extreme land masses

Extreme Landmasses
place region distinction
Eurasia Eurasia Eurasia is the most extensive landmass on Earth with a total surface area of 54,517,197,000,000 square meters (54.5172 Tm2 = 11.7% of the Earth's surface). Eurasia has both the Earth's highest surface point of 8,850 meters above mean sea level at the summit of Mount Everest as well as the Earth's lowest surface point of 412 meters below mean sea level at the Dead Sea. Eurasia is also the most populous landmass with more than 4,200,000,000 human inhabitants. Eurasia has historically been considered to be two continents, Asia and Europe, because of its tremendous area. Eurasia is connected to the continent of Africa by the Isthmus of Suez.
Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) Kalaallit Nunaat, Denmark Greenland is the most extensive island on Earth with a total surface area of 2,130,800,000,000 square meters (2.1308 Tm2). Greenland has fewer than 60,000 human inhabitants.
Manitoulin Island Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada Manitoulin Island is the Earth's most extensive island situated in a lake with a total surface area of 2,766,000,000 square meters (2.766 Gm2).
Java (Jawa) Indonesia Java is the most populous island on Earth with more than 120,000,000 human inhabitants.
Devon Island Nunavut, Canada Devon Island is the most extensive uninhibited landmass on Earth with a total surface area of 55,247,000,000 square meters (55.247 Gm2), but no human inhabitants.
New Guinea (Irian) Indonesia and Papua New Guinea New Guinea is the tallest island on Earth with a maximum elevation of 5,030 meters above mean sea level at the summit of Puncak Jaya.
Ometepe Lago de Nicaragua, Nicaragua Isla Ometepe is the Earth's tallest island situated in a lake. Volcán Concepción (1,576 m), the taller of the two volcanos on Ometepe, rises about 1,544 meters above the surface of Lago de Nicaragua (Lago Cocibolca) (32 m).
Hispaniola Dominican Republic and Haiti Hispaniola has the lowest surface point of any of the Earth's ocean islands with a maximum depression of about 46 meters below mean sea level at Lago Enriquillo