Worlds Biggest Islands
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REFERENCES to New Guinea as the world’s biggest island have been challenged. It is claimed that Greenland is the world’s biggest—or maybe Australia. But Australia, like North and South America—all wholly sur rounded by water — ate classed at con tinents. No ship ever has sailed right around Greenland—its everlasting ice makes it part of the Arctic Continent.
The area of the world’s biggest islands: —
Square miles.
New Guinea ... 313,000 Borneo . . .. 306,906 Madagascar ... 241.094 Sumatra ... 163 048 Victoria ... 87,884 Honshui (Japan) .. .. ... 87,425 Great Britain . . .. 85,971 South Island (NZ) .. .. . . 58,092 Java . . . . 49,532