The Picard Maneuver to Funny: Home of the Haha@lemmy.world • 7 months agoSide-effect of flattening a globestartrek.websiteimagemessage-square124fedilinkarrow-up1923
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minus-square@ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.websitelinkfedilink1•7 months 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-square@ericbomb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•7 months 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.