Whats the abbreviation of Island?

[dart321]

Quick! I need to know the abbreviation of island! Don't ask.

 

[Ames]

Quick! I need to know the abbreviation of island! Don't ask.

IS. Plural is ISS.

Commonly used is ISLND and ISLNDS.

http://www.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/usps_abbreviations.html

 

[dart321]

Thanks. Man, my off-topic posts are getting crazy.

 

[Hazar]

now can we ask why?

 

[dart321]

Friends doing a project and I'm too lazy to look it up myself plus I don't really know where to look for such a thing plus I owe him money.

 

[Missingno.]

Hawaiian Iss.
Indonesian Iss.
Austrailia is an Is.

But a small island is an Isle.

 

[oldagerocker]

Yess, i would have said Isle too.

Is "Iss" just used for maps etc? in what is the abbreviation used?

 

[sfc_hoot]

Austrailia is an Is.

No, it's a continent.

 

[Danimal]

Australia is the smallest continent but the largest island :thumbs:

 

[sfc_hoot]

Australia is the smallest continent but the largest island :thumbs:

Can it really be considered both? I've never, ever heard anyone refer to Australia as an island. It's a continent (7, 682, 000sq km). The smallest one, yes. The world's largest island is Greenland (2, 175, 597sq km).

 

[Razor]

I didn't know Australia was a continent, i thought it was part of Oceania, which also encompasses some parts of Indonesia and New Zealand, etc.

 

[oldagerocker]

yeah Oceania is the continent, Australia is an Island.

 

[Danimal]

Can it really be considered both? I've never, ever heard anyone refer to Australia as an island. It's a continent (7, 682, 000sq km). The smallest one, yes. The world's largest island is Greenland (2, 175, 597sq km).

My grade 3 teacher was wrong then :|

 

[Murray_H]

Eye land

Or I

 

[KoreBolteR]

i could call all places on earth as "islands" :O

Eurasia, the biggest island of them all tbh.

 

[sfc_hoot]

yeah Oceania is the continent, Australia is an Island.

If Australia is an island, then why is Greenland still considered to be the Earth's biggest island? shouldn't it be Australia? No, because it's a continent. If you choose to see Australia as an island - then you can say the same thing for the Americas. Oceania would be Australia, plus all the other islands surrounding it, like Indonesia, New Zealand and so on.

 

[sabre0001]

i would have said Isle too...And to go further off-topic...shouldnt Russia be a continent...Bigger than America and Australia but...no continent.always confused me...

 

[KoreBolteR]

is russia from asia or europe, people always say both..

 

[Maxi]

Because it is in both.

 

[Sui]

Does anyone know what size land stops being an "Island" and starts being a "continent"?

 

[Steve]

I didn't know Australia was a continent, i thought it was part of Oceania, which also encompasses some parts of Indonesia and New Zealand, etc.

HA HA HA! YES! I knew that it was a continent! Score one for American education! WOOOO!


...so, American education 1, European education 357,942....

 

[KoreBolteR]

actually australia is in the continent Oceania... thats what i thought, or am i going completely insane :|? lol

 

[sfc_hoot]

actually australia is in the continent Oceania... thats what i thought, or am i going completely insane ? lol

I think I might be going insane. Oceania includes Australia, New Zealand, Indonesian Islands, Micronesia, etc. How is that a continent? Why is it North and South America - and not just "America" - which would include both. Europe and Asia are also joined - yet they're considered two separate continents. Australia should be the continent - while everything around it is just islands. Which continent does Hawaii belong to - for example? Not everything has to belong to a continent.

Does anyone know what size land stops being an "Island" and starts being a "continent"?

Very good question. Does anyone know the answer?

 

[Brian Damage]

Can't it be both, for coolness' sake?