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List of islands by area

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This list includes all 332islands in the world larger than 1,000 km² (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the fourcontinental landmasses are also included. Alllandmasses are arranged in descending order.

Dymaxion map (Fuller map) showing the continentallandmasses (I, II, III, and IV) and the largest islands (1–30) roughly to scale

Map of the world showing the 25 largest islands

Continental landmasses

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Generally, the continental landmasses are not all classified as islands despite being completely surrounded by water.^{[Note 1]} However, because the definition of continent varies between geographers, theAmericas are sometimes defined as two separate continents whilemainland Australia is sometimes defined as an island as well as a continent.^{[Note 2]}

Nevertheless, for the purposes of this list, mainland Australia along with the other three major landmasses have been listed as continental landmasses for comparison. The figures are approximations and are for the four continental landmasses only.^{[Note 3]}

Rank	Continental landmass^{[Note 4]}	Area		Nation(s)	Notes
Rank	Continental landmass^{[Note 4]}	(km²)	(sq mi)	Nation(s)	Notes
I	Afro-Eurasia (Africa-Eurasia)	79,810,726^{[Note 5]}	30,815,094	126 countries 6de facto states	48 countries and two de facto states on mainland Africa.^{[Note 6]} 78 countries and four de facto states on mainland Eurasia: 1. 38 countries and two de facto states on continental Asia.^{[Note 7]}^{[Note 8]} 2. 40 countries and two de facto states oncontinental Europe^{[Note 9]}
II	America (landmass)	37,699,623^{[Note 10]}	14,555,906	22 countries 1overseas territory	Ten countries on mainland North America.^{[Note 11]} Twelve countries and anoverseas department and region ofFrance on mainland South America.
III	Antarctica	12,272,800^{[Note 12]}	4,738,600	None^{[Note 13]}	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.^[6] If its ice cover were to be lifted, some rocks that are currently below sea level wouldrise as the weight of the ice would be removed,^[7] although this would in part be counteracted, and in some areas of the continent overtaken, byeustatic rises insea level.^[8]
IV	Australia (landmass)	7,591,608^{[Note 14]}	2,931,136	Australia	Mainland Australia is more than three times the size ofGreenland, the largest island.^[10] Australia is sometimes dubbed "The Island Continent" or "Earth's largest island, but its smallest continent".^[11]

Islands with areas of 1,000 km² (390 sq mi) or greater

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Rank	Island	Area^[12]		Nation(s)	Subnational divisions	Notes
Rank	Island	(km²)	(sq mi)	Nation(s)	Subnational divisions	Notes
1	Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) (main island)	2,130,800^[13]	822,700	Denmark	Greenland	The largest island in the world.^[10]
2	New Guinea	785,753^[14]	303,381	Indonesia Papua New Guinea	Papua andCentral,Highland,South,West, andSouthwest Papua Highlands,Momase, andSouthern regions
3	Borneo	748,168	288,869	Brunei Indonesia Malaysia	— Central,East,North,South, andWest Kalimantan Sabah andSarawak
4	Madagascar (main island)	587,041^[15]	226,658	Madagascar
5	Baffin Island	507,451^[16]	195,928	Canada	Nunavut	The largest island in Canada and theArctic Archipelago.^[17]^[18]
6	Sumatra	443,065	171,068	Indonesia	Aceh,Bengkulu,Jambi,Lampung,Riau,North,South, andWest Sumatra
7	Honshu	227,938^[19]	88,007	Japan	Chūbu,Chūgoku,Kansai,Kantō, andTōhoku regions
8	Victoria Island	217,291^[16]	83,897	Canada	Northwest Territories andNunavut
9	Great Britain	209,331	80,823	United Kingdom	England,Scotland, andWales
