GK
WORLD GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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Finland
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Greenland
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Indonesia
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United Kingdom
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Detailed explanation-1: -Greenland is officially the world’s largest island that is not a continent. Home to 56, 000 people, Greenland has its own extensive local government, but it is also part of the Realm of Denmark .
Detailed explanation-2: -Greenland is the biggest island on the list.
Detailed explanation-3: -To help resolve the confusion as to why Greenland the world’s largest island but Australia gets to be the smallest continent. The main reason is all about the continental shelf and not the coastline–Greenland is connected to North America to the continental shelf while Australia has its own shelf.
Detailed explanation-4: -New Guinea, 785, 753 square kilometres (303, 381 square miles) Located in the Western Pacific Ocean, New Guinea is the world’s second-largest island, after Greenland.
Detailed explanation-5: -Greenland (836, 330 sq miles/2, 166, 086 sq km) New Guinea (317, 150 sq miles/821, 400 sq km) Borneo (288, 869 sq miles/748, 168 sq km) Madagascar (226, 756 sq miles/587, 295 sq km) Baffin (195, 928 sq miles/507, 451 sq km) Sumatra (171, 069 sq miles/443, 066 sq km) More items