what is the biggest island in the world?

Answer 1

Islands over 2,500 km²
Rank Island’s Name Area
(km²) Area
(sq mi) Country/Countries
1 Greenland 2,130,800[1] 822,706 Greenland, a self-governed territory of Denmark
2 New Guinea 785,753 303,381 Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
3 Borneo 748,168 288,869 Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia
4 Madagascar 587,713 226,917 Madagascar
5 Baffin Island 507,451[2] 195,928 Canada
6 Sumatra 443,066 171,069 Indonesia
7 Honshu 225,800 87,182 Japan
8 Great Britain 218,595[3] 84,400 United Kingdom
9 Victoria Island 217,291[2] 83,897 Canada
10 Ellesmere Island 196,236[2] 75,767 Canada

Answer 2

If continents might desire to be considered to be islands then Africa might take the crown (After the Suez Canal grew to become into geared up). additionally, it quite is a controversy that because of the fact Australia is interior the continent of Oceania which incorporates international locations like New Zealand and Tuvalu, it quite is an island usa making it the worlds' best island. So it may arguably be concluded that Australia is the worlds' best island-usa and Greenland is the biggest island.

Answer 3

Antarctica is a continent, so it's not consider, but Australia is a country in Oceania Continent. So it must be consider the biggest island in the world and Greenland is the second. That's a crazy question with many answers. Good Question.

Answer 4

Greenland is the biggest island in the world. No word of lie

Answer 5

Greenland is the biggest island.

You cannot consider continents like Australia and Antarctica as islands because if you do, you also have to consider that Eurasia is also technically an island as is much bigger than Australia and Antarctica combined. Africa is larger, too. Therefore, it is silly to consider continents as islands.

Answer 6

There are a couple answers.
1) Antarctica. If you think about it, it fits the definition of island.
2) Australia.
3) Greenland.

Answer 7

Since all the so-called continents are also islands
the answer is obviously Eurasia. Once the six
(not seven) continents, including Australia, are
eliminated the largest land mass considered an
island is Greenland. The list of the 10 largest
islands given by someone else appears to be
correct. I haven't checked it.

Answer 8

Greenland is the largest island in the world.

Answer 9

Greenland

Answer 10

Greenland