Major Islands of the World (Google)

Major Islands of the World

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World map of Major Islands shows the names and the location of all the important and major islands of the world.This world map of major islands map consists of Continental Islands like Trinidad and Tobacco, Ireland and Java, Oceanic Islands like Aleutian, Iceland and Hawaii and Tropical Islands like Maldives, Seychelles and Sri Lanka.
Greenland (822,700 sq miles), New Guinea, Papua New Guinea (309,000 sq miles), Boreneo (280,100 sq miles), Madagascar (226,658 sq miles) and Baffin Island (195,928 sq miles) are the 5 largest islands of the world.
New Guinea (16,204 ft), Hawaii (13,769 ft), Broneo (13,431 ft), Taiwan (13,113 ft) and Sumatra (12,467 ft) are world�s top 5 tallest islands.
Java (124 million population), Honshu (103 million population), Great Britain (58.3 million population), Luzon (47 million population) and Sumatra (42 million population) are the 5 most populous islands in the world.

Major Islands of the world
Island / Location and Political Affiliation / Area (Sq. KM)
Greenland / North Atlantic (Danish) / 2,175,597
New Guinea / Southwest Pacific (Irian Jaya, Indonesia, Western Part; Papua New Guinea, Eastern Part) / 820,033
Borneo / West mid-Pacific (Indonesian, South Part; Brunei and Malaysian, North Part) / 743,107
Madagascar / Indian Ocean (Malagasy Republic) / 587,042
Baffin / North Atlantic (Canadian) / 476,068
Sumatra / Northeast Indian Ocean (Indonesian) / 473,605
Honshu / Sea of Japan-Pacific (Japanese) / 230,316
Great Britain / Off coast of NW Europe (England, Scotland, and Wales) / 229,883
Ellesmere / Arctic Ocean (Canadian) / 212,688
Victoria / Arctic Ocean (Canadian) / 212,199
Sulawesi (Celebes) / West mid-Pacific (Indonesian) / 189,034
South Island / South Pacific (New Zealand) / 150,461
Java / Indian Ocean (Indonesian) / 126,884
North Island / South Pacific (New Zealand) / 114,688
Cuba / Caribbean Sea (Republic) / 114,525
Newfoundland / North Atlantic (Canadian) / 110,681
Luzon / West mid-Pacific (Philippines) / 104,688
Iceland / North Atlantic (Republic) / 102,999
Mindanao / West mid-Pacific (Philippines) / 94,631
Ireland / West of Great Britain (Republic, South Part; U.K., North Part) / 84,426
Hokkaido / Sea of Japan-Pacific (Japanese) / 78,663
Hispaniola / Caribbean Sea (Dominican Rep., East Part; Haiti, West Part) / 76,029
Tasmania / South of Australia (Australian) / 67,897
Sri Lanka (Ceylon) / Indian Ocean (Republic) / 65,610

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