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Island

New Guinea

The largest of the 227 islands measured in this atlas.

surface area 785,753 km² · 1st/227
Wikidata · ranks computed across the features of the same kind in this atlas that carry the measurement

Surface area
785,753 km²
Elevation
164 m
Length
2,398 km
Width
400 km
Highest point
Puncak Jaya
Named after
Guinea
Countries
2 countries
Wikidata
Q40285

Among the world's islands

Each line is every one of the islands in this atlas that carries the measurement, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the median; the mark on each line is this one. Deserts are not ranked against lakes — the comparison is always within the same kind.

  1. Surface area785,753 km²1st of 227 · median 2,821 km²
  2. Elevation164 m131st of 164 · median 664 m
  3. Length2,398 km1st of 162 · median 95 km
  4. Width400 km5th of 156 · median 35 km

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