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Europe

A continent occupying the western fifth of the Eurasian landmass, bounded by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south, with its eastern edge conventionally drawn along the Ural Mountains. Its coastline is unusually long relative to its area, deeply indented by peninsulas and inland seas, which has shaped a dense pattern of port cities along nearly every stretch of its perimeter. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Area (sq km)
10,186,000 1
Wikipedia infobox marks this figure circa (c. 10,186,000 km2).
Population
745,173,774 1
2021 estimate, Wikipedia infobox (3rd most populous continent).
Lowest Point
Caspian Sea shore, Russia 2
Country Count
44 1
Ranges from roughly 44 to 50 sovereign states depending on treatment of transcontinental states (Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia) and states with limited recognition; 44 counts fully sovereign, widely recognised states with their primary territory in Europe.
Tectonic Plate Context
Eurasian Plate 3
Disputed
Highest Point
Mount Elbrus (conventional answer, in the Caucasus) or Mont Blanc (if the Caucasus is excluded from Europe) 4
Elbrus (5,642 m) is the standard answer under the conventional Europe/Asia boundary running through the Caucasus watershed; Mont Blanc (4,807 m), the highest peak of the Alps, is cited instead whenever the Caucasus itself is treated as outside Europe. Both are real, sourced answers to the same question, not an error in either source.
Highest Elevation (m)
5642 4
5,642 m for Elbrus under the conventional Caucasus-inclusive boundary; 4,807 m for Mont Blanc when the Caucasus is excluded from Europe. See the highest-point fact's own StatusNote.
Europe

