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Can you name the world's 50 biggest islands (difficult!)?
created by
nexttime
Enter a name of island in the box below
Correctly named names of islands will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Source:
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Country (or continent)
Island
Area in Sq' km
Continent
84,400,000
Continent
42,300,000
Continent
13,000,000
Continent
7,600,000
Denmark
2,130,800
Indonesia/Papua New Guinea
785,753
Indonesia
748,168
(Africa)
587,713
Canada
507,451
Indonesia
443,066
Japan
225,800
Canada
217,291
United Kingdom
209,311
Canada
196,236
Indonesia
180,681
New Zealand
145,836
Indonesia
138,794
New Zealand
111,583
Philippines
109,965
Canada
108,860
(North America)
105,806
(Europe)
101,826
Philippines
97,530
(Europe)
84,421
Japan
78,719
Country (or continent)
Island
Area in Sq' km
Dominican Republic/Haiti
73,929
Russia
72,483
Canada
70,028
(Asia)
65,268
Australia
65,022
Canada
55,247
(Antarctica)
49,070
Argentina/Chile
47,404
Russia
47,079
(Antarctica)
43,873
Canada
43,178
Canada
42,149
Canada
41,214
Brazil
40,100
Norway
37,814
Japan
37,437
Papua New Guinea
35,145
(asia)
34,507
Canada
33,339
Russia
33,246
China
33,210
Canada
31,285
Indonesia/Timor-Leste
28,418
Italy
25,662
Canada
24,786
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World's Biggest Islands Quiz
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emmafrisbee
:
May 13th, 2011 at 10:37 GMT
3 points
Good quiz! :)
tahitiwahini
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May 13th, 2011 at 13:15 GMT
2 points
Please be consistent about requiring island, preferably by not requiring island. These are all islands so what's the point of requiring island for Baffin, Victoria, Ellesmere, North, South, Banks, and Devon?
nexttime
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May 13th, 2011 at 14:08 GMT
1 point
It was based on the wikipedia page. I have now edited it so 'island' is only required for 'north island' and 'south island'
toledorockets
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May 13th, 2011 at 16:22 GMT
4 points
please accept tierra del fuego
nexttime
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May 13th, 2011 at 17:43 GMT
2 points
I was wondering what to do about that - wikipedia didn't seem to suggest any alternative names. I will do just that.
1447
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May 13th, 2011 at 20:52 GMT
4 points
"Spitzbergen" is the Germanized name of the island, in English (and Norwegian) the island is called Spitsbergen. With an S.
nexttime
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May 14th, 2011 at 13:35 GMT
1 point
thank you - edited.
emmafrisbee
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May 14th, 2011 at 20:45 GMT
1 point
Where do the Isle of Wight, Sardinia, Crete, Malta and Cyprus come on the list, just out of interest?
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