List of islands by area

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

Dymaxion map (Fuller map) showing the continental landmasses (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

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, the Americas are sometimes defined as two separate continents while mainland 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 6 de facto states	48 countries and two de facto states on mainland Africa.^{[Note 6]} 78 countries and four de facto states on mainland Eurasia: - 38 countries and two de facto states on continental Asia.^{[Note 7]}^{[Note 8]} - 40 countries and two de facto states on continental Europe^{[Note 9]}
II	America (landmass)	37,699,623^{[Note 10]}	14,555,906	22 countries 1 overseas territory	Ten countries on mainland North America.^{[Note 11]} Twelve countries and an overseas department and region of France 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 would rise 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, by eustatic rises in sea level.^[8]
IV	Australia (landmass)	7,591,608^{[Note 14]}	2,931,136	Australia	Mainland Australia is more than three times the size of Greenland, 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

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 and Central, Highland, South, West, and Southwest Papua Highlands, Momase, and Southern regions
3	Borneo	748,168	288,869	Brunei Indonesia Malaysia	— Central, East, North, South, and West Kalimantan Sabah and Sarawak
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 the Arctic Archipelago.^[17]^[18]
6	Sumatra	443,065	171,068	Indonesia	Aceh, Bengkulu, Jambi, Lampung, Riau, North, South, and West Sumatra
7	Honshu	227,938^[19]	88,007	Japan	Chūbu, Chūgoku, Kansai, Kantō, and Tōhoku regions
8	Great Britain	218,634^[20]^[21]	84,415	United Kingdom	England, Scotland, and Wales	The largest island in Europe.^[22]
9	Victoria Island	217,291^[16]	83,897	Canada	Northwest Territories and Nunavut
10	Ellesmere Island	196,236^[16]	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
13	Java	138,794	53,589	Indonesia	Banten, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Central, East, and West 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, 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^[16]	42,030	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador
17	Cuba (main island)	104,338	40,285	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, and Zamboanga Peninsula
20	Ireland	84,421^[23]	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^[24]	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 largest uninhabited island in the world.^[25]
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 (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]	16,671	Canada	Nunavut
33	Melville Island	42,149^[16]	16,274	Canada	Northwest Territories and Nunavut
34	Southampton Island	41,214^[16]	15,913	Canada	Nunavut
35	Marajó	40,100^[24]	15,500	Brazil	Pará
36	Spitsbergen	38,981^[26]	15,051	Norway	Svalbard
37	Kyushu	36,782^[19]	14,202	Japan	Kyushu
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
40	Prince of Wales Island	33,339^[16]	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^[16]	12,079	Canada	British Columbia
44	Timor	28,418	10,972	Timor-Leste Indonesia	— East Nusa Tenggara
45	Sicily	25,711^[27]	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^[24]	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^[24]	6,100		Antarctica	Unclaimed island.
57	Nordaustlandet	14,467^[26]	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^[16]	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^[16]	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^[16]	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^[16]	3,981	Canada	Nova Scotia
77	Prince Charles Island	9,521^[16]	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^[28]	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^[29]	3,424	Puerto Rico		Insular area of the United States.
82	Komsomolets Island	8,812	3,402	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai
83	Corsica	8,722	3,368	France	Corsica
84	Disko Island	8,612	3,325	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
85	Carney Island	8,500^[24]	3,300			Unclaimed island of Antarctica.
86	Nile Delta	8,500^[30]	3,300	Egypt	several	Island in Nile Delta formed by Rosetta and Damietta distributaries of Nile River.
87	Chiloé Island	8,478	3,273	Chile	Los Lagos Region
88	Buru	8,473	3,271	Indonesia	Maluku
89	Crete	8,350	3,220	Greece	Crete
90	Zeraf	8,000^[31]	3,100	South Sudan	Jonglei State	River island formed by Bahr el Jebel (White Nile) and its anabranch Bahr el Zeraf.
