I see two impostors, not one. Asia and Europe.
North/South America is also not separated by ocean…
If you count the Panama Canal and squint, you can make an argument. Not so much for the above.
Same thing applies to Africa and Eurasia, no?
The panama canal is not an ocean…and man made. No amount of squinting could make it a reasonable argument to count it.
Then you don’t count Africa either?
In fact if it has to be surrounded by an ocean then there are only two continents, Antarctica and everything else. You can cross them all without entering an ocean, only seas.
Technically no, not when using the same argument.
Although Australia is also surrounded by ocean so Antarctica, Australia, and everything else
Australia (country) has Timor Sea and Arafura Sea on the north, not an ocean. But New Guinea belongs to Australia (continent), so it doesn’t actually matter, both sides of the sea are the same continent. Unless we consider only the main landmass of each continent and ignore all islands.
Panama, with it’s canal, is entirely in North America too, so the canal doesn’t matter anyway.
Africa being an ocean is supported by there being saltwater between it and Asia. The panama canal(s) connect freshwater lakes to bridge the gap between the Pacific and the Atlantic.
saltwater between it and Asia
If the Panama Canal doesn’t count, neither does the Suez Canal, IMO.
Where Great Pacific Garbage Patch? /s
https://www.earth.com/news/great-pacific-garbage-patch-so-large-that-dozens-of-species-call-it-home/
Australia, isn’t it Oceania
Yes, but there is no formal definition so the post is pointless anyway.
America is a single continent too, or 3 subcontinents if you like to divide things.
(Turns out the OP’s definition is completely wrong, but who cares?)
It is? I learnt north and south were separate. So I guess what makes a continent a continent? Also what would the 3 subcontinents be? North, central, south? (Guesses wildly)
Everyone learns different definitions based on their education system’s world view, leading to a number of continents somewhere between 3 and 20. It turns out that nature doesn’t care for humans’ desire to put everything into neat, well-defined little boxes.
I would have hoped it had something to do with tectonic plates
20?!
My own view is 4: Antarctica, Australia, America, Afro-eurasia. I’m not sure how you’d get to 3, unless you disqualified Australia.
I’ve also heard 7: Antarctica, Australia, split North + South America, split Africa + Europe + Asia.
I suppose you could add a few – I’ve heard the phrase “subcontinent of India”, so that could be an 8th continent. Then maybe Greenland for 9. Beyond that, though? IDK what would even make sense.
BRB, I have to go search for expansive continent definitions.
Ah, the plates! Thank you.
You could discount Antarctica because without all the ice it’s just an archipelago.
Huh, I would think you’d drop Australia before Antarctica. Still, yeah, I suppose that works to get you down to 3.
What would be a reason to exclude Australia? It’s huge, surrounded by ocean and has unique wildlife.
two "The"s in continent definition
I knew that cultural and historical definiton. But i though that europe and asie were always on eurasia continent.
America is just one continent.
Eurasia? But that’s two that should be lumped together.
Also, ‘The The’?
All of them are surrounded by an ocean?
Southern America???
Honestly I wouldn’t consider Australia its own continent. We’re an archipelago with land in-between instead of water
