407 Islands on the World Map

Can you identify all the coloured islands in this World Map? The list consists of islands that fit at least one of the following:
A. A >= 5k or largest lake island in the world
B. A >= 0.5k and #C <= 5 or A >= 0.4k and #C <= 3, not fluvial/lake
C. A >= 250 and #C = 1, not fluvial/lake
D. Part of country name or A >= 10 and #C = 1, not fluvial/lake/coastal
E. Contains capital/largest city/largest island of an otherwise missing island country
F. Pop >= 400k, not fluvial/lake/coastal (coastal included only if A>= 150 or A >= 75 and pop >= 1M; fluvial/lake included if pop >= 2M)
G. Maximum altitude >= 2,000 m, not fluvial/lake
H. Isolated islands (see notes)
I. Islands with at least 10 terrestrial endemic species

Islands are coloured with the same background with which the first criterion they meet is written.
Islands up to 200 square km have a ring around them that disappears when you guess them. Some category F coastal islands larger than 200 square km but smaller than 800 square km have a smaller ring.

Notes:
-a is the area in square km (k = 1,000); #C is the rank in area within a country
- under C you are shown the flags of the countries the island belongs to
- the list of countries is taken for the list of 2-letter codes
- an island is considered 'coastal' if it's within 5-10 km of mainland
- in sections B, C and D an extra island with A >= 100 can be assigned to a country by not counting shared islands and islands that have the same name as the country
- area is in bold if the island is the largest of its country
- an island is considered isolated if:
1) it's isolated by at least 800 km
2) it has isolation index >= 61 and A >= k
3) it has isolation index >= 61 and out of the following 4:
a) A >= 0.4k
b) island distance >= 400 km
c) group distance >= 850 km
d) continent distance >= 1.800 km
a) and another are true; b) and another are true; c) and d) are true and A >= 15 and island distance >= 200 km
Note that in a few occasions a group of small islands is considered as one in the data, in such cases the largest island has been added
Don't forget that the projection used distorts areas!
Map created with data from OpenStreetMapData
Area is shown in square km
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Area
C
Island
2,130,800
🇬🇱
Greenland
785,753
🇮🇩 🇵🇬
New Guinea
748,168
🇮🇩 🇲🇾 🇧🇳
Borneo
