World's Most Isolated Lands

These lands are the farthest from a land of equal size or larger.

 
 # Island or Landmass Country Ocean Area (sq. km) Nearest Larger Country Area (sq. km) Distance (km)
1 Hawai'i (Big Island) United States North Pacific 10,432 Americas USA 42,300,000 3,670
2 Easter Island Chile South Pacific 164 Isabela Island /Galapagos Islands Ecuador 4,711 3,470
3 Australia Australia Indian, South Pacific 7,600,000 Afro-Eurasia (Malaysia) 85,000,000 2,790
4 Tristan Da Cunha /Tristan Da Cunha Islands United Kingdom South Pacific 98 Saint Helena United Kingdom 121 2,430
5 Tahiti /Society Islands France South Pacific 1,069 Upolu Samoa 1,125 2,360
6 Grande Terre /Kerguelen Islands France Indian 6,617 Antarctica (none) 14,000,000 1,960
7 Kiritimati Kiribati North Pacific 389 Hawai'i (Big Island) United States 10,434 1,890
8 Sand Island /Midway Atoll United States North Pacific 5 Ni'ihau /Hawaiian Islands United States 180 1,860
9 Saint Helena United Kingdom South Atlantic 121 Afro-Eurasia (Angola) 85,000,000 1,855
10 *Bouvet Island Norway Southern 59 Antarctica (none) 14,000,000 1,760
11 *Marion Island /Prince Edward Island South Africa Indian 298 Afro-Eurasia (South Africa) 85,000,000 1,730
12 Diego Garcia Island /Chagos Archipelago United Kingdom India 27 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 67,655 1,710
13 Guam United States North Pacific 541 Manus Papua New Guinea 1,940 1,705
15 *Henderson Island /Pitcairn Islands United Kingdom South Pacific 31 Rapa /Austral Islands France 39 1,630
16 Wake Islet /Wake Atoll United States North Pacific 6 Majuro /Majuro Atoll Marshall Islands 7 1,430
17 Nuku Hiva /Marquesas Islands France South Pacific 339 Tahiti /Society islands France 1,069 1,375
18 *Ile Amsterdam France Indian 47 Grand Terre /Kerguelen Island France 6,617 1,368
19 Sao Miguel Island /Azores Portugal North Atlantic 769 Afro-Eurasia Portugal 85,000,000 1,367
20 *South Georgia Island /South Georgia Group United Kingdom South Atlantic 3,718 East Falkland /Falklands United Kingdom 7,040 1,340
21 Abemama /Abemama Atoll Kiribati South Pacific 24 Kosrae Micronesia 110 1,310
22 Pohnpei /Senyavin Islands Micronesia North Pacific 334 New Ireland Papua New Guinea 7,405 1,305
23 Ascension Island United Kingdom South Atlantic 88 Saint Helena United Kingdom 121 1,290
24 Grande Terre /New Caledonia France South Pacific 16,648 Australia Australia 7,600,000 1,270
25 Kanton Island Kiribati South Pacific 9 Savai'i Samoa 1,718 1,180

* Uninhabited

 

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