Why isn't Greenland considered a continent?

Thanks for the A2A. I've never heard of Greenland being referred to as a continent in modern times. Historically it used to be considered a continent (i.e. when it was discovered), but it is now 'just' an island (albeit a very big one). read more

Either way, Greenland still isn’t it’s own continent. Just while I’m here, Greenland isn’t, as Bobby Sn has written, an ice sheet. It’s definitely got plenty of ice on it, much of which forms part of the Arctic polar ice cap, but there is land underneath Greenland. read more

The word “large” leads to arbitrary classification: Greenland, with a surface area of 2,166,086 km2 is considered the world’s largest island, but Australia (also an island) with a land mass of 7,617,930 km2 is a continent. read more