Can an island also be a continent?
1) “An island is a naturally formed area of land, surrounded by water, which is above water at high tide.” Source: http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part8.htm 2) “An island […] is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water, above high tide, and isolated from other significant landmasses.” “There is no standard of size which distinguishes islands from islets and continents. Any landmass surrounded by water could be considered an island. Under this terminology all the land masses on the planet could be considered islands. Also, when defining islands as pieces of land that are completely surrounded by water, narrow bodies of water like rivers and canals are generally left out of consideration. […] This also helps explain why Africa-Eurasia can be seen as one continuous landmass (and thus technically the biggest island): generally the Suez Canal is not seen as something that divides the land mass in two.” Source and further information: http:/
