List of islands by area

This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km² (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown.

Dymaxion map (Fuller map) with continental landmasses (I,II,III,IV) and largest islands (1–30) roughly to scale

Continental landmasses

Continental landmasses are not usually classified as islands despite being completely surrounded by water. However, because the definition of continent varies between geographers, the Americas are sometimes defined as two separate continents while mainland Australia is sometimes defined as an island as well as a continent. Nevertheless, for the purposes of this list, mainland Australia along with the other major landmasses have been listed as continental landmasses for comparison. The figures are approximations and are for the four major continental landmasses only. The artificial Panama and Suez canals are disregarded, as they are not natural waters that separate the continents.

Rank	Continental landmass	Area		Nation(s)	Notes
		(km^2)	(sq mi)
1	Afro-Eurasia	79,810,726	30,815,094	126 countries 6 de facto states	48 countries on mainland Africa and 78 countries on mainland Eurasia (38 countries on continental Asia and 40 countries on continental Europe). Two states on mainland Africa and four states on mainland Eurasia (two states on continental Asia and two states on continental Europe).
2	Americas	37,699,623	14,555,906	22 countries French Guiana	Ten countries on mainland North America and twelve countries on mainland South America. An overseas department and region of France, located on mainland South America.
3	Antarctica	12,272,800	4,738,600	None	Seven countries have made eight territorial claims. All territorial claims in Antarctica are in abeyance under the Antarctic Treaty System. 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. If its ice cover were to be lifted, some rocks that are currently below sea level would rise as the weight of the ice would be removed, although this would in part be counteracted, and in some areas of the continent overtaken, by eustatic rises in sea level.
4	Australia	7,591,608	2,931,136	Australia	Mainland Australia is more than three times the size of Greenland, the largest island. Australia is sometimes dubbed "The Island Continent" or "Earth's largest island, but its smallest continent".

Islands

Islands 100,000 km² (38,600 sq mi) and greater

Rank	Island	Area		Nation(s)	Subnational divisions	Notes
		(km^2)	(sq mi)
1	Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) (main island)	2,130,800	822,700	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland	The largest island in the world. Part of North America but geopolitically owned by Europe.
2	New Guinea	785,753	303,381	Indonesia Papua New Guinea	Papua and Central, Highland, South, West, and Southwest Papua Highlands, Momase, and Southern regions	The largest island to span two continents and the largest in the Malay Archipelago.
3	Borneo	748,168	288,869	Brunei Indonesia Malaysia	— Central, East, North, South, and West Kalimantan Sabah and Sarawak	The largest island in Asia. The only island shared by three UN member states.
4	Madagascar (main island)	587,041	226,658	Madagascar		The largest island in Africa.
5	Baffin Island	507,451	195,928	Canada	Nunavut	The largest island in the Arctic Archipelago.
6	Sumatra	443,065	171,068	Indonesia	Aceh, Bengkulu, Jambi, Lampung, Riau, North, South, and West Sumatra
7	Honshu	227,938	88,007	Japan	Chūbu, Chūgoku, Kansai, Kantō, and Tōhoku regions
8	Victoria Island	217,291	83,897	Canada	Northwest Territories and Nunavut
9	Great Britain	209,331	80,823	United Kingdom	England, Scotland, and Wales	The largest island in Europe.
10	Ellesmere Island	196,236	75,767	Canada	Nunavut
11	Sulawesi	180,681	69,761	Indonesia	Gorontalo, Central, North, South, Southeast, and West Sulawesi
12	South Island (Te Waipounamu)	145,836	56,308	New Zealand	Nelson, Tasman, Marlborough, West Coast, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland	The largest island in Polynesia.
13	Java	138,794	53,589	Indonesia	Banten, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Central, East, and West Java	The most populous island.
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, and Wellington regions
15	Luzon (main island)	109,965	42,458	Philippines	Bicol, Cagayan Valley, Calabarzon, Central Luzon, Cordillera, Ilocos, and Metro Manila
16	Newfoundland	108,860	42,030	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador
17	Cuba (main island)	105,806	40,852	Cuba		The largest island in the Caribbean.
18	Iceland (main island)	101,826	39,315	Iceland		The largest volcanic island in the world.

