February 21st, 2007
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| Rank |
Island |
Location |
Area—sq mi |
| 1 |
Greenland |
North Atlantic |
839,999 |
| 2 |
New Guinea |
Southwest Pacific |
309,000 |
| 3 |
Borneo |
West mid-Pacific |
287,300 |
| 4 |
Madagascar |
Indian Ocean |
227,000 |
| 5 |
Baffin |
North Atlantic |
195,926 |
| 6 |
Sumatra |
Northeast Indian Ocean |
182,859 |
| 7 |
Honshu |
Sea of Japan-Pacific |
89,176 |
| 8 |
Great Britain |
off coast of NW Europe |
88,795 |
| 9 |
Victoria |
Arctic Ocean |
83,896 |
| 10 |
Ellesmere |
Arctic Ocean |
75,767 |
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| Rank |
Country |
| 1 |
Norway |
| 2 |
Iceland |
| 3 |
Australia |
| 4 |
Ireland |
| 5 |
Sweden |
| 6 |
Canada |
| 7 |
Japan |
| 8 |
United States |
| 9 |
Switzerland |
| 10 |
Netherlands |
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| Rank |
Name, location |
Visitors |
| 1 |
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tenn. |
9,192,477 |
| 2 |
Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. |
4,401,522 |
| 3 |
Yosemite National Park, Calif. |
3,304,144 |
| 4 |
Olympic National Park, Wash. |
3,142,774 |
| 5 |
Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.-Mont.-Idaho |
2,835,651 |
| 6 |
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo. |
2,798,368 |
| 7 |
Zion National Park, Utah |
2,586,665 |
| 8 |
Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio |
2,533,827 |
| 9 |
Grand Teton National Park, Wyo. |
2,463,442 |
| 10 |
Acadia National Park, Maine |
2,051,484 |
Source: Based on data from the National Park Service.
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| Rank |
Volcano |
Year |
Deaths |
| 1 |
Tambora, Indonesia |
1815 |
92,000 |
| 2 |
Krakatau, Indonesia |
1883 |
36,417 |
| 3 |
Mount Pelee, Martinique |
1902 |
29,025 |
| 4 |
Ruiz, Colombia |
1985 |
25,000 |
| 5 |
Unzen, Japan |
1792 |
14,300 |
| 6 |
Laki, Iceland |
1783 |
9,350 |
| 7 |
Kelut, Indonesia |
1919 |
5,110 |
| 8 |
Galunggung, Indonesia |
1882 |
4,011 |
| 9 |
Vesuvius, Italy |
1631 |
3,500 |
| 10 |
Vesuvius, Italy |
79 |
3,360 |
Source: Volcano World, University of North Dakota.
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