Australia is the only island continent. It is surrounded on all sides by water. It is also home to an extensive reef system.
There are two island continents in the world: Australia and Antarctica.
An island continent is an entire continent that is completely surrounded by water. Australia is an island continent.
Technically, a continent is an island. Nonetheless, Australia is a continent.
No. Africa is not an island. It is a continent.
By geographic convention, a continent is a continent and NOT an island. Therefore, Greenland is the largest island in the world (as part of North America) and Australia is a continent.
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There are two island continents in the world: Australia and Antarctica.
Australia is the only island continent. It is surrounded on all sides by water. It is also home to an extensive reef system.
An island continent is an entire continent that is completely surrounded by water. Australia is an island continent.
Technically, a continent is an island. Nonetheless, Australia is a continent.
No. Africa is not an island. It is a continent.
Australia is not the largest island in the world. It is the world's smallest continent. It is only referred to as an "island continent" because it is completely encircled by water. The largest island in the world is Greenland.
All continents have island associated with them. However, an island is technically not part of a continent. A continent is defined as one continuous land mass and an island is not connected to the continent.
Only guess really, but perhaps by island he is referring to Britian and by continent he is referring to North America (as it was known then) and/or Europe.
By geographic convention, a continent is a continent and NOT an island. Therefore, Greenland is the largest island in the world (as part of North America) and Australia is a continent.