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What is an example of a land mass?
An example of a land mass is a continent or a country. Even maybe a very large island.
Is it Oceania or Australia that is the largest continent in terms of land area?
Australia is the largest continent in terms of land area.
What is arcti a continent or not?
The Arctic has no land, so is not a continent. Antarctica IS a continent.
Which continent has a bigger landmass?
Asia is the continent with the largest land mass.
Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land?
The main continuous expanses of land on Earth include the Eurasian landmass, the North American continent, the African continent, the Australian continent, and the South American continent. These landmasses are vast areas of contiguous land that make up the majority of the Earth's land surface.
What element was named for the 1st largest continent?
The element Europium was named after the continent of Europe, the 1st largest continent in terms of land area.
What continent has the most amount of land?
Asia or Eurasia depending on how it is named. Same continent
Who named the continent of Africa?
The continent of Africa was named by the ancient Romans. It referred to what is now the country of Tunisia and its meaning was "land of the Afri."
What continent contains Queen Maud Land Wilkes Land and Byrd Land?
Antartica These three "lands" are divisions of the continent of Antartica. Marie Byrd Land was named by Comander Richard Byrd for his wife.
Was Botany Bay the first piece of land to be named in Australia?
No - it wasn't even the first piece of land to be named by Captain Cook. Cook first named Point Hicks, which lies on the far southeastern corner of the Australian continent. Sections of Western Australia were the first to be named by Europeans. Dutch captain Willem de Vlamingh named the Swan River in 1697 because of the black swans he saw in abundance there. The Shark Bay region was named by explorer William Dampier in 1699.
Which continent had life first?
It is not known which continent had land-based live first because the continents were very different then.
Which element is named after a continent which has the largest land mass in the periodic table?
Americium GO AMERICA
When and where did Christopher Columbus first land on the continent?
dominican republic
Who was the first man besides the vikings to land on the North American continent?
The first man besides the Vikings to land on the North American continent was Christopher Columbus. He landed in north America in 1492.
Why is the island named Australia?
There is no island named Australia. Australia is a continent. The name Australia comes from the Latin term 'terra australis incognita', meaning "unknown southern land", because for so long the continent of Australia was theorised, but not realised. Matthew Flinders did not discover Australia, but he was the first to circumnavigate the continent. He suggested the name "Terra Australis" and this became Australia, the name officially adopted in 1824.
What is a land snails Continent?
What Continent does a land snail live on
What happened as a result of vaspucci's writings?
After the writings of Vespucci, Waldseemüller named a continent after his name Americus which is the Land of Americus. Land of Americus later on became America.