91	Anticosti Island	7,941^[16]	3,066	Canada	Quebec
92	Roosevelt Island	7,910	3,050		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claim by New Zealand. Status as an island is disputed.
93	Wrangel Island (Vrangelya)	7,866	3,037	Russia	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
94	Tupinambarana (western part)	7,700	3,000	Brazil	Amazonas	If taken as a fluvial or river island.
95	New Ireland	7,405	2,859	Papua New Guinea	New Ireland Province
96	Leyte	7,368	2,845	Philippines	Eastern Visayas
97	East Falkland	7,040	2,720	Falkland Islands		A British Overseas Territory administered by the United Kingdom and disputed by Argentina.^{[Note 15]}
98	Zealand	7,031^[32]	2,715	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Denmark, Zealand and Capital regions
99	Cornwallis Island	6,995^[16]	2,701	Canada	Nunavut
100	Prince of Wales Island	6,675	2,577	United States	Alaska
101	Grande Terre (Kerguelen)	6,617	2,555	France	French Southern and Antarctic Lands overseas territory
102	Siple Island	6,390	2,470		Antarctica	Unclaimed island.
103	Graham Island	6,361^[16]	2,456	Canada	British Columbia
104	New Siberia (Novaya Sibir)	6,201	2,394	Russia	Sakha Republic
105	Melville Island	5,765	2,226	Australia	Northern Territory
106	Prince Edward Island	5,620^[16]	2,170	Canada	Prince Edward Island
107	Vanua Levu	5,587	2,157	Fiji	Northern Division
108	Wellington Island	5,556	2,145	Chile	Magallanes Region
109	Coats Island	5,498^[16]	2,123	Canada	Nunavut
110	Bali	5,416	2,091	Indonesia	Bali
111	Chichagof Island	5,388	2,080	United States	Alaska
112	Guadalcanal	5,353	2,067	Solomon Islands	Guadalcanal Province and Capital Territory
113	Arga Muora Sise	5,296^[33]	2,045	Russia	Sakha Republic	Largest island in Lena Delta
114	Amund Ringnes Island	5,255^[16]	2,029	Canada	Nunavut
115	Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island	5,157	1,991	Russia	Sakha Republic
116	St. Lawrence Island	5,135	1,983	United States	Alaska
117	Riesco Island	5,110^[34]	1,970	Chile	Magallanes Region
118	Edgeøya	5,073^[26]	1,959	Norway	Svalbard
119	Mackenzie King Island	5,048^[16]	1,949	Canada	Northwest Territories and Nunavut
120	Trinidad	5,009	1,934	Trinidad and Tobago
121	Kolguyev Island	4,968	1,918	Russia	Nenets Autonomous Okrug
122	Gurupá	4,864^[34]	1,878	Brazil	Pará
123	Isabela Island	4,711	1,819	Ecuador	Galápagos Province
124	North Jutlandic Island (Vendsyssel-Thy)	4,685^[32]	1,809	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Denmark, North Jutland Region	Physically part of the Jutland peninsula until 1825.
125	Lombok	4,625	1,786	Indonesia	West Nusa Tenggara
126	West Falkland	4,531	1,749	Falkland Islands		A British Overseas Territory administered by the United Kingdom and disputed by Argentina.^{[Note 15]}
127	Belitung	4,478	1,729	Indonesia	Bangka Belitung Islands
128	Cebu	4,468	1,725	Philippines	Central Visayas
129	Adelaide Island	4,463	1,723		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Argentina Chile and United Kingdom.
