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*** promontories are often used a defensive positions for forts, castles and defensive positions | *** promontories are often used a defensive positions for forts, castles and defensive positions | ||
*** a promontory in water is a peninsula | *** a promontory in water is a peninsula | ||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed | * Click EXPAND for a list of important capes: | ||
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* '''Cape Canaveral''' - Florida | * '''Cape Canaveral''' - Florida | ||
* '''Cape Cod''' - Massachusetts | * '''Cape Cod''' - Massachusetts | ||
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* ''' Cape Vert''' - Senegal; the westernmost point of Africa | * ''' Cape Vert''' - Senegal; the westernmost point of Africa | ||
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* See [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_(geography)#List_of_some_well-known_capes List of Well Known Capes (wiki)]] | * See [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_(geography)#List_of_some_well-known_capes List of Well Known Capes (wiki)]] | ||
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=== === | === === | ||
=== continent === | === continent === | ||
* | * largest unit of a land form or land mass | ||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed | * * except for Europe (and, thus Asia), continents have defined perimeters | ||
* | * click on EXPAND to see list of Continents | ||
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* ordered by size, largest to smallest: | |||
* '''Asia''' | |||
*** may also include Europe, which would be "Eurasia" | *** may also include Europe, which would be "Eurasia" | ||
* '''Africa''' | |||
* '''North America''' | |||
** '''South America''' | ** '''South America''' | ||
* '''Antarctica''' | |||
* '''Europe''' | |||
* '''Australia''' | |||
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* disputed continents | |||
* '''Australia''' | |||
** sometimes considered world's largest island | |||
* '''Europe''' | |||
** Europe is technically not a continent, but if so, neither is Asia | |||
*** considered together, Europe + Asia = "Eurasia" | |||
** the concept of Europe as a continent is traditional and cultural, but still valid geographically | |||
* click EXPAND for more on definition of Europe as a continent | |||
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*** to the ancient Greeks, Europe was the "Land of the West" | |||
*** and Asia was the "Land of the East: | |||
*** and Africa was called "Libya" | |||
** as a continent, Europe is divided from Asia by | |||
*** Ural Mountains (in Russia) | |||
*** Bosporus Strait (at Constantinople, Turkey) | |||
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=== island === | === island === | ||
=== archipelago === | === archipelago === | ||