Countries and dependencies of Europe |
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States with limited recognition |
- Abkhazia2
- Artsakh2
- Kosovo
- Northern Cyprus2
- South Ossetia2
- Transnistria
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Dependent territories | Denmark | |
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United Kingdom |
- Akrotiri and Dhekelia2 (Sovereign Base Areas)
- Gibraltar (British Overseas Territory)
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Special areas of internal sovereignty | Finland |
- Åland (autonomous region subject to the Åland convention of 1921)
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Norway |
- Svalbard (unincorporated area subject to the Svalbard Treaty)
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United Kingdom |
- England
- Scotland
- Wales
- Northern Ireland (country of the United Kingdom subject to the British-Irish Agreement)
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- 1 Spans the conventional boundary between Europe and another continent.
- 2 Considered European for cultural, political and historical reasons but is geographically in Western Asia.
- 3 Oceanic islands within the vicinity of Europe are usually grouped with the continent even though they are not situated on its continental shelf.
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