Why is Antarctica not an island, when it is not connected to any above-sea landmass and Australia is considered to be an island (continent)? Thank you
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Because the definition of what a continent is is dumb and not uniform across the world. There is a lot of argument about it. Not everyone agrees.
For example, I have a friend from Peru who was taught that north america and south america are the same continent, because they are connected, meaning he was taught there are only 6 continents in the world.
But by that logic, europe, africa, and asia should all be one continent as well.
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