World's Top 10 Largest Islands

Island is a mass of land smaller than continent and it is surrounded my ocean. The 6 top list islands below are more than 250,000 km2 .Here`s top 10 largest islands in the world
1 Name: Greenland
Measure:2,130,800 km/822,706 miles

Greenland from Satelite

Greenland is the largest island in the world. The size is equal to 4 times of Manhattan city and it is also the most less populated area on earth. This island is included in the constituent country of the  Kingdom of Denmark
2.Name:New Guinea
Measure:785,753 km/  303,381 miles
Owner: Indonesia (Papua and West Papua) and  Papua New Guinea

This big island is owned by 2 countries. This island is located in Melanesia and recorded as the largest island in the Malay Archipelago
3. Name:Borneo Island
Measure: 748,168 km/ 288,869 miles

kalimantan island from satellite

Owner: Brunei,  Indonesia (Central, East, South and West Kalimantan) ,and  Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak)
Borneo is a green and tropical island located at the center of the Maritime Southeast Asia.
The island is shared with 3 countries and completed with loads natural resources from mining,gold, and wood and many more
4. Name:Madagascar
Measure: 587,713 km/ 226,917 miles
Owner: Madagascar

Sainte Marie Island of Madagascar

The island is owned by Republic of Madagascar. It is located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. According to historian, this island is alredady inhabited since 300 BC and 500 AD
5. Name:Baffin Island
Measure: 507,451 km /195,928 miles
Owner: Canada

The island is located in Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is the largest Canadian Arctic Archipelago and 5^th largest island on earth
6. Name:Sumatra Island
Measure: 443,066 km/ 171,069 miles
Owner: Indonesia

sumatera-island Satelite

Sumatra is 6^th largest island in the world and it house 7 provinces (Aceh, Bengkulu, Jambi, Lampung, Riau, and South and West Sumatra)
7. Name:Honshū
Mesure: 225,800 km/87,182 miles
Owner: Japan

Honshu Island and Shikoku Island from Satelite

Recorded as 7^th lagest island in Japan. Honshu island is seperated into Chūbu, Chūgoku, Kansai, Kantō and Tōhoku regions.Although the island has active volcanoes, this island is also known as the most populous island in the world after Java of Indonesia.
8.Name: Victoria Island
Measure: 217,291 km/ 83,897miles
Owner:Canada

Victoria Island from Parliament Hill

The is a member of Canadian Arctic Archipelago and it is located between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories of Canada.
9.Name:Great Britain
Measure:209,331 km/  80,823 miles
Owner: United Kingdom (England, Scotland and Wales)

Great-Britain-Island

Great Britain is the largest island in Europe and also island with the most crowded population in Europe. In the world, Great Britain is recorded as the 3^rd most crowded island. Around 60 million people live in this island.
10. Name:Ellesmere Island
Measure:196,236 km/75,767 miles
Owner: Canada (Nunavut)

ellesmere island

This island is located in Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. In Canada this island is recorded as the  3^rd largest island and the most less population in Canada because it is only inhabited by 146 people