10	Ellesmere Island	196,236^[16]	75,767	Canada	Nunavut
11	Sulawesi	180,681	69,761	Indonesia	Gorontalo,Central,North,South,Southeast, andWest Sulawesi
12	South Island (Te Waipounamu)	145,836	56,308	New Zealand	Nelson,Tasman,Marlborough,West Coast,Canterbury,Otago, andSouthland
13	Java	138,794	53,589	Indonesia	Banten,Jakarta,Yogyakarta,Central,East, andWest Java
14	North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui)	111,583	43,082	New Zealand	Auckland,Bay of Plenty,Gisborne,Hawke's Bay,Manawatū–Whanganui,Northland,Taranaki,Waikato, andWellington regions
15	Luzon (main island)	109,965	42,458	Philippines	Bicol,Cagayan Valley,Calabarzon,Central Luzon,Cordillera,Ilocos, andMetro Manila
16	Newfoundland	108,860^[16]	42,030	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador
17	Cuba (main island)	105,806	40,852	Cuba
18	Iceland (main island)	101,826	39,315	Iceland
19	Mindanao (main island)	97,530	37,660	Philippines	Caraga,Davao,Bangsamoro,Northern Mindanao,Soccsksargen, andZamboanga Peninsula
20	Ireland	84,421^[20]	32,595	Republic of Ireland United Kingdom	— Northern Ireland
21	Hokkaido	77,982^[19]	30,109	Japan	Hokkaido
22	Hispaniola	73,929	28,544	Dominican Republic Haiti
23	Sakhalin	72,493	27,990	Russia	Sakhalin Oblast
24	Banks Island	70,028^[16]	27,038	Canada	Northwest Territories
25	Sri Lanka (main island)	65,268^[21]	25,200	Sri Lanka
26	Tasmania (main island)	65,022	25,105	Australia	Tasmania
27	Devon Island	55,247^[16]	21,331	Canada	Nunavut	The largestuninhabited island in the world.^[22]
28	Alexander Island	49,070	18,950		Antarctica
29	Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego	47,992	18,530	Argentina Chile	Tierra del Fuego Province Magallanes Region
30	Severny Island (northernNovaya Zemlya)	47,079	18,177	Russia	Arkhangelsk Oblast
31	Berkner Island	43,873	16,939		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Argentina (partial), Chile, and the United Kingdom.
32	Axel Heiberg Island	43,178^[16]	16,671	Canada	Nunavut
33	Melville Island	42,149^[16]	16,274	Canada	Northwest Territories andNunavut
34	Southampton Island	41,214^[16]	15,913	Canada	Nunavut
35	Marajó	40,100^[21]	15,500	Brazil	Pará
36	Spitsbergen	38,981^[23]	15,051	Norway	Svalbard
37	Kyushu	36,782^[19]	14,202	Japan	Kyushu
38	New Britain	35,145	13,570	Papua New Guinea	East andWest New Britain Provinces
39	Taiwan (main island)	34,507	13,323	Disputed, seePolitical status of Taiwan
40	Prince of Wales Island	33,339^[16]	12,872	Canada	Nunavut
41	Yuzhny Island (southernNovaya Zemlya)	33,246	12,836	Russia	Arkhangelsk
42	Hainan (main island)	33,210	12,820	China	Hainan
43	Vancouver Island	31,285^[16]	12,079	Canada	British Columbia
44	Timor	28,418	10,972	Timor-Leste Indonesia	— East Nusa Tenggara
45	Sicily	25,711^[24]	9,927	Italy	Sicily
46	Somerset Island	24,786^[16]	9,570	Canada	Nunavut
47	Kotelny Island	24,000	9,300	Russia	Sakha Republic
48	Sardinia	23,949	9,247	Italy	Sardinia
49	Bananal Island	20,000^[21]	7,398	Brazil	Tocantins
50	Shikoku	18,296^[19]	7,064	Japan	Shikoku
51	Halmahera	18,040	6,970	Indonesia	North Maluku
52	Seram Island	17,454	6,739	Indonesia	Maluku
53	Grande Terre	16,648	6,428	France	New Caledonia	Sui generis collectivity.
54	Bathurst Island	16,042^[16]	6,194	Canada	Nunavut
55	Prince Patrick Island	15,848^[16]	6,119	Canada	Northwest Territories
56	Thurston Island	15,700^[21]	6,100		Antarctica	Unclaimed island.
57	Nordaustlandet	14,467^[23]	5,586	Norway	Svalbard
58	Sumbawa	14,386	5,554	Indonesia	West Nusa Tenggara
59	October Revolution Island	14,204	5,484	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai
60	Flores	14,154	5,465	Indonesia	East Nusa Tenggara
61	Delmarva	13,884^[25]	5,361	United States	Maryland,Delaware,Virginia	Peninsula separated from continent by channel; USGS counts it as island.
