Strange Islands

GUNKANJIMA (Japan): the Ghost (and forbidden) Island

Gunkanjima is one among 505 uninhabited islands in the Nagasaki Prefecture about 15 kilometers from Nagasaki itself. The island was populated from 1887 to 1974 as a coal mining facility. The island's most notable features are the abandoned concrete buildings and the sea wall surrounding it. It is known for its coal mines and their operation during the industrialization of Japan. Mitsubishi bought the island in 1890 and began the project, the aim of which was retrieving coal from the bottom of the sea. They built Japan's first large concrete building, a block of apartments in 1916 to accommodate their burgeoning ranks of workers, and to protect against typhoon destruction. 

In 1959, its population density was 835 people per hectare for the whole island, or 1,391 per hectare for the residential district, one of the highest population density ever recorded worldwide. As petroleum replaced coal in Japan in the 1960s, coal mines began shutting down all over the country, and Hashima's mines were no exception. Mitsubishi officially announced the closing of the mine in 1974, and today it is empty and bare, which is why it's called the Ghost Island. Travel to Hashima is currently prohibited. 

SURTSEY (Iceland): The emerging island

Off the coast of Iceland on the morning of 14 November 1963, the crew of a lone fishing trawler spotted an alarming sight. Off to the southwest of the Ísleifur II, a column of dark smoke was rising from the water. Concerned that it could be another boat on fire, the captain directed his vessel towards the scene. Once there, however, they found not a boat but a series of violent explosions producing ash. This was an unmistakable indication of a volcanic eruption taking place underwater, close to the surface. Very aware of the potential danger but eager to watch, the crew kept their boat nearby. It was indeed a remarkable event that they would witness a small part of over the course of that morning: the formation of a brand-new island. 

Although now quite visible, the eruption lasted for much, much longer than the Ísleifur II would have been able to watch. After several days, the volcano had broken the water's surface, forming an island over 500 meters long and 45 meters tall. Even though the rough tides of the North Atlantic might have soon eroded the new island away, it was named Surtsey, meaning 'Surtur's island' - Surtur (or Surtr) being a fire giant of Norse mythology. The island proved to be tenacious, however. The eruption was ongoing and Surtsey increased in size more quickly than the ocean could wear it down. In the meantime two other nearby volcanic eruptions produced the beginnings of islands, but neither lasted very long. By April 1964, though, the most violent parts of the eruption were over and Surtsey remained. 

It was fairly clear that it was going to be a permanent island - or at least as permanent as anything can be in geology. The explosions returned in August 1966, and only stopped when the entire eruption finally came to an end in June 1967. Since then, the volcano has lain dormant. The island was left 174 meters tall and about 2.8 square kilometers in size. At 33 kilometers south of the mainland, it also marked the new southernmost point of Iceland.

PALM ISLANDS (Dubai): the palm-shaped man-made island

The Palm Islands in Dubai are the three largest artificial islands in the world. They are being constructed by Nakheel Properties, a property developer in the United Arab Emirates, who hired the Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord, one of the world's specialists in land reclamation. The islands are The Palm Jumeirah, The Palm Jebel Ali and The Palm Deira. The Islands are located off the coast of The United Arab Emirates in the Persian Gulf and will add 520 km of beaches to the city of Dubai. 

The first two islands will comprise approximately 100 million cubic meters of rock and sand. Palm Deira will be composed of approximately 1 billion cubic meters of rock and sand. All materials will be quarried in the UAE. Between the three islands there will be over 100 luxury hotels, exclusive residential beach side villas and apartments, marinas, water theme parks, restaurants, shopping malls, sports facilities and health spas. The creation of The Palm Jumeirah began in June 2001. Shortly after, The Palm Jebel Ali was announced and reclamation work began. In 2004, The Palm Deira, which will be almost as large in size as Paris, was announced. Palm Jumeirah is currently open for development. Construction will be completed over the next 10-15 years.

SEALAND (Principality): World's smallest island

The Principality of Sealand is an island and a micronation located on HM Fort Roughs, a former Maunsell Sea Fort located in the North Sea 10 km (six miles) off the coast of Suffolk, England, in what is claimed as territorial waters using a twelve-nautical-mile radius. 

