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Top Ten Countries With Largest Volcanic Islands

by Vishul Malik

Indonesia – with many large volcanic islands such as Java, Sumatra, Bali, and Sulawesi Japan – with islands like Honshu, Hokkaido, and Kyushu being of volcanic origin Papua New Guinea…


Top Ten Countries With Largest Volcanic Islands
  • Indonesia – with many large volcanic islands such as Java, Sumatra, Bali, and Sulawesi
  • Japan – with islands like Honshu, Hokkaido, and Kyushu being of volcanic origin
  • Papua New Guinea – with New Britain and New Ireland being notable volcanic islands
  • Philippines – with islands like Luzon, Mindanao, and Negros having active volcanoes
  • Iceland – with the whole country being essentially a large volcanic island
  • United States – with Hawaii being a well-known volcanic island chain
  • Cape Verde – with several volcanic islands including Fogo and Santo Antão
  • Comoros – with Grande Comore being a large volcanic island
  • Vanuatu – with islands like Ambrym, Tanna, and Epi being volcanic
  • Kiribati – with Banaba being a notable volcanic island.

 

World Top Ten Countries With Largest Volcanic Islands 2017

Sr.No. Islands Area in sq km
1 Sumatra, Indonesia 443,066 sq km
2 Honshu, Japan 225,800 sq km
3 Java, Indonesia 138,794 sq km
4 North Island, NZ 111,583 sq km
5 Luzon, Philippines 109,965 sq km
6 Iceland 103,000 sq km
7 Mindanao, Philippines 97,530 sq km
8 Hokkaido, Japan 78,719 sq km
9 New Britain, PNG 35,145 sq km
10 Halmaherea, Indonesia 18,040 sq km

Source: http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/islands.htm

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