Countries

al-Andalus

Europe

Albania

Europe

Almohad Caliphate

Europe

Almoravid dynasty

Europe

Ancient Rome

Europe

Andorra

Europe

Austria

Europe

Austria-Hungary

Europe

Austrian Empire

Europe

Belarus

Europe

Belgium

Europe

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Europe

Bulgaria

Europe

Burgundian Netherlands

Europe

Byzantine Empire

Europe

Cisleithania

Europe

Classical Athens

Europe

County of Burgundy

Europe

County of Flanders

Europe

Croatia

Europe

Crown of Aragon

Europe

Crown of Castile

Europe

Czechia

Europe

Czechoslovakia

Europe

Denmark

Europe

Duchy of Ferrara

Europe

Duchy of Florence

Europe

Duchy of Lorraine

Europe

Duchy of Mantua

Europe

Duchy of Milan

Europe

Dutch Republic

Europe

East Germany

Europe

Electorate of Hanover

Europe

Electorate of Saxony

Europe

Estonia

Europe

Fatimid Caliphate

Europe

Finland

Europe

France

Europe

Georgia

Europe

German Empire

Europe

German Reich

Europe

Germany

Europe

Grand Duchy of Oldenburg

Europe

Grand Duchy of Tuscany

Europe

Greece

Europe

Habsburg monarchy

Europe

Habsburg Netherlands

Europe

Holy Roman Empire

Europe

Hungary

Europe

Iceland

Europe

Ireland

Europe

Italy

Europe

Kingdom of Bavaria

Europe

Kingdom of Bohemia

Europe

Kingdom of England

Europe

Kingdom of France

Europe

Kingdom of Great Britain

Europe

Kingdom of Hanover

Europe

Kingdom of Italy

Europe

Kingdom of Naples

Europe

Kingdom of Portugal

Europe

Kingdom of Prussia

Europe

Kingdom of Sicily

Europe

Kosovo

Europe

Latvia

Europe

Liechtenstein

Europe

Lithuania

Europe

Luxembourg

Europe

Malta

Europe

Moldova

Europe

Monaco

Europe

Montenegro

Europe

Netherlands

Europe

North Macedonia

Europe

Norway

Europe

Ottoman Empire

Europe

Papal States

Europe

Poland

Europe

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Europe

Portugal

Europe

Prince-Bishopric of Speyer

Europe

Republic of Florence

Europe

Republic of Genoa

Europe

Republic of Pisa

Europe

Republic of Siena

Europe

Republic of Venice

Europe

Romania

Europe

Russia

Europe

Russian Empire

Europe

San Marino

Europe

Serbia

Europe

Slovakia

Europe

Slovenia

Europe

Soviet Union

Europe

Spain

Europe

Spanish Empire

Europe

Spanish Netherlands

Europe

State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs

Europe

Sweden

Europe

Switzerland

Europe

Transnistria

Europe

Ukraine

Europe

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

Europe

Umayyad Caliphate

Europe

United Kingdom

Europe

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Europe

Vatican City

Europe

Weimar Republic

Europe

Yugoslavia

Europe

Regions

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Associated With

Asia, Continents

This source names Europe directly: "Asia is conventionally divided from Europe along the Ural Mountains and the Caucasus, a boundary drawn by convention rather than by any single physical barrier."

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Central Asia, Regions

This source names Europe directly: "routes linking China, Persia, and Europe."

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Source Regions of Europe (Wikipedia)
Source Regions of Europe (Wikipedia)
Source Regions of Europe (Wikipedia)
Source Regions of Europe (Wikipedia)
Source Europe (Wikipedia)
Source Europe (Wikipedia)
Source Europe (Wikipedia)

This source names Europe directly: "the meeting point of Asia, Africa and Europe."

