The definition on an island is a land mass entierly surrounded by water, however, to a certian extent all land masses are surrounded by water?
Also, if a land mass is not called an "island", what is it?
2006-06-20 02:57:54 · 20 answers · asked by Sir1976 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
I S LAND
LAND In Sea
In Sea LAND thats where the word came from
a land mass is so called becaus the "seas or oceans" may differ on either sides so its not a " land in a sea".
hope this explains a bit better.
2006-06-20 03:05:36 · answer #1 · answered by cassjag 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Ah, the old conundruum of where does an island stop, and a continent start?
Basically, I feel you have to look at whether the land mass is hte largest on the continental crust - if it is, then its a continent, if not, then its an island.
Look at Europe, for example. The British isles are all quite clearly islands. So why is mainland Europe not an island? Well, it is the largest land mass on the contiental crust (or more specifically, the eurasian land mass).
So Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antartica, North America and South America are all continental land masses - any islands around these are found off the main land mass.
Interestingly, Australia is the only one where one country occupies the entire continental land mass!
2006-06-20 03:06:37 · answer #2 · answered by Mudkips 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An island or isle is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water. Very small islands are called islets. It is also proper to call an emergent land feature on an atoll an islet, since an atoll is a type of island, although this convention is seldom adhered to. A key or cay is another name for a relatively small island or islet. The word island derives ultimately from the Old English word igland
2006-06-20 03:13:32 · answer #3 · answered by The Wanderer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A land mass is just a land mass, where as, an island is a land mass completely surrounded by water and is not linked to any otehr land e.g. UK
2006-06-20 03:12:26 · answer #4 · answered by Sim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An island will be one place such as Hawaii, whereas i see your point on all land masses being completely surrounded by water but they have a number of countries etc within them, not just one... ireland is an island as it's on its own
2006-06-20 06:54:08 · answer #5 · answered by authoritaaah84 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is land completely surrounded by water then Africa would be an Island. we know that is not the case. we have to use common sense
2006-06-20 03:03:46 · answer #6 · answered by penguin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i thought an island was land that is surrounded by water, the uk being the biggest island in the world
2006-06-20 04:04:37 · answer #7 · answered by gin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
small land mass surrounded by water
2006-06-20 03:03:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a smaller land mass (smaller then continent) surrounded by water all around
2006-06-20 03:00:45 · answer #9 · answered by angel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a piece of land that is completely surrounded by water
2006-06-20 03:01:29 · answer #10 · answered by Tim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
piece of land surrounded by water
2006-06-20 12:52:14 · answer #11 · answered by robbie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