How many continents are there?

TeaBag420 said:


But, the size of the Australian claim doesn't appear to make up the difference... it would have to be almost two million sq. km., one-seventh of the total area of 14 million sq.km.
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If you check out the map in my link - visually it looks over the size of one-seventh of the total area. Mind you I only brought it up because I was curious to see if my friends in the Northern Hemisphere had even heard about the claims - obviously not as you said ;) I am making no claim as to the legitimacy or lack thereof of the claims Again just something I was taught at school. :D (My personal opinion is that Antartica is way too important to squabble over)

I am sure you were taught many things that were slanted in your country's favour as well - that's why it pays to be skeptical even about what your teachers impart.

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Let's see.

Antarctica -- One

Australia -- Two

Eurafrasia -- Three

North America -- Four

Central America -- Five

South America -- Six

East America - Seven

West America -- Eight

North East America -- Nine

North West America -- Ten

South East America -- Eleven

South West America -- Twelve

I count twelve.

The Americas have it! :p
 
belinda said:


If you check out the map in my link - visually it looks over the size of one-seventh of the total area. Mind you I only brought it up because I was curious to see if my friends in the Northern Hemisphere had even heard about the claims - obviously not as you said ;) I am making no claim as to the legitimacy or lack thereof of the claims Again just something I was taught at school. :D (My personal opinion is that Antartica is way too important to squabble over)

I am sure you were taught many things that were slanted in your country's favour as well - that's why it pays to be skeptical even about what your teachers impart.

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I didn't learn any of this in school, nor am I confident in my ability to estimate surface area by looking at a map. A quick and dirty method would be look at the gray lines emanating from the South Pole on the image you linked to (longitude? I can never remember which is which). Remember we're talking about land area here... have you looked at New Zealand's claim?
 
Ahhh, but didn't you know that New Zealand is the eighth state of Australia? [quickly runs out of the way before getting skewered]
 
belinda said:
Ahhh, but didn't you know that New Zealand is the eighth state of Australia? [quickly runs out of the way before getting skewered]
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I know it's not, so I have to assume you're having me on, something like Kuwait being the 19th Province of Iraq. Any skewering I'm involved in will be purely consensual.... rowrrrrr, babeeeeee!!!
 
Yes I must admit I had my tongue firmly implanted in my cheek - I am sure other people could tell you about the friendly (and not so friendly) rivalry between us and our cousins from across the Tasman Sea.

Although recently there was talk of amalgamating the currencies....I think they were going to call it the "anzac" :p
 
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a_unique_person said:


But it is classed as an Island Continent, I think. It is big by itself, by not nearly as big as the other continents.
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Some continent has to be the smallest. Some Island has to be the biggest.

Let's make the dividing line the line between the walrus and the kangaroo.

It works as well as any, and would you have to deal with Australians as "islanders"?

Better to have them as fellow "continentals", I say.

Islanders may differ.:p
 
Originally posted by glee
And feel free to ask similar questions about the country where I reside.

Do you know the difference between the UK, Great Britain and England?
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You forgot "the British islands", which is apparently a step up from Brittain because it includes some smaller islands that aren't included in "Great Brittain" (or so I've been told).
 
Originally posted by Lothian
British Isles, and only one T in Britain
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I keep doubting, and you will note I got it right in British :D
 
IIRC it goes something like:

- Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales and little islands like the Isle of Wight)
- United Kingdom (includes Northern Ireland)
- British Isles (also includes Eire ad things like the Isle of Man)

Not sure where (if) the Channel Islands come in either
 
Abdul Alhazred said:
Let's see.

Antarctica -- One

Australia -- Two

Eurafrasia -- Three

North America -- Four

Central America -- Five

South America -- Six

East America - Seven

West America -- Eight

North East America -- Nine

North West America -- Ten

South East America -- Eleven

South West America -- Twelve

I count twelve.

The Americas have it! :p
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You forgot Texas.
 
Abdul Alhazred said:


When you're right, you're right.

I also forgot New Jersey. :p
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When I become queen of America (next Thurtuesday), I will cut NJ in half, give the north to NY and the south to PA, and NJ will cease to exist, as it serves no real purpose on its own. Then I'll just go ahead and make Puerto Rico an official state, so we don't need to change the flag.
 
Originally posted by rebecca
When I become queen of America (next Thurtuesday), I will cut NJ in half, give the north to NY and the south to PA, and NJ will cease to exist, as it serves no real purpose on its own. Then I'll just go ahead and make Puerto Rico an official state, so we don't need to change the flag.
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Isn't the flag already short a star or two? I'm not quite sure ...
 
Sindai said:


And the US's Antarctic territory. It's been a while sine I saw a map of Antarctica but I thought the US had a pretty huge chunk too.
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FYI

From the CIA world fact book:

Seven have made territorial claims, but not all countries recognize these claims. In order to form a legal framework for the activities of nations on the continent, an Antarctic Treaty was negotiated that neither denies nor gives recognition to existing territorial claims; signed in 1959, it entered into force in 1961.

Article 4 - does not recognize, dispute, or establish territorial claims and no new claims shall be asserted while the treaty is in force.

Current Treaty Signatories: 45 Nations, US and Australia included.

So, in other words, no one really has any widely-recognized claim on any land in Antarctica. The Treaty is described in detail, and seems like a pretty laissez-faire treatment of the whole situation.

Souce: CIA World Fact Book
 
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