Islands

Thanks for visiting the Islands page! Here, you'll find a convenient page of links helping you find posts about island countries and all sorts of islands. The Largest Islands section at the bottom features tidbits about the seven largest islands in the world.

Updated February 2026: Reorganized page based on countries (seas surrounding the featured islands are usually mentioned in posts)

Island(s) Post Topic — one-page view of all posts labeled Island(s)

Islands in A to G Countries

» Antigua and Barbuda: administrative divisions
» Australia: Christmas Island and Tasmania (+ nearby islands)
» Bahamas: administrative divisions
» Barbados: administrative divisions
» Belize: its cays and islands
» Cabo Verde
» Canada: Akimiski, Île René-Levasseur and Prince Edward Island
» China: Hong Kong (+ Lantau), Macau, and Taiwan (most countries consider it part of Mainland China)
» Comoros
» Croatia: Dalmatian Islands
» Cuba: administrative divisions
» Cyprus
» Denmark: Faroe Islands
» Dominica: administrative divisions
» Dominican Republic: administrative divisions
» East Timor (Timor-Leste)
» Ecuador: its islands and Galapagos Islands image (featured on Ecuador post)
» Equatorial Guinea: Bioko
» Estonia: Saaremaa
» Federated States of Micronesia: Kosrae and Pohnpei
» Fiji: its islands
» France: Corsica and its Amazing Race post, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Reunion, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Tahiti, and Wallis and Futuna + 'Uvea map
» Greece: Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese, Ionian Islands, Saronic Islands, and Sporades
» Grenada: administrative divisions
» Guinea-Bissau: its islands including Bubaque, Etuntute, and Mochkutuch

Islands in H to O Countries

» Haiti: administrative divisions
» Iceland
» Indonesia: Java, Komodo, Seram (towns), and Yos Sudarso
» Ireland
» Italy: Pantelleria (featured in quiz), Sardinia and Sicily
» Jamaica: administrative divisions
» Japan
» Kiribati: Tarawa
» Madagascar
» Malawi: “Exclave Islands”
» Maldives: Ihavandhippolhu
» Malta: its islands
» Marshall Islands: its atolls
» Mauritius
» Mozambique: Bazaruto Archipelago
» Myanmar: Mergui Archipelago
» Nauru
» Netherlands: Aruba, Curaçao, and Netherlands Antilles
» New Zealand
» Norway: Vega Archipelago

Islands in P to Z Countries

» Palau: its islands
» Papua New Guinea: Admiralty Islands
» Philippines: its islands including Luzon (Amazing Race post)
» Portugal: Azores and Madeira
» Saint Kitts and Nevis: administrative divisions
» Saint Lucia: administrative divisions
» Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: administrative divisions
» Samoa: Apolima, Lepuia'i, Manono, and Nu'ulopa
» Sao Tome and Principe
» Saudi Arabia: Kuria Muria Islands
» Seychelles: What in the World post
» Sierra Leone: Tiwai
» Singapore
» Solomon Islands: Shortland Islands
» South Korea: Jeju
» Spain: Balearic Islands and Canary Islands
» Sri Lanka
» Taiwan (most countries consider it part of Mainland China)
» Thailand: Phuket
» Tonga: Niuafo'ou
» Trinidad and Tobago: administrative divisions and Amazing Race post
» Turkiye: Marmara and Prince Islands
» Tuvalu
» United Arab Emirates: Abu al Abyad
» United Kingdom: Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Falkland Islands, (The) Hebrides, Isle of Man and its What in the World post, Montserrat, Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, and Turks and Caicos
» United States of America: Grand Isle (Vermont), Hawaii (no specific post yet), Puerto Rico and its islands, and U.S. Virgin Islands
» Vanuatu
» Vietnam: Ha Long Bay islands

Caribbean Sea

Caribbean Countries ― all island countries in the Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Post Topic ― shows all posts labeled Caribbean Sea

Oceania
Oceania Post Topic ― a compilation of all posts labeled Oceania

The Largest Islands

1. Greenland; 2. New Guinea; 3. Borneo; 4. Madagascar (not featured below — click the link on “Madagascar” to access post); 5. Baffin Island; 6. Sumatra; 7. Honshu

Baffin Island
- Size: 5th largest in the world; the largest island in CANADA
     - Over 507,000 miles in area
- Part of NUNAVUT, a province of northern Canada
- Body of Water: North Atlantic Ocean; Baffin Island is SW of Baffin Bay

Borneo
- Size: 3rd largest island in the world
- Countries: BRUNEI, INDONESIA, and MALAYSIA
- The Indonesian part of the island is known as Kalimantan
- The largest city is Kuching, located in western Borneo on the Malaysia side

Greenland
- Size: Largest island in the world
     - 836,109 square miles in size
- Despite its name, Greenland is very icy and inhospitable in some parts
- Capital: Nuuk
     - Has a population of 15,000 and is the largest city in Greenland

Honshū
- Size: 7th largest island in the world; the largest island in JAPAN
- Body of Water: southeast of Sea of Japan; west of North Pacific Ocean
- Notable Features on Honshū: This island boasts plenty of large cities, such as Tokyo (Japan's capital) and Kawasaki. Located in the center part of Honshū, Mount Fuji stands at 12,000 feet tall as a stratovolcano.

New Guinea
- Size: 2nd largest island in the world
     - Around 786,000 square miles in size
- Countries: divided among INDONESIA and PAPUA NEW GUINEA; located north of AUSTRALIA
- Body of Water: South Pacific Ocean

Sumatra
- Size: 6th largest island in the world; the largest island in INDONESIA that is entirely located only in Indonesia (Borneo and New Guinea are larger but part of other countries, too)
     - 470,000 square miles in size
- Location: western part of Indonesia; Southwest of MALAYSIA
- Body of Water: east of Indian Ocean
- The largest city is Medan, which has a population larger than 2,100,000.