Australia is a large country that is also considered an island and a continent. It is the only country in the world that fits this description.
An island continent is a continent that is entirely surrounded by water and is composed mostly of one or more large islands. Australia is an example of an island continent, as it is both a continent and a large landmass surrounded by the ocean.
Both. Australia is large enough to be a continent but is an island by definition, as it is surrounded by water on all sides. It is known as an island continent, as is Antarctica.
Australia is a country but it is also a large island. Australia is part of the continent Oceania.
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.
Australia is referred to as the "Island Continent".
Australia is a continent as it is much too large to be considered an island.
Australia is a large country that is also considered an island and a continent. It is the only country in the world that fits this description.
An island continent is a continent that is entirely surrounded by water and is composed mostly of one or more large islands. Australia is an example of an island continent, as it is both a continent and a large landmass surrounded by the ocean.
An ocean is a large body of water. An island is a piece of land in a body of water. A continent is a large body of land.
Both. Australia is large enough to be a continent but is an island by definition, as it is surrounded by water on all sides. It is known as an island continent, as is Antarctica.
Australia is a country but it is also a large island. Australia is part of the continent Oceania.
Australia is an island continent that is surrounded completely by oceans and seas.
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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Technically, both. However, Australia is too large to be considered an island so it is a continent.
There is no answer to this question as it has been asked. Any landmass must be either a continent or an island: it cannot be both.Australia is a continent, and the native home of over 60 species of kangaroos. Geographically and geologically speaking, it is too large to be an island. It is sometimes called an island continent due to the fact that it is entirely surrounded by water, but it is not an island.