I would love a video about the biggest mountain chains, also because they are so important to understand some parts of the world, and a lot of us only know a few of them like the Alps, the Himalayas, the Andes, etc.
a quick correction .. Istanbul is not the capital of Turkey but it was Ottoman Empire's capital ..Turkey's capital is Ankara .. tho Istanbul is the largest city + the most adversited city of Turkey .. thats why ppl tend to mistake Istanbul as Turkey's capital
just as a curiosity you talked about spain being transcontinental because of its islands next to Africa, but spain also has territories in mainland africa
Correction, or atleast I think unless I misheard you at 4:12. Istanbul is not the capital of Turkey, although I was unsure whether you were saying that it was the capital of Turkey or whether it was the capital of East Thrace.
@Green_the_planet I don’t think existential. anarchist is hating on turkey, just it’s administrative structure. I’m not an expert on Turkish administration, but the way they describe it, it does seem pretty dumb, no offense.
Yes, actually even the southern part of the Panama istmh, which belong actually to Colombia is usually considered to be part of central america (aka North america as you said). For instance, the colombian city of Capurgana is located on the Panama isthm, and consequently in central america
I would also argue that Iceland is potentially transcontinental, as it is situated upon both the North American and Eurasian Plates, making it simultaneously North American and European. In fact, I think most of the country sits on the North American Plate.
Other reasons this is interesting: The plates are moving apart, which increases Iceland’s land area over time. This is also currently the only place on earth this phenomenon can be observed above sea level…
@@ASocialistTransGirl that may be true, but even our current definition of continents (be it the 5, 6, or 7-continent model) is also not the best decider either.
@@tauceti8060 Why would they want to leave France and lose all privileges? It's not like they can't vote nor have the same rights as someone from mainland France. They chose to remain because it was more profitable. Also, they are part of the EU, which means, they are the only South American territory whose citizens can move to Europe freely whenever they want.
Besides, French Guiana isn't even a territory! From what I hear, it's just as much a part of the country proper of France as Hawaii is to the United States.
I think he already knows i think its an honest mistake since he made the video in a short time and didn't re fact check it. At least that's what i think
This video was great! I think a great idea would be about countries which have debate over which continent they are on (like Cyprus which kinda still confuses me if it is in Asia or Europe). Keep up the great videos by the way! 😀
@@captainprice2575 Normally you answer is correct, but if you check a tectonic map, you can see that Cyprus is part of the African plate as it used to be a part of the continent.
@Aurelianus Cyprus was created by the collision of the tectonic plates, which made the island rise out of the sea. Being a boundary between plates is what causes it's sesmic activity. Despite being in the crossroads of three continents, it is considered to be part of Europe.
Some of these "transcontinental" countries are not transcontinental in the minds of the people who live there, such as Panama, because the Spanish speaking world considers "America" to be one continent.
@@thecommunistdoggo1008 No one is wrong. It is just that, as there is no exact way to define what a "continent" is, geographers have come up with different models to divide them ( there are models with 4, 5, 6, 7, or even 8 continents), and each country gets to pick the model that suits them better according to their particular culture and history. Most of you in the English speaking world are taught the model where N. America and S. America are two different entities, while in most Spanish speaking countries we are taught that they are one single continent. The only thing that is wrong is assuming that the way you view the world, is the only valid way.
@@thecommunistdoggo1008 Both regions are connected geographically, culturally, politically and even historically. Both Spanish and British, they called us Americans, South Americans and North Americans; if it were as they say, the terms "Latin America", "Central America", "Anglo-America", etc, would not make much sense, it would be divided into only South American and North American, when the Anglo-Saxons themselves call us Latin Americans.
8:55 Sicily and Sardinia are considered European, and Spain is the only foreign country as of now with territory on Africa, with the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla.
There is a lot of debate about the boundaries (and definitions) of continents, as is clear from the many comments under this video. But the Pelagie Islands (Lampedusa and two smaller islands, part of Italy), the Canary Islands (Spain) and Madeira (Portugal) are generally considered to be part of the African continent. At least geologically, culturally and politically they are part of Europe.
