Talk:Southernmost point buoy

Changed a reference to an island off of the keys as the southernmost point in the continental us.

Ballast Key is not submerged at any time of the year, read the article - Marc Averette (talk) 21:40, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please read the above. An island is NOT continental. If you change the heading to southernmost part of us, non-continental, then it will work.

Do yourself a favor and read island. Key West is a continental island. It is on the continental (North American) shelf. Ballast Key is a continental island on the continental shelf. Ballast Key is also the southernmost point of permanent land in the State of Florida. It may help if you actually read a few of these articles. - Marc Averette (talk) 13:45, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the shelf is not the same thing as the continent which it may surround, it's the sea bottom near the continent. An island that is a continental type, is not part of that continent, continental just shows the TYPE of island that it is.

Think of how us US twelve mile limit for instance doesn't even go anywhere near as far out as it shelf goes. It's just a shelf, that's all. It is not the continent. Continent means dry land and perhaps islands inside enclosed bays.

For instance, Greenland isn't part of North America even though it's on the same shelf.

Based on that logic, Manhattan isn't in the continental United States. Marc Averette (talk) 16:12, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just a suggestion, the "controversy" over whether or not the Southernmost Buoy marks the "true" southernmost point of the US should be moved under the history of the buoy. 71.52.12.157 (talk) 22:56, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]