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InDaHou5e t1_j4dlj3k wrote

Austral is simply another word for southern. How Australia got named. The same phenomenon can be seen from Argentina and Chile. I got the impression that some people thought that it was called that because of the country the photo was taken.

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inferiorcritic t1_j4dn140 wrote

I think people were only surprised because Australia does not extend as south as Argentina and Chile.

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