Continental Europe
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Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent (particularly by Britons, Azoreans, Madeirans, Balearic and Canary Spaniards, Icelanders and other European island nations, and peninsular Scandinavians), is the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding the islands of Europe.
The most common definition of continental Europe excludes the Greek Islands, Malta, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, the Balearic Islands, Iceland, Ireland, and the United Kingdom and its dependencies. Most definitions extend the boundaries of the continent to its standard boundaries: the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, and the Caucasus Mountains.
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See also
- Mainland
- Continental philosophy
- European Union
- Council of Europe
- Central Europe
- Eastern Europe
- Northern Europe
- Southeast Europe
- Southern Europe
- Western Europe
- Geographical centre of Europe
- North German Plain
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