Can you name the 15 biggest island nations (without parts of them bordering a mainland ) by collective mass? by thedanny1122

Can you name the 15 biggest island nations (without parts of them bordering a mainland ) by collective mass?

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Source: list of countries by area
Countries are excluded if a portion of the country is bordering any mainland. Areas and territories are also excluded.
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Rank in the largest countries		Square Km
6th		7,686,850
16th		1,919,440
46th		587,040
54th		462,840
61st		377,835
71st		300,000
74th		268,680
78th		244,820

Rank in the largest countries		Square Km
105th		110,860
107th		103,000
120th		70,280
122nd		65,610
131st		48,730
138th		35,980
144th		28,450

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Biggest island nations Quiz

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Created May 15, 2010 in Geography
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	HiddenPalace:	May 15th, 2010 at 22:14 GMT		-3 points
	Nice quiz. By the orthodox opinion, Australia isn't considered an island - it's considered a continent. If anything, for me, the Americas, Afro-Eurasia, Antarctica and Australia are continents, geographically speaking. But I applaud you for including Australia as I like to see it as the world's largest island. Greenland? No way. F**k orthodoxy.

	coulraphobic123:	May 15th, 2010 at 23:23 GMT		7 points
	As a geographer (master's degree), Australia is a continent and Greenland is an island. On some maps, because of the projection used and distortion that results, it appears that Greenland is equal to or even larger than Australia...but in reality, Greenland is about 2.7 million square kilometers...less than twice the size of indonesia and only about 1/7 the size of Australia.

	thedanny1122:	May 16th, 2010 at 00:08 GMT		2 points
	Greenland however, is also owned as a territory by Denmark. And since Denmark borders both Sweden and Germany I exclude Greenland from this quiz.

	cantthinkofaname:	May 16th, 2010 at 08:22 GMT		1 point
	Australia is not an island, it's a continent. And Nations that share an island with another nation shouldn't be counted since they aren't technically island nations because they don't consist of the whole island, just part of an island.

	cantthinkofaname:	May 16th, 2010 at 08:23 GMT		6 points
	@thedanny1122 Denmark only borders Germany

	newenglander:	May 16th, 2010 at 14:11 GMT		3 points
	ah yes, now we get into the whole island nation/part of the island debate. i say if a country has a land border, then it is not an island nation

	UWhuskytskeet:	May 16th, 2010 at 14:19 GMT		1 point
	@ HiddenPalace, in other words you believe there are only four continents? I recommend you keep taking these quizzes.

	thedanny1122:	May 16th, 2010 at 15:47 GMT		3 points
	Either way I do it, there will still be people arguing for or against having Australia on this quiz. In the results of the quiz, 100% of people have guessed Australia so its not like people aren't expecting it to be on here.

	Patency:	May 16th, 2010 at 18:11 GMT		3 points
	Why argue over Australia if EVERY person that has taken this quiz has guessed it? It's not like everybody is shocked that Australia is on this quiz. Let it be.

	Cheeselord:	Oct 28th, 2011 at 07:37 GMT		0 points
	taiwan is not a nation it makes up 99% of the autonomous region of the republic of china (the big one is the people's republic of china)

	Thryduulf:	Nov 15th, 2011 at 00:32 GMT		1 point
	Taiwan is an independent country, just one without 100% international recognition (although even countries like Slovakia don't have that). Both Taiwan (ROC) and the PRC claim all the territory controlled by the other, but they're not alone in that (Serbia claims all of Kosovo iirc). As for the name, both Taiwan and Republic of China are commonly accepted as names for the entire country, even though the first isn't technically accurate (just as "Great Britain" is commonly used to refer to the United Kingdom, even though it doesn't technically cover Northern Ireland)

	pyramidboy:	Aug 29th, 2012 at 15:45 GMT		1 point
	The argument against including nations with borders is a non-started. How can a nation with all its territory on islands not be considered an island nation? What a bizarre idea, that would rule out the likes of the UK which has the majority of its area on islands with no borders.