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25 largest islands in East Africa

25 islands, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

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The islands

  1. 1Madagascar587,713 km²
  2. 2Mauritius Island1,874 km²
  3. 3Unguja1,575 km²
  4. 4Grande Comore1,017 km²
  5. 5Pemba Island890 km²
  6. 6Dahlak Kebir643 km²
  7. 7Ukerewe Island530 km²
  8. 8Mafia Island435 km²
  9. 9Anjouan424 km²
  10. 10Inhacamba340 km²
  11. 11Mohéli290 km²
  12. 12Nosy Be290 km²
  13. 13Bugala Island275 km²
  14. 14Mahé157 km²
  15. 15Aldabra155 km²
  16. 16Nora103 km²
  17. 17Ukara Island80 km²
  18. 18Mfangano Island65 km²
  19. 19Lamu Island57 km²
  20. 20Rusinga Island42 km²
  21. 21South Island (Kenya)39 km²
  22. 22Praslin38 km²
  23. 23Kilwa Island25 km²
  24. 24Silhouette Island20 km²
  25. 25Mombasa Island14 km²

Land area in km²: the Largest Islands set’s figure for its islands, else Wikidata’s (P2046) where it fits the outline, else the area of the outline. Every island Natural Earth draws at 1:10m that Wikidata names, of 5 km² or more (smaller ones when well known), and every island of the Largest Islands set. Countries are those the island’s land lies in, from the outlines. East Africa: what lies inside the region’s outline, by each item’s point (a lake’s centre, a river’s mouth, a summit).

On the map

Map of 25 largest islands in East Africa, 25 islands: each one marked on the globe

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