Special Sub-Topic: Biggest Islands In Asian Countries Authored by: author Sub-topic of: Asia

OK. Biggest island in China? (excluding Taiwan which is claimed by China).

Hainan. Pop. 7,3 mill. Capital: Haikou.

What is the largest island in South Korea?

Cheju. Pop. 300.000, capital: Cheju. Tourism.

Name the biggest island in Japan?

Honshu. Pop. 101 mill. Cap.Tokyo. Other cities include Yokohama, Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya and Hiroshima.

The biggest island in India?

Middle Andaman. Population of Andaman and Nicobar Islands: 380.000. Capital: Port Blair.

Now we go to the Philippines. Which is the largest island there?

Luzon. The island also includes Philippines capital Manila. Pop.33 mill.

To Thailand now. Name the largest island in Thailand.

Phuket. Capital: Phuket. Pop. 250.000. Tourism.

The largest island in Burma?

Ramree. Chief city: Kyaukpyu.

What is the largest island in Vietnam?

Phu Quoc. Chief city: Phu Quoc.

Now to Taiwan. Biggest island is of course Taiwan itself, but apart from that?

Quemoy (Chinmen). This is a fortified island just outside Chinese mainland.

Apart from Borneo (shared with Malaysia and Brunei) and New Guinea (shared with Papua-New Guinea), what would be the biggest island of Indonesia?

Sumatra. Pop. 40 mill. Chief city: Palembang.

And what is the biggest island of Malaysia, apart from Borneo, which is shared with Indonesia and Brunei? I want the largest island which is not shared with another country.

Banggi. Sebatik is bigger, but it is shared with Indonesia.

Now to East Timor. Apart from Timor Island itself (shared between Indonesia and Republic of East Timor), which is the biggest island?

Atauro.

Now to Yemen. Which is the largest island there?

Socotra. Chief city: Hadiboh.

The largest island in Iran?

Qeshm. Chief city: Queshm.

The largest island in Oman?

Masirah. The island is in the Arabian Sea.

What is the largest island in Saudi Arabia?

Farasan al Kabir. The island is in the Red Sea.

And now to Sri Lanka. I want biggest island exclunding the main Sri Lanka island itself.

Velanai. The island is just outside Jaffna on the north coast.

Next question: What is the largest island in Russia (European part also included)?

Sakhalin. Pop. 600.000. Capital Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

Now to Azerbaijan. Name the largest island there?

Ciloy. Also spelled Zhiloy. Ciloy, or Ciloy Adasi, is Azeri/Turkish spelling. Adasi means island. The island is in the Caspian Sea.

And finally: what is the largest island in Turkmenistan?

Ogurga. In Russian Ogurga is called Ostrov Ogurchinskiy. Ostrov means island. This island is also in the Caspian Sea.