World's largest islands

Australian's are used to calling mainland Australia "the largest island and the smallest continent" but we rarely wonder who our land mass is being compared to. 

Here's the answer..... 

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Sack the letters editor at The Australian

Today's edition of The Australian carries a letter to the editor that should never have been printed.

The letter writer is wrong. The writer's understanding of geography is abysmal.

The letters editor should have seen the error in the letter, but perhaps the editor knows no  better. Then again, the letter suits the agenda of this rabid right wing rag that pretends to be a national newspaper.

Here's the letter:

Last Post, July

Kevin Rudd, a former diplomat, less than 48 hours into his new/old job, is talking up conflict with our nearest neighbour. Is this a record?

Roseanne Schneider, Yeronga, Qld


For the record, Indonesia is not Australia's nearest neighbour.

Source: The Australian, July 1, 2013

Get it right, it's a mountain!

In the aftermath of four international tourists missing for more than 15 hours in bushland in Mount Warning National Park on the NSW far north coast earlier this week, Tweed Daily News (13/8/10) reports "(a) Murwillumbah SES officer **** [name deleted] has called on Tweed accommodation providers to provide more information to guests about climbing the hill."

Hang on a minute, is it a hill or is it a mountain? Warning Hill or Mt Warning?

According to the Geographical Names Board of NSW, hills have altitudes of less than 300 metres.

The geographical feature, which has dual names of Mt Warning and Wollumbin (*1), has an elevation of 1,156 metres.

*1 From the Bandjalung-Yugambeh dialect chain word `Wollumbin' meaning the patriach of mountains. J A Gresty. The Numinbah Valley. p67 1947. (Source: GNB of NSW)