Subject: Sv: Sv: [BoundaryPoint] Peter Heering
Date: Aug 23, 2000 @ 08:17
Author: Peter Hering ("Peter Hering" <hering@...>)
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From: David Mark <dmark@...>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: Sv: [BoundaryPoint] Peter Heering
> You mentioned North cape, and I have a question:
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> On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Peter Hering wrote:
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> > ... then any traveler can go from the Northernmost point of
> > Continental Europe - the North Cape in Norway - to the South of Italy or
> > Portugal without having to produce the passport at any point. ...
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> Why would you call North Cape the "Northernmost point of Continental
> Europe", since it is on an island?? If islands qualify, then why is not
> the northernmost point of Svalbard / Spitsbergen the "Northernmost point
> of Continental Europe", or the Northernmost point of Greenland?
> Interestingly, the same (apparent) logical inconsistency occurs in the US,
> where the "Southernmost Point in the continental U.S.A." is on an island,
> Key West. (http://keywestliving.com/southernmostpoint.htm)
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> If "continental" does not mean part of the mainland of some continent,
> what _does_ it mean? (I know that in the 'breakfast" continent it means
> pastries, but that is not what I am asking about.)
>
> David
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