PETALING JAYA: Out of all the continental areas on Earth, Eurasia is the largest with a total area of 55,000,000 km2. Having said that, it has been said repeatedly over the years that the southernmost tip of this landmass – one that contains the bulk of Europe and Asia, hence the name - is actually in Tanjung Piai, Johor.
Asia, the world’s largest and most diverse continent. It occupies the eastern four-fifths of the giant Eurasian landmass. Asia is more a geographic term than a homogeneous continent, and the use of the term to describe such a vast area always carries the potential of obscuring the enormous diversity among the regions it encompasses. Asia has both the highest and the lowest points on the surface of Earth, has the longest coastline of any continent, is subject overall to the world’s widest climatic extremes, and, consequently, produces the most varied forms of vegetation and animal life on Earth. In addition,
A TASS correspondent, Vera Kostamo, joined the crew of Mikhail Somov research/survey vessel to cover the seventh voyage in 2021 to its final destination - to the Wrangel Island, and back