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Countries with Multiple Big Islands

Name the countries that have two or more islands greater than 10,000 km2.
Includes islands shared with other countries
For the purposes of this quiz, Australia is a continent not an island
Quiz by gjcsarris
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First submittedApril 22, 2016
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Canada
13
Indonesia
7
Philippines
6
Russia
4
Japan
2
Brazil
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2
Italy
2
New Zealand
2
Norway
2
Papua New Guinea
2
United Kingdom
Jerry928
+19
Level 75
Apr 22, 2016
Great quiz. I thought and thought and thought about the final one, didn't get it, then cringed when I saw it was the country I live in :)
scambigol
+3
Level 75
Apr 22, 2016
Hehe nice quiz and nice story!
gjcsarris
+4
Level 71
Apr 23, 2016
Thanks mate!
gjcsarris
+2
Level 71
Apr 24, 2016
I meant "thanks mates!"
KAYVAN
+1
Level 25
Sep 17, 2022
denmark owns greenland also called the biggest island in the world:why do i not count ):
AlmostAGenius
+7
Level 76
Oct 17, 2022
Most probably because Denmark only owns 1 large island.
CubeFromBlender
+1
Level 47
Apr 19, 2023
Zealand?
lucd13
+1
Level 68
Apr 20, 2023
Zealand, Denmark, is only 7031 km2.
NorwegianQMaster
+2
Level 55
Nov 1, 2021
bruh, i got every country except my native scandnavian one, pathetic
Kontio100
+8
Level 51
Apr 23, 2016
Which islands Brazil has?
gjcsarris
+13
Level 71
Apr 23, 2016
Marajo and Bananal I think (fluvial islands of the Amazon)
Kontio100
+3
Level 51
Apr 24, 2016
I would not consider Bananal as an island, but scholars may disagree....
RPHXX
+3
Level 69
Jan 5, 2018
Bananal is an Island !
IsleAuHaulte
+107
Level 88
Jun 30, 2018
Bananal sounds like something done with a banana.
togoaway
+2
Level 37
Jun 10, 2020
banana <3
martay
+46
Level 69
Apr 7, 2021
"Bananal" feels like a very risky Google search
SoumailliRR
+2
Level 53
Apr 7, 2021
It is!
JackintheBox
+3
Level 77
May 1, 2021
I read Bananal as 'Banana!' 😃
TenDebil
+2
Level 48
Mar 15, 2022
why is greece, denmark or malaysia not mentioned. these islands are bigger than brasil's
TenDebil
+4
Level 48
Mar 15, 2022
why is greece, denmark or malaysia not mentioned. these islands are bigger than brasil's
MaxStickies
+2
Level 79
May 8, 2022
Crete is smaller than 10,000 square km, Greenland is the only Danish island over that and Malaysia only has Borneo.
Kontio100
+5
Level 51
Apr 24, 2016
How about Australia? Mainland and Tasmania.
gjcsarris
+3
Level 71
Apr 24, 2016
If Australia was considered an island, then Greenland wouldn't be the biggest island in the world, would it? Bananal makes the wikipedia list, so who am I to disagree:)
Kontio100
+8
Level 51
Apr 24, 2016
Yeah, I know. Its shame that its not me, who decides these things... :)
Quizzer6794
+10
Level 64
May 5, 2016
Why is Australia not allowed to be an Island Continent? Besides, "Oceania" is listed under every featured quiz to do with it, with Australia as a country inside of the continent; similar to how India is in Asia.

@gjcsarris Yes, that's completely correct! If Australia was considered an island, then Greenland wouldn't be the biggest island in the world. I took no point. :)

ChaosQuizzer
+2
Level 20
May 31, 2016
Mainland Australia is bigger than Greenland, and it is still deemed an island.
kolp
+4
Level 86
May 31, 2016
There are other countries on the Australian plate, so no, it doesn't have its own plate. Australia is regarded as the mainland of the plate and therefore not an island (which is convention rather than hard science).
Yamaneko
+12
Level 73
May 31, 2016
Which is funny, because the fact that Australia is a continent or an island mainly depends from where you live. In France, it's considered an island, the biggest of the world, part of the Oceanian continent. It's just a matter of convention, like the definition of what America is.
roleybob
+10
Level 76
Jun 2, 2016
I absolutely consider Australia an island and not a continent in itself. I don't understand why it is always excluded from being an island on this site, even if you do consider it to be a continent.

