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Continental Island (LND_60)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: lnd_60.ttl
- Name
continentalIsland- Attribute
- LND Land Morphology
- Definition
- An island that lies on the continental shelf of a continent.
- Description
- For example: Greenland and Sable Island off North America; Barbados and Trinidad off South America; Sicily off Europe; Sumatra and Java off Asia; and New Guinea and Tasmania off Australia.
- Accepted
- 2013-10-18
- Allowed for
- RWOI terms naming it
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.