Iturup is the largest island of the Kuriles, located in the Sakhalin Oblast of Russia....	3,238	1,250	(also claimed by )
158	MakiraMakira The island of Makira is the largest island of Makira-Ulawa Province in the Solomon Islands....	3,190	1,232
159	Mansel IslandMansel Island Mansel Island is an island located in Hudson Bay, off the Ungava Peninsula of Quebec....	3,180	1,228
160	WaigeoWaigeo Waigeo is an island in West Irian Jaya province of eastern Indonesia....	3,154	1,218	West Papua]])
161	YamdenaYamdena Yamdena is the largest of the Tanimbar Islands in Indonesia....	3,100	1,200	Maluku]])
162	GotlandGotland Gotland is a county and province of Sweden and the largest island in the Baltic Sea....	3,027	1,169
163	FynFYN Overview FYN oncogene related to SRC, FGR, YES, also known as FYN, is a human gene....	3,012	1,163
164	Akimiski IslandAkimiski Island Akimiski Island is the largest island in James Bay, Canada, that is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the territory of Nunav...	3,001	1,159
165	Choiseul IslandChoiseul Island Choiseul Island is the largest island of the Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands, at ....	2,971	1,147
166	Revillagigedo IslandRevillagigedo Island Revillagigedo Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago in Ketchikan Gateway Borough of the southeastern region of th...	2,965	1,145
167	TaliabuTaliabu Taliabu is a large island, part of Maluku Islands in Indonesia, located at , west of Mangole Island....	2,913	1,120
168	MunaMuna Island Muna is an island in the South East Sulawesi province of Indonesia with an area of 2,889km....	2,889	1,115
169	Zemlya GeorgaZemlya Georga Zemlya Georga is a large island located at ....	2,821	1,089
170	Kupreanof IslandFacts About Kupreanof Island Kupreanof Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska at ....	2,813	1,086
171	Borden IslandBorden Island Borden Island is an uninhabited, low-lying island in the Queen Elizabeth Islands of northern Canada....	2,794	1,079
172	North Andaman IslandNorth Andaman Island North Andaman Island is the northernmost island of Great Andaman, and also the largest of the Andaman Islands, with an area ...	2,781	1,074
173	Manitoulin IslandManitoulin Island Manitoulin Island is the world's largest freshwater lake island....	2,766	1,068	(world's largest freshwater lake island)
174	Unalaska IslandUnalaska Island Unalaska is an island in the Fox Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in the U.S....	2,722	1,051
175	SaaremaaFacts About Saaremaa Saaremaa is the largest island belonging to Estonia....	2,672	1,032
176	Moresby IslandMoresby Island Moresby Island is a large island, part of Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia, Canada, located at ....	2,608	1,007
177	James Ross IslandJames Ross Island James Ross Island is a large island off the southeast side and near the northeastern extremity of Antarctic Peninsula, from ...	2,598	1,004	None
178	Obira	2,542	981
179	RéunionReunion A reunion is the coming together of people who have been separated, who have a common bond, tie or shared experience with on...	2,535	970

Islands 1,000 km²–2,500 km²

This section of the list might not be complete, but covers almost all of the islands in the world over 1,000 km². The area of some Antarctic islands is uncertain.

