How Many Continents are There in The World? (Pt. 2) + 1000 Page View Special

Hello Readers,

First of all, thank you for giving me 1000 page views on my blog. Anyways, lets jump into the actual topic.

Looking back at my first post, I quickly realized my mistake (while on reddit).
I completely forgot the fact that North America and South America were 2 different tectonic plates. So that means they are 2 different continents.

Remember, this is the definition of a continent:
A large landmass (usually 2,000,000 and more) and surrounded by ocean or connected with a landbridge (usually small).

If you don't know what is part of what continent, you could use 2 different indicators:

- Tectonic plates
- lowering sea level
- geological history

(Besides, Antarctica is its own continent, and I can explain why if you want me too. I won't because I don't have much time too and only an idiot would think it is not.)

http://geology.com/sea-level-rise/ Raise it to 200 meters, you will see that it is still the same # of continents.

So, there are 6. North America, South America, Eurasia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica.

So, some questions.

1. Why is Africa a continent?
- Because there is a landbridge that separate Eurasia to Africa.

2. Why is South America a continent?
-Refer to answer to question #1.

3. What makes up Australia?
- Australia, New Guinea, and Islands around. Here is some useful websites and pictures to see:
https://calculatedearth.com/ (Lower the sea level 100 meters to have a good idea of what I am talking about)

4. What continent are the islands of the pacific?
-None

5. What continent is iceland a part of?
-North America and Eurasia. The reason is that there is a fault that goes through Iceland. So that means about 3/4 of the island is NA and 1/4 is EA.

BUT BUT HOW ABOUT LOS ANGELES????
That is still part of North America, It is literally attacked to NA. Also, there is no giant landmass on the pacific plate. Here is a good picture to use for the MAJOR plates.

6. How about Jan Mayen?
- None. It is considered a "microcontinent" because it is very small and it is on its own plate, AND NOTHING ELSE.

The picture from number 5 will answer the rest of your worries and questions. Ask in the comments if you have any other concerns or questions.


Thank you for reading.

~~~~BloggingPi

Edit- The Arabian Plate is a bit off. The plate is too much into Iran, it is not that much.