@Panther Thanks for the clarification. With this information Ally players will not be happy!
Is Greenland an island?
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:lol: :lol:
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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.
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Greenland = Largest island in the world
Not that that matters in Axis & Allies world, or that it would really help much… :-P
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@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.
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Those are classified as continents. :-P
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@SAS:
Those are classified as continents. :-P
Why? Their size? That’s arbitrary. Why is Australia a continent but Greenland not?
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Greenland is an island.
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@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:
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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
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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?
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Pluto is not a planet! End of discussion.
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Precisely. :-D There have been lots of arbitrary classifications for years. Some have been clarified, but others haven’t.
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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
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Greenland is an island.
Hey back up, you guys BS through Kriegs answer, so you can build an AB and scramble from Greenland.
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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.
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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
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@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.
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Australia was never an island, as it was not surrounded by a single sea zone.
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I was talking about real life.
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So was he, haven’t you ever been to Australia?
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