Islands 25,000–99,999 km² (9,700–38,600 sq mi)

Rank	Island	Area		Nation(s)	Subnational divisions	Notes
		(km^2)	(sq mi)
19	Mindanao (main island)	97,530	37,660	Philippines	Caraga, Davao, Bangsamoro, Northern Mindanao, Soccsksargen, and Zamboanga Peninsula
20	Ireland	84,421	32,595	Republic of Ireland United Kingdom	Northern Ireland
21	Hokkaido	77,982	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	27,038	Canada	Northwest Territories
25	Sri Lanka (main island)	65,268	25,200	Sri Lanka
26	Tasmania (main island)	65,022	25,105	Australia	Tasmania
27	Devon Island	55,247	21,331	Canada	Nunavut	The largest uninhabited island in the world.
28	Alexander Island	49,070	18,950		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Argentina (partial), Chile, and the United Kingdom. The largest island in Antarctica.
29	Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego	47,992	18,530	Argentina Chile	Tierra del Fuego Province Magallanes Region	The largest island in South America.
30	Severny Island (northern Novaya 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	16,671	Canada	Nunavut
33	Melville Island	42,149	16,274	Canada	Northwest Territories and Nunavut
34	Southampton Island	41,214	15,913	Canada	Nunavut
35	Marajó	40,100	15,500	Brazil	Pará	Largest river island (at the mouth of the Amazon River where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean).
36	Spitsbergen	38,981	15,051	Norway	Svalbard
37	Kyushu	36,782	14,202	Japan	Kyūshū
38	New Britain	35,145	13,570	Papua New Guinea	East and West New Britain Provinces
39	Taiwan (main island)	34,507	13,323	Taiwan		Claimed by the People's Republic of China (disputed).
40	Prince of Wales Island	33,339	12,872	Canada	Nunavut
41	Yuzhny Island (southern Novaya Zemlya)	33,246	12,836	Russia	Arkhangelsk
42	Hainan (main island)	33,210	12,820	China	Hainan
43	Vancouver Island	31,285	12,079	Canada	British Columbia
44	Timor	28,418	10,972	East Timor Indonesia	East Nusa Tenggara
45	Sicily	25,711	9,927	Italy	Sicily

Islands 10,000–24,999 km² (3,861–9,652 sq mi)

Rank	Island	Area		Nation(s)	Subnational divisions	Notes
		(km^2)	(sq mi)
46	Somerset Island	24,786	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	7,398	Brazil	Tocantins	Largest river island not situated at the mouth of a river and largest island entirely surrounded by fresh water.
50	Shikoku	18,296	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	6,194	Canada	Nunavut
55	Prince Patrick Island	15,848	6,119	Canada	Northwest Territories
56	Thurston Island	15,700	6,100		Antarctica	Unclaimed island.
57	Nordaustlandet	14,467	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	King William Island	13,111	5,062	Canada	Nunavut
62	Negros	13,075	5,048	Philippines	Negros Island Region
63	Samar	12,849	4,961	Philippines	Eastern Visayas
64	Palawan	12,189	4,706	Philippines	Mimaropa
65	Panay	12,011	4,637	Philippines	Western Visayas
66	Yos Sudarso Island (Dolok)	11,742	4,534	Indonesia	Papua
67	Bangka Island	11,413	4,407	Indonesia	Bangka Belitung Islands
68	Ellef Ringnes Island	11,295	4,361	Canada	Nunavut
69	Bolshevik Island	11,206	4,327	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai
70	Jamaica (main island)	11,190	4,320	Jamaica
71	Bylot Island	11,067	4,273	Canada	Nunavut
72	Sumba	10,711	4,136	Indonesia	East Nusa Tenggara
73	Mindoro	10,572	4,082	Philippines	Mimaropa
74	Viti Levu	10,531	4,066	Fiji	Central and Western Divisions
75	Hawaiʻi (Big Island)	10,434	4,029	United States	Hawaii
76	Cape Breton Island	10,311	3,981	Canada	Nova Scotia

Islands 5,000–9,999 km² (1,931–3,861 sq mi)