62	King William Island	13,111^[16]	5,062	Canada	Nunavut
63	Negros	13,075	5,048	Philippines	Negros Island Region
64	Samar	12,849	4,961	Philippines	Eastern Visayas
65	Palawan	12,189	4,706	Philippines	Mimaropa
66	Panay	12,011	4,637	Philippines	Western Visayas
67	Yos Sudarso Island (Dolok)	11,742	4,534	Indonesia	Papua
68	Bangka Island	11,413	4,407	Indonesia	Bangka Belitung Islands
69	Ellef Ringnes Island	11,295^[16]	4,361	Canada	Nunavut
70	Bolshevik Island	11,206	4,327	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai
71	Jamaica (main island)	11,190	4,320	Jamaica
72	Bylot Island	11,067^[16]	4,273	Canada	Nunavut
73	Sumba	10,711	4,136	Indonesia	East Nusa Tenggara
74	Mindoro	10,572	4,082	Philippines	Mimaropa
75	Viti Levu	10,531	4,066	Fiji	Central andWestern Divisions
76	Hawaiʻi (Big Island)	10,434	4,029	United States	Hawaii
77	Cape Breton Island	10,311^[16]	3,981	Canada	Nova Scotia
78	Prince Charles Island	9,521^[16]	3,676	Canada	Nunavut
79	Bougainville Island	9,318	3,598	Papua New Guinea	Autonomous Region of Bougainville
80	Kodiak Island	9,310	3,595^[26]	United States	Alaska
81	Cyprus (main island)	9,234	3,565	Cyprus	Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Sovereign Base Areas of the United Kingdom andNorthern Cyprus. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus claims and controls one third of the island of Cyprus although this is not recognised by any country exceptTurkey.
82	Puerto Rico (main island)	8,868^[27]	3,424	Puerto Rico		Insular area of the United States.
83	Komsomolets Island	8,812	3,402	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai
84	Corsica	8,741	3,375	France	Corsica
85	Disko Island	8,612	3,325	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
86	Carney Island	8,500^[21]	3,300			Unclaimed island ofAntarctica.
87	Nile Delta	8,500^[28]	3,300	Egypt	several	Island in Nile Delta formed by Rosetta and Damietta distributaries ofNile River.
88	Chiloé Island	8,478	3,273	Chile	Los Lagos Region
89	Buru	8,473	3,271	Indonesia	Maluku
90	Crete	8,350	3,220	Greece	Crete
91	Zeraf	8,000^[29]	3,100	South Sudan	Jonglei State	River island formed byBahr el Jebel (White Nile) and its anabranchBahr el Zeraf.
92	Anticosti Island	7,941^[16]	3,066	Canada	Quebec
93	Roosevelt Island	7,910	3,050		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claim by New Zealand. Status as an island is disputed.
94	Wrangel Island (Vrangelya)	7,866	3,037	Russia	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
95	Tupinambarana (western part)	7,700	3,000	Brazil	Amazonas	If taken as a fluvial orriver island.
96	New Ireland	7,405	2,859	Papua New Guinea	New Ireland Province
97	Leyte	7,368	2,845	Philippines	Eastern Visayas
98	East Falkland	7,040	2,720	Falkland Islands		ABritish Overseas Territory administered by the United Kingdom and disputed by Argentina.^{[Note 15]}