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Source Regions of Europe (Wikipedia)
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1. Europe (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • infobox, political divisions summary
    Sovereign (44-50)
  • Introduction, continent overview
    Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence
    Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
  • Lead paragraph, area sentence
    Europe covers approximately 10,186,000 square kilometres (3,933,000 sq mi)
  • Infobox, Population (2021 estimate)
    745,173,774 (2021; 3rd)
  • Associated With: The Arctic Ocean, Opening section, bordering waters
    It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east.
  • Associated With: The Atlantic Ocean, Opening section, bordering waters
    It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east.
  • Associated With: The Mediterranean Sea, Opening section, bordering waters
    It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east.
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2. Extreme Points of Europe (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLowest point entry
Quote, Lowest point entry
Caspian Sea shore, Russia (28 metres; 92 feet below sea level)
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3. Asia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationDefinition section, plate description (Europe clause)
Quote, Definition section, plate description (Europe clause)
Almost all of Europe and a major part of Asia sit atop the Eurasian Plate, adjoined on the south by the Arabian and Indian Plate and with the easternmost part of Siberia (east of the Chersky Range) on the North American Plate.
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4. Mount Elbrus (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • opening paragraph, summit status
    Mount Elbrus is the highest mountain in Russia and Europe. It is a dormant stratovolcano rising 5,642 m (18,510 ft) above sea level.
  • Home To: Mount Elbrus, Lead section
    Mount Elbrus is the highest mountain in Russia and Europe.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
  • britannica.com/place/Europe, main article body (opening characterization paragraph, "anomaly among the continents")
    Among the continents, Europe is an anomaly. Larger only than Australia, it is a small appendage of Eurasia. Yet the peninsular and insular western extremity of the continent, thrusting toward the North Atlantic Ocean, provides-thanks to its latitude and its physical geography-a relatively genial human habitat, and the long processes of human history came to mark off the region as the home of a distinctive civilization. In spite of its internal diversity, Europe has thus functioned, from the time it first emerged in the human consciousness, as a world apart, concentrating-to borrow a phrase from Christopher Marlowe, “infinite riches in a little room.”
  • Home To: The Mediterranean Sea
  • Home To: Rome
  • Home To: Istanbul
  • Home To: Florence
  • Home To: Vienna
  • Home To: Milan
  • Home To: Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe
  • Home To: Spain
  • Home To: Russia
  • Home To: United Kingdom
  • Home To: Italy
  • Home To: North Sea
  • Home To: Greece
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National Geographic Atlas of the World
National Geographic Society, 2019World continents area table
The World Factbook
Central Intelligence AgencyEurope, population summaryView the Source
Mont Blanc (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • opening paragraph, alternative highest-point answer
    the highest mountain in Europe outside the Caucasus Mountains
  • Home To: Mont Blanc, Lead section
    Mont Blanc is a mountain in the Alps, rising 4,807.3 m above sea level, located right at the Franco-Italian border. It is the highest mountain in the Alps and in Western Europe, and the tenth-most prominent mountain in the world.
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Wikidata: Europe
Wikidata Q46, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationHome To: The Atlantic OceanView the Source
Wadden Sea Quality Status Report
Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation (Denmark, Germany, Netherlands)Home To: Wadden SeaView the Source
Wikipedia: Lausanne
WikipediaHome To: LausanneView the Source
Wikipedia: Zurich
WikipediaHome To: ZurichView the Source
Regions of Europe (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Associated With: Northern Europe, Subregions section
    Some typical geographical subregions of Europe include: Central and Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, and Western Europe.
  • Associated With: Southern Europe, Subregions section
    Some typical geographical subregions of Europe include: Central and Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, and Western Europe.
  • Associated With: Western Europe, Subregions section
    Some typical geographical subregions of Europe include: Central and Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, and Western Europe.
  • Associated With: Central Europe, Subregions section
    Some typical geographical subregions of Europe include: Central and Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, and Western Europe.
  • Associated With: Eastern Europe, Subregions section
    Some typical geographical subregions of Europe include: Central and Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, and Western Europe.
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Paris (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: ParisView the Source
River Thames (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Home To: River Thames, Lead section, opening description of the river's course
    is a river that flows through southern England including London
  • Home To: River Thames, Infobox, Country field
    England
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Lake Geneva (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Home To: Lake Geneva, Lead section, opening sentence
    is a deep lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France
  • Home To: Lake Geneva, Infobox, Location field
    Switzerland, France
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Matterhorn (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Matterhorn, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Matterhorn, Lead section
The Matterhorn is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy. It is a large, near-symmetric pyramidal peak in the extended Monte Rosa area of the Pennine Alps, whose summit is 4,478 metres (14,692 ft) above sea level, making it one of the highest summits in the Alps and Europe. Sometimes referred to as the "Mountain of Mountains", the Matterhorn has become an indelible emblem of Switzerland and of the Alps as a whole. It has also been described as the most beautiful mountain in the world and has been claimed to be the most photographed mountain in the world.
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Cliffs of Moher (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Cliffs of Moher, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Cliffs of Moher, Lead section
sea cliffs located at the southwestern edge of the Burren region in County Clare, Ireland.
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Giant's Causeway (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Giant's Causeway, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Giant's Causeway, Lead section
It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland.
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Meteora (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Meteora, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Meteora, Lead section
Meteora is a rock formation in the regional unit of Trikala, in Thessaly, in northwestern Greece.
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Rhine (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Rhine River, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Rhine River, Lead section
The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps.
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Volga (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Volga River, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Volga River, Lead section
Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea.
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Elbe (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Elbe River, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Elbe River, Lead section
It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Republic), then Germany before flowing into the North Sea
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Adriatic Sea (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Adriatic Sea, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Adriatic Sea, Lead section
The countries with coasts on the Adriatic are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro, and Slovenia.
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Black Sea (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Black Sea, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Black Sea, Lead section
The Black Sea is a marginal sea located between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia.
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Baltic Sea (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Baltic Sea, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Baltic Sea, Lead section
enclosed by the countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden.
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Samara, Russia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Samara, Russia, Lead section, first paragraph
