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Borneo (/ ˈ b ɔːr n i oʊ /; also known as Kalimantan in the Indonesian language) is the third-largest island in the world, with an area of 748,168 km 2 (288,869 sq mi). Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda Islands, located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and east of Sumatra.
List of islands by area. Dymaxion map (Fuller map) with continental landmasses (I,II,III,IV) and largest islands (1–30) roughly to scale. This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown.
The following is a list of countries by largest island. It does not include divided islands ; several of the world's largest islands, such as New Guinea , Borneo , Ireland and Hispaniola , are divided between two or three states.
This is a list of islands in the world ordered by population, which includes all islands with more than 100,000 people. For comparison, continental landmasses are also shown, in italics. The population of the world's islands is over 730 million, approximately 9% of the world's total population. Of those, only Java ( Indonesia) and Honshu ...
The largest island, Borneo is shared with Brunei and Indonesia . 1,192 islands in total of 10 atolls; 187 islands are inhabited. 29 atolls and 5 isolated islands. Approximate number within about 50 km (31 mi) of the two main islands; excludes associated states and Antarctic islands.
Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after the Italian islands of Sicily and Sardinia, both in terms of area and population. [3] It is also the world's 80th largest by area and world's 51st largest by population. It measures 240 kilometres (149 mi) long from end to end and 100 kilometres (62 mi) wide at its widest point ...
Ellesmere Island ( Inuktitut: ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃ ᓄᓇ, romanized : Umingmak Nuna, lit. 'land of muskoxen '; French: île d'Ellesmere) [2] is Canada's northernmost and third largest island, and the tenth largest in the world. It comprises an area of 196,236 km 2 (75,767 sq mi), [3] slightly smaller than Great Britain, and the total length of the ...
The following table lists the largest islands of New Zealand proper by area. [Note 2] River delta islands such as Rakaia Island (25.7 km 2 (9.9 sq mi)), [8] Fereday Island, Rangitata Island, and Inch Clutha (approximately 15 km 2 (5.8 sq mi), 30 square kilometres (12 square miles), and 35 km 2 (14 sq mi) respectively) are omitted, as are temporary islands in braided river channels and tidal ...