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Why are there still 7 continents?

18 points by jppope

by kazinator

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"incontinent" also has a pretty loose definition.

by OgsyedIE

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The list of cratons on Wikipedia includes entries for Antarctica and Australia while omitting Greenland. I couldn't find a technical definition of a craton, but to geologists a continent must contain at least one craton to qualify.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shields_and_cratons

by gus_massa

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> 6 continents (Russia/ Eastern Europe): Africa, Eurasia, Europe, North America, South America, Antartica, Australia
Should the article delete Europe from that list?

by fuzzfactor

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Good question.
Probably nobody knows.
I figure it's been stable for quite a long time, and if number 8 were to show up any time soon it would be a major Earth-shaking event :)