DudiJG - the Arabian peninsular has its own plate and generally isn't thought of as a continent, not sure why you would think that is an argument..

SouthwestChief
+5
Level 69
Aug 27, 2016
@DudiJG a tiny portion of Western Washington state is on its own plate. Does the mean that when I vacationed to Seattle I visited the great continent of Juan de Fuca? No, of course not, plates don't define continents.
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 88
Jun 30, 2018
You're someone who can write a Wikipedia article, just like the person who wrote the article you're referencing. Never cite Wikipedia as any more accurate than any other random person you're talking to on the internet.
dogla305
+2
Level 60
Dec 11, 2018
@gjcsarris, Greenland is not even a third the size of Australia. The mercator projecter does not display accurate relative sizes.

Please check https://thetruesize.com

Quizmaster
+20
Level ∞
Jan 3, 2019
And yet somehow Wikipedia is far more accurate than a random person on the internet.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 66
May 24, 2019
@someone2018 and @quizmaster. Yes that is because a better comparison is asking several (hundred)thousand people, and not random people with an opinion but people with an interest in the subject and that have read material about it.

it is the difference between asking a random person on the street how many types of birds there are, and someone that has studied birds all their lives. The second person might still be off by a bit, but will come closer to the truth than the random person, that would just pluck an answer out of thin air. (and more accurately, it is the answer agreed upon, that rolls out of the discussion of many birds enthousiasts on the matter)

BRAINIAC29
+1
Level 51
Apr 8, 2021
I also agree with Kontio100, as I do believe that Australia is a country that has the island of Tasmania (it's not connected to the mainland). Also Malaysia (but then again, what is its mainland)?
Xenobiologista
+1
Level 60
Apr 8, 2021
The Malay peninsula.
AntiMatter8192
+1
Level 69
Sep 24, 2021
How about Indonesia's mainland? Or the Phillipines? Or the Bahamas? Countries don't have to have a mainland.
WanderingWalrus
+6
Level 77
May 7, 2016
Surprised not to see Malaysia
gjcsarris
+7
Level 71
May 7, 2016
Besides Borneo, none was found...:)
csrt2006
+1
Level 46
Jan 3, 2019
Sarawak and Sabah
csrt2006
+1
Level 46
Jan 3, 2019
Borneo is shared by 3 countries (Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei)- Sabah and Sarawak are the Malaysian parts of the island of Borneo and both are more than 10,000 km2
bakainu
+4
Level 67
Oct 16, 2019
Sabah and Sarawak are both on one island. There needs to be two islands.
FolgoreCZ
+4
Level 60
Jul 29, 2020
csrt2006: What the heck? Do you think Great Britain is three islands, because it contains three states (countries/subdivisions/however you want to call it), England, Wales and Scotland?
HendogJP
+1
Level 56
Nov 11, 2020
Don't forget Northern Ireland...
AlexThirkell
+2
Level 73
Jan 29, 2021
Northern Ireland isn't part of Great Britain.
bakainu
+1
Level 67
Apr 7, 2021
It's part of the UK. Great Britain isn't the country, the UK is.
AntiMatter8192
+1
Level 69
Sep 24, 2021
@gjcsarris you missed the Afro-Eurasian Landmass, which is surrounded on all directions by water and is shared by numerous countries.
Instrumental
+1
Level 48
May 31, 2016
Got them all but got stuck on the Philippines which was my last one.
Carry
+1
Level 63
May 31, 2016
I knew I was missing an obvious one...
Godfish23
+1
Level 65
May 31, 2016
Missed Philippines also!
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Aug 5, 2016
Philippines was my last one too! Stuck for ages, then got it in last 10 seconds!
Geopro
+1
Level 60
Apr 7, 2021
I almost missed Philippines, Indonesia and Japan - the three countries that are literally made up of large islands.
smaryll
+1
Level 54
May 31, 2016
How does the UK make this list?
benzeller
+7
Level 63
May 31, 2016
Great Britain (209,331 km2) and Ireland (84,421 km2). Look at the instructions - Ireland counts.
benzeller
+17
Level 63
May 31, 2016
Very surprised at some. Some close calls that I found were USA (Big Island -10,434 km2 and Kodiak Island - 9,310 km2), Denmark (Greenland - 2,130,800 km2 and Qeqertarsuaq (Disko) - 8,612 km2), and Chile (Isla Grande Tierra del Fuego - 47,401 km2 and Chiloe - 8,478).

