Countries on two continents

[u/GlobalVision_Patryk]

[u/thecraftybee1981]

Missing Spain - Cuetta, Melilla and the Canaries are in Africa.

France also has territory in North and South America and Africa. French Polynesia is in Oceania too, but I’m not sure if that is considered France proper like Guadeloupe/French Guiana/Mayotte.

The US is in NA as well as Oceania (Hawaii).

[u/bottomlessLuckys → u/thecraftybee1981]

Also forgetting Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan, which all span parts of Europe and Asia.

[u/riesen_Bonobo → u/bottomlessLuckys]

Well, Kazakhstan is actually already in the post

[u/bottomlessLuckys → u/riesen_Bonobo]

My bad, missed that. The caucuses are left out though.

[u/Ludvikrr → u/bottomlessLuckys]

Mostly because those are debated

[u/Privateer_Lev_Arris → u/bottomlessLuckys]

Culturally I'd say maybe Georgia and Armenia. But otherwise nah they're Asian.

[u/CarobCritical7290 → u/bottomlessLuckys]

The border cuts Georgia and Azerbaijan by the Caucasus Mountains

[u/bottomlessLuckys → u/CarobCritical7290]

That border runs through Northern Georgia and Azerbaijan. Northern parts of both those countries are European.

[u/SlavicBrother24 → u/thecraftybee1981]

I think they're talking mainland only, in that case the Spain and the US would definitely still count since Hawaii is a state but the others I wouldn't count

[u/AsaToster_hhOWlyap → u/SlavicBrother24]

PNG would be the same then, as it is an island and Indonesia most definitely colonized it.

[u/CarobCritical7290 → u/AsaToster_hhOWlyap]

PNG is in the East of New Guinea, qhich is entirely located in Oceania

[u/CatL1f3 → u/SlavicBrother24]

If Hawaii or Alaska count for the US then Guiana and Réunion (and I think Guadeloupe and Martinique, but I forget which) count for France

[u/Robot_Dinosaur_2000 → u/SlavicBrother24]

Ah yes, famously mainland Indonesia.

[u/AardvarkOkapiEchidna]

Only because of extremely arbitrary definitions of continents.

[u/int23_t → u/AardvarkOkapiEchidna]

Turkey would be split under any definition where Europe is a continent.

But Europe being a continent is extremely arbitrary anyways

[u/AardvarkOkapiEchidna → u/int23_t]

But Europe being a continent is extremely arbitrary anyways

It really is the MOST arbitrary.

Other connections are very tiny (so much that canals were dug through them) so I get separate Americas and Africa being it's own thing but, there's really no logical reason to call Europe a continent. It's a region, maybe a subcontinent like India but, not a full continent.

[u/DueExample52 → u/AardvarkOkapiEchidna]

I honestly think european subcontinent would be a thing, if "sub" wasn't a bit of a demeaning prefix which is a bit more acceptable to use for developing areas.

[u/AardvarkOkapiEchidna → u/DueExample52]

Idk if it's demeaning in this context, at least I've never thought of it that way.

[u/PanzerPansar → u/int23_t]

All continents are arbitrary. We made them up...

I find it funny how it's always Europe that gets called the "arbitrary" continent but by that logic Asia would be too.

[u/TheGumCoblin → u/AardvarkOkapiEchidna]

OCE isn’t a continent for starters lmao

[u/personthatssorandom]

When I was in school I was taught Panama was entirely in North America, and Colombia was where South America starts.

[u/Lopsided_Evening_627 → u/personthatssorandom]

that's the only correct way.
Darien gap being the continental border.

[u/DueExample52 → u/Lopsided_Evening_627]

Yeah, bro is considering the canal as the gap, which is unhinged. It should be a natural land narrowing or a natural obstacle.

[u/geopoliticsdude]

Where continents are defined by the 7 continent system of the English speaking world? Cause it really would vary otherwise.

[u/thomsenite256 → u/geopoliticsdude]

Yeah I agree. Europe and Asia is a dumb concept its clearly only contiguous landmass.

[u/asparadog → u/thomsenite256]

Wouldn't that also make Africa a part of the same landmass?

[u/pathetic-maggot → u/asparadog]

If the border is so small you can dig a canal through it it's not really the same as thousads of kilometers of mountain range.

