Subject: Sv: Sv: [BoundaryPoint] Peter Heering
Date: Aug 23, 2000 @ 08:17
Author: Peter Hering ("Peter Hering" <hering@...>)
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Dear Mark,
thanks for your mail. Technically you're right, absolutely - because the
North Cape is situated on Magerøya (øya meens island in Norwegian).
- There is, however, a stable (hopefully!) underwater-connection between the mainland and Magerøya, a tunnel that opened only a few years ago.
Nevertheless, most people, even Norwegians (who should know better...)
describe the North Cape as the Northernmost point on Cont.EUR, because the straight between M. and the mainland is so narrow - and in order to attract more tourists ! That's what most tourist guides tell you, at least...!
I myself have been to the North Cape - an interesting point with a symbolic
globe on the edge of the 300 m high rock - about 10 times as a tour director
and have always told my people the truth - and nothing but the truth - but as
you probably know, most people do not care about the actual facts - it's much smarter being able to tell others that you have been to the North Cape. Whow!
The best part of the whole story is, however, that the northernmost point on
Magerøya is called "Knivskellsudde" (my spelling might not be correct - I am
putting this down out of memory..) about 100-200 meters further north...
Because of practical reasons the Norwegians decided to ignore geographical
facts ....
All the best
Peter

----- Original Message -----
From: David Mark <dmark@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: Sv: [BoundaryPoint] Peter Heering


> You mentioned North cape, and I have a question:
>
> 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. ...
>
> 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)
>
> 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
> dmark@...
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