Top 5 Islands of world
Kalaalit Nunnat (Greenland)
Location:North Atlantic Ocean
Area:21,75,597 (sq km)
Greenland is a massive island and autonomous Danish territory between the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans. Much of its land surface is covered in ice. Most of its small population lives along the ice-free, fjord-lined coast, particularly in the southwest. Its northerly position, largely above the Arctic Circle, results in natural phenomena such as summer’s midnight sun and winter’s Northern Lights.
New Guinea
Location:Southwest Pacific Ocean
Area:8,20,033 (sq km)
New Guinea is a large Island in the South West Pacific region. It is the world's second-largest island.
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Borneo
Location:West-Central Pacific ocean
Area:7,43,197 (sq km)
Borneo, a giant, rugged island in Southeast Asia’s Malay Archipelago, is shared by the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, Indonesian Kalimantan and the tiny nation of Brunei. It’s known for its beaches and ancient, biodiverse rainforest, home to wildlife including orangutans and clouded leopards. In Sabah is 4,095m-tallMount Kinabalu, the island’s highest peak, and, offshore, the famed dive site Sipadan Island.
Malaqasv (Madagascar)
Location:India ocean
Area:5,87,042 (sq km)
Madagascar is a huge island nation off the southeast coast of Africa. It's home to thousands of animal species, such as lemurs, found nowhere else, plus rainforests, beaches and reefs. Near the busy capital, Antananarivo, is Ambohimanga, a hillside complex of royal palaces and burial grounds, as well as the “Avenue of the Baobabs,” a dirt road lined by massive centuries-old trees.
Baffin
Location:North Atlantic Ocean (Canadian)
Area:4,76,068
Baffin Island, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world.
