worlds biggest islands

Worlds Biggest Islands

Island and location. Area. square miles. square km. 1. Greenland. 822,700. 2,130,800.
71. Bylot Island Canada
Bylot Island lies off the northern end of Baffin Island in Nunavut Territory, Canada. Eclipse Sound to the southeast and Navy Board Inlet to the southwest separate it from Baffin Island. Parry Channel lies to its northwest.
72. Jamaica
Jamaica, a Caribbean island nation, has a lush topography of mountains, rainforests and reeflined beaches. Many of its allinclusive resorts are clustered in vibrant Montego Bay, with its British colonial architecture, and Negril, renowned for diving and snorkelling. Jamaica is famed as the birthplace of reggae, and its capital Kingston is home to the Bob Marley Museum, dedicated to the city s most famous son.
73. Hawaii Hawaiian Islands United States
Hawaii, a U.S. state, is an isolated volcanic archipelago in the Central Pacific. Its islands are renowned for their rugged landscapes of cliffs, waterfalls, tropical foliage and beaches with gold, red, black and even green sands. Of the 6 main islands, Oahu has Hawaii s only big city, Honolulu, home to crescent Waikiki Beach and the Pearl Harbor memorials.
74. Viti Levu Fiji
Viti Levu is the largest island in the Republic of Fiji, the site of the nations capital, Suva, and home to a large majority of Fijis population.
75. Cape Breton Island Canada
Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. The name probably derives from Cap Breton near Bayonne, or to the name Breton, the Anglicized version of the French historical region, Bretagne.