Once I hear Australia is the only country in the world to be also a whole continent. Mostly because the rest of Oceania is made up of small islands (A ton of islands, I know).
But check this one for instance: I was taught Chile is a tri-continental country. That is because 1- Easter Island is from Oceania (Somehow. It's still closer to Australia than Chile apparently) and 2- Somehow, we say we have part of the Antartida! (Which, in the rest of the world, is not true. But, we have a colony of non scientist and non military people (somehow) to prove it. Crazy, uh?)
Ayers FTW!
Australia is called an island continent sometimes, but geologically Tasmania and New Guinea are part of the Australian continent, so it's not really true.
The islands in the Pacific are considered part of Oceania, so that's why Easter Island is in Oceania.
Australia has a territorial claim in Antarctica too. It's the largest on the continent. It was claimed when Australia was still a colony of Britain, and I guess Britain was feeling greedy. I don't think we have any non scientific bases there, though. That's pretty hardcore. And "Villa Las Estrellas", if that's what you're talking about, is a really nice name.
That's interesting! I believe there is part of France in almost every continent, but France was colonial so it's easier to understand how that came to be.
If you include former colonies and territorial claims, there's a part of France in every continent, even under the seven continent model. France, Quebec, parts of West Africa, parts of Southeast Asia, New Caledonia, French Guiana and Adélie Land. Wow. I don't think that's true for any other country except Britain.
If you include former colonies and territorial claims, there's a part of France in every continent, even under the seven continent model. France, Quebec, parts of West Africa, parts of Southeast Asia, New Caledonia, French Guiana and Adélie Land. Wow. I don't think that's true for any other country except Britain.
Definitely not including former colonies, only current France (including the DOM-TOMs, or if you prefer domains and territories). Here, a map
EDIT: I meant "I'm definitely not including former colonies". They're their own countries, you know? Plus then you might drift into everything that was France at some point and that gets complicated.
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The islands in the Pacific are considered part of Oceania, so that's why Easter Island is in Oceania.
Australia has a territorial claim in Antarctica too. It's the largest on the continent. It was claimed when Australia was still a colony of Britain, and I guess Britain was feeling greedy. I don't think we have any non scientific bases there, though. That's pretty hardcore. And "Villa Las Estrellas", if that's what you're talking about, is a really nice name.
If you include former colonies and territorial claims, there's a part of France in every continent, even under the seven continent model. France, Quebec, parts of West Africa, parts of Southeast Asia, New Caledonia, French Guiana and Adélie Land. Wow. I don't think that's true for any other country except Britain.
Definitely not including former colonies, only current France (including the DOM-TOMs, or if you prefer domains and territories).
Here, a map
EDIT: I meant "I'm definitely not including former colonies". They're their own countries, you know? Plus then you might drift into everything that was France at some point and that gets complicated.