587,041
🇲🇬
Madagascar
507,451
🇨🇦
Baffin
443,066
🇮🇩
Sumatra
225,800
🇯🇵
Honshu
217,291
🇨🇦
Victoria
209,331
🇬🇧
Great Britain
196,236
🇨🇦
Ellesmere
180,681
🇮🇩
Sulawesi
145,836
🇳🇿
South
138,794
🇮🇩
Java
111,583
🇳🇿
North
109,965
🇵🇭
Luzon
108,860
🇨🇦
Newfoundland
105,806
🇨🇺
Cuba
101,826
🇮🇸
Iceland
97,530
🇵🇭
Mindanao
84,421
🇮🇪 🇬🇧
Ireland
78,719
🇯🇵
Hokkaido
73,929
🇩🇴 🇭🇹
Hispaniola
72,493
🇷🇺
Sakhalin
70,028
🇨🇦
Banks
65,268
🇱🇰
Sri Lanka
65,022
🇦🇺
Tasmania
55,247
🇨🇦
Devon
49,070
🇦🇶
Alexander
47,401
🇦🇷 🇨🇱
Tierra del Fuego
47,079
🇷🇺
Severny
43,873
🇦🇶
Berkner
43,178
🇨🇦
Axel Heiberg
42,149
🇨🇦
Melville
41,214
🇨🇦
Southampton
40,100
🇧🇷
Marajó
38,981
🇸🇯
Spitsbergen
37,437
🇯🇵
Kyushu
35,883
🇹🇼
Taiwan
35,145
🇵🇬
New Britain
33,339
🇨🇦
Prince of Wales
33,246
🇷🇺
Yuzhny
33,210
🇨🇳
Hainan
31,285
🇨🇦
Vancouver
28,418
🇮🇩 🇹🇱
Timor
25,662
🇮🇹
Sicily
24,786
🇨🇦
Somerset
24,000
🇷🇺
Kotelny
23,949
🇮🇹
Sardinia
20,000
🇧🇷
Bananal
18,545
🇯🇵
Shikoku
18,040
🇮🇩
Halmahera
17,454
🇮🇩
Seram
16,648
🇳🇨
New Caledonia
16,042
🇨🇦
Bathurst
15,848
🇨🇦
Prince Patrick
15,700
🇦🇶
Thurston
14,467
🇸🇯
Nordaustlandet
14,386
🇮🇩
Sumbawa
14,204
🇷🇺
October Revolution
14,154
🇮🇩
Flores
13,111
🇨🇦
King William
13,075
🇵🇭
Negros
12,849
🇵🇭
Samar
12,189
🇵🇭
Palawan
12,011
🇵🇭
Panay
11,742
🇮🇩
Yos Sudarso
11,413
🇮🇩
Bangka
11,295
🇨🇦
Ellef Ringnes
11,206
🇷🇺
Bolshevik
11,190
🇯🇲
Jamaica
11,067
🇨🇦
Bylot
10,711
🇮🇩
Sumba
10,572
🇵🇭
Mindoro
10,531
🇫🇯
Viti Levu
10,434
🇺🇸
Hawaiʻi
10,311
🇨🇦
Cape Breton
9,521
🇨🇦
Prince Charles
9,318
🇵🇬
Bougainville
9,310
🇺🇸
Kodiak
9,234
🇨🇾
Cyprus
9,100
🇵🇷
Puerto Rico
8,812
🇷🇺
Komsomolets
8,741
🇫🇷
Corsica
8,612
🇬🇱
Qeqertarsuaq
8,500
🇦🇶
Carney
8,478
🇨🇱
Chiloé
8,473
🇮🇩
Buru
8,350
🇬🇷
Crete
7,941
🇨🇦
Anticosti
7,910
🇦🇶
Roosevelt
7,866
🇷🇺
Wrangel
7,700
🇧🇷
Tupinambarana
7,405
🇵🇬
New Ireland
7,368
🇵🇭
Leyte
7,040
🇫🇰
East Falkland
7,031
🇩🇰
Zealand
6,995
🇨🇦
Cornwallis
6,675
🇺🇸
Prince of Wales
6,617
🇹🇫
Kerguelen
6,390
🇦🇶
Siple
6,361
🇨🇦
Graham
6,201
🇷🇺
New Siberia
Area
C
Island
5,765
🇦🇺
Melville
5,620
🇨🇦
Prince Edward
5,587
🇫🇯
Vanua Levu
5,556
🇨🇱
Wellington
5,498
🇨🇦
Coats
5,416
🇮🇩
Bali
5,388
🇺🇸
Chichagof
5,353
🇸🇧
Guadalcanal
5,255
🇨🇦
Amund Ringnes
5,157
🇷🇺
Great Lyakhovsky
5,135
🇺🇸
Saint Lawrence
5,110
🇨🇱
Riesco
5,073
🇸🇯
Edge
5,048
🇨🇦
Mackenzie King
5,009
🇹🇹
Trinidad
5,000
🇧🇷
Caviana
4,864
🇧🇷
Ilha Grande de Gurupá
4,685
🇩🇰
North Jutlandic
4,663
🇦🇶
Adelaide
4,640
🇪🇨
Isabela
4,531
🇫🇰
West Falkland
4,514
🇮🇩
Lombok
