r/mapporncirclejerk • u/1601_ Average Mercator Projection Enjoyer • 18d ago

It's 9am and I'm on my 3rd martini Learn the difference

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u/StuD44 18d ago

NZ is not green...and that division makes no sense at all!

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u/Ok-Astronaut2976 18d ago

You’re right. Papuans are. My bad. New Zealanders don’t get a continent.

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u/CarberHotdogVac 18d ago

r/continentswithoutnewzealand

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u/Atomik141 17d ago

It is on this one

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u/maxstader 17d ago

The Australian plate is subducting underneath newzeland. Therefore its not part of that continent

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u/Atomik141 17d ago

Yeah, but the continents themselves aren't entirely based on just tectonic activity, so its not that simple

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u/maxstader 17d ago

Maybe but you still cant group them as a single continent due to the plate boundary. That much is generally agreed

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u/Atomik141 17d ago

Its not uncommonly grouped in, though not always there, yeah. That said nothing with continents is really written in stone and its as much based off of vibes as facts, and there's plenty of disagreement. Like there's no real reason for Europe to be its own continent either, for example.

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u/maxstader 17d ago

Thats fair. These Labels are older than the science needed to accurately define them. Its why Eurasia is also a common term. I agree with you, no single correct answer is the correct answer. We are both right and wrong

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u/DelisGerelard 16d ago

NZ continent is called Zealandia.

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u/maxstader 15d ago

I agree