World's main islands

by Raj bhardwaj - March 27, 2020

World's main islands

Greenland (North Antarctica Sea)

Area(in sqm)- 21,75,000

Greenland is a massive island and autonomous Danish territory between the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans. Much of its land surface is covered in ice. Most of its small population lives along the ice-free, fjord-lined coast, especially in the southwest. Its northerly position, largely above the Arctic Circle, results in natural phenomena such as summer's midnight sun and winter's Northern Lights.

New Guinea (Pacific Ocean)

Area (in sqkm)- 7,89,900

New Guinea is a great island off of the continent of Australia. It is the world's second-biggest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 785,753 km², and the largest full or partly within the Southern Hemisphere and Oceania.

Borneo (Pacific Ocean

Area(in sqkm)- 7,51,000

Borneo, a giant, rugged island in Southeast Asia's Malay Archipelago, is shared by the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, Indonesian Kalimantan and the small nation of Brunei. It's known for its beaches and ancient, biodiverse rainforest, home to wildlife including orangutans and clouded leopards. In Sabah is 4,095m-tall Mount Kinabalu, the island's highest peak, and, offshore, the famed dive site Sipadan Island.

Madagascar (Indian Ocean)

Area(in sqm)-5,87041

Madagascar is a great island nation. It's home to thousands of animal species, such as lemurs, found here else, plus rainforests, beaches, and reefs. Near the busy capital, Antananarivo is Ambohimanga, a hillside complex of royal palaces and burial grounds, as well as the "Avenue of the Baobabs," a dirt road lined by massive centuries-old trees.

Baffin (Canada)

Area(in sqkm)-507451

Baffin Island, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada and the fifth-largest island in the world. Its area is 507,451 km² and its population is about 11,000.

Sumatra (Indonesia)

Area(in sqkm)- 422,200

Sumatra, a large Indonesian island west of Java and the south of the Malay Peninsula, is known for its rugged tropical terrain, wildlife and smoldering volcanoes. To the north, the city of Banda Aceh, which was devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, has a museum commemorating the disaster. Bustling Medan, the island's biggest city, is a diverse economic hub and gateway to North Sumatra.

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