Is Australia an island? If not why is Greenland an island but Australia not?

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NOLA guy

Australia is an island AND a continent. Greenland is an island but not a continent.

golden sephiroth

It's and island as well as a great place to visit, mate!

Spaceman Africa

Australia is an Island. The largest in the world in fact. It's also one of the seven continents.

solly paul

Australia is an island nation as well as a continent. Who told Australia is not an island.

girlsjustwannahavefun666

Australia is an island

Charlie

According to the article at the web site below, it is the world's largest island and smallest continent.

stitch_groover

Australia is most definately an island. We are the world's largest island and it's smallest continent. We are also the worlds oldest land mass.

The_Mouse

To answer your question - Yes, Australia IS an island.

tetsuwanatom

World's biggest island; world's smallest continent

annie

Australia is the worlds largest island and smallest continent. We are also proud to have Fraser Island as the largest sand island in the world!!!

NakedHike

Good question. Australia is a huge island and at the same time it is a continent.

Greenland is an island but not really regarded as a continent, because as the Random House dictionary describes it, a continent is generally regarded as main land mass of the planet. Greenland definitely doesn't fit this description, cause it is not massive enough.

The continents of our globe are generally known as Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica.. These are all gigantic land masses. This is the qualifying factor, but not all encompassing.

However if you want to regard Greenland as a continent, you may do so, also according to the Random House dictionary's description.

threeonspeed

seeing as anything totally surrounded by water---i think the answer is obvious

Ange:)

Austrlia is a Island and the biggest on in the world. we are all so a continet the smallest in the world. LOL!!!!

Melbourne Girl

Australia is an island as is Greenland.

Actually Australia is the world's largest island as well as being a continent. Australia is 7.8 million square more than three times larger than Greenland which is 2.2 million square kilometers

kdjp82

Australia is an island.

sneaky

by definition, an island is "a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and NOT LARGE ENOUGH to be called a continent".

Hence in the case of Australia, i believe that it is an island but because of it's sheer size, it should not be called an island but rather a continent.

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