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Famous Islands of the World
Big and famous islands and where they are.
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- GreenlandIslandNorth Atlantic; the largest island in the world, part of Denmark's realm
- New GuineaIslandPacific; second-largest island, shared by Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
- BorneoIslandSoutheast Asia; shared by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei
- MadagascarIslandOff southeast Africa; home to lemurs
- Baffin IslandIslandNunavut, Canada; Canada's largest island
- SumatraIslandIndonesia; large island in Southeast Asia
- HonshuIslandJapan's largest island, with Tokyo
- Great BritainIslandEurope; the island of England, Scotland and Wales
- Victoria IslandIslandCanadian Arctic
- Ellesmere IslandIslandNunavut, Canada; near Greenland
- SulawesiIslandIndonesia; shaped like a letter K
- JavaIslandIndonesia; the most populated island on Earth, with Jakarta
- CubaIslandCaribbean; the largest island in the Caribbean
- HispaniolaIslandCaribbean; shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic
- JamaicaIslandCaribbean; south of Cuba
- Puerto RicoIslandCaribbean; a U.S. territory
- IrelandIslandEurope; west of Great Britain
- IcelandIslandNorth Atlantic; an island of volcanoes and glaciers
- Sri LankaIslandOff the southern tip of India
- HokkaidoIslandNorthern island of Japan
- KyushuIslandSouthern main island of Japan
- ShikokuIslandA main island of Japan, smallest of the four big ones
- NewfoundlandIslandEastern Canada
- Vancouver IslandIslandBritish Columbia, Canada
- TasmaniaIslandAn Australian state south of the mainland
- South IslandIslandNew Zealand's larger island
- North IslandIslandNew Zealand; has Wellington and Auckland
- SicilyIslandItaly; the largest island in the Mediterranean
- SardiniaIslandItaly; west of the Italian mainland
- CorsicaIslandFrance; north of Sardinia
- CreteIslandGreece; the largest Greek island
- CyprusIslandEastern Mediterranean; its own country
- MaltaIslandMediterranean; an island nation south of Sicily
- MallorcaIslandSpain; the largest of the Balearic Islands
- ZanzibarIslandOff the coast of Tanzania, East Africa
- MauritiusIslandIndian Ocean island nation
- SeychellesIslandIndian Ocean island nation
- MaldivesIslandIndian Ocean island nation of low coral islands
- BaliIslandIndonesia; a popular island with temples
- SingaporeIslandA small island nation at the tip of the Malay Peninsula
- TaiwanIslandIsland off the southeast coast of China
- LuzonIslandThe largest island of the Philippines, with Manila
- Hawaii (Big Island)IslandThe largest island in the Hawaiian chain
- OahuIslandThe Hawaiian island with Honolulu and Pearl Harbor
- MauiIslandHawaiian island, home of Haleakalā volcano
- Kodiak IslandIslandAlaska; the largest island in the United States after the Big Island of Hawaii
- Long IslandIslandNew York State; holds Brooklyn and Queens
- ManhattanIslandNew York City island between the Hudson and East rivers
- NantucketIslandMassachusetts island south of Cape Cod
- Martha's VineyardIslandMassachusetts island off Cape Cod
- Galápagos IslandsIslandPacific; owned by Ecuador, famous for unusual animals
- Easter IslandIslandPacific; part of Chile, known for giant stone heads
- Tierra del FuegoIslandSouthern tip of South America, shared by Chile and Argentina
- Falkland IslandsIslandSouth Atlantic, off Argentina
- FijiIslandSouth Pacific island nation
- TahitiIslandFrench Polynesia in the South Pacific
- GuamIslandWestern Pacific; a U.S. territory
- Isle of WightIslandEngland's south coast
- Isle of SkyeIslandScotland; one of the Inner Hebrides
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