Date:         Sun, 7 Dec 2008 02:17:52 -0700
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <goose1047@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <goose1047@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: junk yards for Vanagon parts.
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> according to wikipedia and my wife (who can list them in order of size too
> ...
> the list is
> Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and
> Australia

Wikipedia does not define scientific processes or entities. It is not
an authority on anything; use it with caution!!

Continents are distinct geological entities, and so are defined by
geology. Their crust is fundamentally different to that of the oceanic
basins.

The continents are as I listed them. New Zealand is actually a sizable
continent; much of it is presently submerged (as are the valleys
separating the islands & valleys of the Philippines and Indonesia;
such seas atop continents are called epieric [eg the North Sea, Sea of
Japan, South China Sea etc]). It separated and drifted away from
Australia during the Cretaceous, during the time of the later big
dinosaurs.

It is possible that Antarctica is two continents, but I think that not
enough is known about this yet to be sure.

Europe is not a continent; it is a minor part of the Eurasian
continent, which includes Britain, Ireland, Siberia, Japan, the
Philippines.

India is a separate continent which is in the process of colliding
with and fusing itself onto the Eurasian continent, pushing up the
Himalayas as part of the process (crush zone!); it is still moving
relative to Eurasia.

VW T3s can be found on all continents but the micro in the Indian
Ocean... well, there might even be one or two there.

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