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largest islands

	sq km	sq mi
^* Geographers consider Australia to be a continental landmass
Europe
Great Britain [8]	229,900	88,700
Iceland	103,000	39,800
Ireland	84,400	32,600
Novaya Zemlya (N)	48,200	18,600
Sicily	25,700	9900
Sardinia	24,090	9300
Asia
Borneo [3]	743,000	287,400
Sumatra [6]	425,000	164,000
Honshu [7]	230,800	89,100
Sulawesi	189,200	73,000
Java	126,500	48,800
Luzon	104,700	40,400
Mindanao	95,000	36,600
Hokkaido	83,500	32,200
Sakhalin	76,400	29,500
Sri Lanka	65,600	25,300
Africa
Madagascar [4]	587,000	226,700
Socotra	3100	1200
Réunion	2,510	969
North America
Greenland [1]	2,175,000	840,000
Baffin Island [5]	507,500	195,900
Victoria Island [9]	212,200	81,900
Ellesmere Island [10]	196,200	75,800
Cuba	110,860	42,800
Newfoundland	96,000	37,100
Hispaniola	76,500	29,500
Jamaica	11,000	4200
Puerto Rico	8,900	3400
South America
Tierra del Fuego	47,000	18,100
Falkland Island (E)	6800	2600
Oceania^*
New Guinea [2]	885,800	342,000
New Zealand (S)	150,500	58,100
New Zealand (N)	114,700	44,300
Tasmania	68,300	26,400
Hawaii	10,450	4000

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