Since 1967, the installation has been occupied by associates and family of Paddy Roy Bates, a former radio broadcaster and former British Army Major, who claims that it is a sovereign and independent state. Critics, as well as court rulings in the United States and in Germany, have claimed that Roughs Tower has always remained the property of the United Kingdom, a view that is disputed by the Bates family. The population of the facility rarely exceeds ten, and its habitable area is 550 m2 (5920 sq ft). 

Sealand's claims to sovereignty and legitimacy are not recognised by any country, yet it is sometimes cited in debates as an interesting case study of how various principles of international law can be applied to a territorial dispute. 

THE WORLD ISLANDS (Dubai): man-made islands in the form of a world map

Ever wish the world was smaller? The World is a man-made archipelago of 300 islands in the shape of a world map. The World is being built primarily using sand dredged from the sea. Each island ranges from 23,000 m2 to 84,000 m2 (250,000–900,000 square feet or 5.7–21 acres) in size, with 50–100 m of water between each island. The development will cover an area of 9 km in length and 6 km in width, surrounded by an oval breakwater. The only means of transport between the islands will be by boat and helicopter. Prices for the islands will range from $15-45 million (USD). The average price for an island will be around $25 million (USD). Dredging started in 2004 and as of March of 2007 The World is around 90% complete. According to the National Geographic Channel (The Best of Megastructures) the overall price for the World is $14 Billion US Dollars. 

ALCATRAZ ISLAND (USA): home to the first lighthouse on the Pacific Coast

Alcatraz Island (sometimes informally referred to as simply Alcatraz or by its pop-culture name, The Rock) is a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California, United States. It served as a lighthouse, then a military fortification, then a military prison followed by a federal prison until 1963, when it became a national recreation area. The first European to discover the island was Juan de Ayala in 1775, who charted the San Francisco Bay and named the island "La Isla de los Alcatraces", which means "Island of the Pelicans". 

The discovery of gold in California in 1848 brought thousands of ships to San Francisco Bay, creating an urgent need for a navigational lighthouse. In response, Alcatraz lighthouse #1 was erected and lit in the summer of 1853. Because of its natural isolation in the middle of a bay, surrounded by cold water and strong sea currents, Alcatraz was soon considered by the U.S. Army as an ideal location for holding captives. Alcatraz was the Army's first long-term prison, and it was already beginning to build its reputation as a tough detention facility by exposing inmates to harsh conditions and iron fisted discipline. Due to rising operational costs because of its location, the Military Department decided to close this famous prison in 1934, and it was subsequently taken over by the Department of Justice and later became the famous federal prision and finally a recreation area.

Tallest Islands

Tallest Islands of the World

Island and location Height from sea level to highest point Tallest mountain feet meters 1. New Guinea 16,024 4,884 Mt. Carstensz (Jaya) 2. Hawaii 13,796 4,205 Mauna Kea 3. Borneo 13,431 4,094 Mt. Kinabalu 4. Taiwan 13,113 3,997 Yu Shan 5. Sumatra, Indonesia 12,467 3,800 Kerinci 6. Ross Island, Antarctica 12,447 3,794 Mount Erebus 7. Honshu, Japan 12,388 3,776 Fuji-san 8. South Island, New Zealand 12,316 3,754 Mt. Cook 9. Lombok, Indonesia 12,224 3,726 Rinjani 10. Tenerife, Canary Islands 12,198 3,718 Pico de Teide 11. Greenland 12,139 3,700 Gunnbjorn 12. Java, Indonesia 12,060 3,676 Semeru 13. Celebes, Indonesia 11,335 3,455 Rantekombola 14. Sicily 10,902 3,323 Mt. Etna 15. Hispaniola, Caribbean 10,417 3,175 Pico Duarte 16. Bali, Indonesia 10,308 3,142 Agung 17. Siple Island, Antarctica 10,170 3,100 Mt. Siple 18. Reunion, Indian Ocean 10,069 3,069 Piton des Neiges 19. Maui, Hawaii 10,023 3,055 Puu Ulaula, Haleakala 20. Ceram, Indonesia 10,023 3,055 Gunung Kobipato 21. Bioko, Equatorial Guinea 9,869 3,008 Pico de Santa Isabel

Island Superlatives

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SIZE

Largest island

The world's largest island is Greenland, with an area of about 822,700 sq mi / 2,130,800 sq km. Largely covered by an ice-cap several thousand feet / meters thick, Greenland has a population of only about 40,000, about 1/40th of Manhattan's, though Manhattan is 37,000 times smaller.

