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Re: Geographic location
G. Donald Bain 2006-Jan-02 23:06:00
What is Macaronesia? I have never heard that term.
Turkey is definitely a problem to classify. Kemal Atat?rk moved it
culturally from the Middle East to Europe, and it is now a candidate
to join the European Union. Hagia Sofia may have started out as a
Christian basilica, but it has been a mosque for over five hundred
years now. Most of the country, and the capital, is in Asia Minor
(Anatolia), but the largest city is mostly on the European side.
To make our classification harder, one of the WWP entries actually
looks across the Bosporus.
I think Landis made the initial decisions on regions,. I will ask
Murat Germen, our Turkish panographer, what he thinks.
Don
On Jan 2, 2006, at 2:11 PM, Bostjan Burger wrote:
> What about Macaronesia? (But Atlantic Ocean is O.K.)
>
> But here is another dilemma... for me Turkey is politically and
> geographically part of Europe (excuse me if I am subjective) - even
> very small part lies on European continent. Both contributions are
> from European part of Turkey...and Hagia Sophia is part of the
> European cultural heritage since the Constantinopel...
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> "G. Donald Bain" <#removed#> wrote:
> A classic geographic question. Politically and culturally the Canary
> Islands are Spanish. Geographically they are Africa.
>
> We do have categories for Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Pacific
> Ocean. This finesses the issue somewhat. In the past we have had
> Martin Sammtleben from Iceland (Atlantic Ocean) and Romuald Vareus
> from Reunion (Indian Ocean), though neither participated this time
> (Romauld may join late). We also always have a number of participants
> from Hawaii (Pacific Ocean).
>
> Maybe we should put Tenerife in the Atlantic Ocean category. The
> place name will still say Spain, of course.
>
> Don
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> On Jan 2, 2006, at 12:25 PM, Bostjan Burger wrote:
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>> I was seeking through the great contributions and when I came to
>> Tenerife, the following dilemma appeared... Canary Islands are
>> definitely Spain, but what about the geographical location? Are
>> islands situated in Europe or in Africa? Otherwise, there was only
>> one contribution from Africa this time...unfortunately.
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