Europe

1. Albania – Land of the Eagles

2. Belarus – The White Rus
3. England – Land of Hope and Glory
4. Finland – Land of a Thousand Lakes
5. France – L’hexagone
6. Iceland – Land of Fire and Ice
7. Ireland – The Emerald Isle
8. Italy – The Boot
9. Slovenia – The Sunny Side of the Alps
10. Switzerland – Land of Milk and Honey
11. Ukraine – The Bread Basket of Europe

Americas

12. Brazil – Pindorama (Land of the Palms)

13. Canada – The Great White North
14. Chile – Land of Poets
15. Guyana – Land of Many Waters
16. Paraguay – The Island Surrounded by Land
17. Peru – Land of the Incas
18. USA – Uncle Sam
19. Venezuela – Land of Grace

Asia

20. Bhutan – Land of the Thunder Dragon

21. China – The Red Dragon
22. Indonesia – The Emerald of the Equator
23. Japan – Land of the Rising Sun
24. Mongolia – Land of the Blue Sky
25. North Korea – The Hermit Kingdom
26. Philippines – The Pearl of the Orient Seas
27. South Korea – Land of the Morning Calm
28 Sir Lanka – India’s Teardrop
29. Thailand – Land of Smiles

Middle East

30. Afghanistan – Graveyard of Empires

31. Israel – The Holy Land
32. Lebanon – Switzerland of the Middle East
Australasia

33. Australia – Land Down Under (sometimes also used for New Zealand)
34. New Zealand – Land of the Long White Cloud

Africa

35. Burkina Faso – Land of the Upright Men

36. Egypt – The Gift of the Nile
37. Lesotho – The Kingdom In The Sky
38. Madagascar – The Red Island
39. Rwanda – Land of a Thousand Hills
40. South Africa – Rainbow Nation

A map of the Largest Islands

 Greenland - (840,004 sq. miles) (2,175,600 sq. km)
 New Guinea - (303,381 sq. miles) (785,753 sq. km)
 Borneo - (288,869 sq. miles) (748,168 sq. km)
 Madagascar - (226,917 sq. miles) (587,713 sq. km)
 Baffin - (194,574 sq. miles) (503,944 sq. km)
 Sumatra - (171,069 sq. miles) (443,066 sq. km)
 Honshu - (88,982 sq. miles) (225,800 sq. km)
 Great Britain - (80,823 sq. miles) (209,331 sq. km)
 Victoria - (85,154 sq. miles) (220,548 sq. km)
 Ellesmere - (71,029 sq. miles) (183,965 sq. km)
NOTE: Australia is widely considered as a continental landmass, not an
island. It certainly is the largest island, with a size of (2,966,153 sq miles)
(7,682,300 sq km).
LARGEST ISLAND COUNTRIES

 Indonesia - (735,358 sq miles) (1,904,569 sq km)

 Madagascar - (226,658 sq miles) (587,041 sq km)
 Papua New Guinea - (178,704 sq miles) (462,840 sq km)
 Japan - (145,898 sq miles) (377,873 sq km)
 Malaysia - (127,355 sq miles) (329,847 sq km)
 Philippines - (115,831 sq miles) (300,000 sq km)
 New Zealand - (104,454 sq miles) (270,534 sq km)
 Great Britain - (80,823 sq. miles) (209,331 sq. km)
NOTE: Great Britain is an island that combines the countries of England,
Scotland, and Wales, and is a part of the country of the "United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland," commonly referred to as the UK.
 Cuba - (42,804 sq miles) (110,861 sq km)
 Iceland - (39,769 sq miles) (103,000 sq km)
Source: UNSTATS
HIGHEST ISLANDS

 New Guinea - (16,503 feet) (5,030 meters)

 Hawaii, USA - (13,796 feet) (4,205 meters)
 Borneo, Indonesia - (13,698 feet) (4,175 meters)
 Formosa, China - (13,114 feet) (3,997 meters)
 Sumatra, Indonesia - (12,484 feet) (3,805 meters)
 Ross, Antarctica - (12,448 feet) (3,794 meters)
 Honshu, Japan - (12,388 feet) (3,776 meters)
 South Island, NZ - (12,349 feet) (3,764 meters)
 Lombok, Indonesia - (12,224 feet) (3,726 meters)
LARGEST VOLCANIC ISLANDS

 Sumatra, Indonesia - (171,069 sq. miles) (443,066 sq. km)

 Honshu, Japan - (88,982 sq. miles) (225,800 sq. km)
 Java, Indonesia - (53,589 sq miles) (138,794 sq km)
 North Island, NZ - (43,082 sq miles) (111,583 sq km)
 Luzon, Philippines - (42,458 sq miles) (109,965 sq km)
 Iceland - (39,315 sq miles) (101,826 sq km)
 Mindanao, Philippines - (37,657 sq miles) (97,530 sq km)
 Hokkaido, Japan - (30,395 sq miles) (78,719 sq km)
 New Britain, PNG - (13,569 sq miles) (35,145 sq km)
 Halmahera, Indonesia - (6,965 sq miles) (18,040 sq km)
Source: UNEP island database
LARGEST LAKE ISLANDS

