worlds biggest islands

Worlds Biggest Islands

Island and location. Area. square miles. square km. 1. Greenland. 822,700. 2,130,800.
51. New Caledonia
New Caledonia, a French territory comprising dozens of islands in the South Pacific, is known for its palmlined beaches and marineliferich lagoon, which, at 24,000sq.km, is among the worlds largest. A massive barrier reef surrounds the archipelago s main island, Grand Terre, a major scubadiving destination. Also on Grand Terre is the capital, Noum
52. Kotelny Russia
Kotelny Island is part of the Anzhu Islands subgroup of the New Siberian Islands located between the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea in the Russian Arctic. It is administratively and municipally part of Bulunsky District.
53. Bathurst Island Canada
A member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Bathurst Island is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in Nunavut Territory, Canada.
54. Prince Patrick Island Canada
A member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Prince Patrick Island is the westernmost of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Northwest Territories of Canada.
55. Thurston Island Antarctica
Thurston Island is an icecovered, glacially dissected island, 215 km long, 90 km wide and 15,700 Square kilometre in area, lying a short way off the NW end of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica.
56. Sumbawa Indonesia
Sumbawa is an Indonesian island, in the middle of the Lesser Sunda Islands chain, with Lombok to the west, Flores to the east, and Sumba further to the southeast.
57. Flores Indonesia
Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, an island arc with an estimated area of 14,300 Square kilometre extending east from the Java island of Indonesia. The population was 1,831,000 in the 2010 census and the largest town is Maumere.
58. Nordaustlandet Svalbard
Nordaustlandet is the secondlargest island in the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway, with an area of 14,443 square kilometres. It lies north east of Spitsbergen, separated by Hinlopenstretet.
59. Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii Russia
October Revolution Island is the largest island of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic. The area of this island has been estimated at 14,170 Square kilometre making it the 56th largest island in the world.
60. King William Island Canada
King William Island is an island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut and forms part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. In area it is between 12,516 Square kilometre and 13,111 Square kilometre making it the 61stlargest island in the world and Canadas 15thlargest island.