Considering Australia a continent, what is the world's largest island after Greenland?

BRY2K

New Guinea is the also-ran after Greenland. It is the largest of the Pacific Islands, and the second largest island in the world, after Greenland. New Guinea is divided between two countries. http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761554457 Aug 25 08, 5:36 AM

looney_tunes

1 Greenland 823,000 sq mi 2,131,000 sq km 2 New Guinea 309,000 sq mi 800,000 sq km 3 Borneo, Indonesia 280,000 sq mi 726,000 sq km 4 Madagascar, Africa 227,000 sq mi 578,000 sq km 5 Baffin Island, Canada 196,000 sq mi 507,000 sq km A more complete list can be found at http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/geography/largest-islands.htm Aug 25 08, 5:40 AM

Matthew_07

At 840,000 square miles (2,175,590 km2), Greenland is the world's largest island. http://geography.about.com/library/faq/blqzlargeisland.htm Although an island is, in general, any land mass that is completely surrounded by water, some definitions exclude land masses large enough to be considered continents. Placing Australia in the latter category (even though arguments can be made whether it is technically a continent, or merely part of the larger continent called Australasia) makes Greenland the largest island. For the sake of classification the list of islands will begin with Greenland. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_by_area Aug 25 08, 10:07 AM