99	Zealand	7,031^[30]	2,715	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Denmark,Zealand andCapital regions
100	Cornwallis Island	6,995^[16]	2,701	Canada	Nunavut
101	Prince of Wales Island	6,675	2,577	United States	Alaska
102	Grande Terre (Kerguelen)	6,617	2,555	France	French Southern and Antarctic Lands overseas territory
103	Siple Island	6,390	2,470		Antarctica	Unclaimed island.
104	Graham Island	6,361^[16]	2,456	Canada	British Columbia
105	New Siberia (Novaya Sibir)	6,201	2,394	Russia	Sakha Republic
106	Melville Island	5,765	2,226	Australia	Northern Territory
107	Prince Edward Island	5,620^[16]	2,170	Canada	Prince Edward Island
108	Vanua Levu	5,587	2,157	Fiji	Northern Division
109	Wellington Island	5,556	2,145	Chile	Magallanes Region
110	Coats Island	5,498^[16]	2,123	Canada	Nunavut
111	Bali	5,416	2,091	Indonesia	Bali
112	Chichagof Island	5,388	2,080	United States	Alaska
113	Guadalcanal	5,353	2,067	Solomon Islands	Guadalcanal Province andCapital Territory
114	Arga Muora Sise	5,296^[31]	2,045	Russia	Sakha Republic	Largest island inLena Delta
115	Amund Ringnes Island	5,255^[16]	2,029	Canada	Nunavut
116	Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island	5,157	1,991	Russia	Sakha Republic
117	St. Lawrence Island	5,135	1,983	United States	Alaska
118	Riesco Island	5,110^[32]	1,970	Chile	Magallanes Region
119	Edgeøya	5,073^[23]	1,959	Norway	Svalbard
120	Mackenzie King Island	5,048^[16]	1,949	Canada	Northwest Territories andNunavut
121	Trinidad	5,009	1,934	Trinidad and Tobago
122	Kolguyev Island	4,968	1,918	Russia	Nenets Autonomous Okrug
123	Gurupá	4,864^[32]	1,878	Brazil	Pará
124	Isabela Island	4,711	1,819	Ecuador	Galápagos Province
125	North Jutlandic Island (Vendsyssel-Thy)	4,685^[30]	1,809	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Denmark,North Jutland Region	Physically part of theJutland peninsula until 1825.
126	Lombok	4,625	1,786	Indonesia	West Nusa Tenggara
127	West Falkland	4,531	1,749	Falkland Islands		ABritish Overseas Territory administered by the United Kingdom and disputed by Argentina.^{[Note 15]}
128	Belitung	4,478	1,729	Indonesia	Bangka Belitung Islands
129	Cebu	4,468	1,725	Philippines	Central Visayas
130	Adelaide Island	4,463	1,723		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Argentina Chile and United Kingdom.
131	Stefansson Island	4,463^[16]	1,723	Canada	Nunavut
132	Madura Island	4,429	1,710	Indonesia	East Java
133	Buton	4,408	1,702	Indonesia	Southeast Sulawesi
134	Kangaroo Island	4,374	1,689	Australia	South Australia
135	Admiralty Island	4,362	1,684	United States	Alaska
136	Nunivak Island	4,209^[32]	1,625	United States	Alaska
137	Unimak Island	4,119	1,590	United States	Alaska
138	Hoste Island	4,117^[32]	1,590	Chile	Magallanes Region
139	Spaatz Island	4,100^[32]	1,600		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Chile and United Kingdom.
140	Baranof Island	4,065	1,570	United States	Alaska
141	Nias	4,048	1,563	Indonesia	North Sumatra
142	Espiritu Santo	3,956	1,527	Vanuatu	Sanma Province
143	Milne Land	3,913	1,511	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
144	Malaita	3,836	1,481	Solomon Islands	Malaita Province
145	Siberut	3,829	1,478	Indonesia	West Sumatra
146	Bohol	3,821	1,475	Philippines	Central Visayas
147	South Georgia	3,718	1,436	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands		Part of theBritish Overseas Territories under sovereignty of the United Kingdom.