Quote, Home To: Samara, Russia, Lead section, first paragraph
is the largest city and the administrative centre of Samara Oblast in Russia
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Wikidata: Liège
Home To: LiègeView the Source
Wikidata: Iisalmi
Home To: IisalmiView the Source
Wikidata: Wrexham
Home To: WrexhamView the Source
Wikidata: Riihimäki
Home To: RiihimäkiView the Source
Wikidata: Mladá Boleslav
Home To: Mladá BoleslavView the Source
Wikidata: Newcastle upon Tyne
Home To: Newcastle upon TyneView the Source
Wikidata: Croatia
  • Home To: Plitvice Lakes National Park, Wikidata item for Croatia, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Paklenica National Park, Wikidata item for Croatia, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Risnjak National Park, Wikidata item for Croatia, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Kornati National Park, Wikidata item for Croatia, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Brijuni National Park, Wikidata item for Croatia, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Krka National Park, Wikidata item for Croatia, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Northern Velebit National Park, Wikidata item for Croatia, property P30 (continent)
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Wikidata: Russia
  • Home To: Kronotsky Nature Reserve, Wikidata item for Russia, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve, Wikidata item for Russia, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Astrakhan Nature Reserve, Wikidata item for Russia, property P30 (continent)
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Wikidata: United Kingdom
  • Home To: Lake District National Park, Wikidata item for United Kingdom, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Snowdonia National Park, Wikidata item for United Kingdom, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Peak District National Park, Wikidata item for United Kingdom, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Cairngorms National Park, Wikidata item for United Kingdom, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: New Forest National Park, Wikidata item for United Kingdom, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Brecon Beacons National Park, Wikidata item for United Kingdom, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Dartmoor National Park, Wikidata item for United Kingdom, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: The Broads, Wikidata item for United Kingdom, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Northumberland National Park, Wikidata item for United Kingdom, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Exmoor National Park, Wikidata item for United Kingdom, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: South Downs National Park, Wikidata item for United Kingdom, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Yorkshire Dales National Park, Wikidata item for United Kingdom, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wikidata item for United Kingdom, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: North York Moors National Park, Wikidata item for United Kingdom, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: George Town, Cayman Islands, Wikidata item for United Kingdom, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Road Town, Wikidata item for United Kingdom, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: The Valley, Wikidata item for United Kingdom, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Cockburn Town, Wikidata item for United Kingdom, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Plymouth, Montserrat, Wikidata item for United Kingdom, property P30 (continent)
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Wikidata: Bulgaria
  • Home To: Srebarna Nature Reserve, Wikidata item for Bulgaria, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Rila National Park, Wikidata item for Bulgaria, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Central Balkan National Park, Wikidata item for Bulgaria, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Pirin National Park, Wikidata item for Bulgaria, property P30 (continent)
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Wikidata: Slovenia
Home To: Triglav National Park, Wikidata item for Slovenia, property P30 (continent)View the Source
Wikidata: Spain
  • Home To: Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Wikidata item for Spain, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Playa de Gulpiyuri, Wikidata item for Spain, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Picos de Europa National Park, Wikidata item for Spain, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Caldera de Taburiente National Park, Wikidata item for Spain, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Teide National Park, Wikidata item for Spain, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park, Wikidata item for Spain, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Timanfaya National Park, Wikidata item for Spain, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Tablas de Daimiel National Park, Wikidata item for Spain, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Garajonay National Park, Wikidata item for Spain, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Cabañeros National Park, Wikidata item for Spain, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park, Wikidata item for Spain, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Monfragüe National Park, Wikidata item for Spain, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Sierra de las Nieves National Park, Wikidata item for Spain, property P30 (continent)
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Wikidata: Italy
  • Home To: Gran Paradiso National Park, Wikidata item for Italy, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park, Wikidata item for Italy, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Circeo National Park, Wikidata item for Italy, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Stelvio National Park, Wikidata item for Italy, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Aspromonte National Park, Wikidata item for Italy, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park, Wikidata item for Italy, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Pollino National Park, Wikidata item for Italy, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Asinara National Park, Wikidata item for Italy, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park, Wikidata item for Italy, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Cinque Terre National Park, Wikidata item for Italy, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Gargano National Park, Wikidata item for Italy, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Gennargentu National Park, Wikidata item for Italy, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Maiella National Park, Wikidata item for Italy, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Sibillini Mountains National Park, Wikidata item for Italy, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Val Grande National Park, Wikidata item for Italy, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Vesuvius National Park, Wikidata item for Italy, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Alta Murgia National Park, Wikidata item for Italy, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park, Wikidata item for Italy, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Sila National Park, Wikidata item for Italy, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Pantelleria National Park, Wikidata item for Italy, property P30 (continent)
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Wikidata: Norway
  • Home To: Jotunheimen National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Rondane National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Ytre Hvaler National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Femundsmarka National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Rago National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Forlandet National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Hardangervidda National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Reisa National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Jostedalsbreen National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Dovre National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Junkerdal National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Lierne National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Skarvan and Roltdalen National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Folgefonna National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Indre Wijdefjorden National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Hallingskarvet National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Sjunkhatten National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Langsua National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Rohkunborri National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Fulufjellet National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Lahko National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Jomfruland National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Raet National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Lofotodden National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Breheimen National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Forollhogna National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Gutulia National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Reinheimen National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Seiland National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Stabbursdalen National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Nordre Isfjorden National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Nordvest-Spitsbergen National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Van Mijenfjorden National Park, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)