Rank	Island	Area		Nation(s)	Subnational divisions	Notes
		(km^2)	(sq mi)
77	Prince Charles Island	9,521	3,676	Canada	Nunavut
78	Bougainville Island	9,318	3,598	Papua New Guinea	Autonomous Region of Bougainville
79	Kodiak Island	9,310	3,595	United States	Alaska
80	Cyprus (main island)	9,234	3,565	Cyprus	Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Sovereign Base Areas of the United Kingdom and Northern 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 except Turkey.
81	Puerto Rico (main island)	8,868	3,424	Puerto Rico		Insular area of the United States.
82	Komsomolets Island	8,812	3,402	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai
83	Corsica	8,741	3,375	France	Corsica
84	Disko Island	8,612	3,325	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
85	Carney Island	8,500	3,300			Unclaimed island of Antarctica.
86	Chiloé Island	8,478	3,273	Chile	Los Lagos Region
87	Buru	8,473	3,271	Indonesia	Maluku
88	Crete	8,350	3,220	Greece	Crete
89	Anticosti Island	7,941	3,066	Canada	Quebec
90	Roosevelt Island	7,910	3,050		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claim by New Zealand. Status as an island is disputed.
91	Wrangel Island (Vrangelya)	7,866	3,037	Russia	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
92	Tupinambarana (western part)	7,700	3,000	Brazil	Amazonas	If taken as a fluvial or river island.
93	New Ireland	7,405	2,859	Papua New Guinea	New Ireland Province
94	Leyte	7,368	2,845	Philippines	Eastern Visayas
95	East Falkland	7,040	2,720	Falkland Islands		A British Overseas Territory administered by the United Kingdom and disputed by Argentina.
96	Zealand	7,031	2,715	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Denmark, Zealand and Capital regions
97	Cornwallis Island	6,995	2,701	Canada	Nunavut
98	Prince of Wales Island	6,675	2,577	United States	Alaska
99	Grande Terre (Kerguelen)	6,617	2,555	France	French Southern and Antarctic Lands overseas territory
100	Siple Island	6,390	2,470		Antarctica	Unclaimed island.
101	Graham Island	6,361	2,456	Canada	British Columbia
102	New Siberia (Novaya Sibir)	6,201	2,394	Russia	Sakha Republic
103	Melville Island	5,765	2,226	Australia	Northern Territory
104	Prince Edward Island	5,620	2,170	Canada	Prince Edward Island
105	Vanua Levu	5,587	2,157	Fiji	Northern Division
106	Wellington Island	5,556	2,145	Chile	Magallanes Region
107	Coats Island	5,498	2,123	Canada	Nunavut
108	Bali	5,416	2,091	Indonesia	Bali
109	Chichagof Island	5,388	2,080	United States	Alaska
110	Guadalcanal	5,353	2,067	Solomon Islands	Guadalcanal Province and Capital Territory
111	Amund Ringnes Island	5,255	2,029	Canada	Nunavut
112	Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island	5,157	1,991	Russia	Sakha Republic
113	St. Lawrence Island	5,135	1,983	United States	Alaska
114	Riesco Island	5,110	1,970	Chile	Magallanes Region
115	Edgeøya	5,073	1,959	Norway	Svalbard
116	Mackenzie King Island	5,048	1,949	Canada	Northwest Territories and Nunavut
117	Trinidad	5,009	1,934	Trinidad and Tobago
118	Caviana	5,000	1,900	Brazil	Pará

Islands 2,500–4,999 km² (965–1,930 sq mi)