148	Euboea	3,707	1,431	Greece	Central Greece
149	Santa Inés Island	3,688	1,424	Chile	Magallanes Region
150	Mallorca	3,667	1,416	Spain	Balearic Islands
151	Santa Isabel Island	3,665	1,415	Solomon Islands	Isabel Province
152	Long Island	3,629^[32]	1,401	United States	New York
153	Socotra	3,607	1,393	Yemen	Socotra Governorate
154	Wetar	3,600^[32]	1,400	Indonesia	Maluku
155	Tupinambarana (northern part)	3,600	1,400	Brazil	Amazonas
156	Traill Island	3,542	1,368	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
157	Bear Island	3,500^[32]	1,400		Antarctica	Unclaimed island.
158	North Andros Island	3,439	1,328	The Bahamas	North andCentral Andros
159	Vaygach Island	3,329	1,285	Russia	Arkhangelsk Oblast
160	Latady Island	3,300^[33]	1,300		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Chile and United Kingdom.
161	Masbate Island	3,268^[32]	1,262	Philippines	Bicol Region
162	Makira (San Cristóbal)	3,190	1,230	Solomon Islands	Makira-Ulawa Province
163	Mansel Island	3,180^[16]	1,230	Canada	Nunavut
164	Iturup (Etorofu)	3,167^[19]	1,223	Russia	Sakhalin Oblast	Territorial dispute initially part of Japan (Hokkaidō region andprefecture then claimed by Russia
165	Yamdena	3,100^[32]	1,200	Indonesia	Maluku
166	Waigeo	3,060^[32]	1,180	Indonesia	West Papua
167	Akimiski Island	3,001^[16]	1,159	Canada	Nunavut
168	Gotland	2,994^[34]	1,156	Sweden	Gotland County
169	Funen	2,985^[30]	1,153	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Denmark,Southern Denmark Region
170	Choiseul Island	2,971	1,147	Solomon Islands	Choiseul Province
171	Revillagigedo Island	2,965	1,145	United States	Alaska
172	Taliabu Island Regency	2,913	1,125	Indonesia	North Maluku
173	Muna Island	2,889	1,115	Indonesia	Southeast Sulawesi
174	Zemlya Georga	2,821	1,089	Russia	Arkhangelsk Oblast
175	Kupreanof Island	2,813	1,086	United States	Alaska
176	Borden Island	2,794^[16]	1,079	Canada	Northwest Territories andNunavut
177	Manitoulin Island	2,766^[35]	1,068	Canada	Ontario	Largestlake island (including both freshwater and saltwater lakes).
178	Unalaska Island	2,722	1,051	United States	Alaska
179	Saaremaa	2,672	1,032	Estonia	Saare County (Saaremaa)
180	Moresby Island	2,608^[16]	1,007	Canada	British Columbia
181	James Ross Island	2,598	1,003		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Argentina Chile and United Kingdom.
182	Obi	2,542	981	Indonesia	North Maluku
183	Réunion (main island)	2,535	979	France	Réunion	Overseas department.
184	Navarino Island	2,514^[36]	971	Chile	Magallanes Region
185	Paramushir	2,471^[32]	954	Russia	Sakhalin Oblast
186	Ross Island	2,460^[32]	950		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claim by New Zealand.
187	Ymer Island	2,437	941	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
188	Anvers Island	2,432	939		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Argentina Chile and United Kingdom.
189	Cornwall Island	2,358^[16]	910	Canada	Nunavut
190	Peleng	2,346	906	Indonesia	Central Sulawesi
191	Groote Eylandt	2,285	882	Australia	Northern Territory
192	Yapen	2,278	880	Indonesia	Papua
193	Morotai	2,266	875	Indonesia	North Maluku
194	Outer Caviana	2,257^[37]	871	Brazil	Pará
195	Princess Royal Island	2,251^[16]	869	Canada	British Columbia
196	Isla de la Juventud	2,237	864	Cuba	Isla de la Juventud
197	Hinnøya	2,198^[23]	849	Norway	Nordland andTroms
198	Nelson Island	2,183^[38]	843	United States	Alaska
199	Richards Island	2,165^[16]	836	Canada	Northwest Territories
200	Ayon Island	2,156^[39]	832	Russia	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
201	Trangan	2,149	830	Indonesia	Maluku
202	Alor Island	2,120	820	Indonesia	East Nusa Tenggara
203	Margarita Island	2,100	810	Colombia		An inland fluvial orriver island in theMagdalena River not to be confused with theMargarita Island a Caribbean Venezuelan island.
