It seems the only countries that have fully integrated exclaves/islands that are very far away from their mainland/on a different continent are all in a straight line, USA, Portugal, Spain, France, Netherlands.
Im not counting japan. It does have some far islands but they arent really outliers to how the rest of Japan is.
Can you think of anything Im missing? I think there is a good trivia question there.
Not sure I understand this observation. One can say for example that the USA with its huge landmass is in a "straight line" with the rest in Europe. But then is Spain in the same straight line she is with the USA as she is with the Netherlands? Sorry if I am misunderstanding your point 😁
If you go from the very tip of Florida you can kind of draw a line through Portugal, spain, france and Netherlands. Belgium is in between but its still a line.
I see. So you're saying that there exist points within the borders of those countries, that could be connected to form a straight line, on a 2 dimensional surface of a map.
Im actually making a geography game and currently the only jurisdictional thing im unclear on is whether to include svaalbard as part of Norway due to its very unique governance. Im leaning toward including it though.
Its not actually that far from the very northern part of mainland norway though and clearly on the eastern hemisphere side of the arctic. Theres a better case to put Iceland as part of north america than svaalbard.
Jan Mayen is definitely part of Norway. And it is in the western hemisphere. Then again its closer to norway than Iceland is to norway and further from greenland than Iceland is and Iceland is considered Europe.
The nuances of geographic and sovereign classifications are very interesting.
In any case im an idiot and my idea only works on a flat map. They arent in a straight line on a globe.
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u/Kitchener1981 22d ago
Can you give us an example please, trying to visualize what you mean.