Australia is usually considered to be a continent. 

Lake island

The largest lake island is Manitoulin Island, in Lake Huron, Ontario, at 1,068 sq mi / 2,766 sq km.

Volcanic island

The largest volcanic island is Iceland, at 39,702 sq mi / 102,828 sq km. It was formed by volcanic activity along the mid-Atlantic ridge, and is essentially exposed ocean floor.

Other larger islands, such as Sumatra and Honshu, have complex geologic origins, though they include some volcanic terrain.

River island

The world's largest river island is Ilha do Bananal, a 7,720 sq mi / 20,000 sq km island formed by two channels of the Araguaia River in Tocantins State, Brazil.

Ilha de Marajo, a 15,500 sq mi / 40,100 sq km island in Para, Brazil, is mostly surrounded by channels of the Amazon and Para rivers, but also extends into the Atlantic. It is the world's largest island formed by fluvial processes.

Sand island

The world's largest sand island is Fraser Island, off the coast of Queensland, Australia, at 642 sq mi / 1,662 sq km.

Most large islands

The country with the greatest number of large islands is Canada.

Smallest island

Bishop Rock, in the Isles of Scilly off southwest England, is sometimes called the world's smallest island, but this is an unwarranted claim based on an arbitrary 19th century bureaucratic classification scheme. It is impossible to determine an actual world's smallest island.

Under certain conditions, the criteria for an island—a fairly permanent piece of land surrounded by water and possessing substantial vegetation—can be met by an islet of less than 100 square feet.

Smallest island country

The smallest independent island country is the Pacific island of Nauru, which is 8.2 sq mi / 21.3 sq km.

Island on an island

The largest island on another island is Pulau Samosir, in Lake Toba on Sumatra, Indonesia. Samosir is 245 sq mi / 630 sq km, and is inhabited.

Island on an island on an island

There are several places where islands on islands in turn have lakes with islands – triple islands.  The largest island on an island on an island is a 4 acre / 1.6 ha island in a lake on an island in a lake in south-central Victoria Island, Nunavut, Canada, at 69.7928° north, 108.2411° west.

An island in a crater lake on Volcano Island, Lake Taal, Luzon, in the Philippines, is often said to be the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island, but the one in Newfoundland is about twice as large.

Artificial island

The largest island created by human action is the Île René-Levasseur, a 780 sq mi / 2,020 sq km island in Manicouagan Reservoir, Quebec. The reservoir was formed by the damming of a river to flood a 210 million-year-old meteor crater, whose central uplift became the island.

Atoll

The atoll with the largest land area is Kiritimati (formerly Christmas Island), in eastern Kiribati, with some 150 square miles / 388 sq km of land.

The largest atoll in total enclosed sea area is Kwajalein, in the Marshall Islands, encircling a lagoon of 1,100 sq miles / 2,850 sq km.

Raised coral atoll

The largest raised coral atoll is Lifou (Lifu) in the Loyalty (Loyauté) Islands of New Caledonia. With an area of 443 sq miles / 1,146 sq km, it is larger than Rennell Island (255 / 660) in the Solomons, as well as smaller islands such as Aldabra.

LOCATION

Remotest inhabited island

Tristan da Cunha, a 38 sq mi / 98 sq km volcanic island in the South Atlantic with a population of 300, is 1,320 miles / 2,120 km from the island of St. Helena, the nearest inhabited land, and 1,700 miles / 2,740 km from the nearest continent, Africa.

Easter Island (Rapa Nui / Isla de Pascua) is sometimes described as the most isolated inhabited island on Earth, but is closer to inhabited land (Pitcairn I.) than Tristan da Cunha, and closer to a continent than many islands of the central Pacific.

Highest islands

Orba Co, a lake in Tibet, stands at 17,090 feet / 5,209 meters above sea level, and contains several islands.

Lowest island

There is an island in Afrera Ye'ch'ew Hayk, a lake in northern Ethiopia that lies at 337 ft / 103 m below sea level.

Northernmost and southernmost islands

The most northerly island, and the northernmost point of land in the world, is a tiny unnamed island at 83^o 40' 34.8"N, off the north coast of Greenland. It was not discovered until 1996, and is north of Oodaaq Island, the previous holder of the record.

The southernmost named island is Deverall Island, a small ice-covered island in the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, at 81^o 28' S, 161^o 54' E.

