Transcontinental country

A transcontinental country is a country that is in more than one continent.

Examples

Africa and Asia

• Egypt, though the vast majority lives in Africa, and mostly around the Nile, and few people live in the Sinai Peninsula, which is in Asia.
• Yemen, though most its territory is located in Asia, the island of Socotra is geographically located in Africa.

Africa and Europe

• Spain, because the exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla are in mainland Africa and the Canary Islands are part of the African continental plate.
• Italy, most of Italy is in Europe but the Pelagie Islands are geographically located in Africa.
• Portugal, most of Portugal is in Europe but the archipelago of Madeira is geographically located in Africa.

Asia and Europe

• Azerbaijan
• Greece
• Georgia
• Kazakhstan
• Russia
• Turkey

Asia and Oceania

• Indonesia, controlling large islands in Oceania.
• Australia, the Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands are in Asia.

America and Oceania

• United States, because Hawaii is in Oceania.

America, Oceania and Antarctica

• Chile, because Easter Island is a province in Oceania and Chilean Antarctic is a claimed (but not officially accepted) territory in Antarctica.

Oceania and Antarctica

• Australia, Australian Antarctic Territory is a territory in Antarctica.
• New Zealand, Ross Dependency is a territory in Antarctica.

Europe and America

• France Saint Barthélemy, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana (France)
• Iceland, divided between the Americas and Eurasia by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

Europe, Africa, and America

• France, because Réunion and Mayotte are regions of France.
• Portugal, because Madeira is part of the African continental plate and the westernmost islands of Corvo and Flores in the Azores are part of the North American continental plate.

Transcontinental Country Media

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  Map of the Darién Gap at the border between Colombia and Panama

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  Comparison map: Greenland, the Faroe Islands (enlarged) and Denmark differ significantly in size. The Danish Realm is spread across the North Atlantic Ocean and North Sea.

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  Aves Island, Venezuela

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  San Andrés and Providencia, Colombia

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  Aruba, Netherlands

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  Curaçao, Netherlands

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