204	Lewis and Harris	2,086	805	United Kingdom	Scotland
205	Laut Island	2,057	794	Indonesia	South Kalimantan
206	Malakula	2,041	788	Vanuatu	(Malampa Province)
207	New Georgia	2,037	786	Solomon Islands	Western Province
208	Misool	2,034	785	Indonesia	West Papua
209	Magdalena Island	2,025	782	Chile	Aysén Region
210	René-Levasseur Island	2,020^[35]	780	Canada	Quebec	Largestartificial island.
211	Tenerife	2,008	775	Spain	Canary Islands
212	Wilczek Land	2,000^[40]	770	Russia	Arkhangelsk Oblast
213	Kuiu Island	1,962	758	United States	Alaska
214	Manus Island	1,940	750	Papua New Guinea	Manus Province
215	Karaginsky Island	1,936^[41]	747	Russia	Kamchatka Krai
216	Bioko	1,935	747	Equatorial Guinea	Bioko Norte andBioko Sur
217	Biak	1,904	735	Indonesia	Papua
218	Maui	1,903	735	United States	Hawaii
219	Bacan Island	1,900	730	Indonesia	North Maluku
220	Žitný ostrov (Rye Island)	1,900^[42]	730	Slovakia	Bratislava,Trnava, andNitra regions
221	Mauritius (main island)	1,874	724	Mauritius
222	K'gari	1,840^[43]	710	Australia	Queensland
223	Jeju Island	1,826^[44]	705	South Korea	Jeju Province
224	Stewart Island (Rakiura)	1,815	701	New Zealand	Southland Region
225	Bely Island	1,810	700	Russia	Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
226	Afognak	1,809	698	United States	Alaska
227	Charcot Island	1,800^[33]	690		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Chile and United Kingdom. Island is 48 by 40 km (30 by 25 mi).^[45]
228	Umnak	1,793	692	United States	Alaska
229	Bolshoy Shantar Island	1,766	682	Russia	Khabarovsk Krai
230	Bolshoy Begichev Island	1,764	681	Russia	Sakha Republic
231	Simeulue	1,754	677	Indonesia	Aceh
232	Kobroor	1,723	665	Indonesia	Maluku
233	Air Force Island	1,720^[16]	660	Canada	Nunavut
234	Savaiʻi	1,718	663	Samoa	Faʻasaleleaga,Gagaʻemauga,Gagaʻifomauga,Vaisigano,Satupaʻitea, andPalauli
235	Geographical Society Island	1,717	663	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
236	Bathurst Island	1,692	653	Australia	Northern Territory
237	Bering Island	1,667^[46]	644	Russia	Kamchatka Krai
238	Isle of Skye	1,659	641	United Kingdom	Scotland
239	Lesbos	1,641	634	Greece	North Aegean
240	Soisalo	1,635^[47]	631	Finland	North andSouth Savo
241	Fuerteventura	1,633	631	Spain	Canary Islands
242	Natuna Besar	1,633^[48]	631	Indonesia	Riau Islands
243	Salawati	1,623	627	Indonesia	West Papua
244	GreatInagua	1,615	624	The Bahamas	Inagua
245	Joinville Island	1,607	620		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Argentina Chile and United Kingdom.
246	Tanahbesar (Wokam)	1,604	619	Indonesia	Maluku
247	Tebing Tinggi Island (Rantau)	1,598	617	Indonesia	Riau
248	Senja	1,590^[23]	610	Norway	Troms
249	Flaherty Island	1,585^[16]	612	Canada	Nunavut
250	Oahu	1,583	611	United States	Hawaii
251	Unguja (Zanzibar)	1,575	608	Tanzania	Unguja North,Unguja South, andMjini Magharibi regions
252	Graham Bell Island	1,557	601	Russia	Arkhangelsk Oblast
253	Eglinton Island	1,541^[16]	595	Canada	Northwest Territories
254	Middle Andaman Island	1,536^[44]	593	India	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
255	Clavering Island	1,535	593	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
256	Gran Canaria	1,530	590	Spain	Canary Islands
257	Pioneer Island	1,527	590	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai
258	Catanduanes	1,523	588	Philippines	Bicol Region
259	Copper Island	1,500^[49]	260	United States	Michigan
261	Rupat	1,490	580	Indonesia	Riau
262	Kunashir (Kunashiri)	1,489^[19]	575	Russia	Sakhalin Oblast	Territorial dispute initially part of Japan (Hokkaidō region andprefecture then claimed by Russia.
