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If Australia a Small Continent or a large Island?
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RE: If Australia a Small Continent or a large Island?
November 8, 2018 at 5:42 pm
(November 8, 2018 at 2:33 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: I would think the fact that Australia sits on its own tectonic plate classifies it as a continent. Yet, by that definition, India should also be considered a continent, while Europe, with shares the Eurasian tectonic plate with Asia, should not.

It appear then that continental status is based more on politics and culture than empirical science.

I think geologists don't consider Europe it's own continent.
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RE: If Australia a Small Continent or a large Island? - by CapnAwesome - November 8, 2018 at 5:42 pm

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