Island
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An island is a piece of ground that is surrounded by water. Water is all around an island. Islands are smaller than continents.
The largest island in the world is Greenland, unless you consider Australia to be an island.
Some islands are their own countries. Examples of islands that are their own countries include Cuba, Iceland, and Madagascar. There are many others. Other islands have many countries, for example Borneo and Hispaniola.
Bigger islands
In Europe
- Great Britain 218.595 km²
- Islanda 101.826 km²
- Irlelanda 81.638 km²
- The island in the north of Novaja Zemlja 47.079 km²
- Spitsbergen 38.981 km²
- The island in the south of Novaja Zemlja 33.246 km²
- Sicilia 25.662 km²
- Kotelny and Faddeyesky 24.000 km²
- Sardegna 23.812 km²
- Nordaustlandet 14.247 km²
- Cyprus 9.234 km²
- Corsica 8.741 km²
In the world
- Greenland 2.175.600 km²
- Nuova Guinea 785.000 km²
- Borneo 736.000 km²
- Madagascar 587.000 km²
- Baffin 476.000 km²
- Sumatra 420.000 km²