Really makes the American inside me have to learn the metric system :P

TheCrusher
+2
Level 72
Mar 2, 2018
Yeah, I'm sure you would have fared *much* better, had the clues been in miles instead of km... ;)
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 88
Jun 30, 2018
Divide by 2½.
Asterlan
+2
Level 57
Jun 10, 2020
It’s in square kilometers, not kilometers (distance)
FlickerP
+3
Level 70
Apr 7, 2021
And that is why they said divide by 2 and a half, which is roughly correct
Froststar101
+4
Level 73
May 3, 2021
Also France is a near miss with Grande Terre (New Caledonia) at16,372 km2 and Corsica at 8741 km2.
NQChien
+1
Level 64
Apr 17, 2023
It's strict not to consider Guadeloupe as one big island.
nichster
+1
Level 53
May 31, 2016
China? I know Taiwan is separate and Hong Kong is as well but don't we consider them part of China???
JohnOfili
+1
Level 42
Nov 12, 2016
no, jetpunk doesn't consider Taiwan separate (it's complicated, consider looking up the history of the Republic of China), and i dont think Hong Kong is big enough
sulfuratus
+16
Level 66
Dec 11, 2018
Jetpunk very definitely does consider Taiwan an independent country. Check the Countries of the World quiz.
TinklePork
+7
Level 62
Feb 23, 2017
Sure, you can consider them part of China if you feel like starting a war
ddddan
+2
Level 79
Dec 11, 2018
Besides which, the next largest would be Hainan at 32,900 sq km.
alinee
+1
Level 55
Sep 16, 2020
No, Jetpunk undoubtedly considers Taiwan to be its own country. Most, if not all of the quizzes on here include Taiwan as a separate country from China.
Hengry
+1
Level 48
May 31, 2016
I forgot the most obvious one: the UK :D
MiecraftMan
+1
Level 59
Aug 15, 2021
I doubt that is the most obvious one
cyanidecarrot
+1
Level 32
May 31, 2016
The UK has 3; Britain, Ireland and The Falklands.
thecoolestdude2
+4
Level 69
May 31, 2016
Falkland Islands are 4,170 sq Km.
TinklePork
+20
Level 62
Feb 23, 2017
I think he's just trying to start a war
JoeCrouchMMA
+2
Level 60
May 31, 2016
lol
Shade9099
+1
Level 67
Dec 11, 2018
lol
ReyFer
+5
Level 65
Dec 11, 2018
maybe cyprus??
FireFoxFort
+1
Level 26
Jan 7, 2023
Thats one island
Samuelfghk
+1
Level 29
Aug 14, 2021
Falklands are disputed
MiecraftMan
+1
Level 59
Aug 15, 2021
Falklands are an archipelago
MiecraftMan
+1
Level 59
Aug 15, 2021
Falklands are an archipelago
Qy
+2
Level 61
Oct 19, 2022
I'm sorry, could you repeat that one more time?
mongoose360
+1
Level 50
May 31, 2016
Doesn't Hawaii count?
Yamaneko
+2
Level 73
May 31, 2016
Sadly, the Big Island is the only one that is bigger than 10,000 km². Puerto Rico (and some islands in Alaska I guess) miss the cut by less than 1,000 km²
cosmokim
+2
Level 65
May 31, 2016
Nice one!
Elan
+2
Level 65
May 31, 2016
Denmark? Zealand and Greenland
MiecraftMan
+1
Level 59
Aug 15, 2021
Zealand isn’t big enough. Have you ever seen denmark on the world map, then compared it to say, Sicily?
cricketwes
+2
Level 57
May 31, 2016
What's the name of PNG's 2nd island?
TheNewPotato
+2
Level 49
Jun 1, 2016
New Britain
IsleAuHaulte
+3
Level 88
Jun 30, 2018
Near Hartford?
Sifhraven
+1
Level 66
May 24, 2019
I never realised papua new guinea had another island than the one it shares.... It is nice to learn something new ! the last time was a few months ago when I first got on this site, on the countries of the world quiz, embarrassed to say, some of the countries were new to me.. But I have remembered all of them since :)
Devondragin
+3
Level 53
May 31, 2016
Denmark had greenland and iceland
FolgoreCZ
+6
Level 60
Jul 29, 2020
Sure. And Kingdom of Jerusalem holds the Holy Land. Get out from that time machine of yours and give the technology to the world finally.
MiecraftMan
+1
Level 59
Aug 15, 2021
Denmark does NOT own Iceland
interopia
+1
Level 84
Jun 1, 2016
Dang it. I always forget Papua.
rabar15
+2
Level 40
Jul 2, 2016
Good quiz really made me think but maybe too much time given
MinnesotaMan
+1
Level 39
Dec 21, 2016
I was surprised not to see France (Corsica) on this list.
FolgoreCZ
+4
Level 60
Jul 29, 2020
Yep. Really surprising not to see country with ONE island on a list of countries with MULTIPLE islands.
AiJiyao
+1
Level 67
Apr 7, 2021
The main island of New Caledonia is the only one over 10,000 km2 (16,000+). Corsica is 8,000+ and the biggest of the Kerguelen islands is 6,000+. The others, including french departments, all are less than 3,000.
MrSchickadance
+2
Level 65
Feb 21, 2017
Brazil you dog! Not today!