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Island’s Name	Area		Country
Island’s Name		(km²)	Country	(sq mi)
Navarino Island	2,473	955
ParamushirParamushir Overview Paramushir or Paramushiro is the second largest of the Kuril Islands, lying near the north of the archipelago....	2,471	954
Ross IslandRoss Island Ross Island is an island formed by three volcanoes in the Ross Sea by Antarctica, off the coast of Victoria Land in McMurdo ...	2,460	950	None
Ymer IslandYmer Island Ymer Island is an island in Tunu county, Northeast Greenland....	2,437	941	, autonomous province of
Anvers IslandAnvers Island Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous island 38 miles...	2,432	939	None
Cornwall IslandCornwall Island Cornwall Island is a small island with an area of 2,358 km² in the high arctic region of Nunavut, Canada....	2,358	872
PelengPeleng Peleng is an island off the East coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia and is the largest island of the Kepulauan Banggai group of is...	2,345	905
Groote EylandtGroote Eylandt Groote Eylandt is the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria in northeastern Australia....	2,285	882
YapenYapen Yapen is an island of western New Guinea, Indonesia....	2,278	880	Papua]])
MorotaiMorotai Morotai Island is an island located in the Halmahera group of eastern Indonesia's Maluku Islands....	2,266	875
Princess Royal IslandPrincess Royal Island Princess Royal Island, in British Columbia, is part of the Great Bear Rain Forest, the largest remaining temperate coastal r...	2,251	869
Isla de la Juventud	2,237	864
Wilczek LandWilczek Land Wilczek Land , is a large-sized island located at ....	2,203	851
HinnøyaHinnøya Hinn?ya is an island in North Norway....	2,198	849
Nelson IslandNelson Island (Alaska) Nelson Island or Qaluyaaq Island is an island in western Alaska, at ....	2,183	843
Lewis and Harris	2,179	841
Richards IslandRichards Island Richards Island is one of the Canadian arctic islands in the Northwest Territories, Canada....	2,165	836
TranganTrangan Trangan is an island in the Aru Islands in the Arafura Sea....	2,149	830	Maluku]])
Alor	2,120	819
Margarita IslandMargarita Island (Colombia) Margarita Island is an inland fluvial island in the Magdalena River, Colombia....	2,100	811	(an inland fluvialFluvial The word fluvial is used in geography and earth science to refer to all topics related to flowing water.... island in the Magdalena RiverMagdalena River The Magdalena River is the principal river of Colombia, running about 1,540 kilometres from South to North through the weste... , not to be confused with the Caribbean Venezuelan islandIsla Margarita Isla Margarita or Margarita Island is the largest island of the Nueva Esparta State in Venezuela, situated in the Cari... )
LautLaut Island Laut is an island in the Kota Baru Regency in the Indonesian province of South Kalimantan....	2,062	794
MalakulaMalakula Malakula Island is the second-largest island of the archipelago of the New Hebrides and the second-largest island in the nat...	2,041	788
New GeorgiaNew Georgia New Georgia is the largest island of the Western Province of the Solomon Islands....	2,037	786
MisoolMisool Misool is one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands in West Papua , Indonesia....	2,034	785	West Papua]])
TenerifeTenerife Tenerife, a Spanish island, is the largest of the seven Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa....	2,034	785
Magdalena IslandMagdalena Island, Aisén Region Magdalena Island is an island in Ais?n Region of southern Chile....	2,025	782
René-Levasseur IslandRené-Levasseur Island Ren?-Levasseur Island is a large island in the center of Lake Manicouagan in Quebec, Canada....	2,020	780	, (largest artificial island)
BiokoBioko Bioko is an island off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea, part of Equatorial Guinea....	2,017	779
Ayon IslandAyon Island Ayon Island is an island located directly off the coast of Siberia in the East Siberian Sea....	2,000	772
Karaginsky IslandFacts About Karaginsky Island Karaginsky Island or Karaginskiy Island is an island in the Karaginsky Gulf of the Bering Sea....	2,000	772
Kuiu IslandKuiu Island Kuiu Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska, at ....	1,962	758
ManusManus Island Manus Island is part of Manus Province in Papua New Guinea and is the largest island of the Admiralty Islands....	1,940	749
BiakBiak Biak is a small island located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua, an Indonesian province, and is just nor...	1,904	735	Papua]])
BacanBacan Bacan is an island in Indonesia. It is one of the Molucca Islands, and is separated from the southwestern peninsula of Halm...	1,900	734
MauiMaui The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at 727 square miles....	1,888	729
BintanBintan Bintan Island or Negeri Segantang Lada is an island of 1,866 square kilometer located about 48 km southeast of Singapore...	1,866	720
MauritiusMauritius Mauritius...	1,836	709
Jeju-doJeju-do Jeju-do is the only special self-governing province of South Korea, situated on and coterminous with the country's largest i...	1,825	705
Bely IslandBely Island Bely Island is an island in the Kara Sea off the tip of the Yamal Peninsula, Siberia, Russia....	1,810	699
