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The True Size of Countries
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Re: The True Size of Countries
#32It is surprising that a lot of educated folks don't know about this. I always run into folks who think Greenland is the biggest island. Edit: on Australia being continent - now I come across as a fool. But I hope people understood what I meant. Also, I have had to argue against folks who said Greenland should also be a continent since it is bigger than Australia.
Greenland @839,999 square miles is the biggest island. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001783.html Unless your talking about Australia which is ~3.5x a big. (2,969,907 sq miles)
I'm actually talking about all of the Africa-Eurasia super-continent.
Re: The True Size of Countries
#33It is surprising that a lot of educated folks don't know about this. I always run into folks who think Greenland is the biggest island. Edit: on Australia being continent - now I come across as a fool. But I hope people understood what I meant. Also, I have had to argue against folks who said Greenland should also be a continent since it is bigger than Australia.
Don't worry manojlds, I'm sure the Pluto people will back you up and demote Australia.
I often wonder if it will matter in a couple of years. If we actually get to the point where walls are displays, then I would expect most schools will have a globe projected on the wall instead of a map. How long until we start with 3D animations instead of 2D drawings?
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
How? Isn't it connected to South America?
Modulo the Panama canal.
What about the two non-swinging bridges across the Panama Canal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Bridge,_Panama) -- soon to be three? If the man-made separation counts, the man-made connection should too.
Re: The True Size of Countries
#35It is surprising that a lot of educated folks don't know about this. I always run into folks who think Greenland is the biggest island. Edit: on Australia being continent - now I come across as a fool. But I hope people understood what I meant. Also, I have had to argue against folks who said Greenland should also be a continent since it is bigger than Australia.
some definitions are arbitrary, for some people America is one continent, for some there are two, it's human-based, whatever is established in a culture, not math.
Re: The True Size of Countries
#36Did anyone notice in the About dialog that the infographic "The True Size of Africa" was done by Kai Krause?
Kai Krause as in Kai's Power Tools.
Re: The True Size of Countries
#37Did anyone notice in the About dialog that the infographic "The True Size of Africa" was done by Kai Krause? Kai Krause as in Kai's Power Tools.
That's a blast from the past.
Re: The True Size of Countries
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, since you bring it up, Australia isn't connected to another continent by land like North America is (as are Europe, Africa, and Asia). You'd have to say "the Americas" are an island, or "Afro-Eurasia"
You people are silly. If Australia is an island, then Antarctica wins. 'Nuff said. ANTARCTICA 5,400,000 sq mi AUSTRALIA 2,969,900 sq mi GREENLAND 836,330 sq mi
...I never said it wasn't? I was just objecting to calling North America an island.
Re: The True Size of Countries
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
Modulo the Panama canal.
What about the two non-swinging bridges across the Panama Canal ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Bridge,_Panama ) -- soon to be three? If the man-made separation counts, the man-made connection should too.
It's not man-made land though.
Re: The True Size of Countries
#40For a suprise: compare Dem. Rep. Congo to Alaska.