List of islands

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This is a list of the 600 best-known islands, ranked by reach: how many Wikipedia languages and sister sites have a page about each one.

#	Name	Area
1	GuamUnincorporated territory of the United States of America	544 km²
2	RéunionOverseas department of France in the Indian Ocean	2,512 km²
3	Great BritainIsland in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe	228,938 km²
4	JavaIsland of Indonesia	128,297 km²
5	IrelandIsland in the North Atlantic Ocean	84,421 km²
6	Easter IslandPolynesian island and special territory of Chile	164 km²
7	SumatraIsland in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands	473,481 km²
8	CreteIsland of Greece	8,336 km²
9	MontserratBritish overseas territory and island in the Caribbean	102 km²
10	Christmas IslandIsland and external territory of Australia, located in the Indian Ocean	135 km²
11	Saint HelenaIsland in the South Atlantic Ocean	121 km²
12	BorneoThird largest island in the world by area, located in south-east Asia	748,168 km²
13	New GuineaIsland in the Pacific Ocean	785,753 km²
14	KyushuThird largest island of Japan	36,782 km²
15	ShikokuFourth largest island of Japan	18,297 km²
16	SulawesiOne of the four Greater Sunda Islands, governed by Indonesia	174,600 km²
17	HispaniolaIsland in the Caribbean	77,900 km²
18	MallorcaIsland in the Mediterranean Sea	3,620 km²
19	TahitiIsland in the Southern Pacific Ocean	1,042 km²
20	LuzonLargest island of the Philippines	109,965 km²
21	SakhalinLarge Russian island in the North Pacific Ocean	72,492 km²
22	RhodesIsland in Aegean sea, Greece	1,400 km²
23	Jan MayenIsland in the Arctic Ocean, part of Norway	377 km²
24	MindanaoSecond largest island of the Philippines	97,530 km²
25	GotlandIsland and historical province in Sweden	2,968 km²
26	IbizaIsland in the Balearic Islands, Spain	577 km²
27	SabaIsland in the Caribbean, part of the Netherlands	13 km²
28	Sint EustatiusIsland in the Caribbean, part of the Netherlands	32 km²
29	TimorIsland bordering the south of maritime Southeast Asia and the north of the Australian continental plate	30,777 km²
30	Bali IslandIsland in Bali Province, Indonesia	5,633 km²
31	Bouvet IslandNorwegian uninhabited subantarctic volcanic island	49 km²
32	Navassa IslandIsland in the Caribbean	5.4 km²
33	NewfoundlandIsland portion of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada	108,860 km²
34	North IslandMore northern, and smaller, of the two main islands of New Zealand	113,729 km²
35	Ascension IslandEquatorial island in the Atlantic Ocean, a British overseas territory belonging to the United Kingdom	88 km²
36	CorfuGreek island in the Ionian Sea	626 km²
37	Isle of WightIsland, county and unitary authority area of England, United Kingdom	380 km²
38	ElbaMediterranean island in Tuscany, Italy	223 km²
39	South IslandOne of the two main New Zealand islands	150,437 km²
40	Saint MartinFrench and Dutch island in the Lesser Antilles	87 km²
41	Taiwan IslandIsland in East Asia; main land of the Republic of China (Taiwan)	35,883 km²
42	Baffin IslandLargest Arctic island in Nunavut, Canada	507,451 km²
43	BornholmDanish island	588 km²
44	ZealandIsland in Denmark	7,031 km²
45	LesbosGreek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea	1,641 km²
46	SocotraMain island of Socotra Archipelago in the Guardafui Channel	3,796 km²
47	CapriIsland near Naples	10 km²
48	Gran CanariaOne of the main islands of the Canary archipelago	1,560 km²
49	MenorcaIsland in Spain	692 km²
50	Clipperton IslandFrench atoll in the Pacific Ocean	6 km²
51	OkinawaSmallest of the five main islands of Japan	1,208 km²
52	SantoriniGreek island in the Cyclades	79 km²
53	Long IslandIsland in New York, United States of America	3,566 km²
54	RügenIsland in the Baltic Sea off the Pomeranian coast of Germany	926 km²
55	Ellesmere IslandPart of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut	196,235 km²
56	StromboliIsland in Italy (about volcano see Q31445600)	13 km²
57	Vancouver IslandIsland of British Columbia, Canada	32,134 km²
58	Jarvis IslandCoral island located in the South Pacific Ocean	4.8 km²
59	Howland IslandCoral island in the central Pacific Ocean; unincorporated, unorganized territory of the United States of America	2.6 km²
60	SaaremaaLargest island in Estonia	2,672 km²
61	SaipanLargest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, United States of America	115 km²
62	TrinidadLarger of the two major islands which make up Trinidad and Tobago	4,768 km²
63	AngleseyIsland in north-west Wales, UK	749 km²
64	Lombok IslandIsland in West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia	5,435 km²
65	OahuIsland of Hawaii, United States	1,545 km²
66	SamosGreek island in Aegean Sea	476 km²
67	ChiosGreek island in the Aegean Sea	843 km²
68	LanzaroteOne of the main islands of the Canary Islands, Spain	791 km²
69	New BritainIsland of the Bismarck Archipelago in Papua New Guinea	36,520 km²
70	DelosIsland in Greece with famous Apollo sanctuary	3.5 km²
71	Flores IslandIsland in East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia	13,540 km²
72	FuerteventuraOne of the main islands of the Canary archipelago	1,633 km²
73	FunenIsland in Denmark	2,985 km²
74	Jeju IslandIsland south of the Korean peninsula, part of the Jeju Special Autonomous Province of South Korea	1,848 km²
75	Naxos IslandGreek island in the Aegean Sea	430 km²
76	SarkOne of the Channel Islands. Part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which is one of the British Crown Dependencies	5.5 km²
77	GozoIsland of the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea	67 km²
78	Victoria IslandIsland in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Canada	217,291 km²
79	EuboeaGreek island	3,670 km²
80	HiiumaaSecond largest island in Estonia	989 km²
81	KosGreek island	290 km²
82	BarbudaIsland in Antigua and Barbuda	161 km²
83	ÖlandSecond largest island in Sweden	1,347 km²
84	CephaloniaGreek island in the Ionian Sea	734 km²
85	IthacaGreek island in the Ionian Sea	117 km²
86	LampedusaIsland in Italy	20 km²
87	SpitsbergenLargest island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway	39,044 km²
88	Lord Howe IslandIsland in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of New South Wales	15 km²
89	Phú QuốcSpecial zone of An Giang province, Vietnam	589 km²
90	Wrangel IslandIsland in East Siberian and Chukotka Seas, Russia	7,600 km²
91	ZakynthosGreek island in the Ionian Sea	406 km²
92	Isle of SkyeLargest and most northerly large island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland	1,656 km²
93	MauiSecond-largest of the Hawaiian Islands, in the United States	1,883 km²
94	PatmosIsland in the Aegean Sea	34 km²
95	Robben IslandIsland in Table Bay, South Africa	5.2 km²
96	Banks IslandIsland in the Northwest Territories, Canada	70,028 km²
97	Cape Breton IslandIsland in Nova Scotia, Canada	10,311 km²
98	KauaʻiNorthernmost populated island of the Hawaiian archipelago	1,435 km²
99	MykonosIsland in the Cyclades, Greece	106 km²
100	AntiguaIsland in Antigua and Barbuda	281 km²