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Revision as of 22:37, 21 August 2007 by Renamed user ixgysjijel (talk | contribs) (→By size: note on Vozrozhdeniya)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)This is a list of islands in freshwater lakes, sometimes known as inland lakes.
By size
- Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, Canada - 2,766 sq km (1,068 sq miles)
- Vozrozhdeniya Island in the Aral Sea, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan - 2,300 sq km (888 sq miles). Note that in 2002 the island became a peninsula due to the shrinking of the sea, so may not appear in some reckonings.
- René-Levasseur Island in the Manicouagan Reservoir, Quebec, Canada - 2,000 sq km (780 sq miles)
- Olkhon in Lake Baikal, Russia - 730 sq km (282 sq miles)
- Samosir in Lake Toba, Indonesia - 630 sq km (243 sq miles). Further holds the record for being the largest island in a lake on an island
- Isle Royale in Lake Superior, United States - 541 sq km (209 sq miles)
- Ukerewe in Lake Victoria, Tanzania - 530 sq km (205 sq miles)
- St. Joseph Island in Lake Huron, Canada - 365 sq km (141 sq miles)
- Drummond Island in Lake Huron, United States - 347 sq km (134 sq miles)
- Idjwi in Lake Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo - 285 sq km (110 sq miles)
References
- Islands of the World: Largest Lake Islands, World Atlas website
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