100%!!!!!!!!

calvord
+1
Level 64
Apr 28, 2017
Quite good.
MustardCustard
+1
Level 60
Sep 22, 2017
Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Kitts and Nevis have the two main islands in their name?
Thomas1VL
+2
Level 62
Sep 5, 2020
Those islands aren't even close to being over 10,000km² big
PacoGee
+1
Level 44
Mar 9, 2018
facepalm I forgot Japan lol
Penguin
+1
Level 38
Dec 11, 2018
hell Norway
TheSavageGeographer
+2
Level 46
Dec 11, 2018
You should add Denmark, it has Greenland and Svalbard
tbd123
+9
Level 48
Dec 11, 2018
Svalbard is Norwegian.
joedimaggio
+2
Level 71
Dec 11, 2018
And Svalbard is not an island it's an archipelago
MiecraftMan
+1
Level 59
Aug 15, 2021
I think svalbard is reason Norway is here. And Greenland would be the only one for Denmark.
RomeNov
+1
Level 38
Dec 12, 2018
Gah!! 9/10 Spelled Papua New Guinea wrong. =(
Kiwinz
+2
Level 59
Jun 25, 2019
Just type PNG
FolgoreCZ
+1
Level 60
Jul 29, 2020
The day I learned you can do that changed my life forever. :-D Sad to admit it wasn't that long time ago.
PierrotBientot
+3
Level 36
Dec 14, 2018
I don't know why, I forget about the existence of the Philippines in every quiz!
MDW
+2
Level 44
Dec 20, 2018
I appreciate questions like this might start wars, but why is it OK to include all of Ireland as part of the UK, and not any of Taiwan as part of China? And why do none of the Antarctic claims count? Its almost as though some quizzes need to explain the political position of the quizmaster in order to eliminate the red herrings.
tzhg
+10
Level 60
Jan 3, 2019
"Includes islands shared with other countries"

The UK has Northern Ireland, while China doesn't have any portion of Taiwan. And for Antarctica, there is a treaty that doesn't recognize any claim on the continent. And it's a continent, not an island, so it doesn't matter here anyway.

