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A larger island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island

July 26th, 2007

There is some confusion over the identity of the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.

Elbruz.org has long had a nice piece on recursive islands and lakes, but they get the final one wrong, saying that the island in Taal’s Volcano Island’s crater lake is the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.

That Filipino “triple island” is only about 1 acre / 0.4 hectare.

The largest known island of this sort (subject to further exploration; some Arctic areas are poorly mapped) is the largest island in the largest lake on Glover Island, in Grand Lake on Newfoundland.

Glover Island, the world’s second-largest island on an island, has a many lakes on it, and the largest has about 17 islands. The largest of these is 2 acres / 0.8 ha. When I visited it, it supported its own little patch of woods.

This entry was posted on Thursday, July 26th, 2007 at 4:00 pm and is filed under Canada, Double islands, North America, Superlatives.

8 Responses to “A larger island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island”

  1. Jacques Says:
    July 26th, 2007 at 5:42 pm

    Wait a minute, does the main island have to be in a lake? If not, can we also consider continents to be oceanic islands?

  2. La mayor isla en un lago en una isla en un lago en una isla « No tan diario Says:
    July 26th, 2007 at 6:24 pm

    [...] en una isla en un lago en una isla no estuviera en Canadá se sentirán vindicados al leer sobre una isla en un lago en una isla en un lago en una isla en Newfoundland que es todavía más grande que la isla en un lago en una isla en un lago en una isla mencionada [...]

  3. Mary Says:
    July 26th, 2007 at 10:49 pm

    Cool!

  4. Cigar Jack Says:
    July 27th, 2007 at 10:22 am

    Suddenly my head hurts….

  5. Maurice Reeves Says:
    July 27th, 2007 at 11:23 am

    Jacques,
    A continent is not considered an island because of certain factors. Consider this post to explain more:
    http://users.erols.com/jcalder/CONTISLAND.html

    Hope that helps.

  6. World Island Info Says:
    July 27th, 2007 at 5:56 pm

    Jacques,

    A couple of reasons to give more weight to lakes on islands:

    • most lakes are on continents; it is nothing special to find a lake on one
    • continents are all much larger than islands, giving them much more room to work with
    • continents and islands are simply considered different; see http://www.worldislandinfo.com/CONTISLAND.html
  7. Alex Says:
    July 30th, 2007 at 9:00 am

    I was always told Australia is the largest Island on earth, and is also a continent. However, it’s so dry I doubt there’s a lake big enough in it for an island with a lake with another island on it. Perhaps in Tasmania…

  8. Island and Lake Recursion (Island Week 2) « Google Sightseeing Says:
    September 3rd, 2007 at 10:35 am

    [...] Thanks to Dee, kejoad, Daryl, Chris W, Boing boing, Elbruz.org and World Island Info. [...]

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