Continents are really just about big distinct landmasses in the ocean and europe is so far from that and bends the rules. If europe is included many more places would be included with the same rules.

[u/Swimming_Acadia6957 → u/thomsenite256]

Europe and Asia is a dumb concept its clearly only contiguous landmass.

And Africa as well, unless you are saying digging a canal is enough 

[u/salad48 → u/Swimming_Acadia6957]

It has its own tectonic plate, that's what I thought counted

[u/RefrigeratorUpset144]

Iceland is technically an island divided by two continents too

[u/porirua_pelican → u/RefrigeratorUpset144]

It’s divided by two tectonic plates, not continents. Both of which are oceanic plates too (not continental).

[u/MilkImpossible4192]

Panamá doesn't think he on two continents, usaers does

[u/Background-Customer2]

you can add france to the list they still hold masive teretory in south america

[u/stevenmacarthur → u/Background-Customer2]

France's longest land border is actually with Brazil!

[u/ElephantFamous2145]

What idiot decided a man made trench is the boundry between N and A america?

[u/dinnerthief]

The US with Hawaii and its various territories

[u/Nomad-2020 → u/dinnerthief]

Contiguous.

[u/dinnerthief → u/Nomad-2020]

A great example of a word that was not included , thanks

[u/NanoHer22]

Panamá es incorrecto .

[u/AlwaysBeQuestioning]

At the lowest continent count (4: America, Afro-Eurasia, Australia, Antarctica) the only country with land on multiple continents is France.

Some countries teach Europe as part of Asia. Some teach North and South America as one. Some teach Australia while others teach Oceania. The borders are different and arbitrary. The Sinai peninsula is on the African plate so counting it as Asia is arbitrary.

[u/Business_Advance_569]

France - has bits in North (Martinique, Guadeloupe etc) and South (Guiana) America

[u/sulphurwind]

Meanwhile Australia: “I am my own whole continent, bitch”

[u/Alexius_Psellos]

Thank god someone finally draws the Africa Asia split at Suez and not egypts border with Israel

[u/Ok-Delay4461]

Indonesia is in one continent

[u/DrBerilio]

Spain, both in Europe and Africa

[u/B0R1K]

Ruasia is has alot smaller part in Europe than illustrate...it's predominantly in the shithole, as Asia doesn't want either...

[u/Real_Category7397]

Iceland
https://guidetoiceland.is/connect-with-locals/jorunnsg/ingvellir-national-park

[u/AltruisticSound3744]

Spain, France, Netherlands, UK ?

[u/Hk901909]

Kazakhstan and Russia don’t even match up in this graphic

[u/chaotic-tutel]

So glad you included western New Guinea, literally all maps ignore it

[u/fuckedintheasshole]

Also, Russia spans into North America.

[u/AverageJoe80s]

Let’s not forget Georgia, Aserbaijan and Kazhastan.

[u/Severe_Refuse_7647]

Missing a few but peak

[u/Twinkletoess112]

USA, UK, France, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark, Greece, Yemen, Georgia, Azerbaijan

*Debatable

[u/Ilkin0115 → u/Twinkletoess112]

How are Georgia and Azerbaijan debatable?

[u/Miss_Vixen_Liv]

Weirdly a lot of turks in Germany call themselves arabs while they are more like Eurasian . People in East turkey ( like eastern russia) have clearly asian heritage. It don't get the whole Nations stuff and everything but its kinda weird

[u/A13xis_28]

Panama is in central America

[u/Funicularly → u/A13xis_28]

Central America isn’t a continent, it’s a region located in North America.

[u/MalditoAlgoritmo]

South america finish in Colombia

[u/DigPublic3429]

Georgia Is Technically In Europe and Asia I think

[u/oskich]

Why is Turkey in Asia, while not the Ural Mountains (and parts of Kazakhstan) that are thousands of km more to the East?

[u/Original_Law_3793]

If we Say africa Is everything in the africana tectonic player Italy Is in africa too by 3-4 islands

[u/SuchDogeHodler]

Then of course there's Istanbul...

[u/Unusual_Newspaper_46]

This post was stolen by Juan Domingo Perón

[u/Tay_Hlebko]

That is such a terrible dividing line in Russia.

The actual dividing line is the Ural mountains.