130	Stefansson Island	4,463^[16]	1,723	Canada	Nunavut
131	Madura Island	4,429	1,710	Indonesia	East Java
132	Buton	4,408	1,702	Indonesia	Southeast Sulawesi
133	Kangaroo Island	4,405	1,701	Australia	South Australia
134	Admiralty Island	4,362	1,684	United States	Alaska
135	Nunivak Island	4,209^[34]	1,625	United States	Alaska
136	Unimak Island	4,119	1,590	United States	Alaska
137	Hoste Island	4,117^[34]	1,590	Chile	Magallanes Region
138	Spaatz Island	4,100^[34]	1,600		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Chile and United Kingdom.
139	Baranof Island	4,065	1,570	United States	Alaska
140	Nias	4,048	1,563	Indonesia	North Sumatra
141	Espiritu Santo	3,956	1,527	Vanuatu	Sanma Province
142	Milne Land	3,913	1,511	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
143	Malaita	3,836	1,481	Solomon Islands	Malaita Province
144	Siberut	3,829	1,478	Indonesia	West Sumatra
145	Bohol	3,821	1,475	Philippines	Central Visayas
146	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.
147	Euboea	3,707	1,431	Greece	Central Greece
148	Santa Inés Island	3,688	1,424	Chile	Magallanes Region
149	Mallorca	3,667	1,416	Spain	Balearic Islands
150	Santa Isabel Island	3,665	1,415	Solomon Islands	Isabel Province
151	Long Island	3,629^[34]	1,401	United States	New York
152	Socotra	3,607	1,393	Yemen	Socotra Governorate
153	Wetar	3,600^[34]	1,400	Indonesia	Maluku
154	Tupinambarana (northern part)	3,600	1,400	Brazil	Amazonas
155	Traill Island	3,542	1,368	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
156	Bear Island	3,500^[34]	1,400		Antarctica	Unclaimed island.
157	North Andros Island	3,439	1,328	The Bahamas	North and Central Andros
158	Vaygach Island	3,329	1,285	Russia	Arkhangelsk Oblast
159	Latady Island	3,300^[35]	1,300		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Chile and United Kingdom.
160	Masbate Island	3,268^[34]	1,262	Philippines	Bicol Region
161	Makira (San Cristóbal)	3,190	1,230	Solomon Islands	Makira-Ulawa Province
162	Mansel Island	3,180^[16]	1,230	Canada	Nunavut
163	Iturup (Etorofu)	3,167^[19]	1,223	Russia	Sakhalin Oblast	Territorial dispute initially part of Japan (Hokkaidō region and prefecture then claimed by Russia
164	Yamdena	3,100^[34]	1,200	Indonesia	Maluku
165	Waigeo	3,060^[34]	1,180	Indonesia	West Papua
166	Akimiski Island	3,001^[16]	1,159	Canada	Nunavut
167	Gotland	2,994^[36]	1,156	Sweden	Gotland County
168	Funen	2,985^[32]	1,153	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Denmark, Southern Denmark Region
169	Choiseul Island	2,971	1,147	Solomon Islands	Choiseul Province
170	Revillagigedo Island	2,965	1,145	United States	Alaska
171	Taliabu Island Regency	2,913	1,125	Indonesia	North Maluku
172	Muna Island	2,889	1,115	Indonesia	Southeast Sulawesi
173	Zemlya Georga	2,821	1,089	Russia	Arkhangelsk Oblast
174	Kupreanof Island	2,813	1,086	United States	Alaska
175	Borden Island	2,794^[16]	1,079	Canada	Northwest Territories and Nunavut
176	Manitoulin Island	2,766^[37]	1,068	Canada	Ontario	Largest lake island (including both freshwater and saltwater lakes).
177	Unalaska Island	2,722	1,051	United States	Alaska
178	Saaremaa	2,672	1,032	Estonia	Saare County (Saaremaa)
179	Moresby Island	2,608^[16]	1,007	Canada	British Columbia
180	James Ross Island	2,598	1,003		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Argentina Chile and United Kingdom.
