tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074838946965393539.post5087702533342372677..comments2023-10-31T08:19:54.708-07:00Comments on Five by Five: Up with Geography: The Bahamasbalyienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13785839636620293326noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074838946965393539.post-7608503675461679092014-10-17T09:03:40.735-07:002014-10-17T09:03:40.735-07:00From what I gather, it's basically a matter of...From what I gather, it's basically a matter of personal preference. In the strictest sense of the term "continent," only the large land mass that makes up the continent is included. For example, the island of Tasmania would not be considered part of the continent of Australia; only Australia makes up the Australian continent.<br /><br />However, many geographers/mapmakers include islands on their continent maps, and people are used to seeing it that way, so it feels weird even to me to not include islands with continents.<br /><br />I debated the issue internally for a long time, but eventually came to the conclusion that, to me, only a continent can be a continent. No matter how close an island may be to a large land mass, it's still an independent land mass. So that is how I'm classifying them on here.balyienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13785839636620293326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074838946965393539.post-87672402224493900992014-10-14T17:08:27.953-07:002014-10-14T17:08:27.953-07:00This post raises the following question: Not all ...This post raises the following question: Not all countries are part of continents? I guess I knew that somewhat, but it seems like when I think of Indonesia, with its many islands, it is part of Asia, right? So do they scoot places like the Bahamas over to North America? Or are there places that just exist not being a continent? It seems like people who classify wouldn't stand for that.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07967372439743853589noreply@blogger.com