4,467
🇵🇭
Cebu
4,408
🇮🇩
Buton
4,374
🇦🇺
Kangaroo
4,117
🇵🇭
Bohol
4,117
🇨🇱
Hoste
4,078
🇮🇩
Madura
4,069
🇺🇸
Unimak
4,048
🇮🇩
Nias
3,956
🇻🇺
Espiritu Santo
3,913
🇬🇱
Milne Land
3,836
🇸🇧
Malaita
3,718
🇬🇸
South Georgia
3,707
🇬🇷
Euboea
3,688
🇨🇱
Santa Inés
3,667
🇪🇸
Mallorca
3,665
🇸🇧
Santa Isabel
3,630
🇺🇸
Long
3,607
🇾🇪
Socotra
3,452
🇬🇱
Traill
3,439
🇧🇸
North Andros
3,268
🇵🇭
Masbate
3,190
🇸🇧
Makira
2,994
🇸🇪
Gotland
2,985
🇩🇰
Funen
2,971
🇸🇧
Choiseul
2,781
🇮🇳
North Andaman
2,766
🇨🇦
Manitoulin
2,720
🇺🇸
Unalaska
2,673
🇪🇪
Saaremaa
2,535
🇫🇷
Réunion
2,460
🇦🇶
Ross
2,437
🇬🇱
Ymer
2,432
🇦🇶
Anvers
2,326
🇦🇺
Groote Eylandt
2,237
🇨🇺
Juventud
2,198
🇳🇴
Hinnøya
2,100
🇵🇬
Manus
2,086
🇬🇧
Lewis and Harris
2,041
🇻🇺
Malakula
2,037
🇸🇧
New Georgia
2,034
🇪🇸
Tenerife
2,017
🇬🇶
Bioko
1,899
🇮🇩
Bacan
1,883
🇺🇸
Maui
1,860
🇲🇺
Mauritius
1,840
🇦🇺
Fraser
1,826
🇰🇷
Jeju
1,815
🇳🇿
Stewart/Rakiura
1,793
🇺🇸
Umnak
1,717
🇬🇱
Geographical Society
1,694
🇼🇸
Savai'i
1,666
🇹🇿
Zanzibar
1,660
🇪🇸
Fuerteventura
1,656
🇬🇧
Skye
1,633
🇬🇷
Lesbos
1,590
🇳🇴
Senja
1,560
🇪🇸
Gran Canaria
1,545
🇺🇸
Oahu
1,544
🇧🇸
Great Inagua
1,536
🇮🇳
Middle Andaman
1,491
🇮🇷
Qeshm
1,448
🇧🇸
South Andros
1,446
🇺🇸
Kauai
1,441
🇧🇩
Bhola
1,437
🇵🇬
Fergusson
1,410
🇧🇷
São Luís
1,400
🇬🇷
Rhodes
1,373
🇧🇸
Grand Bahama
1,350
🇲🇲
Ramree
1,347
🇸🇪
Öland
1,327
🇵🇭
Basilan
1,288
🇸🇯
Barents
1,243
🇩🇰
Lolland
1,229
🇨🇳
Chongming
1,211
🇮🇳
South Andaman
1,206
🇯🇵
Okinawa
1,201
🇲🇽
Tiburón
1,167
🇫🇷
Martinique
1,146
🇳🇨
Lifou
1,146
🇧🇸
Great Abaco
Area
C
Island
1,125
🇼🇸
Upolu
1,044
🇵🇫
Tahiti
1,025
🇰🇲
Grande Comore
1,020
🇻🇪
Margarita
991
🇨🇻
Santiago
989
🇪🇪
Hiiumaa
988
🇹🇿
Pemba
986
🇪🇨
Santa Cruz
976
🇦🇶
Brabant
970
🇬🇧
Mainland (Shetland)
931
🇲🇽
Ángel de la Guarda
926
🇩🇪
Rügen
921
🇮🇳
Great Nicobar
920
🇳🇿
Chatham
899
🇻🇺
Efate
891
🇻🇺
Erromango
875
🇬🇧
Mull
869
🇵🇭
Jolo
863
🇰🇼
Bubiyan
855
🇪🇨
Puná
850
🇳🇴
Langøya
848
🇬🇵
Basse-Terre
846
🇮🇩
Karakelong
845
🇪🇸
Lanzarote
845
🇸🇹
Sao Tome
842
🇬🇷
Chios
811
🇳🇴
Sørøya
803
🇮🇩
Ambon
800
🇹🇭
Phuket
779
🇨🇻
Santo Antao
777
🇨🇺
Cayo Romano
762
🇧🇩
Sandwip
755
🇪🇷
Dahlak Kebir
754
🇵🇹
São Miguel
750
🇩🇲
Dominica
741
🇵🇹
Madeira
737
🇳🇴
Kvaløya
720
🇸🇬
Ujong
715
🇮🇩
Batam
708
🇪🇸
La Palma
707
🇮🇳
Little Andaman
700
🇭🇹
Gonâve
687
🇵🇬
Goodenough
685
🇦🇽
Fasta Åland
682
🇸🇯
Kvitøya
677
🇻🇺
Ambryn
673
🇺🇸
Molokai
660
🇸🇧
Rennell
658
🇴🇲
Masirah
647
🇲🇽
Cozumel
642
🇪🇨
Fernandina
631
🇨🇻
Boa Vista
622
🇱🇨
Saint Lucia
619
🇮🇳
Salsette
604
🇧🇭
Bahrain
600
🇸🇱
Sherbro
588