@@RoseSolane an italian journalist/philosopher recently in TV commented about what is Europe and what is not, because the extention of it is debated. He said that it exist: 1) a political Europe 2) a cultural Europe 3) a geographical Europe And they are all 3 with different extention. So we can say that in reality the boundaries of Europe ends only when its values ends.
In Latin America and in most Latin language countries, we only consider America as a continent, so Panama, Venezuela etc ... would not be transcontinental
I would have to disagree with you assersion that Panamá 🇵🇦 is divided between north and south, specially not by the canal. As a side note i am Panamanian, and we see ourselves entirely separate from south América.
Yep, my in laws are Panamanian and they do not think of Panama at all as having any part in South America, the end of the Isthmus is the natural geographical barrier making it all in North America, the canal is artificial
Of course, Panama is the last Central American country to the south. I suppose North America, even though I’m sure Panamanians don’t see themselves as North Americans.
Well, the canal is where it is for a reason. It's where the shortest landmass is. From a geological perspective it makes little sense to count the southern most point of Panamá as North American.
@@arroe8386 South America is South America way bfore the canal even existed. Plus, it is a man-made construction (not a natural barrier), so even by a "geological point of view" as u stated, it sill doesn't make sense to start w Panama.
70%+ of the population live on the North American half, and if Norway is transcontinental for having a whether station in Jan Mayen which is on the same plate boundary.
That shows how meaningless the concept of 'continents', and for that matter this video, actually is. Continents are meaningless arbitraty lines as opposed to continental plates. Except for Russia, none of these countries are actually on different major plates, that's how silly the term continent is. We just randomly decided that Sinai is "Asia", and not "Africa".
My family are Meskhetian Turks who had to escape ethnic cleansing in Karabakh. Imagine my shock when I see that map you put for Azerbaijan where you remove our internationally recognized land that we used to be majority in prior to ethnic cleansing and illegal occupation. Please do better
Also to be clear, France is most definitely a transcontinental country. It is not arguable. It's not contiguously, but it is the most transconitinental country that isn't contiguously. This is because of French Guiana which is in South America, and is a full department of France (state). They also own Mayotte, which is a department (state) of France next to Madagascar in Africa. :)
@@distorted4378 or back when Byzantine (Eastern Rome) also the Western R. took the lands of agglutinative/turkic speaking peoples and tried their best to hide all linguistic evidence of etruscans and such, tho thankfully we are aware of the etruscan grammar and all that, and many linguistics admit that etruscans and their language do have strong bonds with the turkic people and turkic languages.
Another good suggestion, would be to talk about the history of Kiribati, the country in 4 hemispheres or Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan, the 2 countries which are double landlocked
A Mistake in the video. You said that "Israel" occupied the Sinai Peninsula in the Youm Kippur War 1973 but they actually stole it way before in the Six Days War 1967. Egypt then in 1973 won the war and returned a portion of the land with rest being given back through a peace treaty in 1979 and Egypt having most of Sinai returned in 1982. The Taba Region was returned to Egypt after a verdict from the International Court of Justice in 1989 (the verdict was in 1988).
4:25 minor but important correction here, Istanbul isn't the capital of Turkey. The capital city is Ankara, and has been since 1923 (right before the fall of the Ottoman Empire). Istanbul is still very much the largest city in the country, though. EDIT: Looks like I wasn't the only one to catch this! Note to self: read the comments before commenting
@@mohitrawat5225 i dont even remember watching the video anymore e
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It is interesting to consider that some of these transcontinental countries do not consider themselves transcontinental! This is due to the different continental model each use. So for example Russia considers Eurasia as a one continent, whereas Venezuela and Panama consider both South and North America part of the same continent (the word America in Spanish refers normally to the continental mass between Alaska and Patagonia).
Venezuela was never considered a northaemrican country…
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@@maikelbarnett8162 Traditionally no, but geographically it has a small claim. This is due to Islas de Aves (Aves Island) being quite north. Look at the map in 1:02, that comes from this Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_transcontinental_countries#North_America_and_South_America_2.
