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Flags

Why are the flags removed? It was much easier to search for islands in a special country when the flags was there. Please add them again! Karriuss (talk) 22:25, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Britain

Why is Great Britain now at number 7 with 230,000 km^2, instead of at number 9 with 209,000 km^2 like it used to be? Dabatman565 (talk) 03:11, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is especially odd as the map gives it as 9 as well 90.203.144.224 (talk) 16:26, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Berkner Island not an Island?

Berkner Island wiki entry suggest that if the ice is removed then all of the island would be under water, making it an Ice Rise instead of an Island. Looking at some other sources I can find no definite answers, but ice cores drilled from dome of Thyssenhöhe (869m) reached further down than sea level (948m), indicating that indeed the entire island is beneath sea level. 151.183.2.206 (talk) 12:32, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bahr al Jabal Island

I noticed that Bahr al Jabal Island has recently been added to the list, but it has no article and no sources are cited for its size. Searching for the island on bing maps, it does appear to be real, but nowhere near as large as listed (it appears to be closer to 100 sm in area). Unless something turns up that verifies its size, this island should probably be removed. 136.36.142.152 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 18:36, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mainland Australia

The continent of Australia includes part of New Guinea. The country of Australia comprises 8048 islands. Mainland Australia is the largest of these, followed by Tasmania then Kangaroo island.

Mainland Australia is not a continent. Mainland Australia is just as much an island of the Australian archipelago as Tasmania is. 2406:3400:514:DAF0:F86B:D27:73C9:2F22 (talk) 01:07, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]