This large area of open nothing is the biggest of our overseas territories, which don't appear to be counted in the official statics:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Antarctica,_Australia_territorial_claim.svg And before anyone grumbles, the current Antarctic treaty recognizes pre-treaty claims to territory. USA and Russia cry foul and try to ignore the territories, but they didn't make the sacrifices when Antarctica was first being explored so they missed out. Oh dear, how sad, never mind ;-) regards, Anthony "Of what use is lens and light to those who lack in mind and sight" (Anon) 2009/5/27 David Savage <ozsav...@gmail.com>: > 2009/5/27 P. J. Alling <p_all...@hotmail.com>: >> Charles Robinson wrote: >>> >>> On May 26, 2009, at 12:57, William Robb wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Charles Robinson" >>>> Subject: Re: OT - Oz is a big place. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>> http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/temp/oz-vs-canada.jpg >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I think the magic of the Mercator projection is making Canada look >>>>> bigger >>>>> than it really is.... isn't it? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Perhaps a bit. >>>> Australia is 7,617,930 sq km in area, Canada is 9,093,507 sq. km, or just >>>> about 20% larger. >>>> >>> >>> I realize I could have looked that up, too. But it was late and I was >>> lazy. That's very interesting, I wouldn't have suspected that Canada is >>> larger. Thanks! >>> >>> -Charles >> >> The 20% larger doesn't tell the whole story, Australia is fairly compact, >> Canada contains some large areas of open sea... > > We have large areas of open nothing. > > :-) > > DS > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
