Smallest Continent by Land Area: Australia, Not Europe

Australia is the smallest continent at 7.6 million km². Europe is the second-smallest at 10.2 million km². (Continents ranked: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia.) Australia's continental shelf includes New Guinea and Tasmania; Europe's boundary at the Urals/Caucasus is conventional. Both are dwarfed by Asia (44.6M km²).