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Foreword. On 17th January 2004 I get an e-Mail from an user of this website, that he saw in TV the quiz “Who wants to be a miilionaire”. There was the question for 500.000 Euro. And the user searched in google the answer and found them on this website. The question was: “Which country has three of the ten greatest islands?”

In this context I want to explain, that Australia is an island and greater than Greenland but it is deemed to be a continent. Otherwise you must Africa or Eurasia see as an island, too.
 

Island

Region/Country

Size (in km²)

 

 

 

Greenland

Danmark

2 175 600

Nee Guinea

stand-alone

771 900

Kalimantan

Indonesia

737 000

Madagascar

stand-alone

587 041

Baffinland

Canada

470 000

Sumatra

Indonesia

424 979

Honshu

Japan

230 636

Ellesmereland

Canada

212 700

Victoriaisland

Canada

212 200

Sulawesi, Celebes

Indonesia

179 400

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