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minus-squareThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMy point is Alaska is 1/5 of the USA’s landmass. Calling Greenland a big island is underselling. If it were on its own in the Atlantic or pacific we’d argue over if it count as a dwarf continent
minus-squareericbomb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI’m not saying it’s not a massive island. But just on standard maps it looks like it’s the size of Mexico, Canada, and US put together. When it’s just a bit bigger than Mexico.
My point is Alaska is 1/5 of the USA’s landmass. Calling Greenland a big island is underselling. If it were on its own in the Atlantic or pacific we’d argue over if it count as a dwarf continent
I’m not saying it’s not a massive island.
But just on standard maps it looks like it’s the size of Mexico, Canada, and US put together.
When it’s just a bit bigger than Mexico.