Geography Awareness Week - Question #1

[Super Amputee Cat]

As a prelude to the upcoming Geography Awareness week, lets see who is the first to answer this question correctly:

In terms of land area, and in rank order from largest to smallest, what are the largest five islands in the world?

Let's make this challenging: No looking up websites or googleing the names. Do it from the top of your head or looking at maps only.


Edited for ranking

 

[NHPlanner]

Total guess off the top of my head....

Antarctica
Australia
Greenland
Japan
New Zealand

EDIT: OK...I looked it up....don't use continents is my hint to the next guesser!

 

[Super Amputee Cat]

Well for starters, Antarctica and Australia are continents, not islands and Japan and New Zealand are comprised of more than one island.

 

[Gedunker]

In no particular order:
Greenland
New Guinea
Madagascar
Borneo
umm, ...
Baffin Island???

 

[ludes98]

Greenland
Madagascar

 

[biscuit]

Off the top of my head...no Googling...

Australia
Greenland
New Guinea
Baffin Is.
Madagascar

 

[NHPlanner]

Well for starters, Antarctica and Australia are continents, not islands and Japan and New Zealand are comprised of more than one island.

Like I said did it off the top of my head.....and realized after I looked it up where my mistakes were....should have thought about it a bit more instead of posting in between bites of lunch.

 

[Richmond Jake]

Greenland
Madegascar
Borneo
Cuba
England

 

[Rumpy Tunanator]

Greenland,
Iceland
Gilligan's Island
England
Ireland
Isle O Man
Gualopogis (sp?)
Madagascar
Morraco

I don't know.

 

[Super Amputee Cat]

OK, I meant to say what are the Top 5 Islands...in rank order!

Going by that, one of you has the right islands, but two are in the wrong order.

 

[nerudite]

Okay, here are my guesses (not in order, as I have no clue):

Baffin
Greenland
Honshu
Madagascar
Borneo

 

[Rumpy Tunanator]

1.Greenland,
2.Iceland
3.Madagascar
4.England
5.Ireland
Gualopogis (sp?)
Gilligan's Island
Morraco

Am I close?

 

[biscuit]

Well for starters, Antarctica and Australia are continents, not islands

If I remember 10th grade geography correctly, we were always taught that Australia was the worlds largest island, so large in fact that is also considered a continent. But also keep in mind that I'm a product of the South Carolina public school system, so there's probably more than a good chance that I'm wrong.

 

[Super Amputee Cat]

1.Greenland,
2.Iceland
3.Madagascar
4.England
5.Ireland
Gualopogis (sp?)
Gilligan's Island
Morraco

Am I close?

Only two correct

 

[SkeLeton]

My guess:
1.- Greenland
2.- Baffin
3.- Guinea
4.- Iceland
5.- England

 

[Gedunker]

Okay, I think I've got it right this time

1. Greenland
2. New Guinea
3. Borneo
4. Madagascar
5. Baffin

Send my lifetime national geographic subscription information right away :-D

 

[Rumpy Tunanator]

I cheated and took a peak. I was way off on the other 3. I'm still sticking to Gilligan's Island though.

 

[Super Amputee Cat]

Okay, I think I've got it right this time

1. Greenland
2. New Guinea
3. Borneo
4. Madagascar
5. Baffin

Send my lifetime national geographic subscription information right away :-D

Yes, this is the correct order !

 

[biscuit]

I'm still sticking to Gilligan's Island though.

I agree with you on that one.
An inescapable island full of hidden caves and lagoons, super smart gorillas, Russian Cosmonauts and washed up guest stars has to be freaking huge.