5 Largest Islands in the World, some are from Indonesia

The island of Borneo has an extraordinary diversity of flora and fauna. Its rainforests are about 140 million years old and makes it one of the oldest rainforests in the entire world.

While there are many animals that inhabit the dense rainforests of Borneo, the most famous is undoubtedly the Bornean Orangutan.

Besides the Bornean Orangutan, the island is also home to endemic species such as the Borneo Elephant, East Sumatran Rhino, and Borneo Clouded Leopard.

4. Papua New Guinea – Indonesia and Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea is the second largest island in the world and the largest island south of the equator. The island is separated from mainland Australia by the Torres Strait, which contains 274 islands.

The western part of Papua New Guinea is managed by Indonesia while the eastern part of the island is managed by Papua New Guinea itself.

The name Papua New Guinea or 'New Guinea' was given to the Spanish explorer Ynigo Ortiz de Retez, who visited the island in 1545 and saw many similarities between the island's native inhabitants and people from the Guinean region of Africa.

5. Greenland – Denmark

Greenland is by far the largest island in the world and also contains one of only two ice sheets in existence today, the other being Antarctica.

Apart from being the largest island, Greenland's other claim, it contains the oldest known rock on earth, dating back about 3.8 billion years.

In addition, the island also has Northeast Greenland National Park, which is the largest National Park in the world.

Greenland is the least populated area in the world. Of the total population, the vast majority of whom are Inuit, about 18,000 live in the Greenland capital, Nuuk. The remainder live in sparse settlements located along the island's enormous coastline.