Okay, then the “politico-cultural concept” and common usage of the name “Europe” is of it being one of the major continents, regardless of if it’s on its own tectonic plate or not. It clearly includes the British Isles.
It is right there on the Eurasia map at the link you shared, and on the list of Eurasian territories, so OP was correct.
The thing is that “continental Europe” is not the same as the continent of Europe, which does include the islands. Mainland Europe is a less ambiguous name.
The largest Eurasian islands by area are Borneo, Sumatra, Honshu, Great Britain, Sulawesi, Java, Luzon, Iceland, Mindanao, Ireland, Hokkaido, Sakhalin, and Sri Lanka.
England is not a part of the Eurasian continent nor a part of Continental Europe. It’s on the Isle of Great Britain, which is an island, not a continent. She refused to admit she was wrong because she was right and your textbook was wrong.
Common reference maps all include The British Isles in with Europe, as well as Iceland.
The wikipedia page on Europe also includes them as part of the continent.
First of all, Europe isn’t even a continent. “Europe” is a politico-cultural concept, not a geological or biogeographic one.
Okay, then the “politico-cultural concept” and common usage of the name “Europe” is of it being one of the major continents, regardless of if it’s on its own tectonic plate or not. It clearly includes the British Isles.
You can’t move those goalposts like that.
That is an outdated and frankly Western chauvinist usage. Europe and Asia are both on the Eurasian continent.
It is right there on the Eurasia map at the link you shared, and on the list of Eurasian territories, so OP was correct.
The thing is that “continental Europe” is not the same as the continent of Europe, which does include the islands. Mainland Europe is a less ambiguous name.
Yep, it’s part of the continent.
Also the Islands section of that page says this:
(Emphasis mine.)
Well, at least you share a tectonic plate, so that’s nice.