Speaking of in the middle of in-between. Which continent does Pitcairn belong to?
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The Seychelles are on the African continental plate, so it's probably fair enough to call them African, although it's not entirely clear that they belong to any continent, really - like Iceland or the Oceanian nations.
As for Kazakhstan, there is a little corner of Kazakhstan that's genuinely in Europe on the western side of the Ural River/Ural Mountain continental edge. So it's not dissimilar to Turkey in that respect.
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Originally posted by Pietro Paolo Virdis View PostSpeaking of in the middle of in-between. Which continent does Pitcairn belong to?
[edit: overlap with AE]
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Originally posted by Antepli Ejderha View PostOceania I presume.
Here, it's a bit up and right where it say Södra Stilla Havet. And reason I'm putting it up is not questioning your knowledge.
Never found out what those lines in the ocean mean.
That one up in the middle looking like colonialist divided the ocean.
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Originally posted by Pietro Paolo Virdis View PostWhen you look on Google maps it's much closer to the east and South America, than it is the western Oceania.
Here, it's a bit up and right where it say Södra Stilla Havet. And reason I'm putting it up is not questioning your knowledge.
Never found out what those lines in the ocean mean.
That one up in the middle looking like colonialist divided the ocean.
On the map the line is the International Date Line, which divides time zones into those ahead of GMT and those behind. The big bump is Kiribati - the position of the date line changed a few years ago when the Kiribati government decided that the whole country should be in the same time zone, where as before part of the country was 23 hours ahead of the rest.
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Originally posted by adams house cat View PostDon't hear much about the Seychelles. Think they are part of Africa.
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I'm a Sporcle addict, so on a good day can name you all the African capitals as well as the countries. Port Louis, Mauritius.
I would love to go to Mauritius, I know a few people with parents from there so they get to visit and it looks boss. Also Madagascar.
A friend has been going to Rwanda for business lately and absolutely loves it, finds it friendly etc. The word "Rwanda" still makes me think of machetes so it's not number one on my list, but I'm pleasantly surprised to hear good things.
I haven't been to South America (yet) or Antarctica, either.
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The resort we've been in is right at the northern tip (the Terre Rouge region); the transfer took us most of the way south to north from the airport - it's about the size of Berkshire I'd estimate. We never went to Port Louis. 330 years of occupation by three empires had a pretty devasting effect on flora ans fauna I think but beautiful coastline, lovely mountains in the middle and clearly they do a great resort.
And the people are really, really nice.
Edit: not 375 years. And occupation, not colonisation.Last edited by Sits; 19-06-2018, 03:26.
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Originally posted by MsD View PostI'm a Sporcle addict, so on a good day can name you all the African capitals as well as the countries. Port Louis, Mauritius.
I would love to go to Mauritius, I know a few people with parents from there so they get to visit and it looks boss. Also Madagascar.
A friend has been going to Rwanda for business lately and absolutely loves it, finds it friendly etc. The word "Rwanda" still makes me think of machetes so it's not number one on my list, but I'm pleasantly surprised to hear good things.
I haven't been to South America (yet) or Antarctica, either.
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Geographically, the Canaries are definitely in Africa. Much more certainly than the Seychelles are, for instance. I'm still missing Antarctica from my continent collection. I have claim to have visited Oceania, by going to Hawaii, that some might argue with - but, like the Canaries, it's part of the different continent to the majority of its nation. And my Asian ventures never got further than halfway across Anatolia. But they still both count from the continent-bagging perspective.
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Originally posted by Southport Zeb View Post
On the map the line is the International Date Line, which divides time zones into those ahead of GMT and those behind. The big bump is Kiribati - the position of the date line changed a few years ago when the Kiribati government decided that the whole country should be in the same time zone, where as before part of the country was 23 hours ahead of the rest.
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