263	Qeshm Island	1,488	575	Iran	Hormozgan province
264	Nares Land	1,466	566	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
265	Camargue	1,453	561	France	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
266	South Andros Island	1,448	559	The Bahamas	South Andros
267	Fergusson Island	1,437	555	Papua New Guinea	Milne Bay Province
268	Urup	1,437	555	Russia	Sakhalin Oblast
269	Kauai	1,435	554	United States	Hawaii
270	São Luís Island	1,410^{[citation needed]}	540	Brazil	Maranhão
271	Rhodes	1,410	540	Greece	South Aegean
272	North Andaman Island	1,407^[50]	543	India	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
273	King George Island	1,384	534		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Argentina Chile and United Kingdom.
274	Graham Island	1,378^[16]	532	Canada	Nunavut
275	Pitt Island	1,375^[16]	531	Canada	British Columbia
276	Nottingham Island	1,372^[16]	530	Canada	Nunavut
277	Chongming Island	1,370^[51]	530	China	Shanghai
278	Desolación Island	1,352	522	Chile	Magallanes Region
279	Ramree Island	1,350^[44]	520	Myanmar	Rakhine State
280	Öland	1,347^[34]	520	Sweden	Kalmar County
281	Flinders Island	1,330	510	Australia	Tasmania
282	Lougheed Island	1,308^[16]	505	Canada	Nunavut
283	Bhola Island	1,295^[52]	500	Bangladesh	Barisal Division
284	Dawson Island	1,290	500	Chile	Magallanes Region
285	Barentsøya (Barents)	1,288^[53]	497	Norway	Svalbard
286	Lembata (Lomblen)	1,270	490	Indonesia	East Nusa Tenggara
287	Basilan	1,266	489	Philippines	Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao andZamboanga Peninsula
288	Shannon Island	1,259	486	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
289	Mill Island	1,258	486		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claim by Australia.
290	Morfil Island	1,250	480	Senegal	Saint-Louis Region
291	Lolland	1,243^[30]	480	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Denmark,Region Zealand
292	Mangole Island	1,229	475	Indonesia	North Maluku
293	New Hanover Island (Lavongai)	1,227	474	Papua New Guinea	New Ireland Province
294	Rote Island	1,227	474	Indonesia	East Nusa Tenggara
295	South Andaman Island	1,211	468	India	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
296	Okinawa Island	1,208^[19]	466	Japan	Ryukyu Islands,Okinawa Prefecture andKyushu
297	Södertörn	1,207^[54]	466	Sweden	Stockholm County
298	Oleny Island (Oleniy Island)	1,197	462	Russia	Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
299	Tiburón Island	1,190	460	Mexico	Sonora
300	Campana Island	1,188	459	Chile	Aysén Region
301	Bintan Island	1,173	453	Indonesia	Riau Islands
302	Martinique	1,167	451	France	Martinique	Overseas department.
303	Aracena Island	1,164	449	Chile	Magallanes Region
304	Sherman Island	1,159	447
305	Byam Martin Island	1,150^[16]	440	Canada	Nunavut
306	Great Abaco	1,146	442	The Bahamas	North Central andSouth Abaco
307	Lifou Island	1,146	442	France	New Caledonia	Sui generis collectivity.
308	Wales Island	1,137^[16]	439	Canada	Nunavut
309	Île Vanier	1,126^[16]	435	Canada	Nunavut
310	Upolu	1,125	434	Samoa	Tuamasaga,Aʻana,Aiga-i-le-Tai,Atua,Vaʻa-o-Fonoti, andGagaʻemauga
311	King Island	1,121	433	Australia	Tasmania
312	Clarence Island	1,111	429	Chile	Magallanes Region
313	Padang Island	1,109	428	Indonesia	Riau
314	Grand Bahama	1,096	423	The Bahamas	East Grand,West Grand Bahama, andFreeport
315	Alexandra Land (Zemlya Aleksandry)	1,095	423	Russia	Arkhangelsk Oblast
316	Rowley Island	1,090^[16]	420	Canada	Nunavut
317	Tahiti	1,069	413	France	French Polynesia	Overseas collectivity.
318	Sääminginsalo	1,069^[47]	413	Finland	South Savo
319	Serrano Island	1,063	410	Chile	Aysén Region
