Largest island of the world?

Question

Largest island of the world?

Answer 1

Australia.

Answer 2

Australia. It's considered an island and a continent

Answer 3

well, if u think about it, north and south america are conected and surrounded by water on all sides so doesn't that make it an island?!!!?? if i had to pick one it would be europe, asia, and africa, as the biggest island.

Answer 4

Greenland, Google is your friend :-P

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Answer 5

greenland

Answer 6

Australia. Definitely Australia.

It is the only island that is also a continent.

Greenland is the largest island that isn't a continent.

Answer 7

Greenland, although when the ice cap melts, we may discover it is a series of islands.

Australia is considered a continent, not an island, just like Antarctica is a continent and not an island

Answer 8

Greenland is the largest island in the world. Australia and Antarctica and Africa are all continents, they don't count as islands.

Answer 9

Greenland.

Answer 10

It would be the Island i live on; Australia

Answer 11

At 840,000 square miles (2,175,590 km2), Greenland is the world's largest island.

Although Australia also meets the definition of an island (a piece of land surrounded by water), it is large enough to be considered its own continent.

LARGEST ISLANDS

Greenland - (840,004 sq miles) (2,175,600 sq km)

New Guinea - (303,381 sq miles) (785,753 sq km)

Borneo - (288,869 sq miles) (748,168 sq km)

Madagascar - (226,917 sq miles) (587,713 sq km)

Baffin - (194,574 sq miles) (503,944 sq km)

Sumatra - (171,069 sq miles) (443,066 sq km)

Honshu - (88,982 sq miles) (225,800 sq km)

Great Britain - (88,787 sq miles) (229,957 sq km)

Victoria - (85,154 sq miles) (220,548 sq km)

Ellesmere - (71,029 sq miles) (183,965 sq km)

NOTE: Australia is widely considered as a continental landmass, not an island. In reality, it certainly is the largest island, with a size of (2,941,517 sq miles) (7,618,493 sq km).