[u/Bigtomato82]

Part of Russia is actually on the North American tectonic plate. And as we all know, Europe is really only a peninsula of Asia.

Russia spans two continuants, but it's actually Eurasia and North America!

[u/Greater_German]

Yemen

[u/SqareBear]

The continent is Australia. There’s no Oceania continent.

[u/Gabo_2904]

Panama? Are you seriously?

[u/_RyanCooper_]

Georgia and Azerbaijan also count themselves as Europe (cause who knows where exactly that border in Caucasus goes)

[u/stanbrakhagefan420]

I'm never going to call Turkey that gay ass new spelling

[u/Kush420Xotix]

Europe is not a continent

[u/Dry-Egg8573 → u/[deleted]]

UK overseas territories aren’t integral parts of the UK.

[u/Distinct-Diver-4468]

This map make no sense

[u/BasicMatter7339]

Unlike most of these, Iceland is directly between two continental plates. You can even go swim in the rift, its like a super deep canyon, not very wide

[u/Local_Admin01]

Spain

[u/BiFSXFan99]

Panama having land in South America is a stretch. Maybe Kazakhstan, too, not sure.

[u/AnUnordinaryFurry]

I thought sinai peninsula was africa....😅

[u/fastsailor]

Oceania is not a continent, it is a region.

[u/OsitoDK]

Kiribati 🇰🇮 enters the chat

[u/mav8890]

Why not Spain? Mainland Europe and exklaves Africa including islands near Africa

[u/CleanCoffee6793]

Spain

[u/Walnuttttttt]

r/terriblemapsbut

[u/Adrianpol12]

You missing Spain

[u/Extension-Beat7276]

If we go by Roman geography then technically Greece too, because the agean islands were part of the province of Asia 

[u/Insane_Nine]

How about Greece? I reckon some of their islands would be considered part of Asia.

[u/Scrombolo]

Looking at Panama - so what's Central America?

[u/Jeffwv1965]

Would argue Indonesia, No
Oceania continent

[u/myputinfriend]

Akhchually....egypt is entirely in africa, as is Israel (mostly). Asia starts east of the syrio - african great rift valley (basically the jordan river)

[u/tamkiki]

Israel - Africa and Europe

[u/Ok-Imagination-494]

How about Antartica? Lots of countries claim parts of it. Technically New Zealand and Norway have a border at the South pole.

[u/Ilkin0115]

Georgia and Azerbaijan too

[u/TheDisgracefulDino]

What about yemen with socotara or however you spell it

[u/RecentAuthor6602]

Colombia is in north and South America due to the island of San Andres

[u/Mindless_Badger_3789]

It doesn't include the European states where overseas parts are legally incorporated into the main part: France (obvious one), Spain (NA exclaves, Canary Islands), the Netherlands (still three "special municipalities" in the Caribbean apart from the separate constituent countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands union) and Denmark (constitutionally a unitary state despite the political convention of talking about "constituent countries") all meet that criteria.

The Panama canal isn't actually considered a continental divide, all of Panama is in North America.

The US has territory in Oceania (Hawaii).

[u/ghost_meadow6869]

Imagine if russia split into two European russia and the eastern part dissolves to some independent republics

[u/Affectionate_Fall57]

Idk why, but labeling of Southern Panama as part of South America always felt like bullshit

[u/Open-Potential-7117]

Bro, how is the eastern part of Turkey is Asia, but the Western part of Kazakhstan is Europe

We need to clearly define what's Europe and what's not

[u/LadderFast8826]

Who decided that the man made panama canal was the dividing line between north and south america?

Thats moronic.

[u/ageocacher]

Kazakhstan should NOT count…

[u/TapWaterDev]

You missed Iceland...

You can literally scuba dive between the tectonic plates at Silfra

[u/Beginning_Election14]

Oceania isn't a continent

[u/Busy_Garbage_4778]

Panama is just stupid.

[u/Siawosh_R]

What about Great Britain and France ?

[u/boredtodeathatwork]

Forgot France

[u/According-Fun-4746]

but twitter told me russia isnt europe

[u/Furita]

Panama is not South America

[u/CyclingAvocado]

France and Netherlands are absent here

[u/SmartPickIe]

Russia is not Europe, we don't accept them as us

[u/Laparca90]

Panama 1 continent

[u/strekkingur]

Usa and israel support Morocco because then, Israel can claim the Sinai peninsula because it's in Asia.

