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the islands of Ireland and Great Britain were once part of the Eurasian landmass
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But most of Greenland’s landmass is locked under ice that can be more than three kilometers thick, and Greenland is just a logistically difficult place to work.
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Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026
For Russia, Iran helps bottle up Central Asia geographically, its trade and pipelines etc, thereby leaving a vast landmass dependent on Moscow’s stranglehold.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The northern route to the New Guinea portion of this landmass went through Sulawesi and the Spice Islands.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2026
The route likely involved crossing from Borneo (then part of a landmass known as Sunda) to Sulawesi and other islands that form a region scientists call Wallacea, before reaching Sahul.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
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Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026
For Russia, Iran helps bottle up Central Asia geographically, its trade and pipelines etc, thereby leaving a vast landmass dependent on Moscow’s stranglehold.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The northern route to the New Guinea portion of this landmass went through Sulawesi and the Spice Islands.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2026
The route likely involved crossing from Borneo (then part of a landmass known as Sunda) to Sulawesi and other islands that form a region scientists call Wallacea, before reaching Sahul.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Landmass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landmass. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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landmass
noun
land·mass
-ˌmas 
: a large area of land
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