@ but a claim in the north does not make venezuela North American in any aspect like with the French colonies in America we don’t call french a south American country even though the territories are there
I am going to have to refute the division of panama at the canal - it was an artificial thing. I think most geographical authorities would place the division at the Colombian border, since Panama was severed from COlombia due to the canal interference. THere is less debate on the Egypt issue, since where the canal is THERE was for centuries considered the division between Africa and Asia
The divison is not the canal, but the canal is built on the division, more precisely the panama isthmus, which is the narrowest point between north and south america. So the canal is the valid geographical division.
@@FF-qp4xq The narrowest point doesn't necessarily mean the continental division when it remains almost as narrow for several more miles to the south before greatly expanding to both the east and west.
We could argue that the real division would the be Darien Gap. A thick forested area that acts as a natural barrier between Panama and Colombia. It’s the reason the pan American highway stops there
As a Brazilian, we have always seen South America starting with Colombia. Never heard (til now) someone claiming Panama as being 1/2 south American.
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As a Mexican, also traditionally heard as this being the case. North America ends in Panama and starts in Colobmbia. But at the end, even the continental definitions depends on whom you ask. Having Panama split this way would make mostly sense to English speakers.
A Colômbia também seria intercontinental pq tem territórios na América Central ou do Norte.... e o Canal do Panamá e algo fictício... ou seja ñ é natural...
Karabakh is the territory of Azerbaijan and it is recingnoized as Azeri territory by the United Nations. It is a really bad mistake; you are showing it as if it's an independent nation. I sinply criticise this . And I hope you made a technical mistake.
7:31 This channel really makes a lot of faults. The Siberian North Asian lands weren't empty before Russian invasion. Siberian North Asia was and still inhabited by Finnics, Ugrics, Turkics, Mongols, Khanty, Nenets, Manchu, and more North Asian people. Educate yourself before making videos.
Hi can you do a video about Europes border. I have always been learned that Georgian, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Kazakhstan isn’t Europe. I can somewhat understand the argument for Kazakhstan but not for the other ones
I've learned that Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia were in Europe, but never heard about Kazachstan. I've learned that the geological borders are what defines Europe. Thus the Bosporus, the Caucasus and the Ural mountains. Kazachstan is already so far east for us.. On the other hand... Based on these geological borders Georgia, Azer and Armenia are in Europe and it might truelly be that some part is in Europe. I'd say it depends on the definition of what is a continent and the perception of the borders. While in some perceptions the countries wouldn't even be in Europe.
@@kevindevlieger300 but by your definition should´nt you draw the border-line following bosporus along the black sea cost? And there for is the black sea a border line of europe, wich not includes Armenia, Azer and georgia as countrys in Europe?
@@Wijking_A Here may be a confusion since, if I'm not mistaken, both the strait's between Mediterranean and Black sea and betwixt Black and Azov sea are called Bosphorus, a Greek word which itself means just “strait” if memory doesn't fail me
Panamanian over here! Great video bro, but I have to disagree in Panama’s case. Don’t get me wrong, under the assumptions you took, your explanation might be considered correct, but from our geographical and cultural positions it is not. First because we don’t follow the 7 continents map, for us the Americas is only one continent, America. For us, even with the Canal (that btw is comprised by freshwater lakes and locks, far different from Suez) our country doesn’t not divide the land masses (because it truly doesn’t), but rather connects the hemisphere as a land bridge, this because Panama emerged from the depths of the ocean millions of years ago allowing the great biotic exchange and the development of precolombian civilizations. In some maps you will see Panama as part of North America, or South America, or split between both, or in Central America, but the thing is that Panama has its own tectonic plate, so yes, we are a transcontinental country, but is hard to certainly determine if we belong to the main norther or southern bigger continental extremes, therefore we are just us haha, a literal separate unifying land bridge that made this continent whole.
I think the problem is that there is no universal, worldwide accepted, definition of what continents are and what their boundaries are. Different countries teach it differently. This video is correct if you look at it from the point of the English-speaking world. Would the maker of the video be Latin American for example, it would have been different. Disagreements are also not just limited to North & South America (or just América depending on your view on that!) as there are different definitions for other continents too.
