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Continent" meant, at that time, one of the three known continents, Europe, Africa and Asia, that adjoined each other (from Latin "continens"="touching") surrounded by the Ocean, which was divided by Africa into the Western, or Atlantic and Eastern, or Indian Oceans which contained the Earth's large and small islands. [16]
The Mediterranean Sea, between Africa and Europe The Atlantic Ocean around the plate boundaries (text is in Finnish). The African and European mainlands are non-contiguous, and the delineation between these continents is thus merely a question of which islands are to be associated with which continent.
This is a list of articles holding galleries of maps of present-day countries and dependencies. The list includes all countries listed in the List of countries , the French overseas departments, the Spanish and Portuguese overseas regions and inhabited overseas dependencies.
Asia / Europe: Azerbaijan / Iran / Kazakhstan / Russia / Turkmenistan: East China Sea: Eastern / Northern: Pacific: Asia: China / Japan / South Korea / Taiwan: Ryukyu Islands Mediterranean Sea: Eastern / Northern / Western: Atlantic: Africa / Asia / Europe
Clickable map of Europe, showing the standard convention for its continental boundary with Asia. (see boundary between Asia and Europe for more information). Legend: blue = Contiguous transcontinental states; green = Sometimes considered European but geographically outside Europe's boundaries.
Image:BlankMap-Europe-v3.png – Europe without borders, showing some of North Africa and Western Asia. Image:BlankMap-Europe-v4.png – Version of Image:BlankMap-Europe-v3.png, but with borders shown; Image:BlankMap-Europe-v5.png – White background, black borders, blue sea.
Maps exhibiting the world's oceanic waters. A continuous body of water encircling Earth, the World/Global Ocean is divided into a number of principal areas. Five oceanic divisions are usually recognized: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern/Antarctic; the last two listed are sometimes consolidated into the first three.
Country or territory (Territories without full sovereignty [a] in italics) Unique neighbours [b] Neighbouring countries and territories (Territories without full sovereignty [a] in italics)