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50 largest islands in Melanesia

50 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. 1New Guinea785,753 km²
  2. 2New Britain36,520 km²
  3. 3Halmahera17,780 km²
  4. 4Seram17,454 km²
  5. 5New Caledonia16,372 km²
  6. 6Yos Sudarso Island11,742 km²
  7. 7Viti Levu10,531 km²
  8. 8Bougainville Island9,318 km²
  9. 9Buru8,473 km²
  10. 10New Ireland7,405 km²
  11. 11Vanua Levu5,587 km²
  12. 12Guadalcanal5,302 km²
  13. 13Malaita4,307 km²
  14. 14Espiritu Santo3,956 km²
  15. 15Santa Isabel3,665 km²
  16. 16Makira3,190 km²
  17. 17Waigeo3,155 km²
  18. 18Yamdena3,100 km²
  19. 19Choiseul Island2,971 km²
  20. 20Obimayor Island2,542 km²
  21. 21Morotai2,316 km²
  22. 22Yapen2,278 km²
  23. 23Terangan Island2,149 km²
  24. 24Malakula2,041 km²
  25. 25New Georgia2,037 km²
  26. 26Misool2,034 km²
  27. 27Manus Island1,940 km²
  28. 28Biak1,904 km²
  29. 29Bacan1,800 km²
  30. 30Kobroor1,723 km²
  31. 31Salawati1,623 km²
  32. 32Ontong Java Atoll1,500 km²
  33. 33Fergusson Island1,437 km²
  34. 34New Hanover Island1,227 km²
  35. 35Lifou Island1,146 km²
  36. 36Normanby Island1,040 km²
  37. 37Umboi Island930 km²
  38. 38Efate900 km²
  39. 39Erromango888 km²
  40. 40Woodlark Island874 km²
  41. 41Vanatinai830 km²
  42. 42Ambon Island804 km²
  43. 43Komolom Island695 km²
  44. 44Kolombangara688 km²
  45. 45Goodenough Island687 km²
  46. 46Buka Island682 km²
  47. 47Ambrym678 km²
  48. 48Rennell Island660 km²
  49. 49Maré Island642 km²
  50. 50Vella Lavella629 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. Melanesia: the 415 islands of the island group, its smaller groups included (the islands pool's islands only).

On the map

Map of 50 largest islands in Melanesia, 50 islands: each one marked on the globe

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