Antarctica is the fifth largest continent
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The world's largest continent is Asia, which has China, the largest country in the world. The smallest country is Austraila.
north America The British Empire controlled an entire continent in Australia. The British Empire was the largest empire in history.
The taking of slaves from the African continent for a period of about 200 years.
In area, Australia is the sixth largest country after Russia, Canada, China, USA, and Brazil.
At 2,175,590 km2 in area (840,000 square miles), Greenland is the world's largest island.Australia is often erroneously thought of as the world's largest island. Geographically, Australia is a continent, not an island. As a landform, it could be considered an island as it is entirely surrounded by water and not joined onto any other land mass. For this reason, it is often referred to as an island continent. Australia is too big to be formallyclassified as an island. The world's largest island is Greenland.Another reason why Australia is also considered a continent is because it sits on its own tectonic plate. This is different from Greenland, which uses the same land mass as North America.* The defining of Australia as an "island" is arguable, as Antarctica could be similarly defined as an island, being completely surrounded by water, as are even the Americas and Afro-Eurasia.