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Question for OT Geographers
Posted on 11/9/14 at 8:33 pm
Posted on 11/9/14 at 8:33 pm
Why isn't Greenland a continent? It's huge. Bigger than Australia and South America. It's about the same size as North America and Africa. Can any resident map geek explain this injustice?
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Posted on 11/9/14 at 8:33 pm to dinner roll
quote:
It's about the same size as North America and Africa
no its not 
Posted on 11/9/14 at 8:34 pm to dinner roll
quote:
Bigger than Australia and South America
You sure?
Posted on 11/9/14 at 8:34 pm to Brosef Stalin
Is too. I measured it myself.
Posted on 11/9/14 at 8:34 pm to dinner roll
Why is Pluto a planet one day and not a planet the next?
Posted on 11/9/14 at 8:35 pm to dinner roll
Posted on 11/9/14 at 8:35 pm to dinner roll
Perhaps this question is better suited for a cartographer, not a geographer.
Posted on 11/9/14 at 8:38 pm to dinner roll
from google
Greenland 836,300 sq miles (2.166 million km²)
Africa 11.67 million sq miles (30.22 million km²)
North America 9.54 million sq miles (24.71 million km²)
Greenland 836,300 sq miles (2.166 million km²)
Africa 11.67 million sq miles (30.22 million km²)
North America 9.54 million sq miles (24.71 million km²)
Posted on 11/9/14 at 8:40 pm to Brosef Stalin
It is not on its own continental plate.
Posted on 11/9/14 at 8:40 pm to Brosef Stalin
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Brosef Stalin
keep your facts out of this.
Posted on 11/9/14 at 8:40 pm to Brosef Stalin
So you're saying its a sub-continent?
Posted on 11/9/14 at 8:50 pm to mizzoukills
quote:
Why is Pluto a planet one day and not a planet the next?
They're talking about bringing Pluto back as a planet.
Make it happen. Pluto FTW
Posted on 11/9/14 at 8:55 pm to dinner roll
Do you even project, bro?
And this map might help you out.
And this map might help you out.
This post was edited on 11/9/14 at 8:57 pm
Posted on 11/9/14 at 8:56 pm to dinner roll
Someone's been looking at a Mercator map.
This post was edited on 11/9/14 at 8:57 pm
Posted on 11/9/14 at 8:57 pm to alajones
Posted on 11/9/14 at 9:03 pm to S
Do you even Mercator projection bro?
Posted on 11/9/14 at 9:14 pm to dinner roll
I want to know why Europe and Asia are two continents. I bet most folks wouldn't know when you left one and entered the other.
Posted on 11/9/14 at 9:20 pm to East Coast Band
They are separated by the Ural Mountains in Russia
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