Are Antarctica and Australia both considered islands and if not, why not?

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.

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