Why isn't Greenland considered a continent?

[billy2]

The reason maps distort the size of Greenland is because 2/3rds of the worlds surface is ocean, so an accurate map would look like the pacific ocean with bits of land around the edge.
The world map is distorted so Europe and North America are drawn out and the southern hemisphere, which is mostly ocean, is squeezed up. Greenland is the most distorted part of the map.
A globe is to proper scale.

 

[_snafu_]

Why is it called Greenland when really it is covered in snow and doesn't look all that green at the best of times?

 

[gUt]

How is the local RL comp going in Greenland?

 

[little_aza]

Why is it called Greenland when really it is covered in snow and doesn't look all that green at the best of times?

Apparently when Erik the Red and his followers settled it, he wanted to come up with a name that sounded attractive, to entice settlers to move there. Greenland sounds lovely, evoking images of vast expanses of rolling pastures....shame it's the one of the most desolate places on earth lol

 

[redvscotty]

Why isn't NZ a continent?

 

[Eion]

Paul Gallen is a continent. Look it up.

 

[Bulldog Force]

Population of Greenland: 56,000
Population of Wagga Wagga: 58,000

Let's make Wagga it's own continent too

We're talking about size, not population.

 

[Bulldog Force]

Why is it called Greenland when really it is covered in snow and doesn't look all that green at the best of times?

Yes... yet the country next door to it, Iceland, is Green! Go figure!

Greenland = Ice
Iceland = Green :lol:

Iceland:

 

[muzby]

Plus all the whales, they take up a lot of room. We can put them in our dams and rivers and wait for the ocean levels to drop again and then put them back.

pfft... storing your whales in dams & rivers is for rookies..


this is how the pro's deal with their whales...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=layDTG0nbAc

 

[gUt]

That whale had it coming.

 

[firechild]

pfft... storing your whales in dams & rivers is for rookies..


this is how the pro's deal with their whales...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=layDTG0nbAc

I love how most of the related videos on the right are other exploding whales and an exploding cow, except one..."funny toilet prank". It's kinda like an exploding whale.

 

[Twizzle]

its a pretty rugged place on Google Earth mostly rocky landscapes

no street views either

 

[slipperykinchela]

Can this forum work out how my grandmothers side of the family's surname was Greenland?

 

[muzby]

Can this forum work out how my grandmothers side of the family's surname was Greenland?

she either was a fan of rocky desolate islands..


or she married a bloke with the surname "greenland"

 

[slipperykinchela]

Actually she married a bloke called Moore it was her maiden name.her brother played in a gf for the dragons and my cousin played for the steelers.all Greenlanders.

 

[alien]

i like this idea... if we can squeeze greenland into the centre of australia, the balance of ice + desert would mean we could actualy have a chance at having a good population in central australia.

my only request to the 10,000 erikson air crane pilots that will be required to make this happen is to maybe position it a little further to the right..

that way greenland squashes adelaide..

i hate adelaide.

:lol: yes too many churches

 

[alien]

Population of Greenland: 56,000
Population of Wagga Wagga: 58,000

Let's make Wagga it's own continent too

antartica is a continent and it has 0 permanent population, and only 1,000 - 5,000 non permanent

 

[Cliffhanger]

Why is it called Greenland when really it is covered in snow and doesn't look all that green at the best of times?

This is why!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df-uemc-e3w

 

[muzby]

antartica is a continent and it has 0 permanent population, and only 1,000 - 5,000 non permanent

Hmmmm.. sounds like shark park every home game..

 

[gUt]

Make Sharks home games a continent then.