Large Islands of the World

Area
Islands Location and political affiliation sq. mi sq. km
Greenland North Atlantic (Danish) 839,999 2,175,597
New Guinea Southwest Pacific (West Papua [Irian Jaya] 309,000 800,311
Indonesia, west part; Papua New Guinea, east
part)
Borneo West mid-Pacific (Indonesia, south part; 287,300 744,108
Brunei and Malaysia, north part)
Madagascar Indian Ocean (Malagasy Republic) 227,300 587,931
Baffin North Atlantic (Canadian) 195,926 507,451
Sumatra Northeast Indian Ocean (Indonesian) 182,859 473,605
Honshu Sea of Japan-Pacific (Japanese) 89,176 230,966
Great Britain Off coast of NW Europe (England, Scotland, 88,795 229,979
and Wales)
Victoria Arctic Ocean (Canadian) 83,896 271,291
Ellesmere Arctic Ocean (Canadian) 75,767 196,236
Sulawesi West mid-Pacific (Indonesian) 73,057 189,218
(Celebes)
South Island South Pacific (New Zealand) 58,384 151,215
Java Indian Ocean (Indonesian) 51,038 132,189
North Island South Pacific (New Zealand) 44,702 115,778
Cuba Caribbean Sea (republic) 42,803 110,860
Newfoundland North Atlantic (Canadian) 42,031 108,860
Luzon West mid-Pacific (Philippines) 40,420 104,688
Iceland North Atlantic (republic) 39,800 103,082
Mindanao West mid-Pacific (Philippines) 36,537 94,631
Ireland West of Great Britain (republic, south part; 32,597 84,426
United Kingdom, north part)
Hokkaido Sea of Japan-Pacific (Japanese) 32,245 83,515
Sakhalin North of Japan (Russian) 29,500 76,405
(Karafuto)
Hispaniola Caribbean Sea (Dominican Republic, east part; 29,300 75,887
Haiti, west part)
Banks Arctic Ocean (Canadian) 27,038 70,028
Tasmania South of Australia (Australian) 26,200 67,858
Sri Lanka Indian Ocean (republic) 24,900 64,491
(Ceylon)
Devon Arctic Ocean (Canadian) 21,331 55,247
Tierra del Fuego Southern tip of South America (Argentinian, 18,605 48,187
east part; Chilean, west part)
Axel Heiberg Arctic Ocean (Canadian) 16,671 43,178
Melville Arctic Ocean (Canadian) 16,247 42,149
Kyushu Sea of Japan-Pacific (Japanese) 16,223 42,018
Southampton Hudson Bay (Canadian) 15,913 41,214

Top Ten Mountain Peaks of the World

Height
Mountain Peak Range Location
ft m
1
Everest Himalayas Nepal/Tibet 29,035 8,850
K2 (Godwin Austen) Karakoram Pakistan/China 28,250 8,611
Kanchenjunga Himalayas India/Nepal 28,169 8,586
Lhotse I Himalayas Nepal/Tibet 27,940 8,516
Makalu I Himalayas Nepal/Tibet 27,766 8,463

Cho Oyu Himalayas Nepal/Tibet 26,906 8,201

Dhaulagiri Himalayas Nepal 26,795 8,167
Manaslu I Himalayas Nepal 26,781 8,163
Nanga Parbat Himalayas Pakistan 26,660 8,125
Annapurna Himalayas Nepal 26,545 8,091
Water Forms In addition to oceans and seas, smaller water forms are found on the face of the
earth. Some of these are:

1. Strait – a narrow water connection between two larger bodies of water. Straits restrict the
movement of shipping and are also barriers to overseas carriage.
2. Gulf – an inlet of the sea into land, especially one which is relatively deep.
3. Bay – an indentation of the sea into land, especially one with a wide opening or greater in
width than in depth.
4. River – a natural stream of water flowing regularly or intermittently over a bed, usually in
a valley, towards the sea; a lake or inland depression. Most rivers have an upper or
mountain course, a middle or plain course, and a lower or estuarine delta course. The
source of a river is in a high elevation and its mouth is at a lower elevation. The mouth is
the place where it empties into the sea or lake.
5. Lake – a body of water entirely surrounded by land, normally applied to an area of
considerable size, though sometimes to a small artificial one, usually man-made.
6. Rapids – a part o a river where the current moves every swiftly over large rocks.
7. Spring – a flow of water from the ground which is the source of stream.
8. Falls – a body of water which descends by force of gravity.

Some minor landforms are:

1. Valleys – elongated depressions usually with an outlet between the range of hills.
2. Peninsula – a tract of land, large or small, nearly surrounded by water or at least having
water on three sides that the greatest part of the boundary is a coastline.
3. Deltas – alluvial plains that streams have built at their mouths and in ponded water, they
are flood plains.
4. Cape – a piece of land jutting into the seas; a headland or a promontory.
5. Canyon – a deep valley with high steep sides.
6. Cliff – a perpendicular or steep rock of considerable height.
7. Isthmus – a narrow land connection between two larger expenses of land.
8. Fjord – a U-shaped valley that leads to the sea and that appears to be submerged in its
lower position.
9. Desert – a dry, barren region, usually treeless and sandy.
10. Tundra – a treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and sub-Arctic regions, usually
covered with ice or snow.
11. Volcano – opening in the earth’s surface giving out smoke, steam, ashes, or molten rocks.