2007-07-04 14:35:09 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
yes it is larger than australia
2007-07-04 16:59:02 · answer #1 · answered by ankur 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The confusion may arise from the way maps of the world are prepared. The most common form is the Mercator projection, which shows the SHAPES of the land masses relatively correctly, but because such maps project a spherical surface onto a flat sheet, the SIZE is distorted, with land masses nearer the poles appearing relatively larger than those nearer the equator. That is why Greenland appears to be larger than Australia on some maps: Greenland is much further away from the equator than Australia. Australia is slightly smaller than continental USA, (both a little less than 8 million square kilometres).
2007-07-05 06:15:39 · answer #2 · answered by AndrewG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Australia is considerably larger than Greenland.
2007-07-04 15:00:04 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Greenland is not a continent. Greenland is considered to be the world's largest island. Australia is a vast continent, far bigger than Greenland. As far as how big, you'll have to do your own homework for that part.
2016-05-18 03:13:20 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No...Australia has a total land area of some 8,560,000 square kilometers (including the islands of New Guinea and Tasmania...since the definition of a continent includes the continental shelf).
Greenland by comparison is only some 2,166,086 square kilometers...about the size of Mexico. It's part of the continent of North America.
2007-07-04 14:50:42 · answer #5 · answered by swilliamrex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It's not even close. Australia is over twice the size of Greenland.
2007-07-04 14:44:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Greenland is only around 2.1 million square kilometers in area.
2007-07-05 01:47:56 · answer #7 · answered by Bach 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not, since Greenland has an area of 840,000 sq. miles (2,175,590 sq. kilometers) and Australia has an area of 7,686,850 sq. kilometers (2,967,124 sq. miles) which is 1.363824985 times bigger.
2007-07-05 08:21:59 · answer #8 · answered by star_prince0 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever seen a map? They didn't outlaw maps and books, when Yahoo Answers were invented.
2007-07-04 17:40:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No not even close.
2007-07-04 15:52:06 · answer #10 · answered by less 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