List of islands by area

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/list-of-islands-by-area

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1. How big is List of islands by area?Islands listed are greater than 1,000 km²
2. Which continent is List of islands by area in?Madagascar, separated from the African continent by continental drift
3. What is the largest island?Greenland, with an area of 2,166,086 km²
4. What is the biggest island on Earth?Greenland is the largest island, covering more than 2.1 million square kilometers and covered by a huge ice sheet.
5. Which islands are bigger than half a million square kilometers?New Guinea, Borneo, Madagascar, and Baffin Island are all larger than half a million square kilometers.

Archipelago: A group or chain of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean.
Endemism: The ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island.
Tectonic Plates: Massive, irregularly shaped slabs of solid rock, composing the Earth's crust and upper mantle.
Geological Timescale: The vast periods of time into which Earth's history is divided, measured in millions or billions of years.