Is Greenland an island?

[Dylan the Canadian]

:lol: :lol:

[CWO Marc]

Unless plate tectonics work a lot faster than I assume they do, Greenland wasn’t connected to Canada in the real world the last time I checked a map.

[SilverAngelSurfer]

Greenland = Largest island in the world

Not that that matters in Axis & Allies world, or that it would really help much… :-P

[calvinhobbesliker]

@SAS:

Greenland = Largest island in the world

Not that that matters in Axis & Allies world, or that it would really help much… :-P

No, largest island is Eurasia, or Eurasrica if you think Africa is connected to Asia despite the Suez canal.

[SilverAngelSurfer]

Those are classified as continents. :-P

[calvinhobbesliker]

@SAS:

Those are classified as continents. :-P

Why? Their size? That’s arbitrary. Why is Australia a continent but Greenland not?

[Krieghund]

Greenland is an island.

[SilverAngelSurfer]

@calvinhobbesliker:

@SAS:

Those are classified as continents. :-P

Why? Their size? That’s arbitrary. Why is Australia a continent but Greenland not?

So what arbitrary method were you using for classification? :-P  There is a handy thing you can do with the internet called Googling something and a nice website called Wikipedia that will help you find out about how they classify a continent versus an island…

“The criterion ‘large’ leads to arbitrary classification: Greenland, with a surface area of 2,166,086 square kilometres (836,330 sq mi) is considered the world’s largest island, while Australia, at 7,617,930 square kilometres (2,941,300 sq mi) is deemed to be a continent.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent

“There is no standard of size which distinguishes islands from islets and continents.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island

So yes, it is rather arbitrary, though that is the convention; and considering that Australia is more than twice as large as Greenland it certainly is at least more of a continent than Greenland.  However, Greenland is sometimes also referred to as a “subcontinent” along with India.

Besides, England is a much smaller island and it isn’t an “island” by A&A standards. :-P  I wasn’t trying to make a complete declaration of fact or get into an argument, I just thought I’d mention that Greenland is considered the largest island in the world; which is a matter of some kind of debate, just as your example of Eurasia vs. Afro-Eurasia is. :wink:

[purplebaron]

Ever since the Portuguese discovered Australia in 1520, it was thought to be an island, but in 1986, LANDSAT 5 discovered faint traces of territory boundaries, elevating the land mass to continent status and incidentally invalidating the 1984 Axis and Allies Map.  :-D

[calvinhobbesliker]

@purplebaron:

Ever since the Portuguese discovered Australia in 1520, it was thought to be an island, but in 1986, LANDSAT 5 discovered faint traces of territory boundaries, elevating the land mass to continent status and incidentally invalidating the 1984 Axis and Allies Map.   :-D

How does it invalidate the 1984 map?

[Seven_Patch]

Pluto is not a planet! End of discussion.

[SilverAngelSurfer]

Precisely. :-D  There have been lots of arbitrary classifications for years.  Some have been clarified, but others haven’t.

[Seven_Patch]

At what point does a conversation turn into a discussion?  When does a discussion turn into an argument?

One thing is clear though, an argument turns into a fight as soon as the fists start flying.  :-D

[WILD BILL]

@Krieghund:

Greenland is an island.

Hey back up, you guys BS through Kriegs answer, so you can build an AB and scramble from Greenland.

[purplebaron]

@calvinhobbesliker:

How does it invalidate the 1984 map?

The 1984 Axis and Allies (MB) map had Australia as a single territory, arguably an island.  Later Axis and Allies maps (and LANDSAT Footage :-D ) show it to have multiple territories.  Clearly a continent.

[calvinhobbesliker]

@purplebaron:

@calvinhobbesliker:

How does it invalidate the 1984 map?

The 1984 Axis and Allies (MB) map had Australia as a single territory, arguably an island.  Later Axis and Allies maps (and LANDSAT Footage :-D ) show it to have multiple territories.  Clearly a continent.

Nope, Australia was a single territory even in Anniversary

[Dylan the Canadian]

@calvinhobbesliker:

@SAS:

Greenland = Largest island in the world

Not that that matters in Axis & Allies world, or that it would really help much… :-P

No, largest island is Eurasia, or Eurasrica if you think Africa is connected to Asia despite the Suez canal.

I swear it was Australia, but I guess I don’t know anything.

[Krieghund]

Australia was never an island, as it was not surrounded by a single sea zone.

[Dylan the Canadian]

I was talking about real life.

[WILD BILL]

So was he, haven’t you ever been to Australia?