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Greenland (Denmark) - geographically a part of the continent of North America, politically and culturally associated with Europe. Iceland - traverses the border between the North American and the Eurasian continental plates , politically and culturally associated with Europe.
This is a list of island countries. An island is a landmass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water. Many island countries are spread over an archipelago, as is the case with Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines—these countries consist of thousands of islands.
This is a list of countries by number of islands, with figures given for the numbers of islands within their territories. In some cases, this figure is approximate and may vary slightly between sources depending on which islands are counted.
14 maj 2024 · Nordic countries, group of countries in northern Europe consisting of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The designation includes the Faroe Islands and Greenland, which are autonomous island regions of Denmark, and the Åland Islands, an autonomous island region of Finland.
10 mar 2021 · Europe has five island countries. These nations occupy either an entire island or encompass a group of islands or are part of larger islands. Three of these countries are located in Northern Eurrope (Ireland, United Kingdom and Iceland) in the North Atlantic Ocean, and two in Southern Europe (Cyprus and Malta) in the Mediterranean Sea.
Our database contains 250 countries, as it includes various islands. These islands are currently not recognized by the United Nations as individual countries. Depending on dataset used for pages and visualizations this number countries will vary.
9 cze 2024 · Scandinavia, part of northern Europe, generally held to consist of the two countries of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Norway and Sweden, with the addition of Denmark. Some authorities argue for the inclusion of Finland on geologic and economic grounds and of Iceland and the Faroe Islands on the grounds that their inhabitants speak North Germanic ...