Rank	Island	Area		Nation(s)	Subnational divisions	Notes
		(km^2)	(sq mi)
119	Kolguyev Island	4,968	1,918	Russia	Nenets Autonomous Okrug
120	Gurupá	4,864	1,878	Brazil	Pará
121	Isabela Island	4,711	1,819	Ecuador	Galápagos Province
122	North Jutlandic Island (Vendsyssel-Thy)	4,685	1,809	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Denmark, North Jutland Region	Physically part of the Jutland peninsula until 1825.
123	Lombok	4,625	1,786	Indonesia	West Nusa Tenggara
124	West Falkland	4,531	1,749	Falkland Islands		A British Overseas Territory administered by the United Kingdom and disputed by Argentina.
125	Belitung	4,478	1,729	Indonesia	Bangka Belitung Islands
126	Cebu	4,468	1,725	Philippines	Central Visayas
127	Adelaide Island	4,463	1,723		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Argentina Chile and United Kingdom.
128	Stefansson Island	4,463	1,723	Canada	Nunavut
129	Madura Island	4,429	1,710	Indonesia	East Java
130	Buton	4,408	1,702	Indonesia	Southeast Sulawesi
131	Kangaroo Island	4,374	1,689	Australia	South Australia
132	Admiralty Island	4,362	1,684	United States	Alaska
133	Nunivak Island	4,209	1,625	United States	Alaska
134	Unimak Island	4,119	1,590	United States	Alaska
135	Hoste Island	4,117	1,590	Chile	Magallanes Region
136	Spaatz Island	4,100	1,600		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Chile and United Kingdom.
137	Baranof Island	4,065	1,570	United States	Alaska
138	Nias	4,048	1,563	Indonesia	North Sumatra
139	Espiritu Santo	3,956	1,527	Vanuatu	Sanma Province
140	Milne Land	3,913	1,511	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
141	Malaita	3,836	1,481	Solomon Islands	Malaita Province
142	Siberut	3,829	1,478	Indonesia	West Sumatra
143	Bohol	3,821	1,475	Philippines	Central Visayas
144	South Georgia	3,718	1,436	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands		Part of the British Overseas Territories under sovereignty of the United Kingdom.
145	Euboea	3,707	1,431	Greece	Central Greece
146	Santa Inés Island	3,688	1,424	Chile	Magallanes Region
147	Mallorca	3,667	1,416	Spain	Balearic Islands
148	Santa Isabel Island	3,665	1,415	Solomon Islands	Isabel Province
149	Long Island	3,629	1,401	United States	New York
150	Socotra	3,607	1,393	Yemen	Socotra Governorate
151	Wetar	3,600	1,400	Indonesia	Maluku
152	Tupinambarana (northern part)	3,600	1,400	Brazil	Amazonas
153	Traill Island	3,542	1,368	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
154	Bear Island	3,500	1,400		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Argentina Chile and United Kingdom.
155	North Andros Island	3,439	1,328	The Bahamas	North and Central Andros
156	Vaygach Island	3,329	1,285	Russia	Arkhangelsk Oblast
157	Masbate Island	3,268	1,262	Philippines	Bicol Region
158	Makira (San Cristóbal)	3,190	1,230	Solomon Islands	Makira-Ulawa Province
159	Mansel Island	3,180	1,230	Canada	Nunavut
160	Iturup (Etorofu)	3,167	1,223	Russia	Sakhalin Oblast	Territorial dispute initially part of Japan (Hokkaidō region and prefecture then claimed by Russia
161	Yamdena	3,100	1,200	Indonesia	Maluku
162	Waigeo	3,060	1,180	Indonesia	West Papua
163	Akimiski Island	3,001	1,159	Canada	Nunavut
164	Gotland	2,994	1,156	Sweden	Gotland County
165	Funen	2,985	1,153	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Denmark, Southern Denmark Region
166	Choiseul Island	2,971	1,147	Solomon Islands	Choiseul Province
167	Revillagigedo Island	2,965	1,145	United States	Alaska
168	Taliabu Island Regency	2,913	1,125	Indonesia	North Maluku
169	Muna Island	2,889	1,115	Indonesia	Southeast Sulawesi
170	Zemlya Georga	2,821	1,089	Russia	Arkhangelsk Oblast
171	Kupreanof Island	2,813	1,086	United States	Alaska
172	Borden Island	2,794	1,079	Canada	Northwest Territories and Nunavut
173	North Andaman Island	2,781	1,074	India	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
174	Manitoulin Island	2,766	1,068	Canada	Ontario	Largest lake island (including both freshwater and saltwater lakes).
175	Unalaska Island	2,722	1,051	United States	Alaska
176	Saaremaa	2,672	1,032	Estonia	Saare County (Saaremaa)
177	Moresby Island	2,608	1,007	Canada	British Columbia
178	James Ross Island	2,598	1,003		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Argentina Chile and United Kingdom.
179	Obi	2,542	981	Indonesia	North Maluku
180	Réunion (main island)	2,535	979	France	Réunion	Overseas department.
181	Navarino Island	2,514	971	Chile	Magallanes Region

Islands 1,000–2,499 km² (386–965 sq mi)