181	Obi	2,542	981	Indonesia	North Maluku
182	Réunion (main island)	2,535	979	France	Réunion	Overseas department.
183	Navarino Island	2,514^[38]	971	Chile	Magallanes Region
184	Paramushir	2,471^[34]	954	Russia	Sakhalin Oblast
185	Ross Island	2,460^[34]	950		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claim by New Zealand.
186	Ymer Island	2,437	941	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
187	Anvers Island	2,432	939		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Argentina Chile and United Kingdom.
188	Cornwall Island	2,358^[16]	910	Canada	Nunavut
189	Peleng	2,346	906	Indonesia	Central Sulawesi
190	Groote Eylandt	2,285	882	Australia	Northern Territory
191	Yapen	2,278	880	Indonesia	Papua
192	Morotai	2,266	875	Indonesia	North Maluku
193	Outer Caviana	2,257^[39]	871	Brazil	Pará
194	Princess Royal Island	2,251^[16]	869	Canada	British Columbia
195	Isla de la Juventud	2,237	864	Cuba	Isla de la Juventud
196	Hinnøya	2,198^[26]	849	Norway	Nordland and Troms
197	Nelson Island	2,183^[40]	843	United States	Alaska
198	Richards Island	2,165^[16]	836	Canada	Northwest Territories
199	Ayon Island	2,156^[41]	832	Russia	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
200	Trangan	2,149	830	Indonesia	Maluku
201	Alor Island	2,120	820	Indonesia	East Nusa Tenggara
202	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.
203	Lewis and Harris	2,086	805	United Kingdom	Scotland
204	Laut Island	2,057	794	Indonesia	South Kalimantan
205	Malakula	2,041	788	Vanuatu	(Malampa Province)
206	New Georgia	2,037	786	Solomon Islands	Western Province
207	Misool	2,034	785	Indonesia	West Papua
208	Magdalena Island	2,025	782	Chile	Aysén Region
209	René-Levasseur Island	2,020^[37]	780	Canada	Quebec	Largest artificial island.
210	Tenerife	2,008	775	Spain	Canary Islands
211	Wilczek Land	2,000^[42]	770	Russia	Arkhangelsk Oblast
212	Kuiu Island	1,962	758	United States	Alaska
213	Manus Island	1,940	750	Papua New Guinea	Manus Province
214	Karaginsky Island	1,936^[43]	747	Russia	Kamchatka Krai
215	Bioko	1,935	747	Equatorial Guinea	Bioko Norte and Bioko Sur
216	Biak	1,904	735	Indonesia	Papua
217	Maui	1,903	735	United States	Hawaii
218	Bacan Island	1,900	730	Indonesia	North Maluku
219	Žitný ostrov (Rye Island)	1,900^[44]	730	Slovakia	Bratislava, Trnava, and Nitra regions
220	Mauritius (main island)	1,874	724	Mauritius
221	K'gari	1,840^[45]	710	Australia	Queensland
222	Jeju Island	1,826^[46]	705	South Korea	Jeju Province
223	Stewart Island (Rakiura)	1,815	701	New Zealand	Southland Region
224	Bely Island	1,810	700	Russia	Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
225	Afognak	1,809	698	United States	Alaska
226	Charcot Island	1,800^[35]	690		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Chile and United Kingdom. Island is 48 by 40 km (30 by 25 mi).^[47]
