Hint
|
Answer
|
Area (km2)
|
Rank
|
A
|
Alexander Island
|
49,070
|
28
|
B
|
Borneo
|
743,330
|
3
|
C
|
Cuba
|
105,806
|
17
|
D
|
Devon Island
|
55,247
|
27
|
E
|
Ellesmere Island
|
192,236
|
10
|
F
|
Flores
|
14,154
|
60
|
G
|
Greenland
|
2,130,800
|
1
|
H
|
Honshu
|
225,800
|
7
|
I
|
Iceland
|
101,826
|
18
|
J
|
Java
|
138,794
|
13
|
K
|
Kyushu
|
37,437
|
37
|
L
|
Luzon
|
109,965
|
15
|
M
|
Madagascar
|
587,713
|
4
|
|
Hint
|
Answer
|
Area (km2)
|
Rank
|
N
|
New Guinea
|
785,753
|
2
|
O
|
October Revolution Island
|
14,204
|
59
|
P
|
Prince of Wales Island
|
33,339
|
40
|
Q
|
Qeshm
|
1,488
|
258
|
R
|
Roosevelt Island
|
7,910
|
90
|
S
|
Sumatra
|
443,066
|
6
|
T
|
Tasmania
|
65,022
|
38
|
U
|
Unimak Island
|
2,722
|
134
|
V
|
Victoria Island
|
217,291
|
8
|
W
|
Wrangel Island
|
7,866
|
91
|
X
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Y
|
Yuzhny Island
|
33,246
|
41
|
Z
|
Zealand
|
7,031
|
96
|
|
I agree that it's hard to define what is a continent and what is an island. We demoted Pluto based on a new definition that requires a planet to be the dominant body in its orbit, which it demonstrates by capturing or removing all other bodies within that orbit. If you believe that Oceania is a continent, then Australia is clearly the "mainland" of that continent. If you consider Oceania to be part of Asia, then Australia is indeed a mother-big island, 3.5 times larger than the world's second largest island (Greenland), and 9.2 times larger than the third largest (New Guinea). I think the consensus is that it's just too big to be an island, and it's the mainland of the continent of Oceania.