[mattcole]

How is Australia not an island? It's way bigger than Greenland.

[RiderOfGiraffes]

For those who are interested in size comparisons, here's an interesting projection of the globe:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dymaxion_map_unfolded.png

[senki]

An interactive version:

http://teczno.com/faumaxion-II/

[winthrowe]

perhaps because it has it's own tectonic plate and thus is no longer just an island?

[DrJokepu]

Using this logic, Eurasia could be considered an island as well. You have to draw the line somewhere. They're all empiric definitions anyway.

[colinprince]

In the english speaking world we refer to Australia as a continent, but I just saw a kid's encyclopedia from France which refers to Australia as an island.

There oughtta be 7 continents; without Aust there'd only be 6 :(

[die_sekte]

In Germany Australia technically belongs to Oceania which includes Australia, New Zealand and all those tiny islands. Could be the same in France.

[mattcole]

It's really no big deal, but in Australia as kids we're taught we live on a continent that is an island and a country :)