Rank	Island	Area		Nation(s)	Subnational divisions	Notes
		(km^2)	(sq mi)
182	Paramushir	2,471	954	Russia	Sakhalin Oblast
183	Ross Island	2,460	950		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claim by New Zealand.
184	Ymer Island	2,437	941	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
185	Anvers Island	2,432	939		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Argentina Chile and United Kingdom.
186	Cornwall Island	2,358	910	Canada	Nunavut
187	Peleng	2,346	906	Indonesia	Central Sulawesi
188	Groote Eylandt	2,285	882	Australia	Northern Territory
189	Yapen	2,278	880	Indonesia	Papua
190	Morotai	2,266	875	Indonesia	North Maluku
191	Princess Royal Island	2,251	869	Canada	British Columbia
192	Isla de la Juventud	2,237	864	Cuba	Isla de la Juventud
193	Hinnøya	2,198	849	Norway	Nordland and Troms
194	Nelson Island	2,183	843	United States	Alaska
195	Richards Island	2,165	836	Canada	Northwest Territories
196	Ayon Island	2,156	832	Russia	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
197	Trangan	2,149	830	Indonesia	Maluku
198	Alor Island	2,120	820	Indonesia	East Nusa Tenggara
199	Margarita Island	2,100	810	Colombia		An inland fluvial or river island in the Magdalena River not to be confused with the Margarita Island a Caribbean Venezuelan island.
200	Lewis and Harris	2,086	805	United Kingdom	Scotland
201	Laut Island	2,057	794	Indonesia	South Kalimantan
202	Malakula	2,041	788	Vanuatu	(Malampa Province)
203	New Georgia	2,037	786	Solomon Islands	Western Province
204	Misool	2,034	785	Indonesia	West Papua
205	Magdalena Island	2,025	782	Chile	Aysén Region
206	René-Levasseur Island	2,020	780	Canada	Quebec	Largest artificial island.
207	Tenerife	2,008	775	Spain	Canary Islands
208	Wilczek Land	2,000	770	Russia	Arkhangelsk Oblast
209	Kuiu Island	1,962	758	United States	Alaska
210	Manus Island	1,940	750	Papua New Guinea	Manus Province
211	Karaginsky Island	1,936	747	Russia	Kamchatka Krai
212	Bioko	1,935	747	Equatorial Guinea	Bioko Norte and Bioko Sur
213	Biak	1,904	735	Indonesia	Papua
214	Maui	1,903	735	United States	Hawaii
215	Bacan Island	1,900	730	Indonesia	North Maluku
216	Žitný ostrov (Rye Island)	1,900	730	Slovakia	Bratislava, Trnava, and Nitra regions
217	Mauritius (main island)	1,874	724	Mauritius
218	K'gari	1,840	710	Australia	Queensland	World's largest sand island.
219	Jeju Island	1,826	705	South Korea	Jeju Province
220	Stewart Island (Rakiura)	1,815	701	New Zealand	Southland Region
221	Bely Island	1,810	700	Russia	Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
222	Afognak	1,809	698	United States	Alaska
223	Umnak	1,793	692	United States	Alaska
224	Bolshoy Shantar Island	1,766	682	Russia	Khabarovsk Krai
225	Bolshoy Begichev Island	1,764	681	Russia	Sakha Republic
226	Simeulue	1,754	677	Indonesia	Aceh
227	Kobroor	1,723	665	Indonesia	Maluku
228	Air Force Island	1,720	660	Canada	Nunavut
229	Savaiʻi	1,718	663	Samoa	Faʻasaleleaga, Gagaʻemauga, Gagaʻifomauga, Vaisigano, Satupaʻitea, and Palauli
230	Geographical Society Island	1,717	663	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
231	Bathurst Island	1,692	653	Australia	Northern Territory
232	Bering Island	1,667	644	Russia	Kamchatka Krai
233	Isle of Skye	1,659	641	United Kingdom	Scotland
234	Lesbos	1,641	634	Greece	North Aegean
235	Soisalo	1,635	631	Finland	North and South Savo
236	Fuerteventura	1,633	631	Spain	Canary Islands
237	Natuna Besar	1,633	631	Indonesia	Riau Islands
238	Salawati	1,623	627	Indonesia	West Papua
239	Great Inagua	1,615	624	The Bahamas	Inagua
240	Joinville Island	1,607	620		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Argentina Chile and United Kingdom.
241	Tanahbesar (Wokam)	1,604	619	Indonesia	Maluku
242	Tebing Tinggi Island (Rantau)	1,598	617	Indonesia	Riau
243	Senja	1,590	610	Norway	Troms
244	Flaherty Island	1,585	612	Canada	Nunavut
245	Oahu	1,583	611	United States	Hawaii
246	Unguja (Zanzibar)	1,575	608	Tanzania	Unguja North, Unguja South, and Mjini Magharibi regions
247	Graham Bell Island	1,557	601	Russia	Arkhangelsk Oblast
248	Eglinton Island	1,541	595	Canada	Northwest Territories
249	Middle Andaman Island	1,536	593	India	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
250	Clavering Island	1,535	593	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
251	Gran Canaria	1,530	590	Spain	Canary Islands
252	Pioneer Island	1,527	590	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai
253	Catanduanes	1,523	588	Philippines	Bicol Region
254	Hatiya Island	1,508	582	Bangladesh	Chittagong Division
