This polygon shapefile represents the boundaries for the continents of the world. This layer is part of the 2014 ESRI Data and Maps collection for ArcGIS 10.2. World Continents provides a base map layer of the continents for the world. ESRI. (2014). World Continents, 1996-2007. ESRI. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/mb956tt3708