Five Biggest Island Countries by Continent

Guess the 5 biggest island countries in each continent.
Must be in the Island Countries Quiz to count as an island country
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Last updated: August 16, 2015
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First submittedMay 13, 2015
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Africa
Madagascar
Cape Verde
Mauritius
Comoros
Sao Tome & Principe
 
Asia
Indonesia
Japan
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Europe
United Kingdom
Iceland
Ireland
Malta
none
 
North America
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Bahamas
Jamaica
Oceania
Australia
Papua New Guinea
New Zealand
Solomon Islands
Fiji
 
South America
none
none
none
none
none
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Level 76
May 13, 2015
I suggest using "Oceania" which covers a wider area than Australasia, which will also line you up with the Countries of the World quiz headers.
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Level 65
May 13, 2015
But, yeah. We'll do Oceania
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Level 76
May 13, 2015
And I enjoyed your contribution to the "Is Cyprus European or Asian?" debate
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Level 76
May 13, 2015
By posting Cyprus as a European answer! There is plenty of debate all over the internet - and in Jetpunk feedbacks as well - about which continent it is a part of.
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Level 90
May 14, 2015
Change the instructions to say there are no island countries in South America. There are islands :)
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Level 67
Sep 26, 2015
Islands, yes. Island NATIONS, no :)
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Level 71
Jul 31, 2015
Some slight mix-up with North America and Oceana.........
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Level 69
Jul 31, 2015
A change is needed with the titles of North America and Oceania lists - Australia and New Zealand, eg, aren't North America.
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Level 65
Jul 31, 2015
Sorry, guys. All fixed now :)
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Level 69
Jul 31, 2015
Oh, and PNG is not an island and should be removed. The main section of PNG only takes up roughly half the island of Papua, with the other half of the island part of Indonesia (the provinces of Papua and West Papua).

PNG has a few other islands around it, like New Britain, but if countries that own islands are included, then Greece and Chile, eg, would have to be added.

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Level 33
Jul 31, 2015
I'm pretty sure the rule is that country has to be entirely on an island (or islands) to be included. Since no part of PNG is on a continent, it counts. For this same reason, Malaysia would not count, because part of the country is on an island and another part on the Asian mainland.
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Level 63
Jul 31, 2015
Australia isn't entirely on an island -- it's a continent. So it shouldn't be included in this quiz.
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Level 65
Jul 31, 2015
All three of you - please read the caveats up top. Must be in the Island Countries quiz to qualify -- and PNG, Australia, etc. are on that quiz. A hyperlink is provided up top ^^.
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Level 70
Oct 17, 2017
Maybe it has changed in the past two years, but on that quiz, Australia is now a given answer and shown in brackets. Maybe it's an idea to do the same?

On the other hand, most people will know Australia is an answer when they see New Zealand and PNG as number 2 and 3. Australia is one of the most-guessed answers, so it's not really a problem for anyone.

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Level 77
Oct 14, 2018
I agree with tourwoorden - it was easy enough to guess that Australia was intended by the quizmaster. But that doesn't stop it being plain WRONG. There is just no way that anyone can consider a continental landmass to be an island. The idea is plain ridiculous.
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Level 60
Oct 18, 2021
While no one considers a continental landmass an island, the debate is on whether Australia is a continental lanmass.
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Level 45
Jan 18, 2018
really easy! had two minutes left one my first try
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Level 37
Jun 25, 2018
If you're going to make the list alphabetical, then keep it alphabetical.

Barbados is out of place alphabetically.

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Level 60
Oct 18, 2021
It's not alphabetically... it's by size.
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Level 75
Mar 14, 2021
Trinidad & Tobago should be considered a South American island country...
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Level 22
Oct 1, 2022
It depends though. Some people consider it apart of South America, while other people consider it apart of North America. But usually you would see Trinidad and Tobago being apart of North America.
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Level 58
Apr 16, 2021
PNG and NZ on 2 and 3 makes it clear, that Australia is on 1, but I still refuse to consider Australia to be an island :P
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Level 32
Aug 14, 2021
Australia is not an island, its continent
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Level 73
Sep 23, 2021
You missed Cyprus - a European island and in the EU!
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Level 60
Oct 18, 2021
JetPunk policy says it's in Asia. All JetPunk quizzes should be consistent with this.
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Level 59
Mar 22, 2022
You should do one with the largest 5 (or more maybe) islands by continent.