If we don't count Antarctica without permanent residents, there are six continents in the world, namely Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America and Oceania. There are many islands in these six continents. These islands are big and small. Let's take stock of where the largest islands are on all continents, and sort them by island area.
Asia is the largest continent in the world, but the largest island in the world is not in Asia, but in North America. There is a maple leaf country in the north of North America, baffin island with an area of about 507,500 square kilometers, Victoria Island with an area of about 265,438 square kilometers and ellesmere island with an area of about 654,380 square kilometers. These islands are giant islands on other continents, but in North America, they are not the largest islands. Greenland, the largest island in North America and the largest island in the world, is located in the north of baffin island and the east of ellesmere island.
Greenland covers an area of 2 166000 square kilometers, most of which are located in the Arctic Circle. The climate is extremely cold, and the coldest can reach MINUS 70 degrees. Greenland is freezing, but "Greenland" means "green land". Because the island area is too large, the academic circles sometimes refer to Greenland as the Greenland subcontinent.
Interestingly, Greenland belongs to North America geographically, but it is controlled by the European country Denmark. Greenland was 1000 years ago and was "discovered" by Norwegians, belonging to Norway. Denmark later formed an alliance with Norway, and Greenland owned half of Denmark's "shares". 184 1 year, Denmark and Norway separated, and Greenland "naturally" became Danish territory. Greenland is now an overseas territory of Denmark. If the United States wants to "buy" Greenland as a military base, it will become an international hot news because of its red face and thick neck with Denmark.
Asia has no chance to become the largest island in the world, just like the second largest island in the world. The second largest island in the world is located in the Malay Archipelago (with an area of about 2.43 million square kilometers), which is the largest archipelago in the world in the southeast of the Asian continent. This is New Guinea in the eastern Malay archipelago, also known as Irian Island. New Guinea is about 785,700 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the sum of Qinghai Province (about 720,000 square kilometers) and Ningxia (about 66,000 square kilometers) in China.
New Guinea belongs to two countries, with Papua New Guinea, an Oceania country, in the east and Indonesia, an Asian country and the largest archipelago country in the world, in the west. However, New Guinea has nothing to do with Asia. The whole island belongs to Oceania geographically, and Indonesia is actually a country across Asia and Oceania.
You might say, isn't Australia the largest island in Oceania? Actually, it is not. Australia has never been regarded as an island in geography, but a continent, the smallest continent in the world. The Australian mainland is not an island, and New Guinea has become the largest island in Oceania.
The third largest island in the world is finally the turn of Asia. This island is also in the Malay archipelago. This is the famous kalimantan island, which was called Borneo in ancient times. Kalimantan island has Indochina Peninsula in the northwest, Philippine Peninsula in the northeast, Malacca Strait in the west, Sulawesi Island in the east and Java Island across the Java Sea in the south. Kalimantan island covers an area of about 743,300 square kilometers and belongs to three countries. North kalimantan island is the eastern half of Malaysia, also known as East Malaysia, which consists of Sarawak and Sabah.
Composition. In the east of East Sarawak, there is another country, Brunei, a small country that makes a fortune by selling oil. Most areas south of Yilan Mountain in kalimantan island are owned by Indonesians.
The fourth largest island in the world is in Africa. There is a country in southeast Africa called Madagascar, which was once a colony of France. Madagascar covers an area of about 590,000 square kilometers, most of which are located on the island of Madagascar. Madagascar covers an area of about 587,000 square kilometers, facing the African continent in the west with the longest mozambique channel (1.670 km), facing the small island countries Comoros and Seychelles in the north, and connecting reunion island, a French overseas province, and Mauritius in the east.
The fifth largest island in the world is baffin island in North America and Canada, the sixth largest island is Sumatra in Asia and Indonesia, the seventh largest island is Honshu in Asia and Japan, the eighth largest island is Victoria in North America and Canada, the ninth largest island is Great Britain and the largest island in Europe.
Everyone is very familiar with the island of Great Britain. The full name of Britain is "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". The island of Great Britain is located in the west of Europe, bordering the North Sea in the east, the English Channel in the south and the Irish Sea in the west, covering an area of about 209,300 square kilometers. The island of Great Britain is divided into three parts, Scotland in the north, Wales in the southwest, and most of the rest are England. For the famous cities in Great Britain, as long as you pay attention to the Premier League and even the British Championship, the names of these cities are familiar. The Scottish part of Great Britain has the Grampian Mountains and the southern highlands, the English part has pennines in the north, and the Welsh part has the cambria Mountains on the west coast.
Britain is the only country on the island of Great Britain, but Scotland has always tended to be independent. According to the Scots, they just don't want to "follow the British ass and be second-class citizens." Scots believe that Scotland is rich in oil resources, and if it is independent, it can also become a developed country.
Of the six continents in the world, only South America has no giant islands. The largest island in South America is only the Cologne Islands in the northwest, with an area of about 0.75 million square kilometers, belonging to Ecuador. There is a famous Malvinas Islands in the southeast of South America, covering an area of about 1.22 million square kilometers. Argentina and Britain are still in dispute over the ownership of the Malvinas Islands (called Falkland Islands in Britain). 1982, the famous Falklands War broke out between Argentina and Britain, and Argentina was defeated.
The Malvinas Islands is not the largest island in South America. At the southern tip of the South American continent, across the famous strait of magellan, there is a big island with an area of about 48,700 square kilometers, which is Tierra del Fuego. Tierra del Fuego is shaped like a human foot, which faces east. Tierra del Fuego belongs to two countries, Argentina in the east and Chile in the west. At the southern tip of the Argentine part of Tierra del Fuego, there is a southernmost city in the world-ushuaia (Chile thinks its own Port William is the southernmost city in the world). Ushuaia is only about 800 kilometers away from the South Pole, and scientific research ships from many countries often rest in ushuaia before going to the South Pole.
The largest island in the six continents is considered to be a giant island except Tierra del Fuego in South America, but each island has its own unique beauty, so we can't judge heroes only by their size.