Vince B. sent in a great question, why isn't Greenland considered a continent? Well I am no geographer, but I work with a guy who is, Dr. William Osei of the Algoma University Geography Department.
It turns out that the word continent is a pretty arbitrarily defined thing. Basically, according to Dr. Osei, it is based pretty much on size and convention. Greenland is actually quite small by continent standards, it is only 1/14th the size of Africa!
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2 comments:
Yes and you would think the same for Australia which is much larger then Greenland (I'm speculating - ie not checking)but it's classified as an island
Australia though is WAY bigger than Greenland. It is considered a continent.
Dave
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