An island is a naturally formed land that is scattered in an ocean, river or lake and is surrounded by water and emerges from the water at high tide. A group of islands that are close to each other is called an archipelago. There are many beautiful islands in the world, let's get to know them.
1. Greenland
Greenland Greenland is the largest island in the world, with an area of 2,166,086 square kilometers, located in northeastern North America, between the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It is 2,574 kilometers from Piridi in the north to Cape Falwell in the south, and about 1,290 kilometers at its widest point. The coastline is more than 35,000 kilometers long. Four-fifths of the island is within the Arctic Circle, and 84% of the island is covered by thick ice. The average thickness of the ice sheet is 2,300 meters, and the thickness in the middle reaches 3,400 meters. The climate is frigid.
2. Island of New Guinea
New Guinea, also known as Irian Island, is the largest island in the Pacific Ocean and the second largest island in the world. It is located on the south side of the equator in the western Pacific Ocean, adjacent to the Malay Archipelago in southeastern Asia to the west, and across from the Arafura Sea and the Coral Sea to the northeast of mainland Australia.
3. Kalimantan
Kalimantan is the third largest island in the world. It is located in the middle of the Malay Archipelago in Southeast Asia, with Sumatra Island in the west, Sulawesi Island in the east, Java Sea and Java Island in the south, and the South China Sea in the north. The area is 743,330km2.
4. Madagascar
Madagascar is located in the southeastern sea of the African continent. It is the fourth largest island in the world after Greenland, New Guinea and Kalimantan. The area is 587,000 square kilometers. Madagascar is a westward sloping and mountainous land mass. The shape of the island is long and narrow, narrow in the north and south, wide in the middle, and the widest part of the whole territory is 576 kilometers. The total length of the coastline is 3991 kilometers. It is the largest island where the Tropic of Cancer passes through the Indian Ocean.