227	Umnak	1,793	692	United States	Alaska
228	Bolshoy Shantar Island	1,766	682	Russia	Khabarovsk Krai
229	Bolshoy Begichev Island	1,764	681	Russia	Sakha Republic
230	Simeulue	1,754	677	Indonesia	Aceh
231	Kobroor	1,723	665	Indonesia	Maluku
232	Air Force Island	1,720^[16]	660	Canada	Nunavut
233	Savaiʻi	1,718	663	Samoa	Faʻasaleleaga, Gagaʻemauga, Gagaʻifomauga, Vaisigano, Satupaʻitea, and Palauli
234	Geographical Society Island	1,717	663	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
235	Bathurst Island	1,692	653	Australia	Northern Territory
236	Bering Island	1,667^[48]	644	Russia	Kamchatka Krai
237	Isle of Skye	1,659	641	United Kingdom	Scotland
238	Lesbos	1,641	634	Greece	North Aegean
239	Soisalo	1,635^[49]	631	Finland	North and South Savo
240	Fuerteventura	1,633	631	Spain	Canary Islands
241	Natuna Besar	1,633^[50]	631	Indonesia	Riau Islands
242	Salawati	1,623	627	Indonesia	West Papua
243	Great Inagua	1,615	624	The Bahamas	Inagua
244	Joinville Island	1,607	620		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Argentina Chile and United Kingdom.
245	Tanahbesar (Wokam)	1,604	619	Indonesia	Maluku
246	Tebing Tinggi Island (Rantau)	1,598	617	Indonesia	Riau
247	Senja	1,590^[26]	610	Norway	Troms
248	Flaherty Island	1,585^[16]	612	Canada	Nunavut
249	Oahu	1,583	611	United States	Hawaii
250	Unguja (Zanzibar)	1,575	608	Tanzania	Unguja North, Unguja South, and Mjini Magharibi regions
251	Graham Bell Island	1,557	601	Russia	Arkhangelsk Oblast
252	Eglinton Island	1,541^[16]	595	Canada	Northwest Territories
253	Middle Andaman Island	1,536^[46]	593	India	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
254	Clavering Island	1,535	593	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
255	Gran Canaria	1,530	590	Spain	Canary Islands
256	Pioneer Island	1,527	590	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai
257	Catanduanes	1,523	588	Philippines	Bicol Region
258	Copper Island	1,500^[51]	259	United States	Michigan
260	Rupat	1,490	580	Indonesia	Riau
261	Kunashir (Kunashiri)	1,489^[19]	575	Russia	Sakhalin Oblast	Territorial dispute initially part of Japan (Hokkaidō region and prefecture then claimed by Russia.
262	Qeshm Island	1,488	575	Iran	Hormozgan province
263	Nares Land	1,466	566	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
264	Kauai	1,456	562	United States	Hawaii
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	São Luís Island	1,410	540	Brazil	Maranhão
270	Rhodes	1,410	540	Greece	South Aegean
271	North Andaman Island	1,407^[52]	543	India	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
272	King George Island	1,384	534		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claims by Argentina Chile and United Kingdom.
