The four continents

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So there's obviously more to separation of continents than merely an ocean.

Size. Size matters in the matter of continents :)
 

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...which is one reason for not considering Greenland, Madagascar, and Australia to be continents.
 

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...which is one reason for not considering Greenland, Madagascar, and Australia to be continents.

Greenland and Madagascar are very small compared to Australia.
 

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True enough. But they are all islands. In the realm of continents, there's Australia with a standing that is equivalent to Pluto's place in a discussion of planets.
 
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