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Wikidata: Iceland
  • Home To: Thingvellir National Park, Wikidata item for Iceland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Snæfellsjökull National Park, Wikidata item for Iceland, property P30 (continent)
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Wikidata: Poland
  • Home To: Bialowieza Forest, Wikidata item for Poland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Babia Gora National Park, Wikidata item for Poland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Biebrza National Park, Wikidata item for Poland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Bieszczady National Park, Wikidata item for Poland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Drawa National Park, Wikidata item for Poland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Gorce National Park, Wikidata item for Poland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Kampinos National Park, Wikidata item for Poland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Magura National Park, Wikidata item for Poland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Narew National Park, Wikidata item for Poland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Ojcow National Park, Wikidata item for Poland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Roztocze National Park, Wikidata item for Poland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Wielkopolska National Park, Wikidata item for Poland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Wigry National Park, Wikidata item for Poland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Wolin National Park, Wikidata item for Poland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Polesie National Park, Wikidata item for Poland, property P30 (continent)
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Wikidata: Slovakia
  • Home To: Slovak Karst National Park, Wikidata item for Slovakia, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Low Tatras National Park, Wikidata item for Slovakia, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Slovak Paradise National Park, Wikidata item for Slovakia, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Poloniny National Park, Wikidata item for Slovakia, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Muranska planina National Park, Wikidata item for Slovakia, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Poloniny Dark-Sky Park, Wikidata item for Slovakia, property P30 (continent)
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Wikidata: Ukraine
Home To: East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Wikidata item for Ukraine, property P30 (continent)View the Source
Wikidata: Belgium
Home To: Zwin, Wikidata item for Belgium, property P30 (continent)View the Source
Wikidata: Greece
  • Home To: Alonnisos Marine Park, Wikidata item for Greece, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Ainos National Park, Wikidata item for Greece, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Oiti National Park, Wikidata item for Greece, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Parnassos National Park, Wikidata item for Greece, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Parnitha National Park, Wikidata item for Greece, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Sounio National Park, Wikidata item for Greece, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: National Marine Park of Zakynthos, Wikidata item for Greece, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Amvrakikos Wetlands National Park, Wikidata item for Greece, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Axios-Loudias-Aliakmonas Delta National Park, Wikidata item for Greece, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Chelmos-Vouraikos National Park, Wikidata item for Greece, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli Forest National Park, Wikidata item for Greece, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Evros Delta National Park, Wikidata item for Greece, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Lake Kerkini National Park, Wikidata item for Greece, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Koronia-Volvi Lakes National Park, Wikidata item for Greece, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Kotychi-Strofylia Wetlands National Park, Wikidata item for Greece, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: North Pindos National Park, Wikidata item for Greece, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Rodopi Mountain Range National Park, Wikidata item for Greece, property P30 (continent)
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Wikidata: Ireland
  • Home To: Killarney National Park, Wikidata item for Ireland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Connemara National Park, Wikidata item for Ireland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Glenveagh National Park, Wikidata item for Ireland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Burren National Park, Wikidata item for Ireland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Wicklow Mountains National Park, Wikidata item for Ireland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Wild Nephin National Park, Wikidata item for Ireland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Brú na Bóinne National Park, Wikidata item for Ireland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara, Wikidata item for Ireland, property P30 (continent)
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Wikidata: Estonia
  • Home To: Lahemaa National Park, Wikidata item for Estonia, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Soomaa National Park, Wikidata item for Estonia, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Karula National Park, Wikidata item for Estonia, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Matsalu National Park, Wikidata item for Estonia, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Vilsandi National Park, Wikidata item for Estonia, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Alutaguse National Park, Wikidata item for Estonia, property P30 (continent)
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Wikidata: Latvia
  • Home To: Gauja National Park, Wikidata item for Latvia, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Ķemeri National Park, Wikidata item for Latvia, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Slītere National Park, Wikidata item for Latvia, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Rāzna National Park, Wikidata item for Latvia, property P30 (continent)
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Wikidata: Lithuania
  • Home To: Aukštaitija National Park, Wikidata item for Lithuania, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Dzūkija National Park, Wikidata item for Lithuania, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Žemaitija National Park, Wikidata item for Lithuania, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Curonian Spit National Park, Wikidata item for Lithuania, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Trakai Historical National Park, Wikidata item for Lithuania, property P30 (continent)
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Wikidata: Czechia
  • Home To: Podyji National Park, Wikidata item for Czech Republic, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Bohemian Switzerland National Park, Wikidata item for Czech Republic, property P30 (continent)
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Wikidata: Finland
  • Home To: Archipelago National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Bothnian Bay National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Bothnian Sea National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Eastern Gulf of Finland National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Hiidenportti National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Hossa National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Koli National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Kolovesi National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Kurjenrahka National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Lauhanvuori National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Lemmenjoki National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Linnansaari National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Nuuksio National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Oulanka National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Patvinsuo National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Pyhä-Häkki National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Pyhä-Luosto National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Repovesi National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Riisitunturi National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Rokua National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Salamajärvi National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Seitseminen National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
  • Home To: Torronsuo National Park, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)
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Wikidata: Switzerland
Home To: Entlebuch Biosphere, Wikidata item for Switzerland, property P30 (continent)View the Source
Open Questions (1 open question)
Where does Europe end and Asia begin?

