• Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Technically it is not. The city of New York encompasses 3 Islands (Including Long Island, the largest island in America) and only a small peninsula that is actually on the Mainland proper. The result is that about 90% of New York City is not on the American mainland/continent.

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      2 months ago

      More than 16% of America is not part of the contiguous land mass. It doesn’t make it any less part of america.

      • casmael@lemm.ee
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        2 months ago

        It’s only America if it’s from the ‘America’ region of the subcontinent, otherwise it’s just sparkling south Canada