255	Copper Island	1,500	560	United States	Michigan	Did not exist until dredging in the 1860s.
256	Rupat	1,490	580	Indonesia	Riau
257	Kunashir (Kunashiri)	1,489	575	Russia	Sakhalin Oblast	Territorial dispute initially part of Japan (Hokkaidō region and prefecture then claimed by Russia.
258	Qeshm Island	1,488	575	Iran	Hormozgan province
259	Nares Land	1,466	566	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
260	Camargue	1,453	561	France	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
261	South Andros Island	1,448	559	The Bahamas	South Andros
262	Fergusson Island	1,437	555	Papua New Guinea	Milne Bay Province
263	Urup	1,437	555	Russia	Sakhalin Oblast
264	Kauai	1,435	554	United States	Hawaii
265	São Luís Island	1,410	540	Brazil	Maranhão
266	Rhodes	1,410	540	Greece	South Aegean
267	King George Island	1,384	534		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Argentina Chile and United Kingdom.
268	Graham Island	1,378	532	Canada	Nunavut
269	Pitt Island	1,375	531	Canada	British Columbia
270	Nottingham Island	1,372	530	Canada	Nunavut
271	Chongming Island	1,370	530	China	Shanghai
272	Desolación Island	1,352	522	Chile	Magallanes Region
273	Ramree Island	1,350	520	Myanmar	Rakhine State
274	Öland	1,347	520	Sweden	Kalmar County
275	Flinders Island	1,330	510	Australia	Tasmania
276	Lougheed Island	1,308	505	Canada	Nunavut
277	Bhola Island	1,295	500	Bangladesh	Barisal Division
278	Dawson Island	1,290	500	Chile	Magallanes Region
279	Barentsøya (Barents)	1,288	497	Norway	Svalbard
280	Lembata (Lomblen)	1,270	490	Indonesia	East Nusa Tenggara
281	Basilan	1,266	489	Philippines	Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and Zamboanga Peninsula
282	Shannon Island	1,259	486	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
283	Mill Island	1,258	486		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claim by Australia.
284	Morfil Island	1,250	480	Senegal	Saint-Louis Region
285	Lolland	1,243	480	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Denmark, Region Zealand
286	Mangole Island	1,229	475	Indonesia	North Maluku
287	New Hanover Island (Lavongai)	1,227	474	Papua New Guinea	New Ireland Province
288	Rote Island	1,227	474	Indonesia	East Nusa Tenggara
289	South Andaman Island	1,211	468	India	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
290	Okinawa Island	1,208	466	Japan	Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa Prefecture and Kyushu
291	Södertörn	1,207	466	Sweden	Stockholm County	Unclear if it is a true island, because the Södertälje Canal was built where it was a small waterway before.
292	Oleny Island (Oleniy Island)	1,197	462	Russia	Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
293	Tiburón Island	1,190	460	Mexico	Sonora
294	Campana Island	1,188	459	Chile	Aysén Region
295	Bintan Island	1,173	453	Indonesia	Riau Islands
296	Martinique	1,167	451	France	Martinique	Overseas department.
297	Aracena Island	1,164	449	Chile	Magallanes Region
298	Sherman Island	1,159	447
299	Byam Martin Island	1,150	440	Canada	Nunavut
300	Great Abaco	1,146	442	The Bahamas	North Central and South Abaco
301	Lifou Island	1,146	442	France	New Caledonia	Sui generis collectivity.
302	Wales Island	1,137	439	Canada	Nunavut
303	Île Vanier	1,126	435	Canada	Nunavut
304	Upolu	1,125	434	Samoa	Tuamasaga, Aʻana, Aiga-i-le-Tai, Atua, Vaʻa-o-Fonoti, and Gagaʻemauga
305	King Island	1,121	433	Australia	Tasmania
306	Clarence Island	1,111	429	Chile	Magallanes Region
307	Padang Island	1,109	428	Indonesia	Riau
308	Grand Bahama	1,096	423	The Bahamas	East Grand, West Grand Bahama, and Freeport
309	Alexandra Land (Zemlya Aleksandry)	1,095	423	Russia	Arkhangelsk Oblast
310	Rowley Island	1,090	420	Canada	Nunavut
311	Tahiti	1,069	413	France	French Polynesia	Overseas collectivity.
312	Sääminginsalo	1,069	413	Finland	South Savo	Not a true island because it is detached from the mainland by an artificial canal.
313	Serrano Island	1,063	410	Chile	Aysén Region
314	Atka Island	1,061	410	United States	Alaska
315	Cameron Island	1,059	409	Canada	Nunavut
316	Zhongshan Island	1,055	407	China	Guangdong
317	Hall Island (Gallya)	1,049	405	Russia	Arkhangelsk Oblast
318	Madre de Dios Island	1,043	403	Chile	Magallanes Region
319	Normanby Island	1,040	400	Papua New Guinea	Milne Bay Province
320	Hiiumaa	1,031	398	Estonia	Hiiu County (Hiiumaa)
321	Margarita Island	1,020	390	Venezuela	Nueva Esparta
322	Mornington Island	1,018	393	Australia	Queensland
323	Resolution Island	1,015	392	Canada	Nunavut
324	Grande Comore	1,013	391	Comoros	Grande Comore