 Manitoulin, Lake Huron - (1,068 sq miles) (2,766 sq km)

 Vozrozhdeniya, Aral Sea - (888 sq miles) (2,300 sq km)
 Rene-Lavasseur, Manicouagan Reservoir, Quebec, Canada - (780 sq miles) (2,000 sq km)
 Olkhon, Lake Baykal - (282 sq miles) (730 sq km)
 Samosir, Toba - (243 sq miles) (630 sq km)
 Isle Royal, Lake Superior - (209 sq miles) (541 sq km)
 Ukerewe, Lake Victoria - (205 sq miles) (530 sq km)
 St. Joseph, Lake Huron - (141 sq miles) (365 sq km)
 Drummond, Lake Huron - (134 sq miles) (347 sq km)
 Idjwi, Lake Kivu, DRC - (110 sq miles) (285 sq km)
LARGEST ISLANDS in the USA

 Hawaii, Hawaii - (4,029 sq miles) (10,434 sq km)

 Kodiak, Alaska - (3,672 sq miles) (9,510 sq km)
 Puerto Rico* - (3.588 sq miles) (8,710 sq km)
 Prince of Wales, Alaska - (2,577 sq miles) (6,675 sq km)
 Chichagof, Alaska - (2,080 sq miles) (5,388 sq km)
 Saint Lawrence, Alaska - (1,710 sq miles) (4,430 sq km)
 Admiralty, Alaska - (1,684 sq miles) (4,362 sq km)
 Nunivak, Alaska - (1,632 sq miles) (4,227 sq km)
 Baranof, Alaska - (1569 sq miles) (4,064.5 sq km)
 Unimak, Alaska - (1,590 sq miles) (4,119 sq km)
 Long Island, NY - (1,401 sq miles) (3,629 sq km)
*US territory
LARGEST ISLANDS in EUROPE

 Great Britain - (80,823 sq. miles) (209,331 sq. km)

 Iceland - (39,769 sq miles) (103,000 sq km)
 Ireland - (31,521 sq miles) (81,638 sq km)
 West Spitsbergen - (15,050 sq miles) (38,980 sq km)
 Sicily - (9,908 sq miles) (25,662 sq km)
 Sardinia - (9,247 sq miles) (23,949 sq km)
 Nordaustlandet - (5,401 sq miles) (14,247 sq km)
 Cyprus - (3,565 sq miles) (9,234 sq km)
 Corsica - (3,375 sq miles) (8,741 sq km)
 Crete - (3,260 sq miles) (8,450 sq km)

1. Philippines – The Pearl of the Orient Seas

2. Thailand – Land of Smiles
3. Sri Lanka – India’s Teardrop
4. South Korea – Land of the Morning Calm
5. North Korea – The Hermit Kingdom
6. Mongolia – Land of Blue Sky
7. Japan – Land of the Rising Sun
8. Indonesia – the Emerald of the Equator
9. China – The Red Dragon
10. Bhutan – Land of the Thunder Dragon
11. Singapore – The Lion City
12. Afghanistan – Graveyard of Empires
13. Hong Kong – Asia’s World City
14. Macau – Vegas of the East
15. Iraq – Cradle of Ancient Civilization
16. Myanmar – Land of the Golden Pagodas
Europe

17. Ukraine – The Bread Basket of Europe

18. Switzerland – Land of Milk and Honey
19. Slovenia – The Sunny Side of the Alps
20. Italy – The Boot
21. Ireland – The Emerald Isle
22. Iceland – Land of Fire and Ice
23. France – L’hexagone
24. Finland – Land of Thousand Lakes
25. England – Land of Hope and Glory
26. Belarus – The White Rus
27. Albania – Land of the Eagles
28. Austria – Land of Beauty and Music

Americas

29. Venezuela – Land of Grace

30. United States of America – The Land of the Free
31. Paraguay – The Island Surrounded by Land
32. Guyana – Land of Many Waters
33. Chile – Land of Poets
34. Canada – The Great White North
35. Brazil – Land of the Palms (Pindorama)
36. Peru – Land of the Incas

Middle East

37. Lebanon – Switzerland of the Middle East

38. Israel – The Holy Land

Oceania

39. New Zealand – Land of the Long White Cloud

40. Australia – Land Down Under
Africa

41. South Africa – Rainbow National

42. Rwanda – Land of a Thousand Hills
43. Madagascar – The Red Island
44. Lesotho – The Kingdom In the Sky
45. Egypt – The Gift of the Nile
46. Burkina Faso – Land of the Upright Men

