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How is Australia not an island? It's way bigger than Greenland.

• colinprince 16y ago
  In the english speaking world we refer to Australia as a continent, but I just saw a kid's encyclopedia from France which refers to Australia as an island. There oughtta be 7 continents; without Aust there'd only be 6 :(
  • die_sekte 16y ago
    In Germany Australia technically belongs to Oceania which includes Australia, New Zealand and all those tiny islands. Could be the same in France.
    • mattcole 16y ago
      It's really no big deal, but in Australia as kids we're taught we live on a continent that is an island and a country :)
• winthrowe 16y ago
  perhaps because it has it's own tectonic plate and thus is no longer just an island?
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• DrJokepu 16y ago
  Using this logic, Eurasia could be considered an island as well. You have to draw the line somewhere. They're all empiric definitions anyway.
• RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
  For those who are interested in size comparisons, here's an interesting projection of the globe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dymaxion_map_unfolded.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dymaxion_map_unfolded.png
  • senki 16y ago
    An interactive version: http://teczno.com/faumaxion-II/ http://teczno.com/faumaxion-II/