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Re: Geographic location
Pat Swovelin 2006-Jan-03 00:39:00
Rick Drew wrote:
> I thought it was Macronesia (unless it's known by both names?), and it was
> the Canary Islands.
>
> Then there's Micronesia in the Western Pacific - big Scuba diving
> destination.
>
> I wonder if there's a am-nesia?
Huh? What? What was the quesiton again?...
> Rick
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: #removed# [mailto:#removed#] On Behalf Of G.
> Donald Bain
> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 5:07 PM
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> Subject: Re: Geographic location
>
> 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...
> >
> >
> > "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
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 2, 2006, at 12:25 PM, Bostjan Burger wrote:
> >
> >> 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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