OK, so _how _ many continents do we have, again?

[dmmh]

Wow, that's amazing. So Moscow is actually in Europe?

You must be American.

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[Scourge]

no antartica because it is uninhabited

Antarctica is populated. There are one to twenty thousand people living there, depending time of year.

You're taking the term literally. Inhabited continents have/had a native people.

Antartica is also a huge territory. There is no country associated with it.

The same could be said about the Americas. They were uninhabited at one time.

[SplishSplash]

Antartica is also a huge territory. There is no country associated with it.

Actually, several countries lay claim to different parts of Antarctica.

* Argentina: 25°W to 74°W; overlaps Chilean and British claims; claimed 1943 as Antártida Argentina, one of the four departments of Tierra del Fuego - Antarctica & South Atlantic Isles province
* Australia: 160°E to 142°02' E and 136°11' E to 44°38' E; claimed 1933 as the Australian Antarctic Territory, one of Australia's seven external territories
* Chile: 53°W to 90°W; Overlaps Argentine and British Claims; claimed 1940, as comuna de Antártida, one of the two municipalities of Antártica Chilena Province
* France: 142°02' E to 136°'11 E; claimed 1924 as Terre Adélie, one of the four districts of the French Southern Territories
* New Zealand: 150°W to 160°E; claimed 1923 as Ross Dependency, as a territory of New Zealand
* Norway: 44°38' E to 20°W; claimed 1938 as Dronning Maud Land, a Norwegian territory
* Norway: Peter I Island at 68°50' S, 90°35'W, claimed 1929, the only Antarctic claim area that is not a sector, a Norwegian territory
* United Kingdom: 20°W to 80°W; overlaps Argentine and Chilean claims; claimed 1908 as British Antarctic Territory, one of the British overseas territories

No formal claims have been made in the sector between 90 degrees west and 150 degrees west, except for the Norwegian claim to Peter I Island (see above).

[XaNaDu]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent

[MKJ]

i was always taught there were 7

i was shocked when some yank was talking about "america" being a continent
he even went as far as saying Canada wasnt on the American continent though so he was a dork anyways