Also Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan & Georgia have are trans-continental countries, all of them has lands in Europe & Asia 🇹🇷🇷🇺🇰🇿🇦🇿🇬🇪. Also Azerbaijan & Georgia participates to the Eurovision Song Contest, Azerbaijan won in 2011 & hosted the contest in 2012 in Baku. Armenia & Cyprus are fully located in Asia, just politically, religiously and culturally belongs to Europe, but geographically they're in Asia 🇦🇲🇨🇾. Also Armenia won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2010 & hosted the contest in 2011 in Yerevan
There are millions of people in Turkey who have European, Asian and Middle Eastern genes. my mother's ancestors immigrated from northern Turkey and came to Turkey. My brother and I have always been compared to someone of a foreign race. but we don't know exactly what race we belong to :) no matter what, we always felt Turkish. This is great pride! ❤🇹🇷 How happy is the one who says I am a Turk 🇹🇷
Very technically speaking, Iceland should be a transcontinental country as well as it is where the North American tectonic plate meets the Eurasian tectonic plate.
This is the best description of this topic I have EVER seen! Great job! 👍👍 Including an incredible comprehension of what divides continents... I only have a few curiosities to submit: Columbia should be placed into the middle category, as it owns an island called San Andrés off the coast of Nicaragua. Argentina and New Zealand only count if you include their claims in Antarctica, right? And finally, for the life of me I cannot figure out the situation with Papua New Guinea... I'd love some quick answers to these in the comments here, but maybe they would be good to discuss in a part 2 or something? 😉
Papua New Guinea only consists of part of the island of New Guinea, right? Then it's only part of one continent. The only question is whether that continent is Asia or Australia/Oceania.
It is the first that I see someone putting the limit of south america in the middle of Panana The southern end of Panama isthm is usualy considered as the border between the continents. Since the southern part of Panama isthm (south to the darian gap) actualy belong to Colombia, Colombia is an trancontinental country
I would argue that France should be in the darkest blue because of the fact that departments are integral parts of the country, so that'd make France quadricontinental with Metropolitan France in Europe, Mayotte and Réunion in Africa, French Guiana in South America, and Martinique and Guadeloupe in North America. But I would also accept this as not being the case because of technicalities. Because well technically ... That said, you could made a side video of this one and explore which countries are on more than one continental plate.
Fun fact: Continent is seperated by ocean and those country that is in the thumbnail is one continent, because Europe, Asia, and Africa, south and north America is not seperated by ocean and just canal. So, THE PEOPLE WHO SAID ASIA, EUROPE AND AFRICA IS A CONTINENT IS STUPID, ITBIS AFRO-EURESIA!
It's important to note that *Iceland* is also a transcontinental country given the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which separates the North American continent from Europe, passes almost right through the middle of Iceland. So, *Iceland* is indeed a transcontinental country. (Tectonic plates must be considered as a factor in the property of trans-continentality as well!) While the *USA* should have been considered a transcontinental country given *Hawaii* lies in Oceania and not in North America. While Australia must be considered a *tricontinental country* because it has parts of its land in Asia, Oceania, and Antarctica as well. There are still some countries which we might be missing.
For Australia part, by Antarctica do you mean the Australian Antarctic Territory? If it is, then it shouldn't be included since Antarctica is not to be possessed by any nations.
In reality Europe is not a continent. Its the part of Continent Asia. But European Think its separate continent. In reality Europe is the Part of Asia. Similarly Sub Continent is Part of Asia.
The discussion on what constitutes a transcontinental country has been interesting to say the least and real eye opener for me. I looked up the dictionary definition of “transcontinental” in an English dictionary, a Canadian dictionary and an American dictionary and they all say that transcontinental means extending across a continent. I even Googled the meaning of transcontinental and it came up with the same definition. That means the only countries that would be considered truly transcontinental are: Russia, Australia, United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Canada. As I mentioned in one comment I’m a voracious reader. I am passionate about geography and transportation. I’ve never ever heard of transcontinental being used to refer to a country having territory on two or more continents. So I did look up what Wikipedia has to say about transcontinental countries. I quote opening paragraph of the article: “This is a list of countries with territory that straddles more than one continent, known as transcontinental states or intercontinental states.” Herein lies the problem: the use of two terms, which makes things very confusing. The dictionary definition of intercontinental means among or between two or more continents. To me intercontinental is the less confusing term for countries that span two or more continents and transcontinental the more appropriate term for countries that span across and entire continent. Had General Knowledge and the rest of you used the term “intercontinental states” rather than “transcontinental states” we wouldn’t have had this discussion. We’d all be in agreement except for whether or not Europe and Asia are two separate continents or one and whether Panama is in one continent or two.
