Why is antarctica a continent while other places such as greenland and the arctic circle are not?

Question

Why is antarctica a continent while other places such as greenland and the arctic circle are not?

Answer 1

Size, and the fact that it is a landmass.

The arctic circle is a boundary that only exists on maps: it is not physically present on the earth.

Greenland is a large island, but the division between continents and islands may be somewhat arbitrary.

Answer 2

Antartica is a continental crust, meaning the land of Antarctica is attached to the crust. While the Icebergs that make the Arctic, are just pieces of huge ice chunks floading on water.

Answer 3

Dont know about greenland...but the arctic circle is ice and not a land mass.

Answer 4

its nature , u or me have not created it. it is all naturally made.

Answer 5

The division between continents and islands is basically an arbitrary one created by geographers, and dependent on the size of the land mass...

The Arctic Circle, to quote Wikipedia:

"The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. It is the parallel of latitude that (as of 2000) runs 66° 33′ 39″ (or 66.56083°) north of the Equator. The region north of this circle is known as the Arctic, and the zone just to the south is called the Northern Temperate Zone. The equivalent latitude in the southern hemisphere is called the Antarctic Circle."

It is therefore not a continent, but a section of the Earth denoted by its position according to latitude....