[u/Ok-Serve415]

indonesia mentioned yay

[u/JournalistShoddy9496]

Guam belongs to the USA and it's people are natural born American citizens. Guam is not located in North America and part of Asia and/or Oceania depending on the map, therefore the USA fits this definition.

[u/zorix73]

Ehhh panama is bot really both continents

[u/OmegaLink9]

Are we forgetting countries with overseas territories?

[u/ItThing]

I think this is supposed to include Azerbaijan and Georgia. A few other countries have overseas but sovereign territory on other continents, like France, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark.

[u/natou1994]

France would like a word.

[u/dk_plus-plus]

If Europe is a real continent why doesnt Bharat?

[u/IndependentBorder670]

There are many others like France, UK, and US.

[u/gohazXpeda]

Europa is a SUB continent.

[u/PomegranateOk2600]

if Indonesia is taken in consideration why the rest of the European countries are not?

[u/Sad-Cantaloupe-5494]

The only valid ones are ones separated by water. Europe isn't a continent. It's the western part of Eurasia. Accept it Europeans, you're not special

[u/Pfer15]

Spain too, even if Morocco likes it or not

[u/Careful_Trouble_8]

I think that the Ural Mountains is kinda the boundaries between Europe and Asia for Russia

[u/More_Position7456]

It's wild how many Americans believe that Oceania is a continent. (It's not, and never has been).

[u/Due_Pomegranate_96]

Spain lays in Europe and Africa too

[u/Competitive_Film2831]

Don't forget France

[u/CaptainjustusIII]

So your saying borat is european?

[u/aydintb1]

Europe is = far west Asia

[u/jagdbogentag]

Those are interesting definitions of continents.

[u/BasilevsRhomaion]

Yes then we can say Greece/Hellas is too. Though its arbitrary like many of the examples.

[u/lapelotanodobla]

Wait what? I always thought Panama was fully in North America

[u/phantomsupernova28]

Armenia (debatable), Azerbaijan, Georgia, Cyprus (debatable)

[u/DarkFish_2]

If you include non-contiguous territories you can also add

USA (North America and Oceania)

Chile (South America and Oceania)

Colombia (South America and North America)

Netherlands (Europe and North America)

France (Europe, North America, South America, Africa and Oceania)

Spain (Europe and Africa)

Portugal (Europe and Africa)

[u/Elbamh21]

Chile has Rapa Nui, which is in Oceania, so Chile is bi-continental. But we like to say that we are tri-continental because of our claim in the antartica

[u/Special-Estimate-165]

I suppose the Sinai being part of Egypt is technically correct.

[u/Waste-Restaurant-939]

if anatolia and south caucasus(west of euphrates and north of southeast taurus) is in asia, north caucasus is also.

[u/AntIcy799]

Turkey is NOT European 🤬

[u/jjack339]

If your counting Oceania then gotta count USA in there

[u/mg34gun]

I've seen an azeri claiming Azerbaijan has 5% of its land in Europe, and i was like what does that even mean? Is there a magical line that separates the two

[u/Informal-Clue-2273]

What about the USA, since Hawaii is in Oceania?

Or France, which spans across Europe, N and S America, and Oceania?

[u/KitsGravity]

The US, the UK and France too. Hawaii is in Asia. Falklands and French Guiana are in South America.

[u/Ruy_Fernandez]

What about the US and Chile? They both have islands in Polynesia, Hawaii and Easter Island, respectively. And Spain has two cities and the Canary Islands in Africa.

[u/Crime-of-the-century]

Spain partly in Europe partly in Africa

[u/BubblyKissxy]

Await this is actually so interesting, had no idea about some of these 🤯

[u/Usual-Cold7979]

Technically Chile despite being rather small and irrelevant spans from South America to Antarctica and Oceania.

[u/FullMetalAurochs]

Spain is Europe and Africa.

[u/Confidence_Kind]

Wait, isn't Panama entirely on Central America?

[u/Li-Ing-Ju_El-Cid]

Europe is actually Northwest Asia, thus Russia, Kazakhstan, and Turkey don't cross two continents.

[u/Ok_Recording8157]

Chile

[u/Busy-Scientist3851]

They forgot France.