Islands of unconfirmed area

Rank	Island	Area		Nation(s)	Subnational divisions	Notes
		(km^2)	(sq mi)
—	Smyley Island	3,287	1,269		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.
—	Fletcher Island	1,580	610		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Australia. Island has a diameter of 0.40 km (0.25 mi).
—	Charcot Island	1,500	580		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Chile and United Kingdom. Island is 48 by 40 km (30 by 25 mi).

See also

• Islands portal

• Lake island
• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
• List of countries and dependencies by area
• List of countries by largest island
• List of divided islands
• List of islands by highest point
• List of islands by name
• List of islands by population
• List of islands by population density
• Lists of islands by continent and country
• Recursive islands and lakes
• River island

Notes

1. The United States Geological Survey is a notable exception. The United States-based scientific agency considers all landmasses surrounded by ocean water, including continental mainlands, as islands. Under their definition, Africa, Australia, Eurasia, North America, and South America are classified as continental mainland islands.
2. Physiographically, there are only four continents (including offshore continental islands which sit on the nearby continental shelves) that are completely surrounded by water: Afro-Eurasia (57% of the global land area), the Americas (28.5%), Antarctica (9%), and Australia (5%). The remaining 0.5% is made up of remote oceanic islands, mostly scattered within Oceania in the central and south Pacific Ocean.
3. Including landmasses which are above water and over 2,500,000 km² (970,000 sq mi). The submerged continent of Zealandia (approx. 5,000,000 km² (1,900,000 sq mi)) is excluded.
4. Figure derived from the Global Islands Explorer website, by adding the areas of mainland Africa (29,370,907 km² (11,340,171 sq mi)) and mainland Eurasia (50,439,819 km² (19,474,923 sq mi)).
5. Egypt has a small portion of its land located on mainland Eurasia. Equatorial Guinea's capital city is located on an island.
6. Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Turkey each have a small portion of their land located on continental Europe. Malaysia has a significant portion of its land located on an island.
7. Russia has a big portion of its land located on continental Asia. Denmark's capital city is located on an island.
8. Abkhazia and South Ossetia are both located south of the Greater Caucasus watershed, and thus they are geographically parts of Asia.
9. Figure derived from the Global 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)).
10. Depending on the definition, a significant portion of Panama (land east of the Panama Canal) could be considered a part of mainland South America.
11. Area of mainland Antarctica, without the ice shelves and nearby islands.
12. Figure derived from the Geoscience Australia website, the area of mainland Tasmania (64,519 km² (24,911 sq mi)) has been deducted. The Global 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.
13. A 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.

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External links

• Global Island Network – Island Links Directory