AGE

Oldest island

The first islands appeared on Earth about 4.4 billion years ago, when the oceans formed. However, most islands now in existence are extremely young, the result of sea level changes and glacial retreat over the last 12,000 years or so.

The island that has existed longest is Madagascar, which separated from India perhaps 85 to 90 million years ago, after the two had split off from Antarctica about 125 million years ago.

Youngest volcanic island

A volcanic island erupted from the sea on June 6, 1995, at Metis Shoal near Tonga's Vava'u Group. By the following month, it was estimated to be 21 ac / 8.4 ha in area, and 178 feet / 54 meters high. Some proposed naming it Lomu Island, after a rugby player of Tongan ancestry.

However, it was thought that the island may be merely the latest incarnation of an island which has appeared near that site several times before, most recently as Lateiki Island, which existed from 1976 to 1978. The new island might survive for only a few years before eroding or subsiding beneath the waves.

Fukoto Kuokanaba, a volcanic islet in the Pacific near the Japanese island of Iwo Jima, was first reported in January, 1986, and is about 50 acres / 20 hectares in area.

Kavachi, an undersea volcano in the Solomon Islands, erupted in spring 2000, but is not known to have formed an island.

COUNTING

Islands in a country

Though Finland claims to have more islands than any other country, with a stated total of 179,584, Sweden has counted 221,800.

While these counts may essentially be accurate, Canada probably has far more islands than either country, as it has immense areas of island-strewn lakes and thousands of miles of rocky coastline.

Several small countries have no islands at all.

Extravagantly named groups

The most extravagantly named group is the Lakshadweep islands off southwestern India, whose name translates "One Hundred Thousand Islands." In fact, there are 27.

The Thirty Thousand Islands of Georgian Bay, Ontario, probably do include several thousand islands.

The Thousand Islands of New York and Ontario number about 1,500.

Islands in a lake

Lake of the Woods, shared by Ontario, Minnesota, and Manitoba, is said to contain 14,000 islands.

POPULATION

One of every nine people is an islander: 700 million people live on about 9,000 inhabited islands.

Most populous island country

The most populous island country is Indonesia, which has 235 million inhabitants scattered over a thousand or more inhabited islands.

Most populous island

The most populous island is Java, in Indonesia, which has about 120 million inhabitants living in 48,900 sq mi / 126,700 sq km (a density of 2,250 people per sq mi / 950 per sq km).

Most populous lake island

The world's most populous lake island is Ukerewe, in southeastern Lake Victoria, Tanzania. It is home to around 150,000 people.

Largest uninhabited island

The largest uninhabited island is Devon Island, in the Canadian Arctic, at 21,331 square miles 55,247 square kilometers.

Cocos Island off Costa Rica is often said to be the world's largest uninhabited island, but in fact there are several hundred larger islands without people.

Population density

Most densely populated island

Ap Lei Chau, off the southwest side of Hong Kong Island, is the world's most densely populated island, with 80,000 people living in 0.5 sq mi / 1.3 sq km, for a density of 160,000 per sq mi / 60,000 per sq km.

Most densely populated unbridged island

Male, in the Maldives, is the world's most densely populated unbridged island, with about 70,000 people living in 0.68 sq mi / 1.77 sq km, for a density of 103,000 per sq mi / 40,000 per sq km. With an additional 20-30,000 visitors at any one time, Male achieves densities of 130-160,000 per square mile / 50-55,000 per sq km.

Most densely populated island country

Singapore is the most densely populated all-island country. With 4.0 million people (as of 1999) living in 247.6 sq mi / 641.4 sq km, it achieves densities of 16,160 per sq mi / 6,240 per sq km. However, most Singaporeans live on the main island of Singapore, which is connected to the mainland by a solid causeway, and is thus not strictly speaking an island at all.

Before it reverted to China in 1999, Macao held the density record. Occupying the tip of the island of Zhongchan Dao and two small islands, Macao's 502,000 inhabitants live in 6 sq mi / 16 sq km, for a density of 84,700 per sq mi / 31,400 per sq km. All Macao's islands are connected by bridges to the mainland.

Most densely populated non-coastal island country

The non-coastal island country with the highest population density is Malta, with 377,000 people living on islands with a total area of 124 sq mi / 320 sq km. This translates to a density of 3,050 per sq mi / 1,180 per sq km.

