GeotchaA geography quiz on a real globe

25 largest islands in the world

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. 1Greenland2,166,086 km²
  2. 2New Guinea785,753 km²
  3. 3Borneo748,168 km²
  4. 4Madagascar587,713 km²
  5. 5Baffin Island507,451 km²
  6. 6Sumatra473,481 km²
  7. 7Honshu227,940 km²
  8. 8Victoria Island217,291 km²
  9. 9Great Britain209,331 km²
  10. 10Ellesmere Island196,235 km²
  11. 11Sulawesi174,600 km²
  12. 12South Island150,437 km²
  13. 13Java128,297 km²
  14. 14North Island113,729 km²
  15. 15Luzon109,965 km²
  16. 16Newfoundland108,860 km²
  17. 17Cuba105,806 km²
  18. 18Iceland102,775 km²
  19. 19Mindanao97,530 km²
  20. 20Ireland84,421 km²
  21. 21Hokkaido77,984 km²
  22. 22Hispaniola76,420 km²
  23. 23Sakhalin72,492 km²
  24. 24Banks Island70,028 km²
  25. 25Sri Lanka67,655 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. Islands in Antarctica are left out unless the quiz includes Antarctica.

On the map

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

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