I think the main issue is that you looked at the definition of transcontinental and the definition of country and fused them together, instead of taking the term transcontinental country as a single thing with its own definition.
2:53 That is what I was trying to tell everybody. Because no one believed and just say Africa and Asia are connected which I think they are just stupid.
It was the Greeks who divided Europe from Asia, and they did so on cultural lines as much as geographic or climate lines. Really though, Eurasia would make more sense as a single monster continent. But when it comes to it, all continents are artificial lines added to maps. You could work it out by tectonic boundaries, but that means making Arabia and India their own continents (maybe make them one called "Indorabia"?!), and adding chunks of Siberia to North America. It's also not a permanent classification as of course as those landmasses shunt across the Earth's surface over geological time.
@@lawden210 i was gonna bring up that some continents already include many tectonic plates (like the one for arab and indian subcontinents) but someone has already said that in a comment.
@@CountScarlioni It was also believed, at times, that Europe and Asia were actually divided by some rivers and/or the Caspian Sea, which was supposed to be open until reaching the Arctic. Anyway, none of the 3 ancient continents did ever have a clear geographic division between them
The spanish Cities of Ceuta and Melilla are located in Africa, they are part of the European Union and Ceuta is just across the Strait of Gibraltar, thus very close to Spain main territory. So you could say, that this makes it a contiguously transcontinental Country. In addition Spain owns further of these "Plazas de soberanía" at the coast of Morocco. Those tiny places wouldn't be enough to say, Spain is contiguously transcontinental. But at least Ceuta makes Spain such a country from my point of view as a geography scientist. But a lot of things are controversial, as you are mentioning often while describing definitions. Nevertheless I miss a closer look at this situation in your video.
yo geography dude, istanbul isn't the capital of turkey lmao… but nice video in general but the minor/stupid mistakes kinda ruin your credibility/video proofreading!!
Thanks for not showing Artsakh/Nagorno Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan! Justice shall prevail for Armenians in Artsakh and Artsakh will be independent or part of Armenia!🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲
Failed video. You failed to mention a very obvious fact that Europe is absolutely not a continent. Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkey are all not transcontinental. Russia is a vast connected landmass so obviously it cannot be transcontinental. The bosphorus strait (which is a very tiny strait you can easily swim across) is absolutely not a divide whatsoever. Straits are never a continental divide. They are not anywhere in the world. This is laughable. The strait between France and Britain lol or between Denmark and Sweden? France, Germany, Mongolia and China are in the same continent. The Caucasus mountains are also ansolutely not a continental divide. They do not split anything. Then why are not the Alps and Pyrennees considered a continental divide? Or the massive huge Himalaya mountains which are a huge barrier and are not considered a continental divide. The Ural mountains are tiny and don’t separate anything (even the mountains in my town are higher lol). Time to get facts straights and deconstruct deep fake and racist lies.
3:43 Israel took control of Sinai after the six-day war in 1967. Sinai was fully returned to Egypt after signing the Camp David peace treaty in 1979. The Youm Kippor war in 1973 was Egypt’s move to start negotiations with Israel having some leverage.
Several corrections: EGYPT defeated Israel in 1973 and the land was regained by capturing the defeated Israeli army west of Suez Canal. Also, Egypt owns Sinai peninsula since the ancient times of the Egyptian Pharaohs thousands of years and dozens of centuries way before the Ptolemaic Dynasty. Important fact, geographically the Suez Isthmus makes Sinai in Asia but geologically Sinai peninsula lies in Africa as it's encompassed by the African Great Rift. Fourth, Egypt is transcontinental in Europe too by Eratosthenes Seamount making Egypt the sole Tricontinental county in the world.
I actually fact checked and nope, Israel actually won the 1973 war. They only seized the Sinai Peninsula in 1967 even if it wasn't theirs. The peninsula was returned to Egypt after they made peace with Israel.
