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Countries whose largest island is at least 1,000 km2

For each country you are shown the number of islands large at least 1,000 km2. Answers are sorted by number of islands and then alphabetically. You are shown hints for countries with just one island.
Data from Wikipedia
I was hoping to find some webpage showing the 'continental' area of each country but i didn't
Quiz by scambigol
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Country
53
Canada
49
Indonesia
29
Russia
21
United States
15
Chile
13
Philippines
9
Australia
8
Papua New Guinea
6
Brazil
6
Norway
6
Solomon Islands
5
Bahamas
5
Japan
4
Denmark
4
Greece
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Country
4
India
4
Spain
4
United Kingdom
3
France
3
New Zealand
2
China
2
Cuba
2
Fiji
2
Finland
2
Italy
2
Samoa
2
Sweden
2
Vanuatu
1
Argentina
1
Bangladesh
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Country
1
Brunei
1
Colombia
1
Comoros
1
Cyprus
1
Dominican Republic
1
East Timor
1
Ecuador
1
Equatorial Guinea
1
Estonia
1
Haiti
1
Iceland
1
Iran
1
Ireland
1
Jamaica
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Country
1
Madagascar
1
Malaysia
1
Mauritius
1
Mexico
1
Myanmar
1
Senegal
1
Slovakia
1
South Korea
1
Sri Lanka
1
Taiwan
1
Tanzania
1
Trinidad and Tobago
1
Venezuela
1
Yemen
Kontio100
+2
Level 52
Jan 30, 2016
Slovakia, really? They dont even have a coast line.
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Jan 30, 2016
They may own an island somewhere?
sprk
+1
Level 61
Jan 30, 2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDitn%C3%BD_ostrov
scambigol
+1
Level 76
Jan 30, 2016
but they have a big river ;)
TenThousand
+1
Level 76
Jan 30, 2016
That is just bonkers. And 35% (as of today) know about this??????????? But a great quiz nevertheless :)
Quizzer6794
+5
Level 65
Jan 30, 2016
I'll bet 10 bucks that over half of that 30% was people reading the comment above.
bluesdjben
+1
Level 74
Dec 21, 2016
Aside from Slovakia, the second biggest surprise for me is that Chile has more than the Philippines. I know they have a lot of islands in the south, but I didn't realize they were that big. Also, I wonder how many Antarctica would have if it counted as a country.
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 65
Jan 30, 2016
Great quiz, scambigol! One error: *is not ist in the title
scambigol
+2
Level 76
Jan 30, 2016
Fixed, thanks! But a trace of the error will remain in the quiz address...
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 65
Jan 30, 2016
You can ask Quizmaster to change the URL if you would like. :)
TheGeographyMan
+1
Level 35
Nov 30, 2020
Where's Antarctica?
CardinalSin
+4
Level 77
May 6, 2021
South of you.
sumguy
+1
Level 84
Jun 24, 2021
Although a few Emperor penguins have claimed to have formed a government, the UN does not yet recognize Antarctica as a country.
smoceany
+1
Level 52
May 6, 2021
dr should work for dominican republic, it works on most quizzes :)
Rade
+1
Level 89
May 6, 2021
Argentina doesn't work.
scambigol
+1
Level 76
May 6, 2021
fixed thanks!
Geografen
+1
Level 67
May 15, 2021
According to the source, Estonia have 2: Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and Sweden has 3: Gotland, Öland and Södertörn.
scambigol
+1
Level 76
May 15, 2021
Thanks for spotting that - if you then open the Hiiumaa page it says its area is 989 km2; Sodertorn seems an ambiguous case ("Södertörn is a roughly triangular peninsula[1] and artificial island[2] in eastern Södermanland, Sweden"). So I don't really know whether they should be counted or not?
Geografen
+1
Level 67
May 16, 2021
Looks like the area listed for Hiiumaa is the area of the county, which also includes several other islands.

The Statistics Sweden classified Södertörn as and island in 2014. They say, google-translated to english:

"Why is Södertörn-Nacka counted as an island?

With regard to the Södertörn-Nacka area, it has long been discussed whether the area is an island or not, so the question is not new at all. In previous publications of Sweden's islands, many have wondered why Nacka-Södertörn is NOT counted as an island. Because the Södertälje canal is counted as surface-formed water, Södertörn-Nacka is unequivocally an island, surrounded by the Södertälje canal, Lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. If you want to harden it, Södertörn-Nacka was probably an island already with the previous definition, because historically there has been water in the form of sound or similar on the site."

BrandonL04
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Level 45
May 18, 2021
Had no clue that a large island was located inside of Slovakia!
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