Not all continents, no. Islands are bodies of land surrounded by water on all sides, no? Wouldn’t Antarctica and Australia then qualify by that definition?
If you go by the geological definition, Australia is a continent, as is Zealandia. That’s right, New Zealand has equal geological footing with the entirety of Eurasia.
Continents is a human made construct that’s later rationalized with tectonic plates and other criteria. Basically, people around the Mediterranean Sea divided the Mediterranean Coast into 3 parts and later extended this concept.
Does that mean Australia is not the biggest island
Are continents islands?
Not all continents, no. Islands are bodies of land surrounded by water on all sides, no? Wouldn’t Antarctica and Australia then qualify by that definition?
There is no agreed upon definition or set of continents globally
It might as well be a made up word
the just be making up words now
All words are made up
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What will they think of next?
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The Australia thing is something we were taught in high school.
I think I remember being told Greenland was the largest island, while Australia was a continent
Something to do with tectonic plates
If you go by the geological definition, Australia is a continent, as is Zealandia. That’s right, New Zealand has equal geological footing with the entirety of Eurasia.
Probably why they keep getting left off maps, jealousy.
Continents is a human made construct that’s later rationalized with tectonic plates and other criteria. Basically, people around the Mediterranean Sea divided the Mediterranean Coast into 3 parts and later extended this concept.
Yeah, but so is an island. It’s all human constructs. we see patterns and make up sounds for them.
Yes of cause