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\n The World’s Largest Islands\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n Rank\n <\/td>\n\n Island (location)\n <\/td>\n\n Area in mi&sup2;\n <\/td>\n\n Area in km&sup2;\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 1.\n <\/td>\n\n Greenland\n <\/td>\n\n 822,700\n <\/td>\n\n 2,130,800\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 2.\n <\/td>\n\n Papua (New Guinea) (Papua New Guinea-Indonesia)\n <\/td>\n\n 309,000\n <\/td>\n\n 800,000\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 3.\n <\/td>\n\n Borneo (Indonesia-Malaysia-Brunei)\n <\/td>\n\n 283,400\n <\/td>\n\n 734,000\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 4.\n <\/td>\n\n Madagascar\n <\/td>\n\n 226,658\n <\/td>\n\n 587,041\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 5.\n <\/td>\n\n Baffin (Canada)\n <\/td>\n\n 195,928\n <\/td>\n\n 507,451\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 6.\n <\/td>\n\n Sumatera (Sumatra)(Indonesia)\n <\/td>\n\n 167,600\n <\/td>\n\n 434,000\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 7.\n <\/td>\n\n Honshu (Japan)\n <\/td>\n\n 87,805\n <\/td>\n\n 227,414\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 8.\n <\/td>\n\n Victoria (Canada)\n <\/td>\n\n 83,897\n <\/td>\n\n 217,291\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 9.\n <\/td>\n\n Great Britain\n <\/td>\n\n 83,698\n <\/td>\n\n 216,777\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 10.\n <\/td>\n\n Ellesmere (Canada)\n <\/td>\n\n 75,767\n <\/td>\n\n 196,236\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\n Soure: http:\/\/www.xist.org\/charts\/nat_island.php\n <\/p>\n

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