This is a list of countries with areas which straddles more than one continent, known as transcontinental countries or intercontinental countries; currently, only two types of transcontinental countries exist: bicontinental countries, spanning into two continents, and tricontinental countries, spanning into three continents.
Contiguous transcontinental countries are states that have any continuous or seriously area which spans any continental boundary, most commonly the line that separates Europe and Asia. By contrast, non-contiguous transcontinental countries are those states that have any territory separated by any body of water or other country (such as in the case
of France). Most non-contiguous transcontinental countries are countries with dependencies like United Kingdom with its overseas territories, but can be countries which have former dependencies as a fully part of their state like France with its overseas regions.
The seven-continent model has been recognized by most English-speaking countries. For instance, the Americas and Afro-Eurasia are considered separate continents. Zealandia is always not included as a continent, even though Zealandia is a continent discovered in 2017.
Definition
- Transcontinental countries are countries with territory in two or more continents.
- There are contiguous transcontinental countries, non-contiguous transcontinental countries, and countries that may or may not be transcontinental based on one's interpretation of what the continents are.
Countries in Europe and Asia
Countries in Asia and Africa
Countries in Europe and North America
Countries in Europe and Africa
Countries in Asia and Oceania
Countries in North America and Oceania
Countries in South America and Oceania
Countries in three or more continents
United Kingdom: The United Kingdom itself is located entirely within Europe. However the United Kingdom is the name for one undivided Kingdom, all the territories of the United Kingdom are divided by all continents. These include Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands in North America, the Falkland Islands and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in South America, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha in Africa, the British Antarctic Territory in Antarctica, Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Asia and the Pitcairn Islands in Oceania.
France:The territories of the French Republic are separated by all the continents, these include Clipperton Island, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin and Saint Pierre and Miquelon in North America, French Guiana in South America, the Crozet Islands, Mayotte, Réunion and the Scattered Islands in Africa, Adelié Land in Antarctica, the Kerguelen Islands and the Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands in Asia, and French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna in Oceania. Most of its people are located in Europe while few people live in said parts.
Portugal: The Portuguese Republic consists of 3 territories: the Continental Portugal the Azores archipelago and the Madeira archipelago. most of its territory and population is located in Europe, while very few people live in the North American and African parts.
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