Master the World's Largest Islands: 50 Flashcards and the Missing Ranks 11-20
Learn the 10 largest islands, regional records and Arctic giants with 50 real flashcards, plus how to rebuild ranks 11-20 and fix four duplicate cards.
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Largest Islands (deck code PV5896, 50 cards) opens with a clean top 10, from Greenland down to Ellesmere Island, then switches to single-island facts: areas, owners, regional records. The fastest way to master it is to turn those scattered facts back into one ranked list.
Study this deck: Largest Islands
1 / 10What is the largest island in the world?
Tap the card for the answer · swipe right if you knew it, left if not
8 cards from the deck
| Front | Back |
|---|---|
| What is the largest island in the world? | Greenland (approximately 2,130,800 km²) |
| What is the second largest island in the world? | New Guinea (785,753 km²), shared by Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
| What is the fifth largest island in the world? | Baffin Island (507,451 km²), in Canada's Arctic Archipelago |
| What is the seventh largest island in the world? | Honshu (227,960 km²), the main island of Japan |
| What is the largest lake island in the world? | Manitoulin Island (2,766 km²) in Lake Huron |
| What is Devon Island known for? | The largest uninhabited island on Earth (55,247 km²) |
| Why is Australia not considered an island? | It is classified as a continental landmass |
| What is New Zealand's North Island area? | About 113,729 km², the smaller main island despite the name |
What you'll memorize
The top 10: Greenland, New Guinea, Borneo, Madagascar, Baffin, Sumatra, Honshu, Victoria Island, Great Britain, Ellesmere. Regional records: Cuba (Caribbean), Sicily and Sardinia (Mediterranean), Madagascar (Africa and the Indian Ocean), Tierra del Fuego (South America), Luzon (Philippines), Hainan (China), Spitsbergen (Svalbard), Kodiak (Alaska), Vancouver Island. Japan's Honshu, Hokkaido and Kyushu. The Canadian Arctic: Banks, Devon, Somerset, Prince of Wales. Plus Hispaniola, Sakhalin, Sulawesi and its K shape, Java, Newfoundland, Iceland, Ireland, Tasmania, Taiwan and the Falklands.
Rebuild ranks 11 to 20
After card 11 the deck stops giving ranks, but the areas it lists are the next ten in order: Sulawesi, South Island (NZ), Java, North Island (NZ), Luzon, Newfoundland, Cuba, Iceland, Mindanao, Ireland. Write ten "What is the 11th… 20th largest island?" cards. Then the area cards stop being trivia and become a ranked list you can check yourself against. One catch: the deck's 109,884 km² for Cuba is the whole country. The main island alone is about 104,500 km², which puts it behind Newfoundland (108,860) and just ahead of Iceland (103,000).
Cards to fix before you drill
- Duplicates: Madagascar appears three times (cards 4, 27, 45). Baffin (6/50), Great Britain (10/17), Cuba (25/37) and Greenland (1/14) appear twice each. Keep the ranked card and merge the regional record into its hint.
- Card 26 asks "Which two countries share Borneo?" and answers three. Change the front to "Which three countries…": Indonesia (Kalimantan), Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak) and Brunei.
- Card 14 gives "the largest island entirely within one country" and then argues with itself. Simplify the back to Greenland (Kingdom of Denmark). New Guinea and Borneo are shared between countries, so they don't count.
- Card 40 calls Banks Island uninhabited. It isn't: the hamlet of Sachs Harbour is there. Keep "uninhabited" for Devon and Somerset only.
Islands work best with a lakes deck alongside them. Manitoulin, the largest lake island, sits in a lake you'll meet in the World's Largest Lakes guide. Its Nettilling Lake card also sends you back to Baffin Island.
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