Panama didn't gain its independence from Colombia but from Spain. Panama separated from Colombia, which is totally different. Also, Panama isn't transcontinental, Panama is just American, but if we want to specify things, then it would be Central American.
What are you talking about? Panama was under spanish rule part of the vizeroyality of new granada and so they were part of gran Columbia after independence
Anyways you can consider south North America and South America the same continent but In the beginning of the Video he said that he was considering north and South America different continents and if you take Central America as a continent it still begins in the Panama Canal
@@shyuw6473 Even so, I didn't take into consideration what he said at the beginning of the video because that continental model is wrong, either you consider America one, or you consider North, Central, and South America three different continents because all of them are in different tectonic plates - which is the motive people give to separate America in two.
I feel like Kazakhstan Azerbaijan Armenia and Georgia should be part of Asia and Russia should be part of Asia except for Kaliningrad it would just look cooler
The Sinai was captured by Israel during the Six-Day War in 1967, not the Yom Kippur War in 1973. It was returned to Egypt primarily for a peace accord, which the Egyptians then signed with the Israelis. Egypt still leases airspace rights to the Israeli Air Force to train in the Sinai air space.
However, the IDF went up until the Canal in '67. In the '73 war, they managed to cross the canal and take hold of a small amount of territory on the west side, as seen on the map.
@opener of the world treaty signed in 1979, majority of the Sinai returned in 1982, save for Taba, which remained under Israeli control until the Taba Agreement in 1989.
Chile is a tricontinental country, and with a SOVEREIGN and effective territorial presence in 4 oceans of the world: ✌️🇨🇱 . 1°) In the PACIFIC OCEAN = along the 4,300 continental kilometers; . 2°) in the ANTARCTIC / ATLANTIC OCEAN = with Puerto Williams, with the Hornos Archipelago (Cabo de Hornos) and Diego Ramírez Islands, these three sovereign territories forming the absolute southernmost point of America; . 3°) in the ATLANTIC OCEAN = in the Strait of Magellan in its extreme eastern slope; specifically, within the national territory between Punta Catalina (passing through Catalina bay and beach) to Cabo Espíritu Santo, all within the Spring Commune, of the Province of Tierra del Fuego, Magallanes Region and Chilean Antarctica. ((By land it is possible to access Chilean Atlantic territory by highway 257 and then continue along highway Y-685, the latter bordering the entire coastline of Bahia and Catalina Beach, until reaching Punta Catalina)) and... . 4 °) OCEANIA = through our Rapa - Nui Island (Easter Island) This island is located within the eastern vertex of the so-called "Polynesian Triangle" (Latitude 27 ° 9 ′ 10 ”, South and Longitude 109 ° 27 ′ 17”, West) and that covers a total of about thirty million kilometers, having its northern vertex in Hawaii, and includes - in addition to Rapa Nui - Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, etc., closing with New Zealand in the southwestern vertex. ✌️🇨🇱
what? like SilvanaDil said, oceania isn't an ocean, it's a continent. there are 5 oceans (or 4, because the southern ocean is up for debate) and chile has a coastline on just 2 or 3 of them. it has a coastline on the atlantic and pacific oceans (and the third, the southern ocean, if you consider that an ocean). chile is on the continents of oceania, america, and antarctica if you count chile's claims on it as legitimate
People never talk how close my country (Indonesia) and Australia. We are neighbors and it always be. Australian love Indonesian beaches and tourism spot, Indonesian love Kangaroos and Australian Dollars as well👍
Turkey's capital is Ankara , which is locaded in the central Anatolia. Istanbul used to capital city of the Ottoman Empire. After, Turkish Grand National Assembly was opened in 23 April 1923 in Ankara. Finally, Ankara became capital officially in 13 October 1923.
You put a wrong map of Azerbaijan. Nagorno Karabakh occupied regions had Azeri majority, 700k Azeris were displaced/ethnically cleansed by occupying Armenian forces in internationally recognized Azeri land not to mention massacres like Khojaly. Putting an unrecognized and historically wrong map here is not only disrespectful to the victims but also wrong
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Do YOU have any other video suggestions? (also yes, Ankara is obviously the capital of Turkey, apologies for the mistake!
