Greenland: North Atlantic; the largest island in the world, part of Denmark's realm New Guinea: Pacific; second-largest island, shared by Indonesia and Papua New Guinea Borneo: Southeast Asia; shared by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei Madagascar: Off southeast Africa; home to lemurs Baffin Island: Nunavut, Canada; Canada's largest island Sumatra: Indonesia; large island in Southeast Asia Honshu: Japan's largest island, with Tokyo Great Britain: Europe; the island of England, Scotland and Wales Victoria Island: Canadian Arctic Ellesmere Island: Nunavut, Canada; near Greenland Sulawesi: Indonesia; shaped like a letter K Java: Indonesia; the most populated island on Earth, with Jakarta Cuba: Caribbean; the largest island in the Caribbean Hispaniola: Caribbean; shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic Jamaica: Caribbean; south of Cuba Puerto Rico: Caribbean; a U.S. territory Ireland: Europe; west of Great Britain Iceland: North Atlantic; an island of volcanoes and glaciers Sri Lanka: Off the southern tip of India Hokkaido: Northern island of Japan Kyushu: Southern main island of Japan Shikoku: A main island of Japan, smallest of the four big ones Newfoundland: Eastern Canada Vancouver Island: British Columbia, Canada Tasmania: An Australian state south of the mainland South Island: New Zealand's larger island North Island: New Zealand; has Wellington and Auckland Sicily: Italy; the largest island in the Mediterranean Sardinia: Italy; west of the Italian mainland Corsica: France; north of Sardinia Crete: Greece; the largest Greek island Cyprus: Eastern Mediterranean; its own country Malta: Mediterranean; an island nation south of Sicily Mallorca: Spain; the largest of the Balearic Islands Zanzibar: Off the coast of Tanzania, East Africa Mauritius: Indian Ocean island nation Seychelles: Indian Ocean island nation Maldives: Indian Ocean island nation of low coral islands Bali: Indonesia; a popular island with temples Singapore: A small island nation at the tip of the Malay Peninsula Taiwan: Island off the southeast coast of China Luzon: The largest island of the Philippines, with Manila Hawaii (Big Island): The largest island in the Hawaiian chain Oahu: The Hawaiian island with Honolulu and Pearl Harbor Maui: Hawaiian island, home of Haleakalā volcano Kodiak Island: Alaska; the largest island in the United States after the Big Island of Hawaii Long Island: New York State; holds Brooklyn and Queens Manhattan: New York City island between the Hudson and East rivers Nantucket: Massachusetts island south of Cape Cod Martha's Vineyard: Massachusetts island off Cape Cod Galápagos Islands: Pacific; owned by Ecuador, famous for unusual animals Easter Island: Pacific; part of Chile, known for giant stone heads Tierra del Fuego: Southern tip of South America, shared by Chile and Argentina Falkland Islands: South Atlantic, off Argentina Fiji: South Pacific island nation Tahiti: French Polynesia in the South Pacific Guam: Western Pacific; a U.S. territory Isle of Wight: England's south coast Isle of Skye: Scotland; one of the Inner Hebrides Free flashcards from Peabody at peabody.kids/flashcards/geo-islands-world