A close second is Bermuda, a British colony in the Atlantic east of the United States. With about 62,500 inhabitants in 20.6 sq mi / 53.3 sq km, the island group has a density of 3,040 per sq mi / 1,170 per sq km.

Least densely populated

The least densely populated inhabited island is Ellesmere, in Nunavut, Canada, with 153 people on an island of 75,767 sq miles / 196,236 sq km. Each inhabitant thus has 495 sq miles / 1,283 sq km apiece.

This is 51 million times less than the density of Male, in the Maldives.

One million inhabitants

The smallest island on which one million or more people live is Manhattan, in New York City, with 1.48 million inhabitants living in 22 sq mi / 57 sq km (67,000 per sq mi / 26,000 per sq km).

Highest inhabited islands

There are several inhabited islands at 12,506 feet / 3,812 meters above sea level, in Lake Titicaca, Peru and Bolivia.

Lowest inhabited islands

There are inhabited islands off the coast of Azerbaijan at 92 feet / 28 meters below sea level, in the Caspian Sea.

MISCELLANEOUS

Island visiting

Philip Conkling has apparently visited more islands than anyone else. The director of Maine's Island Institute, he has been to about 1,000 islands in that state.

Some people in the Travelers' Century Club, whose members attempt to visit as many countries as possible, have been to islands in over 100 countries.

Island living

Lawrence Durrell notes that a man named Kimon Friar claims to have lived on 46 different islands.

Tallest island

The world's tallest island is New Guinea, in the western Pacific, which rises 16,024 feet / 4,884 meters from sea level to the top of Puncak Jaya (Mount Djaja).

Tallest lake island

Isla Ometepe, in Lake Nicaragua, is the world's tallest lake island: Concepcion Volcano rises 5,183 feet / 1,580 meters above lake level.

Lowest island nation

The Maldives is the lowest island country. Its tallest island, Wilingili, rises only 8 feet / 2.4m above sea level. The Maldives is among the nations most concerned about potential sea level rise brought on by global climate change.

Fixed links

The largest island ever joined to a continent by a fixed link is Great Britain, which is now tied to Europe by the Channel Tunnel.

The largest island connected to the mainland by a bridge or causeway is Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, at 3,981 sq mi / 10,311 sq km.

The idea of building a bridge to Sumatra, the world's sixth largest island, has been broached.

Lowest point

The lowest point on a sea-level island is Lago Enriquillo, on Hispaniola, at some 130 feet (40 meters) below sea level.

Most common name

The most common name for islands is "big island" and equivalent terms in various languages.

Divided by borders

Smallest

The smallest island shared by two countries is not Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, as commonly asserted, but instead the middle island in Södra Boksjön, a lake on the Norwegian-Swedish border. It is about 0.2 acres / 0.1 hectares. St. Martin is 34 sq miles / 88 sq km.

The smallest sea island shared by two countries is Märket / Märketin, a rock islet divided between Sweden and Finland in the Baltic. It is 8 acres / 3.3 ha, and features a lighthouse.

Three countries

The only island shared by three countries is Borneo, in Southeast Asia, which is split between Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei.

Cyprus is divided into Cyprus, Northern Cyprus, and two U.K. Sovereign Base Areas, but Northern Cyprus is a Turkish-supported de facto state in the north part of the island, unrecognized by the international community. The British bases are military outposts.