AfognakAfognak Afognak is an island 5 km north of Kodiak Island in the U.S....	1,809	698
UmnakUmnak Umnak is one of the Fox Islands of the Aleutian Islands....	1,793	692
Bolshoy Shantar IslandBolshoy Shantar Island Bolshoy Shantar is an island in the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia....	1,766	682
Bolshoy Begichev IslandBolshoy Begichev Island Bolshoy Begichev is an island in the Laptev Sea, Russia....	1,764	681
Simeulue	1,754	677
Stewart Island (Rakiura)Stewart Island/Rakiura Stewart Island/Rakiura is the third largest island of New Zealand....	1,746	674
KobroorKobroor Kobroor is an island in the Aru Islands in the Arafura Sea....	1,723	665	Maluku]])
Air Force IslandAir Force Island Air Force Island is an island in Nunavut, Canada located along the southwestern coast of Baffin Island at approximately ....	1,720	664
Natuna BesarNatuna Besar Natuna Besar is the main island of the Natuna Besar Archipelago, as well as the Natuna Islands, which are part of the R...	1,720	664
Geographical Society IslandGeographical Society Island Summary Geographical Society Island is an island in Tunu county, East Greenland with area 1,717 km?....	1,717	663	, autonomous province of
Savai'iSavai'i Savaii, the "soul of Samoa", is the larger main island in the state of Samoa....	1,708	659
Bathurst Island	1,693	654
Bering IslandBering Island Bering Island is located off the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Bering Sea ....	1,660	641
FuerteventuraFacts About Fuerteventura Fuerteventura, a Spanish island, is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa....	1,660	641
Zanzibar (Unguja)Zanzibar Zanzibar , as used today, is the collective name for two East African islands off mainland Tanzania: Unguja and Pemba....	1,658	640
Skye	1,656	639
Fraser Island	1,653	638	(world's largest sand island)
SoisaloSoisalo Soisalo is the largest island of Finland and the largest inland island in Europe....	1,638	632	(not a true island: the surrounding lakes are of different levels)
LesbosLesbos Island Lesbos is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea; its inhabitants are called Lesvioi....	1,630	629
SalawatiSalawati Summary Salawati is one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands in West Papua , Indonesia....	1,623	627	West Papua]])
Kunashir IslandKunashir Island Kunashir Island is the southernmost island in the Kuril chain in Russia's Sakhalin Oblast....	1,612	622	(also claimed by )
Joinville IslandFacts About Joinville Island , [[Prince de Jo...	1,607	620	None
Tanahbesar (Wokam)Tanahbesar Tanahbesar is one of the four main islands in the Aru Islands in the Arafura Sea....	1,604	619	Maluku]])
OahuOahu Oahu , the "Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous island in the State of Ha...	1,600	618
RantauRantau (island) Rantau is an island in Riau province, Indonesia, close to the east coast of Sumatra island....	1,597	617
SenjaSenja Senja is the second largest island in Norway and is located near the middle of the Troms county coastline....	1,586	612
Flaherty IslandFlaherty Island Flaherty Island is an island in the Belcher Islands group in Hudson Bay in Canada. ...	1,585	612
Gran CanariaGran Canaria Gran Canaria, rarely Grand Canary, is the third largest island of the Canary Islands, an archipelago located in the At...	1,560	602
Graham Bell IslandGraham Bell Island Graham Bell Island is an island located at ....	1,557	601
Great InaguaInagua Inagua is the southernmost district of the Bahamas comprising the islands of Great Inagua and Little Inagua....	1,544	596
Eglinton IslandEglinton Island Eglinton Island is one of the Canadian arctic islands in the Northwest Territories, Canada....	1,541	594
Middle Andaman IslandMiddle Andaman Island Middle Andaman Island is the central island of the Great Andaman archipelago, with a total area of 1,536 km²....	1,536	593
Clavering IslandClavering Island Clavering Island is a large island in East-Greenland to the West of Wollaston Foreland....	1,535	593	, autonomous province of
Pioneer IslandPioneer Island Pioneer Island is part of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic....	1,527	590
KarimunKarimun Karimun is one of the islands in the Riau Islands province of Indonesia....	1,524	588
CatanduanesCatanduanes Catanduanes is an island province of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region in Luzon....	1,523	588
Charcot IslandCharcot Island Charcot Island or Charcot Land is an island off Antarctica, 30 miles long and 25 miles wide, which is ice covered exce...	1,500	580	None
RupatRupat Rupat is an island in the Strait of Malacca, Riau province, Indonesia....	1,490	575
Nares LandNares Land Nares Land is an island in Avannaa county, North Greenland....	1,466	566	, autonomous province of
South Andros IslandAndros, Bahamas Andros Island is the largest island of the Bahamas at roughly 2300 square miles in area and 104 miles long and 40 miles wide...	1,448	559
KauaiKauai Kauai is the oldest and fourth largest of the main Hawaiian Islands, having an area of 1,430.43 km....	1,446	558
Bhola IslandBhola Island Bhola Island is the largest island of Bangladesh with an area of 1441 km?....	1,441	556
Fergusson IslandFergusson Island Fergusson Island is