🇩🇰
Bornholm
585
🇪🇨
Santiago
572
🇮🇲
Isle of Man
558
🇪🇨
San Cristobal
546
🇻🇳
Phu Quoc
544
🇬🇺
Guam
540
🇬🇱
Upernivik
534
🇦🇷
Isla de los Estados
530
🇲🇾
Bruit
523
🇲🇲
Cheduba
510
🇹🇳
Djerba
505
🇸🇧
Nendo
502
🇨🇳
Zhoushan
499
🇺🇸
Montreal
494
🇵🇦
Coiba
480
🇸🇧
South Malaita
476
🇨🇻
Fogo
465
🇵🇭
Sibuyan
452
🇲🇾 🇮🇩
Sebatik
450
🇲🇲
Kadan Kyun
447
🇵🇹
Pico
444
🇨🇼
Curacao
442
🇳🇿
Auckland
441
🇲🇾
Banggi
435
🇹🇿
Mafia
434
🇫🇯
Taveuni
431
🇧🇧
Barbados
424
🇧🇷
Santa Catarina
424
🇰🇲
Anjouan
411
🇫🇯
Kadavu
406
🇭🇷
Cres
406
🇭🇷
Krk
400
🇵🇹
Terceira
395
🇸🇦
Farasan
388
🇰🇮
Kiritimati
377
🇸🇯
Jan Mayen
373
🇫🇴
Streymoy
370
🇵🇼
Babeldaob
368
🇭🇲
Heard
368
🇾🇹
Grand-Terre
345
🇻🇨
Saint Vincent
345
🇵🇫
Nuku Hiva
340
🇲🇿
Inhacamba
334
🇫🇲
Pohnpei
320
🇲🇬
Nosy Be
318
🇵🇫
Hiva Oa
Area
C
Island
306
🇬🇩
Grenada
306
🇦🇪
Abu al Abyad
300
🇹🇹
Tobago
294
🇧🇶
Bonaire
293
🇲🇾
Penang
290
🇿🇦
Marion
279
🇹🇷
Gökçeada
279
🇦🇬
Antigua
272
🇬🇼
Orango
265
🇫🇰
Weddell
261
🇳🇺
Niue
256
🇹🇴
Tongatapu
250
🇺🇸
Santa Cruz
246
🇲🇹
Malta
215
🇵🇲
Miquelon
212
🇻🇮
Saint Croix
196
🇰🇾
Grand Cayman
180
🇦🇼
Aruba
180
🇲🇵
Saipan
174
🇰🇳
Saint Kitts
163
🇨🇱
Easter
160
🇦🇬
Barbuda
156
🇸🇨
Mahe
155
🇭🇳
Roatan
155
🇨🇳
Xiamen
155
🇸🇨
Aldabra
152
🇺🇸
Staten
150
🇲🇷
Tidra
148
🇮🇪
Achill
148
🇦🇶
Smith
145
🇹🇼
Kinmen
144
🇹🇨
Middle Caicos
142
🇦🇸
Tutuila
136
🇸🇹
Príncipe
135
🇨🇽
Christmas
135
🇵🇷
Vieques
134
🇵🇫
Moorea
128
🇦🇺
Macquarie
126
🇱🇰
Mannar
121
🇸🇭
Saint Helena
119
🇷🇺
Atlasov
118
🇯🇪
Jersey
117
🇩🇴
Saona
111
🇫🇲
Kosrae
110
🇬🇸
Montagu
108
🇲🇺
Rodriguez
105
🇹🇱
Atauro
102
🇲🇸
Montserrat
98
🇹🇦
Tristan da Cunha
96
🇼🇫
Wallis
93
🇰🇳
Nevis
91
🇦🇮
Anguilla
91
🇹🇦
Gough
88
🇦🇨
Ascension
87
🇲🇫 🇸🇽
Saint Martin
87
🇺🇸
Manhattan
83
🇼🇫
Futuna
78
🇭🇰
Hong Kong
67
🇨🇰
Rarotonga
65
🇬🇬
Guernsey
65
🇺🇸
Mactan
56
🇻🇬
Tortola
49
🇧🇻
Bouvet
42
🇪🇬
Shadwan
40
🇧🇲
Main (Bermuda)
40
🇵🇫
Rapa
39
🇰🇮
Malden
37
🇵🇳
Henderson
34
🇳🇫
Norfolk
30
🇩🇬
Diego Garcia
29
🇳🇿
Raoul
26
🇵🇲
Saint Pierre
25
🇧🇱
Saint Barthélemy
23
🇨🇷
Cocos
21
🇧🇶
Sint Eustatius
21
🇳🇷
Nauru
20
🇳🇿
Antipodes
18
🇧🇷
Fernando de Noronha
17
🇹🇨
Grand Turk
17
🇬🇶
Annobón
16
🇰🇮
Starbuck
15
🇵🇫
Mangareva
14
🇦🇺
Lord Howe
13
🇧🇶
Saba
13
🇺🇲
Wake
12
🇹🇦
Inaccessible
11
🇺🇲
Palmyra
10
🇹🇫
Amsterdam
9
🇲🇭
Majuro
6
🇨🇨
West
6
🇨🇵
Clipperton
5
🇲🇻
Malé
5
🇹🇰
Nukunonu
4
🇵🇳
Pitcairn
3
🇨🇰
Palmerston
2
🇺🇲
Johnston
2
🇯🇵
Minami-Tori-Shima
1
🇭🇲
McDonald
1
🇲🇺
Albatross
0
🇨🇱
Sala y Gomez
0
🇧🇷
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Level 54
Jan 6, 2022