johnappleseed
+1
Level 49
Sep 26, 2020
you could argue that under the ice, the actual land is divided between one big continental mass and many islands
Sifhraven
+1
Level 66
May 24, 2019
All of ireland isnt include as part of the uk, just northern ireland, which actually IS part of the uk ( united kingdom)
Lilylee
+1
Level 72
Jun 25, 2019
Quiz 9 / 10, comments 10 / 10
JackintheBox
+3
Level 77
Jun 25, 2019
I was somehow expecting Denmark and Greece.
kiwikiwiNZ
+1
Level 40
Oct 26, 2019
10/11 didnt get italy somehow
Feech
+2
Level 45
Apr 9, 2020
Love it; great quiz
gjcsarris
+1
Level 71
Apr 10, 2020
Thanks!!!
Prakash14
+3
Level 56
Apr 21, 2020
I get that Australia isn't considered an island and all but the reasoning doesn't make sense to me. Basically Australia isn't considered an Islands because it's as large as a continent. However even if the Suez and Panama canals are considered (which are man made) Eurasia counts as it is a connected land mass. Based off that Australia would be smaller than every other continent including Antarctica. Therefore the argument to not classify Australia as an island doesn't make sense, as it is all based off the idea that 2 connected landmasses aren't considered 1 continent.
FolgoreCZ
+1
Level 60
Jul 29, 2020
Every other continent has a mainland and adjacent islands. Why should Australia (Oceania) be comprised only of islands? Why would it even be called a continent then?
johnappleseed
+2
Level 49
Sep 26, 2020
well, i once saw the argument that australia is the smallest landmass with many different natural areas(idk the word, like desert and forest etc)
togoaway
+1
Level 37
Jun 10, 2020
100%!! Woohoo
Claudiospin
+1
Level 65
Oct 2, 2020
Brazil is a tricky one. Bananal is not much known even between the average Brazilians. Is an island formed by Javaés and Araguaia rivers (world's biggest fluvial island also), in the transition between amazon rainforest and the Brazilian savannah (cerrado).
Historyman0
+1
Level 38
Mar 22, 2021
i think instead of 2 for UK, make it 1 and 1/4
Zefyrinus
+1
Level 69
Apr 7, 2021
Do overseas territories count or not?
Geografen
+1
Level 66
Apr 7, 2021
No difference in the list if they do count or not.
AGeogrpahyNerd
+1
Level 55
Apr 7, 2021
Austrailia still has Tazmania, so its an island not on the mainland.
FlyingG
+1
Level 65
May 10, 2021
It doesn't have two or more.
tooch21
+1
Level 50
Apr 17, 2023
Tazmania? Or do you mean Tasmania?
quicksilver87
+1
Level 39
Apr 7, 2021
It was all going fine until I have one left.... After mentally picturing a map for ages, eventually had to give up. Darn Brazil! Wouldn't have thought of it in a million years.
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 67
Apr 8, 2021
I had no idea Brazil even had any islands to speak of!
Xenobiologista
+1
Level 60
Apr 8, 2021
Fooling around in Africa with one left, and I realize, duh, New Zealand! *facepalm*
TheGamingBoy
+1
Level 23
Apr 8, 2021
Missed Italy and Norway *facepalm* can't believe it
Fishyyy
+1
Level 56
Apr 8, 2021
any of you guys from China?
Fishyyy
+1
Level 56
Apr 8, 2021
cos then that would explain why so many people say Taiwan is part of China even though it is not.
moonshot
+1
Level 52
Apr 11, 2021
Why did I think Sweden would be on this list?
chipguy8
+1
Level 45
Oct 22, 2021
because it has a crap ton of islands but that are tiny
chipguy8
+1
Level 45
Oct 22, 2021
HOW DID I FORGET CANADA
Kenneth3748
+1
Level 54
Jan 7, 2022
terrible quiz
Relox84
+2
Level 70
Jan 8, 2022
How so?
KennethTAA
+1
Level 60
Apr 17, 2023
I seriously did that on my old account lol.
VaultAgentMoez3
+2
Level 34
Jan 13, 2022
BRUH I MISSED ITALY
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
Level 64
Feb 1, 2023
Just missed New Zealand
unimp0rtant
+1
Level 46
Apr 17, 2023
Same lol
unimp0rtant
+2
Level 46
Apr 17, 2023
When China doesn't make a "biggest" quiz
sainzcaccia
+2
Level 57
Apr 17, 2023
Australia technically has the third largest river island after Marajó and Bananal (the two islands putting Brazil in this list).

The island is formed by the Billabong, Edward and Murrumbidgee river systems. If that island is counted, then Australia should be in this list.

Geografen
+1
Level 66
Apr 23, 2023
What is the name of that island, how big is it, and where can we find the source?
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
Level 64
Apr 18, 2023
1:16
amsoider
+1
Level 21
May 25, 2023
I thought for two minutes and the one I missed was russia 😭
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