Large Islands of the World

Island Location and Political Affiliation Area sq. mi. sq. km Greenland North Atlantic (Danish) 839,999 2,175,597 New Guinea Southwest Pacific (West Papua [Irian Jaya], Indonesia, western part; Papua New Guinea, eastern part) 309,000 800,311 Borneo West mid-Pacific (Indonesian, south part; Brunei and Malaysian, north part) 287,300 744,108 Madagascar Indian Ocean (Malagasy Republic) 227,000 587,931 Baffin North Atlantic (Canadian) 195,926 507,451 Sumatra Northeast Indian Ocean (Indonesian) 182,859 473,605 Honshu Sea of Japan–Pacific (Japanese) 89,176 230,966 Great Britain Off coast of NW Europe (England, Scotland, and Wales) 88,795 229,979 Victoria Arctic Ocean (Canadian) 83,896 217,291 Ellesmere Arctic Ocean (Canadian) 75,767 196,236 Sulawesi (Celebes) West mid-Pacific (Indonesian) 73,057 189,218 South Island South Pacific (New Zealand) 58,384 151,215 Java Indian Ocean (Indonesian) 51,038 132,189 North Island South Pacific (New Zealand) 44,702 115,778 Cuba Caribbean Sea (republic) 42,803 110,860 Newfoundland North Atlantic (Canadian) 42,031 108,860 Luzon West mid-Pacific (Philippines) 40,420 104,688 Iceland North Atlantic (republic) 39,800 103,082 Mindanao West mid-Pacific (Philippines) 36,537 94,631 Ireland West of Great Britain (republic, south part; United Kingdom, north part) 32,597 84,426 Hokkaido Sea of Japan–Pacific (Japanese) 32,245 83,515 Sakhalin (Karafuto) North of Japan (Russian) 29,500 76,405 Hispaniola Caribbean Sea (Dominican Republic, east part; Haiti, west part) 29,300 75,887 Banks Arctic Ocean (Canadian) 27,038 70,028 Tasmania South of Australia (Australian) 26,200 67,858 Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Indian Ocean (republic) 24,900 64,491 Devon Arctic Ocean (Canadian) 21,331 55,247 Tierra del Fuego Southern tip of South America (Argentinian, east part; Chilean, west part) 18,605 48,187 Axel Heiberg Arctic Ocean (Canadian) 16,671 43,178 Melville Arctic Ocean (Canadian) 16,274 42,149 Kyushu Sea of Japan–Pacific (Japanese) 16,223 42,018 Southampton Hudson Bay (Canadian) 15,913 41,214

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