Biggest Non-Soverign Islands by Continent

Name the biggest non-soverign islands by continent.
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Continent
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Africa
Canary Islands
Asia
Borneo
Australasia
South Island
Europe
Severny Island
North America
Greenland
South America
Falkland Islands
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9 Comments
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Level 74
May 13, 2015
Never heard of Severny Island. I was trying everything in the Mediterranean.
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Level 66
May 13, 2015
Well, you learn something new every day!
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Level 81
Feb 21, 2020
Except it's not the right answer. Ireland is bigger. (Borneo counts; so does Ireland). Other answers are also wrong as they are archipelagos, not islands. New Guinea is the right answer for Oceania, so I reckon that only two of the given answers are correct (Greenland and Borneo)!
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Level 43
May 13, 2015
"I can do this!"

*types Greenland*

*thinks*

"...Aw, nuts."

Seriously though, neat idea!

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Level 69
May 14, 2015
South Island is bigger than Tasmania
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Level 66
May 14, 2015
Fixed!
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Level 46
Jan 28, 2021
Could you add some clarity in the description of what qualifies as a non-sovereign island? I think it is a bit unclear right now and could definitely add to the quality of the quiz.
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Level 72
May 15, 2024
Could you accept South as a write in for South Island, please?

Also, the island Ireland is bigger than Severny Island, so shouldn't that be the answer for Europe? It's owned by two separate countries, so it is non sovereign in the same way Borneo is.

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Level 44
Jun 13, 2025
I think this is referring to any island that is not home to the main headquarters of a sovereign state, but then again there's Borneo with Brunei...

Please make this more consistent or clarify

Borneo makes sense if it includes things that have national capitals of sovereign countries that don't control the majority of the island... or if includes islands that don't have a sovereign country of the same name... but you have to clarify these things in caveats if that's the case... or just swap Borneo with Sumatra.

If you don't want to change Borneo and don't want to add those other caveats you may want to change the caveat to overall including islands with only partial sovereignty. which would make you swap South Island with New Guinea and would swap Severny Island with Ireland.

Or, you could only include Islands with no autonomy or aren't treated as an integral part of their sovereign country.