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Maybe a more natural way to make the distinction is by looking at the average width of the body of water seperating the landmass relative to the area of the lan
by poizan42 2y ago
Maybe a more natural way to make the distinction is by looking at the average width of the body of water seperating the landmass relative to the area of the landmass. That is an island is a landmass that has an area (A) of at least A_min and at most A_max and is either
a) Surrounded by a body of water with average width W_avg where W_avg > f_min*sqrt(A) - or
b) Surrounded by a body of water with average width W_avg where W_avg > W_min
Fill in the constants A_min, A_max, f_min and W_min to get as close as possible to real world usage of the word "island".
- jameshart 2y agoI like the effort - does feel like part of what makes something an island is the width of the water surrounding it relative to its size… but I dunno man, the Pacific ocean’s pretty wide… it’s going to make the ‘average width’ of the water around Committee’s Punch Bowl Bifurcation Island pretty big.