Maybe change the largest area highlight to a darker color so we can read it? Nominated!
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Level 54
Jan 6, 2022
no guadeloupe?
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Level 42
Feb 3, 2022
Guadeloupe is not an island. It is an archipelago.
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Level 54
Jan 6, 2022
Isnt it Ambrym, and not Ambryn? And why are some islands 0 sqmi?
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Level 70
Dec 4, 2022
It definitely is Ambrym. Would also be nice to have Manuang/Munuang accepted for Cheduba, Groote not need Eylandt when Island is otherwise unnecessary in every language, and some more circles on (especially) the grey-colored islands, since it is sometimes really really hard to tell if they are the background black/grey or the colored grey.

Other than that, I personally could do with about 300 islands instead of 400, but it's a great quiz. 400 is just too much for an hour.. though it's hardly your fault that we can't do 90 minutes.

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Level 83
Feb 3, 2022
Windows doesn't support flag emojis, so we just two letters. That's great for many countries, but smaller places often get stuck with a non-obvious code.
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Level 57
Feb 3, 2022
thought my computer glitched when it loaded up all that colored text
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Level 55
Mar 16, 2022
Super good job! Just a small note on the description:

Clause 3 under isolation notes says '3) it has isolation index >= 61 and out of the following 4:

a) A >= 0.4k

b) island distance >= 400 km

c) group distance >= 850 km

d) continent distance >= 1.800 km'

I believe the underlined section should be 'one of the following 4'.

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Level 50
Nov 30, 2022
This is the longest quiz instruction I've ever seen

Nice quiz!

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Level 55
Nov 30, 2022
Most found island I didn't find: Tobago
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Level 60
Dec 1, 2022
It's right there next to Trinidad, I think.
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Level 60
Dec 3, 2022
This is the kind of quiz I love, where it's just an abundance of information and knowledge. Beautiful.