1. Paris – The City of Love, The City of Light, La Ville-Lumiere

2. Prague – The City of Hundred Spires, The Golden City, The Mother of
Cities

3. New York – The Big Apple

4. Las Vegas – Sin City

5. Chicago – The Windy City

6. Vancouver – The Big Smoke

7. Montreal – La Belle Ville, Frenchtown, The City-Mountain

8. Los Angeles – The City of Angels

9. New Orleans – The Big Easy

10. Philadelphia – City of Brotherly Love, Philly

11. Amsterdam – Venice of the North

12. Venice – La Serenissima, Bride of the Sea

13. Vienna – The Imperial City

14. London – The Square Mile, The Old Smoke, The Smoke

15. Detroit – Motor City

16. Miami – The Magic City, Little Cuba

17. Memphis – Bluff City

18. Petra – The Rose Red City

19. Pittsburgh – Iron City

20. Rome – The Eternal City, City of the Seven Hills

21. Seattle – The Emerald City

22. Bucharest – Little Paris

23. Florence – The City of Lilies

24. Barcelona – The City of Counts, The City of Gaudi

25. Budapest – Pearl of the Danube

26. Toronto – Queen City, Muddy York, The Big Toe

27. Dublin – The Fair City

28. Jerusalem – The Holy City

29. Boston – The Hub

30. San Francisco – Frisco

31. Moscow – The Whitestone, The Forty Forties, Third Rome

32. Edinburgh – Auld Reekie

33. Geneva – The Peace Capital

34. Rio de Janeiro – Marvelous City

35. Salzburg – White City

36. Mumbai – The City of Dreams

37. Singapore – The Lion City

38. Naples – City of the Sun

39. Bologna – Red City; La Dotta, La Rossa, La Grassa (the educated, the
red, the fat)

40. Torino – City of Four Rivers

41. Genova – The Superb

42. Palermo – The Happy

43. Milano – Fashion Capital of the World, The Drinkable City

44. Cairo – Paris of the Nile

45. Buenos Aires – Paris of the Americas, Queen of the Plata

46. Ushuaia – The End of the World

47. Melbourne – City by the Bay, Bleak City, Europe of Australia

48. Sydney – The Harbour City

50. Sao Paulo – Brazil’s Locomotive, Land of Drizzle, Sampa

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51. Dubrovnik – The Pearl of the Adriatic

52. Helsinki – The White City of the North

53. Bordeaux – City of Wine

54. Nice – Angels City

55. Berlin – The Grey City

56. Jaipur – The Pink City

57. Oslo – Tiger Town

58. Warsaw – Default City, Big Village in the Middle of Nowhere

59. St Petersburg – The Mind of Russia

60. Madrid – El Foro, The Forum

61. Athens – The City of Violet Crown

62. Dallas – Big D

63. Hong Kong – Pearl of the Orient

64. Munich – World City with Heart

65. Birmingham – The City of a Thousand Trades, Brum

66. Lisbon – City With a Future

67. The Hague – City of Peace and Justice

68. Calcutta – City of Palaces, City of Love, City of Joy

69. Beijing – The Forbidden City

70. Adelaide – City of Churches

71. Zagreb – Little Vienna

72. Bruges – Venice of the North

73. Marseille – Phocean City

74. Tel Aviv – The City that Never Stops

75. Bolzano – The Door to the Dolomites, The German One

76. Sanremo – The City of Dreams

77. Tivoli – City of Delights

78. Vicenza – City of Gold

79. Kuala Lumpur – Golden Triangle

80. Cuernavaca – The City of Eternal Spring

81. Tijuana – Television Capital of the World

82. Rotterdam – Manhattan upon Meuse

83. Lima – City of the Kings

84. Manila – City by the Bay

85. Porto – The Invincible City

86. Cadiz – The Little Silver Cup

87. Bilbao – El Bocho

88. Zurich – Little Big City

89. Kiev – The Mother of Rus’ Cities

90. Honolulu – Sheltered Bay

91. Macau – Oyster City

92. Wroclaw – City of Hundred Bridges

93. Beirut – Paris of the Middle East

94. Udine – Capital of the Great War

95. Ancona – Doric City

96. Tehran – The City of 72 Nations

97. Bangalore – The City of Gardens

98. Leipzig – Bimbo Town

99. Split – The Diocletian’s City

100. Grenoble – Capital of the Alps

The Largest Deserts in the World

Rank Desert Area (Sq km) Area (Sq mi)

1 Antarctica 14,000,000 5,500,000

2 Arctic 13,985,000 5,400,000

3 Sahara 9,000,000 3,300,000

4 Arabian Desert 2,330,000 900,000

5 Gobi Desert 1,295,000 500,000

6 Kalahari Desert 900,000 360,000

7 Great Victoria Desert 647,000 220,000

8 Patagonian Desert 620,000 200,000

9 Syrian Desert 520,000 200,000

10 Great Basin Desert 492,000 190,000