I would love a video about the biggest mountain chains, also because they are so important to understand some parts of the world, and a lot of us only know a few of them like the Alps, the Himalayas, the Andes, etc.
Maybe the how safe are the safest areas of the most dangerous countries
Legends of hidden cities or kingdoms by country and region, example: El Dorado in South America, Shanbhala in Tibet, Atlántida in Mediterránean
Cannot blame you as it WAS a historical capital
What about a Video how micronations might become recognized?
a quick correction .. Istanbul is not the capital of Turkey but it was Ottoman Empire's capital ..Turkey's capital is Ankara .. tho Istanbul is the largest city + the most adversited city of Turkey .. thats why ppl tend to mistake Istanbul as Turkey's capital
a quick correction,istanbul is not the capital of Ottoman Empire,it was Constantinople.
@@waynengzh istanbul is constantinople
And quick correction Istanbul/ Constantinople was turkeys capital until 1927 I believe long after the ottom empire fell
@@aussiedude3121 long after? 5 years...
@@waynengzh istanbul is just a rename of constantinople....
just as a curiosity you talked about spain being transcontinental because of its islands next to Africa, but spain also has territories in mainland africa
I was going to comment this but you beat me too it lol
@Sniperscope small areas in northern Morocco
@Sniperscope Ceuta and Melilla
How could I forget this! Of course, Ceuta and Melilla plus all the other Plazas de Soberania
@@General.Knowledge Did you actually say in the video that Istanbul is the capital of Turkey?!?!?!
Correction, or atleast I think unless I misheard you at 4:12. Istanbul is not the capital of Turkey, although I was unsure whether you were saying that it was the capital of Turkey or whether it was the capital of East Thrace.
It's not either, btw. Turkish republic has zero federative structure and it is dumb that such a big area is run completely by apointees from Ankara.
@@enfercesttout Thanks for offending my friend country. 😡
I heard this incorrect fact also. The capital of Turkey is Ankara.
@Green_the_planet I don’t think existential. anarchist is hating on turkey, just it’s administrative structure. I’m not an expert on Turkish administration, but the way they describe it, it does seem pretty dumb, no offense.
jesus guys just stop arguing theres no need to jesus christ
4:07 The population on East Thrace is over 15M
4:11 The capitol of Turkey is Ankara (Not Istanbul).
ur absolutely right ! I also heard many times that some people think the capital city of turkey is istanbul 😑
Hayır İstanbulun avrupadaki nüfusu 10 milyondan daha az diğer 3 şehir ve geliboluyu da ekleyince 11 kilyon civarı oluyor
@@romaimparatoru4905 tamam kanks
@@romaimparatoru4905 13 milyon civarı olması lazım
Europe turkey capital
4:13 Istanbul isn't Turkey's capital, Ankara is.
The Sydney-Canberra Syndrome :)
@@nenenindonu Sydney-Canberra-Melbourne =)
@@nenenindonu Toronto-Ottawa and Auckland-Wellington too.
Correct! My mistake. It was the capital of the Ottoman Empire though, right? And the Byzantines' as well?
@@General.Knowledge but still
The Southern part of Panama is always considered part of Central America aka North America.
It never is part of South America.
Exactly
The border doesn't make any sense either. It looks wrong on a map. Plus the Darien gap makes for an excellent continental border.
Yes, actually even the southern part of the Panama istmh, which belong actually to Colombia is usually considered to be part of central america (aka North america as you said).
For instance, the colombian city of Capurgana is located on the Panama isthm, and consequently in central america
@@mandarinesalon1937 Ah, so Columbia is actually the true intercontinental country of the two!
@@Compucles No... Bc Colômbia is only in South America. SA starts where Colombia begins.
I would also argue that Iceland is potentially transcontinental, as it is situated upon both the North American and Eurasian Plates, making it simultaneously North American and European. In fact, I think most of the country sits on the North American Plate.
Other reasons this is interesting: The plates are moving apart, which increases Iceland’s land area over time. This is also currently the only place on earth this phenomenon can be observed above sea level…
by that logic japan is transcontinental, continental plates are not very good deciders of continents.
