Talk:Extreme points of Europe

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[edit] Europe's Westernmost Point

Should not the Azores be mentioned as a candidate for Europe's Westernmost Point. See for instance this Google search result: [1]

Depends on the definition of Europe. That's why the footnotes are there to accomodate all common definitions. The only definition that is not acceptable (and thus provoked an edit revert) is to include in Europe some territories of the EU that are uncontestedly in other continents, like French Guyana or some Indic Ocean French Territories. --maf 23:58, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

If, as the Continent article states, "islands are usually considered to belong geographically to the continent they are closest to," then the Azores are certainly European (just like the Canary Islands are certainly African – I'm actually not quite sure about Madeira). I'm fairly certain that the Continent article is right about this being the accepted geographical definition, and I can't really see any case for the Azores belonging to any other continent, that is Africa or North America. Of course, part of the archipelago is on the North American plate, but I think tectonics is beside the point here (and then, Bjargtangar is certainly on the North American plate as well, so obviously we currently don't care about these things). I think there is no reason not to include the westernmost point of the Azores in the "Europe" subsection. What I also would like is a clear definition of the "remote island" concept. How far from the mainland must an island be to be remote? Clearly, Yuzhny Island is counted as remote while Gavdos is not. What's up with that? -- Jao 00:19, 25 November 2006 (UTC)