What is the most famous island in the world?

1- Greenland

It is the largest island in the world, with an area of 2 166086 square kilometers, located between the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean in the northeast of North America. It is 2,574 kilometers from Piridi in the north to Cape Farwell in the south, and its widest point is about 1290 kilometers. The coastline is more than 35,000 kilometers long. Danish territory. The capital, Nuuk.

2- New Guinea

Also known as Irian Island, it is the largest island in the Pacific Ocean and the second largest island in the world (after Greenland). Located on the south side of the equator in the western Pacific Ocean.

3- kalimantan island

It is the third largest island in the world. Located in the middle of Malay Archipelago in Southeast Asia, it is adjacent to Sumatra Island in the west, Sulawesi Island in the east, Java Sea and Java Island in the south, and the South China Sea in the north. The area is 743,330km2. The population is 12305000( 1990).

4- Madagascar

Located in the southeast sea of the African continent, it is the fourth largest island in the world after Greenland, new guinea (also known as Irian Island) and kalimantan island, facing the African continent across the mozambique channel, with the shortest distance of 386 kilometers. It covers an area of 587,000 square kilometers. Madagascar is a mountain sloping to the west.

5- baffin island.

It is the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world. Part of the Canadian Arctic Islands. Baffin Bay and davis strait are separated from Greenland in the east. The mountains on Hafen Island are all above 8,000 feet (2,440 meters). The ridge runs through the eastern part of the island and is covered by glaciers.

The other five islands:

Sumatra Island, covering an area of 434,000 square kilometers;

Honshu Island, Japan, with a total area of 230,500 square kilometers, accounting for 60% of Japan's total area and a coastline of 5,450 kilometers;

Victoria Island is located at about 7 1 degree 0 minutes north latitude and about11degree 0 minutes west longitude. It is one of the three largest islands in the Arctic Ocean archipelago in the northern part of North America.

The largest island in Europe, Great Britain, is located in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of the European continent and is one of the main islands of the British Isles.

Ellesmere island, the northernmost island in the Canadian Arctic Islands, is the largest island in the Queen Elizabeth Islands.