Subject: Re: Sv: [BoundaryPoint] Peter Heering<br/>
Date: Aug 22, 2000 @ 19:42<br/>
Author: David Mark (David Mark &lt;dmark@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1839659969">You mentioned North cape, and I have a question:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Peter Hering wrote:<br/>
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&gt; ...    then any traveler can go from the Northernmost point of<br/>
&gt; Continental Europe - the North Cape in Norway - to the South of Italy or<br/>
&gt; Portugal without having to produce the passport at any point. ...<br/>
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Why would you call North Cape the &quot;Northernmost point of Continental<br/>
Europe&quot;, since it is on an island??  If islands qualify, then why is not<br/>
the northernmost point of Svalbard / Spitsbergen the &quot;Northernmost point<br/>
of Continental Europe&quot;, or the Northernmost point of Greenland?<br/>
Interestingly, the same (apparent) logical inconsistency occurs in the US,<br/>
where the &quot;Southernmost Point in the continental U.S.A.&quot; is on an island,<br/>
Key West. (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://keywestliving.com/southernmostpoint.htm)">http://keywestliving.com/southernmostpoint.htm)</a><br/>
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If &quot;continental&quot; does not mean part of the mainland of some continent,<br/>
what _does_ it mean?  (I know that in the &#39;breakfast&quot; continent it means<br/>
pastries, but that is not what I am asking about.)<br/>
<br/>
David<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:dmark@...">dmark@...</a> </span></blockquote></div>