List of islands of Greenland by area

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This is a list of Greenlandic islands by area. It includes all islands in Greenland greater than 100 km2 (39 sq mi), sorted in descending order by area.

List of islands[]

Islands 1,000 km2 (390 sq mi) and greater[]

Rank Name Greenlandic name Area
1 Greenland Kalaallit Nunaat 2,130,800 km2 (822,700 sq mi)
2 Disko Island Qeqertarsuaq 8,612 km2 (3,325 sq mi)
3 Milne Land 3,913 km2 (1,511 sq mi)
4 Traill Island Traill Ø 3,542 km2 (1,368 sq mi)
5 Ymer Island Ymer Ø 2,437 km2 (941 sq mi)
6 Geographical Society Island Geografisk Samfund Ø 1,717 km2 (663 sq mi)
7 Hovgaard Island Hovgaard Ø 1,692 km2 (653 sq mi)
8 Clavering Island Clavering Ø 1,488 km2 (575 sq mi)
9 Nares Land 1,466 km2 (566 sq mi)
10 Shannon Island Shannon Ø 1,259 km2 (486 sq mi)

Islands between than 1,000 km2 (390 sq mi) and 250 km2 (97 sq mi)[]

Rank Name Greenlandic name Area
10 Ammassalik Island Ammassalik Ø 699 km2 (270 sq mi)
11 Christian IV Island Sammisoq 659 km2 (254 sq mi)
12 Kuhn Island Kuhn Ø 634 km2 (245 sq mi)
13 Alluttoq Island Arveprinsen Ejland 626 km2 (242 sq mi)
14 Hendrik Island Hendrik Island Ø 583 km2 (225 sq mi)
15 Store Koldewey Store Koldewey 564 km2 (218 sq mi)
16 Upernivik Island Upernivik Ø 503 km2 (194 sq mi)
17 Jens Munk Island Søren Norbyes Ø 471 km2 (182 sq mi)
18 Skjoldungen Saqqisikuik 450 km2 (170 sq mi)
19 Sverdrup Island Sverdrup Ø 405 km2 (156 sq mi)
20 Illorsuit Island Illorsuip qeqertaat 403 km2 (156 sq mi)
21 Nutaarmiut Island Nutaarmiut 354 km2 (137 sq mi)
22 Princess Thyra Island Prinsesse Thyra Ø 314 km2 (121 sq mi)
23 Egger Island Itilleq 308 km2 (119 sq mi)
24 Northumberland Island Kiatak 277 km2 (107 sq mi)
25 Nunarsuit 272 km2 (105 sq mi)
26 Qeqertaq Island Qeqertarsuaq 252 km2 (97 sq mi)
27 Île-de-France Qeqertaq Prins Henrik 252 km2 (97 sq mi)

Islands less than 250 km2 (97 sq mi)[]

Rank Name Greenlandic name Area
Lindhard Island Lindhard Ø 246 km2 (95 sq mi)
Qeqertarssdaq Qeqertarssdaq 241 km2 (93 sq mi)
Bjornesk Island Gamma Ø 234 km2 (90 sq mi)
Timmiarmiit Timmiarmiit 229 km2 (88 sq mi)
Lynn Island Lynn Ø 206 km2 (80 sq mi)
Herbert Island Qeqertarsuaq 188 km2 (73 sq mi)

See also[]

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