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An island is any piece of land smaller than a continent and larger than a rock that is completely surrounded by water. Very small islands--say, islands smaller than necessary for any useful purpose, but still larger than rocks--are called islet?s.

Here is a list of the largest islands of the world:

  1. Greenland
  2. [New Guinea]?
  3. Borneo?
  4. Madagascar
  5. [Baffin Island]?
  6. Sumatra?
  7. Honshu?
  8. [Victoria Island]?
  9. Great Britain
  10. [Ellesmere Island]?
  11. Celebes?
  12. [South Island]? (New Zealand)
  13. Java
  14. [North Island]? (New Zealand)
  15. Newfoundland
  16. Cuba
  17. Luzon?
  18. Iceland
  19. Mindanao?
  20. Ireland
  21. Hokkaido?
  22. Sakhalin?
  23. Hispaniola?
  24. [Banks Island]?
  25. Sri Lanka (Ceylon?)

Other notable islands and groups of islands (in alphabetical order):

See also atoll?; reef?; [volcanic island]?; archipelago, physical geography.


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