Subject: Are Antarctica and Australia both considered islands and if not, why not?
Date: Tue Nov 14 22:14:12 2000
Posted by Melissa
Grade level: K-3
School: Rossman School
City: St. Louis State/Province: MO
Country: USA
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 974258052.Es
Message:
Why do I keep finding information that Australia is an island continent
but that Antarctica is not considered an island? What does the difference
have to be to constitute either an island or a continent, besides being
surrounded on all sides by water? They both are.
Re: Are Antarctica and Australia both considered islands and if not, why not?
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