100 Largest Islands

Largest Islands of the World
Island and location Area square miles square km 1. Greenland 822,700 2,130,800 2. New Guinea, Papua New Guinea -            Indonesia 309,000 800,000 3. Borneo, Indonesia-Malaysia-Brunei 280,100 725,500 4. Madagascar 226,658 578,041 5. Baffin Island, Canada 195,928 507,451 6. Sumatra, Indonesia 164,000 425,000 7. Honshu, Japan 87,805 227,414 8. Victoria Island, Canada 83,896 217,291 9. Great Britain 83,698 216,777 10. Ellesmere Island, Canada 75,767 196,236 11. Celebes, Indonesia 67,400 174,600 12. South Island, New Zealand 58,200 150,737 13. Java, Indonesia 48,900 126,700 14. North Island, New Zealand 44,035 114,050 15. Newfoundland, Canada 42,031 108,860 16. Cuba 40,543 105,007 17. Luzon, Philippines 40,419 104,684 18. Iceland 39,702 102,828 19. Mindanao, Philippines 36,537 94,627 20. Ireland 32,589 84,406 21. Hokkaido, Japan 30,144 78,073 22. Sakhalin, Russia 29,500 76,400 23. Hispaniola, Dominican Republic - Haiti 28,840 74,700 24. Banks Island, Canada 27,038 70,028 25. Sri Lanka 25,200 65,268 26. Tasmania, Australia 23,412 60,637 27. Devon Island, Canada 21,331 55,247 28. Severny, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 18,882 48,904 29. Grande de Tierra del Fuego,            Argentina - Chile 18,530 47,992 30. Alexander Island, Antarctica 16,700 43,200 31. Axel Heiberg I., Canada 16,671 43,178 32. Melville Island, Canada 16,274 42,149 33. Southampton Island, Canada 15,913 41,214 34. Marajo, Para, Brazil 15,500 40,100 35. Vestspitsbergen, Svalbard 15,075 39,044 36. Kyushu, Japan 14,114 36,555 37. New Britain, Papua New Guinea 14,098 36,514 38. Taiwan 13,823 35,801 39. Hainan, China 12,962 33,572 40. Prince of Wales Island, Canada 12,872 33,339 41. Yuzhny, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 12,848 33,275 42. Vancouver Island, Canada 12,079 31,285 43. Timor, Indonesia - East Timor 11,883 30,777 44. Sicily, Italy 9,830 25,460 45. Somerset Island, Canada 9,570 24,786 46. Sardinia, Italy 9,194 23,813 47. Bananal, Tocantins, Brazil 7,720 20,000 48. Shikoku, Japan 7,251 18,780 49. Halmahera, Indonesia 6,865 17,780 50. Ceram, Indonesia 6,621 17,148 51. New Caledonia 6,467 16,750 52. Kotelny, Russia 6,434 16,670 53. Bathurst Island, Canada 6,194 16,042 54. Prince Patrick Island, Canada 6,119 15,848 55. Thurston Island, Antarctica 6,050 15,700 56. Sumbawa, Indonesia 5,965 15,448 57. Flores, Indonesia 5,520 14,300 58. Nordaustlandet, Svalbard 5,486 14,210 59. Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii, Russia 5,471 14,170 60. King William Island, Canada 5,062 13,111 61. Samar, Philippines 5,050 13,079 62. Negros, Philippines 4,905 12,706 63. Tupinambarana, Amazon and Uraría rivers, Brazil 4,550 11,850 64. Palawan, Philippines 4,550 11,784 65. Yos Sudarso (Dolak), Indonesia 4,500 11,600 66. Panay, Philippines 4,446 11,515 67. Bangka, Indonesia 4,375 11,330 68. Bolshevik, Russia 4,368 11,312 69. Ellef Ringnes Island, Canada 4,361 11,295 70. Sumba, Indonesia 4,306 11,153 71. Bylot Island, Canada 4,273 11,067 72. Jamaica 4,244 10,991 73. Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands,            United States 4,021 10,414 74. Viti Levu, Fiji 4,011 10,388 75. Cape Breton Island, Canada 3,981 10,311 76. Bougainville, Papua New Guinea 3,880 10,049 77. Mindoro, Philippines 3,759 9,735 78. Prince Charles Island, Canada 3,676 9,521 79. Buru, Indonesia 3,670 9,505 80. Kodiak Island, Alaska, US 3,588 9,293 81. Cyprus 3,572 9,251 82. Komsomolets, Russia 3,477 9,006 83. Puerto Rico 3,435 8,897 84. Corsica, France 3,351 8,681 85. New Ireland, Papua New Guinea 3,344 8,661 86. Qeqertarsuaq (Disko), Greenland 3,312 8,578 87. Carney Island, Antarctica 3,300 8,500 88. Chiloe, Chile 3,241 8,394 89. Crete, Greece 3,189.7 8,261.2 90. Anticosti, Canada 3,066 7,941 91. Vrangelya, Russia 3,030 7,850 92. Roosevelt Island, Antarctica 2,900 7,500 93. Leyte, Philippines 2,785 7,215 94. Sjaelland, Denmark 2,714.8 7,031.3 95. Cornwallis Island, Canada 2,701 6,995 96. Prince of Wales, Alaska, US 2,577 6,675 97. Grande Terre, Kerguelen 2,555 6,617 98. East Falkland 2,550 6,605 99. Siple Island, Antarctica 2,500 6,500 100. Graham Island, Canada 2,456 6,361