320	Atka Island	1,061	410	United States	Alaska
321	Cameron Island	1,059^[16]	409	Canada	Nunavut
322	Zhongshan Island	1,055	407	China	Guangdong
323	Hall Island (Gallya)	1,049	405	Russia	Arkhangelsk Oblast
324	Cape Cod	1,047^[25]	404	United States	Massachusetts	peninsula separated from continent by channel; USGS counts it as island
325	Madre de Dios Island	1,043	403	Chile	Magallanes Region
326	Normanby Island	1,040	400	Papua New Guinea	Milne Bay Province
327	Hiiumaa	1,031	398	Estonia	Hiiu County (Hiiumaa)
328	Margarita Island	1,020	390	Venezuela	Nueva Esparta
329	Mornington Island	1,018^[55]	393	Australia	Queensland
330	Resolution Island	1,015^[16]	392	Canada	Nunavut
331	Grande Comore	1,013	391	Comoros	Grande Comore
332	Smyley Island	1,000^[33]	390		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Chile and United Kingdom. It is 61 km (38 mi) long and between 13 and 34 km (8.1 and 21.1 mi) wide.^[56]

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^TheUnited States Geological Survey is a notable exception. The United States-based scientific agency classifies all landmasses (including all continentalmainlands except Antarctica) surrounded by water as islands. Under their definition, Africa, Australia,Eurasia, North America, and South America are classified as continental mainland islands.^[1]
^Geoscience Australia notes that 'Australia is often referred to as an island continent'^[2]
^Physiographically, there are only four continents (including offshorecontinental islands which sit on the nearbycontinental shelves) that are completely surrounded by the ocean:Africa-Eurasia (57% of the global land area), the Americas (28.5%), Antarctica (9%), andAustralia (5%). The remaining 0.5% is made up of remoteoceanic islands, mostly scattered withinOceania in the central and southPacific Ocean.^[3]
^Including continental landmasses which are above water and over 2,500,000 km² (970,000 sq mi). Thesubmerged continent ofZealandia (approx. 5,000,000 km² (1,900,000 sq mi)) is excluded.^[4]
^Figure derived from theGlobal Islands Explorer website, by adding the areas of mainland Africa (29,370,907 km² (11,340,171 sq mi)) and mainlandEurasia (50,439,819 km² (19,474,923 sq mi)).
^Egypt hasa small portion of its land located on mainland Eurasia.
^Azerbaijan,Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Turkey each havea small portion of their land located on continental Europe. Malaysia hasa significant portion of its land located onan island.
^Abkhazia andSouth Ossetia are both located south of theGreater Caucasus watershed, and thus they are geographically parts of Asia.
^Russia hasa big portion of its land located on continental Asia. Denmark'scapital city is located onan island.
^Figure derived from theGlobal Islands Explorer website, by adding the areas of mainland North America (20,090,075 km² (7,756,821 sq mi)) and mainland South America (17,609,548 km² (6,799,084 sq mi)).
^Depending onthe definition, a significant portion ofPanama (land east of thePanama Canal) could be considered a part of mainland South America.
^Area of mainland Antarctica, without the ice shelves and nearby islands.^[5]
^Seven countries have made eightterritorial claims. All territorial claims in Antarctica are in abeyance under theAntarctic Treaty System.
^Figure derived from theGeoscience Australia website, the area of mainlandTasmania (64,519 km² (24,911 sq mi)) has been deducted.^[9] TheGlobal Islands Explorer website has given a slightly larger figure of 7,618,696 km² (2,941,595 sq mi) for the area of mainland Australia.
^^a ^bA 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.