273	Graham Island	1,378^[16]	532	Canada	Nunavut
274	Pitt Island	1,375^[16]	531	Canada	British Columbia
275	Nottingham Island	1,372^[16]	530	Canada	Nunavut
276	Chongming Island	1,370^[53]	530	China	Shanghai
277	Desolación Island	1,352	522	Chile	Magallanes Region
278	Ramree Island	1,350^[46]	520	Myanmar	Rakhine State
279	Öland	1,347^[36]	520	Sweden	Kalmar County
280	Flinders Island	1,330	510	Australia	Tasmania
281	Lougheed Island	1,308^[16]	505	Canada	Nunavut
282	Bhola Island	1,295^[54]	500	Bangladesh	Barisal Division
283	Dawson Island	1,290	500	Chile	Magallanes Region
284	Barentsøya (Barents)	1,288^[55]	497	Norway	Svalbard
285	Lembata (Lomblen)	1,270	490	Indonesia	East Nusa Tenggara
286	Basilan	1,266	489	Philippines	Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and Zamboanga Peninsula
287	Shannon Island	1,259	486	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Greenland
288	Mill Island	1,258	486		Antarctica	Antarctic territorial claim by Australia.
289	Morfil Island	1,250	480	Senegal	Saint-Louis Region
290	Lolland	1,243^[32]	480	Danish Realm (Kingdom of Denmark)	Denmark, Region Zealand
291	Mangole Island	1,229	475	Indonesia	North Maluku
292	New Hanover Island (Lavongai)	1,227	474	Papua New Guinea	New Ireland Province
293	Rote Island	1,227	474	Indonesia	East Nusa Tenggara
294	South Andaman Island	1,211	468	India	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
295	Okinawa Island	1,208^[19]	466	Japan	Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa Prefecture and Kyushu
296	Södertörn	1,207^[56]	466	Sweden	Stockholm County
297	Oleny Island (Oleniy Island)	1,197	462	Russia	Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
298	Tiburón Island	1,190	460	Mexico	Sonora
299	Campana Island	1,188	459	Chile	Aysén Region
300	Bintan Island	1,173	453	Indonesia	Riau Islands
301	Martinique	1,167	451	France	Martinique	Overseas department.
302	Aracena Island	1,164	449	Chile	Magallanes Region
303	Sherman Island	1,159	447
304	Byam Martin Island	1,150^[16]	440	Canada	Nunavut
305	Great Abaco	1,146	442	The Bahamas	North Central and South Abaco
306	Lifou Island	1,146	442	France	New Caledonia	Sui generis collectivity.
307	Wales Island	1,137^[16]	439	Canada	Nunavut
308	Île Vanier	1,126^[16]	435	Canada	Nunavut
309	Upolu	1,125	434	Samoa	Tuamasaga, Aʻana, Aiga-i-le-Tai, Atua, Vaʻa-o-Fonoti, and Gagaʻemauga
310	King Island	1,121	433	Australia	Tasmania
311	Clarence Island	1,111	429	Chile	Magallanes Region
312	Padang Island	1,109	428	Indonesia	Riau
313	Grand Bahama	1,096	423	The Bahamas	East Grand, West Grand Bahama, and Freeport
314	Alexandra Land (Zemlya Aleksandry)	1,095	423	Russia	Arkhangelsk Oblast
315	Rowley Island	1,090^[16]	420	Canada	Nunavut
316	Tahiti	1,069	413	France	French Polynesia	Overseas collectivity.
317	Sääminginsalo	1,069^[49]	413	Finland	South Savo
318	Serrano Island	1,063	410	Chile	Aysén Region
319	Atka Island	1,061	410	United States	Alaska
320	Cameron Island	1,059^[16]	409	Canada	Nunavut
321	Zhongshan Island	1,055	407	China	Guangdong
322	Hall Island (Gallya)	1,049	405	Russia	Arkhangelsk Oblast
323	Cape Cod	1,047^[57]	404	United States	Massachusetts	peninsula separated from continent by channel; USGS counts it as island
324	Madre de Dios Island	1,043	403	Chile	Magallanes Region
325	Normanby Island	1,040	400	Papua New Guinea	Milne Bay Province
326	Hiiumaa	1,031	398	Estonia	Hiiu County (Hiiumaa)
327	Margarita Island	1,020	390	Venezuela	Nueva Esparta
328	Mornington Island	1,018^[58]	393	Australia	Queensland
329	Resolution Island	1,015^[16]	392	Canada	Nunavut
330	Grande Comore	1,013	391	Comoros	Grande Comore
331	Smyley Island	1,000^[35]	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.^[59]

Notes

The United States Geological Survey is a notable exception. The United States-based scientific agency classifies all landmasses (including all continental mainlands 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 offshore continental islands which sit on the nearby continental shelves) that are completely surrounded by the ocean: Africa-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 continental 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)).
Egypt has a small portion of its land located on mainland Eurasia.
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.
Abkhazia and South Ossetia are both located south of the Greater Caucasus watershed, and thus they are geographically parts of Asia.
Russia has a big portion of its land located on continental Asia. Denmark's capital city is located on an island.
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)).
Depending on the definition, a significant portion of Panama (land east of the Panama 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 eight territorial claims. All territorial claims in Antarctica are in abeyance under the Antarctic Treaty System.
Figure derived from the Geoscience Australia website, the area of mainland Tasmania (64,519 km² (24,911 sq mi)) has been deducted.^[9] 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.
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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Global Island Network – Island Links Directory