Top 10 Biggest Islands on Earth

Largest Islands of the World

Rank Island Location Area—sq mi 1. Greenland North Atlantic 839,999 2. New Guinea1 Southwest Pacific 309,000 3. Borneo2 West mid-Pacific 287,300 4. Madagascar Indian Ocean 227,000 5. Baffin North Atlantic 195,926 6. Sumatra Northeast Indian Ocean 182,859 7. Honshu Sea of Japan-Pacific 89,176 8. Great Britain off coast of NW Europe 88,795 9. Victoria Arctic Ocean 83,896 10. Ellesmere Arctic Ocean 75,767

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

1. West Papua [Irian Jaya], Indonesia, western part; Papua New Guinea, eastern part

2. Indonesian, south part; Brunei and Malaysian, north part

The Ten Biggest Islands on Earth
Islands, Ten Largest		Area in Square Miles	Area in Square Kilometers
1	Greenland	823,000	2,131,000
2	New Guinea	309,000	800,000
3	Borneo, Indonesia	280,000	726,000
4	Madagascar, Africa	227.000	578,000
5	Baffin Island, Canada	196,000	507,000
6	Sumatra, Indonesia	164,000	425,000
7	Honshu, Japan	88,000	227,000
9	Victoria Island, Canada	83,896	217,291
8	Great Britain	83,698	216,777
10	Ellesmere, Canada	76,000	196,000
11	Celebes, Indonesia	67,000	175,000
12	South Island, New Zealand	58,000	151,000
13	Java, Indonesia	49,000	127,000
14	North Island, New Zealand	44,000	114,000
15	Newfoundland, Canada	42,000	109,000
16	Cuba	41,000	105,000
17	Luzon, Phillipines	40,000	104,700
18	Iceland	39,700	103,000
19	Mindanao, Phillipines	37,000	95,000
20	Ireland	33,000	84,000