Europe and Asia form one continuous landmass, Eurasia, with no continuous physical barrier separating them. The conventional line runs along the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea and the Turkish straits, but this is a human convention rather than a physical fact, and the modern division reflects East-West cultural, linguistic and ethnic differences that vary on a spectrum rather than falling at a sharp line.

What would resolve this Nothing in physical geography can resolve this, since the boundary is conventional by construction; what would change the answer is a shift in which convention geographers, national governments and international bodies choose to follow, which has already moved more than once historically.
Europe (Wikipedia)
Dissenting Readings (2 dissenting readings)
In Category: Continents

The same Eurasia argument carried on Asia own in-category edge applies here in reverse: Europe is the western peninsula of one continuous Eurasian landmass, not a landmass bounded by ocean on every side the way Africa, Australia or the Americas are. Six-continent models taught across Russia, much of Eastern Europe and Japan combine Europe and Asia into a single continent for exactly this reason.

A dissenting reading, from Geography curricula of Russia, Eastern Europe, Japan and other six-continent-model traditionsEncyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Highest Point

Mount Elbrus (5,642 m) is the standard answer only under the convention that draws the Europe/Asia boundary along the Caucasus watershed, which places Elbrus on the European side. Sources that instead treat the whole Caucasus range as outside Europe, or draw the boundary further north, name Mont Blanc, on the France-Italy border in the Alps, as Europe's highest point instead; this entity's own cited source gives Mont Blanc as 4,810 m, close to but not identical with the 4,807 m this entity's primary fact carries, the two figures reflecting different survey vintages of the same peak rather than a disagreement about which peak is meant. Both Elbrus and Mont Blanc are real, sourced answers under different, genuinely used conventions, not an error in either source; this entity's own primary fact records Elbrus as the modal answer, matching the more common convention.

A dissenting reading, from a reviewerExtreme Points of Europe (Wikipedia), Wikimedia Foundation
Frequently Asked Questions

Where is the boundary between Europe and Asia?

By convention, along the Ural Mountains and the Caucasus, not by any single physical divide.

There is no single physical barrier separating the two. By long-standing convention, the line runs along the Ural Mountains and the Ural River, then across the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus region, to the Black Sea. The boundary is a cartographic and cultural convention rather than a geological one, since Europe and Asia sit on the same landmass, Eurasia.

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