and it is also covered with water from all sides
2007-09-04 03:54:27 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Neither one of them are considered islands. Both Australia and Antarctica are considered to be continental landmasses.
2007-09-04 08:13:20 · answer #1 · answered by Navigator 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not considered an island. Antarctica is a continent. Antarctica was sighted in 1820 and described as a continent by Charles Wilkes on the United States Exploring Expedition in 1838, the last continent to be identified, although a great "Antarctic" (antipodean) landmass had been anticipated for millennia. An 1849 atlas labelled Antarctica as a continent but few atlases did so until after World War II.[47]
2007-09-04 04:09:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
because of the fact quicker or later there must be a distinction between a continental land mass and an island. to this point Greenland has been desperate to be the main important island. If we don't draw the line someplace then we'd ought to call each and every of the Americas and Euro-Africa-Asia islands too. Australia is likewise no longer in effortless terms slightly bigger than Greenland, yet bigger by ability of a extensive element. contemporary maps distort the relative sizes of landmasses the closer you get to the poles.
2016-12-16 11:02:41 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term "island" is rather subjective. Some people consider Australia an island, most don't. At some rather gray line, a land mass crosses from being a potential island to being a continent.
Greenland is considered my most to be the largest island. It has a land area of 2.2 million km². Australia is about 7.7 million km² and Antarctica is about 14 million km² in land area.
2007-09-04 05:43:36 · answer #4 · answered by gebobs 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neither Australia nor Antarctica are considered to be islands. They are continents. The largest island is Greenland. All three are surrounded by water.
2007-09-04 04:04:01 · answer #5 · answered by fangtaiyang 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I believe that the actual land mass of Antarctica is actually smaller than that of Australia. However, when you look at it on a map or globe, it looks bigger because of all the ice shelves and all that. If you take away the ice though, the land is smaller.
2007-09-04 04:02:35 · answer #6 · answered by bmwdriver11 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In reality all pieces of land are Islands.
2007-09-04 04:03:14 · answer #7 · answered by BigJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think for called as a land or country, it must have:
1.place
2.people
3.region
antartica has just the 1st of it, so it cant be a land. (except for the lucky penguins)
2007-09-04 04:05:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
based on your philosophy every continent could be classified an island
2007-09-04 04:02:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They're both continents.
2007-09-07 10:51:18 · answer #10 · answered by Wayner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