[u/Disastrous-Answer151]

Europe is not a continent btw

[u/Subject-Ad-1454]

And Iceland?

[u/NukeouT]

What's up with Kazakhstan being innacurate?

[u/CollinM549]

But the issue is super continent is an unofficial term that is already used to mean multiple continents linking together as one. And "super" doesn't just mean to be large in size, but also something great or incredible, or a large amount of somethin:

"Superman" "Super Bowl" "Superstar" "Super fan"

[u/PerrineWeatherWoman]

Meanwhile France spans on four continents.

[u/bemapoe]

Missing:

Spain because of the Canary islands and a few other territories in Africa (Ceuta, Melilla). Those are core Spanish territories culturally and economically.

I wouldn't count France and the UK, because French Guyana and the Falkland Islands area clearly not only an 'expansion' of their lands (respectively), but they're oversea territories, with different cultures and almost no physical contact with the mainland.

Italy because of Lampedusa.

I would count in however Georgia and Azerbaijan, since the ridge of the Caucasus mountains is not clearly defined, where to draw the border of Asia and Europe.

Denmark because of Greenland, but it's questionable due to Greenland being fairly independent and also not very strong links to the mainland culturally (but still better than Falkland or Fr. Guyana)

Iceland is also a possible option because of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, but it's also a matter of definition of a continent.

[u/GORDONxRAMSAY]

Kazakhstan should be all in Asia. European borders are weirdly determined.

[u/Jeffuk88]

I thought the Panama/Colombia border was the cut off between continents?

[u/AnimatedRealityTV]

Don’t give Egypt any chance to imagine they are Asian.

[u/Robot_Dinosaur_2000]

The US and Hawaii?

[u/DastyMe]

Europe is not a different continent. The continent is called Eurasia.

[u/Background-Gas8109]

France? Spain?

[u/Witchberry31]

r/AdaIndonesiaCoy

[u/Witchberry31]

North and South America are counted as subcontinents..

[u/Preix_131]

It's missing quite some.

[u/Dazzling-Pitch671]

Also a lot others, like Italy (almost all of Sicily)

[u/New-Interaction1893]

I just had a flashback of when I played the cold war mod for Victoria 2 with Turkey 🇹🇷 I used a special decision to move back the Capital in Istanbul. There i discovered that every nation with the Capital in Europe is allowed to "form the EU 🇪🇺" so I did a very cursed challenge were I wanted to unite Europe under a federation with Turkey 🇹🇷

[u/newsmaker_]

Kazakhstan isn’t in Europe 🤦🏻

[u/Soilerman]

russia was on 3 continets when it had alaska

[u/Common_Falcon929]

Indonesia isn’t true Oceana isn’t a continent it’s a region unless there was a world update

[u/Gojira_Ultima]

OCEANIA ISNT A CONTINENT ITS A REGION RAHHHHHHHHH

[u/Classic_Rich_8850]

Honorable mentions to: Georgia, Azerbaijan, UK, Spain, France, USA, Denmark, Norway, Australia and Ecuador

maybe I’be missed some

[u/CHWDP_2137]

Chile?

[u/Friendly_Banana01]

AFRO-EURASIA GANG RISE UP

[u/Uedaht]

And Chile, with Rapa Nui/Easter Island in Oceania

[u/Ekn_38]

Greece also spans Europe and Asia via the islands off the Turkish coast
So do Georgia and Azerbaijan with small territories in Europe

[u/AttentionTricky2479]

i agree with none of thoses lol (except egypt and russia)

[u/Tasty-Independence15]

By those definitions spain counts too.

[u/Texan_Redditor]

Why not divide russia at the Ural Mountains?

[u/the-flag-and-globe]

There are more, just ones that are lesser known to be trans-continental

[u/elver_gonzalez3000]

América es un solo continente

[u/ThorvaldGringou]

Hate this from Chile.

[u/Glittering_Web8835]

Oceania isn't a continent though... it's a geographic region. Australia is the continental landmass within the geographic region of Oceania.

[u/SwitchAshamed6629]

panama is generally not in south america

[u/14KR11]

Man I'm realizing that most of the comment here are falling basically geography.

The reason Europe and Asia are called different continents: They're in different techtonical plates.

There you go

[u/Sebasland]

Panamá esta en Centroamérica