Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Continent border<br/>
Date: Feb 24, 2003 @ 09:08<br/>
Author: Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell &lt;kevin@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-887054540">Francisco,<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;3. If the political borders can be land continent borders, then the<br/>
&gt;Sinai peninsula is Africa, Anatolia is Europe (or is the European<br/>
&gt;side of Turkey is a part of Asia?)<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>One could argue about where the continental boundaries lie forever. The <br/>
most &#39;official&#39; definition is probably that of the UN which can be found at <br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm.">http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm.</a> However, this doesn&#39;t <br/>
address the problem of countries spanning more than one continent (e.g. <br/>
Russia and Turkey), and there are some problematic definitions such as <br/>
Cyprus, Georgia and Armenia being put into Asia.<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;and Ceuta & Melilla are Europe too. And French Guyana, is Europe or South <br/>
&gt;America?<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>There isn&#39;t a problem with most overseas territories as they&#39;re clearly <br/>
separate entities that are fall under the appropriate continent (e.g. <br/>
French Guiana = South America, Saint Pierre et Miquelon = North America). <br/>
Ceuta, Melilla and the Canary Islands are more of a problem as they&#39;re <br/>
considered integrated parts of Spain, whilst they should be really be <br/>
included under Africa.<br/>
<br/>
Regards,<br/>
<br/>
Kevin Meynell</div>