Islands
- Island of Greenland 68°55′10″N 29°53′55″W / 68.91944°N 29.89861°W / 68.91944; -29.89861 (Island of Greenland) — most extensive island on Earth at 2,130,800 km2 (822,700 square miles) and tallest island of Western Hemisphere at 3694 m (12,119 feet)
- Island of Cuba 21°30′N 80°0′W / 21.5°N 80°W / 21.5; -80 (Island of Cuba) — most extensive island of the Caribbean at 104,556 km2 (40,369 square miles)
- Hispaniola 19°1′23″N 70°59′53″W / 19.02306°N 70.99806°W / 19.02306; -70.99806 (Hispaniola) — tallest island of the Caribbean at 3175 m (10,417 feet) and second most extensive island of the Caribbean at 76,480 km2 (29,529 square miles)
- Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada 45°46′N 82°12′W / 45.767°N 82.2°W / 45.767; -82.2 (Manitoulin Island) — most extensive lake island on Earth at 2,766 km2 (1,068 square miles)
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Famous quotes containing the word islands:
“we are so many
and many within themselves
travel to far islands but no one
asks for their story....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“Consider the islands bearing the names of all the saints, bristling with forts like chestnut-burs, or Echinidæ, yet the police will not let a couple of Irishmen have a private sparring- match on one of them, as it is a government monopoly; all the great seaports are in a boxing attitude, and you must sail prudently between two tiers of stony knuckles before you come to feel the warmth of their breasts.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)