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The ten largest islands in the world

The largest islands in the world may also be the least inhabited and the most inaccessible to humans. Here is the top 10 of the largest islands.

There are many islands in the world. When they are small and close to each other they are called archipelagos, but there are huge islands that form almost a continent.

But what are the largest islands of all?

Here is the ranking of the 10 largest islands in the world.

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10 - Ellesmere (Canada)
Canada is the second largest country in the world and has some of the largest islands in the world. The island of Ellesmere measures 196,235 square kilometers. Do you know how many people live there? Only 146.
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9 - Victoria (Canada)
Another Canadian island: Victoria Island is 212,918 square kilometers large. Only 1,707 people live there.
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8 - Honsu (Japan)
With its 227,414 square kilometers of surface, the largest island in Japan ranks eighth in the ranking. 130 million people live on the island of Honshu!
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7 - Great Britain
It is the largest in Europe and the seventh largest island in the world. Great Britain measures 229,850 square kilometers of surface and includes, in addition to England, also Scotland and Wales. 64 million people live there.
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6 - Sumatra (Indonesia)
The Indonesian island of Sumatra has an area of 420,000 square kilometers and is crossed by the Barisanmountain range, along which there are many volcanoes still active.
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5 - Baffin (Canada)
It is the largest island in Canada and is 476,065 square kilometers wide. The island is inhabited by just 11 thousand inhabitants.
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4 - Madagascar
Madagascar is located in the Indian Ocean and is the largest island in Africa. On this island is located 5% of all animals in the world. Madagascar measures 587,000 square kilometers.
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3 - Borneo
It is 743,107 square kilometers wide and is divided between three nations: Indonesia, Malaysia and the state of Brunei.
2 - New Guinea
New Guinea is the largest island in the Pacific Ocean in the southern hemisphere. It is divided between the nations of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. New Guinea is also called the island of butterflies for its high number of different species of this beautiful insect. On this island, 785,000 square kilometers large, there are 735 species of butterflies.
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1 - Greenland (Denmark)
The largest island in the world is Greenland. The gigantic island (2,175,600 square kilometers) is part of the United Kingdom of Denmark which in turn measures, just 49 thousand square kilometers. All of Greenland has just 56,000 inhabitants.
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