The Top Ten: Largest Islands of the World

Updated July 8, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Largest Islands of the World

Rank	Island	Location	Area—sq mi
1.	Greenland	North Atlantic	839,999
2.	New Guinea¹	Southwest Pacific	309,000
3.	Borneo²	West mid-Pacific	287,300
4.	Madagascar	Indian Ocean	227,000
5.	Baffin	North Atlantic	195,926
6.	Sumatra	Northeast Indian Ocean	182,859
7.	Honshu	Sea of Japan-Pacific	89,176
8.	Great Britain	off coast of NW Europe	88,795
9.	Victoria	Arctic Ocean	83,896
10.	Ellesmere	Arctic Ocean	75,767

Note: Australia is not included in this list because it is defined as a continent rather than an island.

1. West Papua [Irian Jaya], Indonesia, western part; Papua New Guinea, eastern part

2. Indonesian, south part; Brunei and Malaysian, north part

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