@@ASocialistTransGirl that may be true, but even our current definition of continents (be it the 5, 6, or 7-continent model) is also not the best decider either.
@@mwedwards1 Does that mean Iceland is the only country in the world located on a divergent boundary?
If we use tectonic plates to determine the continental boundaries, everything will become messy.
France being in South America is so crazy
@Leo the Anglo-Eastasian colony need independence
Britain is too... sort of (the falklands)
@@tauceti8060 Why would they want to leave France and lose all privileges? It's not like they can't vote nor have the same rights as someone from mainland France. They chose to remain because it was more profitable. Also, they are part of the EU, which means, they are the only South American territory whose citizens can move to Europe freely whenever they want.
Besides, French Guiana isn't even a territory! From what I hear, it's just as much a part of the country proper of France as Hawaii is to the United States.
@@Compucles It also means France's longest continuous border is with Brazil.
I didn’t expect you to make the mistake of saying Istanbul is the capital of Turkey at least not from you.
I think he already knows i think its an honest mistake since he made the video in a short time and didn't re fact check it. At least that's what i think
It happens. We are humans. Even the best ones make mistakes so why you are judging him?
He said it was the old one
This video was great! I think a great idea would be about countries which have debate over which continent they are on (like Cyprus which kinda still confuses me if it is in Asia or Europe).
Keep up the great videos by the way! 😀
Cyprus is located in asia but politically it is considered to be part of Europe and it is also part of the EU so you can say it is european
@@captainprice2575 Normally you answer is correct, but if you check a tectonic map, you can see that Cyprus is part of the African plate as it used to be a part of the continent.
@@anomalocarisfangirl7626 also belonged to egypt in ancient times if i'm not mistaken, it's like a mix of the 3
@@anomalocarisfangirl7626 oh
@Aurelianus Cyprus was created by the collision of the tectonic plates, which made the island rise out of the sea. Being a boundary between plates is what causes it's sesmic activity. Despite being in the crossroads of three continents, it is considered to be part of Europe.
Some of these "transcontinental" countries are not transcontinental in the minds of the people who live there, such as Panama, because the Spanish speaking world considers "America" to be one continent.
No, that's just wrong. Americas makes sense but there are 2 American continents.
Well I mean yes but no? You would have to include Afro-Eurasia
@@thecommunistdoggo1008 No one is wrong. It is just that, as there is no exact way to define what a "continent" is, geographers have come up with different models to divide them ( there are models with 4, 5, 6, 7, or even 8 continents), and each country gets to pick the model that suits them better according to their particular culture and history. Most of you in the English speaking world are taught the model where N. America and S. America are two different entities, while in most Spanish speaking countries we are taught that they are one single continent. The only thing that is wrong is assuming that the way you view the world, is the only valid way.
@@isaaccastillo5080 Nope
@@thecommunistdoggo1008 Both regions are connected geographically, culturally, politically and even historically.
Both Spanish and British, they called us Americans, South Americans and North Americans; if it were as they say, the terms "Latin America", "Central America", "Anglo-America", etc, would not make much sense, it would be divided into only South American and North American, when the Anglo-Saxons themselves call us Latin Americans.
8:55 Sicily and Sardinia are considered European, and Spain is the only foreign country as of now with territory on Africa, with the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla.
The italian islands that he's referring to are not those but are the Pelagie Islands, a tiny archipelago very close to Tunisia
There is a lot of debate about the boundaries (and definitions) of continents, as is clear from the many comments under this video. But the Pelagie Islands (Lampedusa and two smaller islands, part of Italy), the Canary Islands (Spain) and Madeira (Portugal) are generally considered to be part of the African continent. At least geologically, culturally and politically they are part of Europe.
@@IlleScrutator Ah alright then sorry for the assumption.
@@RoseSolane an italian journalist/philosopher recently in TV commented about what is Europe and what is not, because the extention of it is debated.
He said that it exist:
1) a political Europe
2) a cultural Europe
3) a geographical Europe
And they are all 3 with different extention.
So we can say that in reality the boundaries of Europe ends only when its values ends.
italy has islands in Africa. Lampedusa is an example
In Latin America and in most Latin language countries, we only consider America as a continent, so Panama, Venezuela etc ... would not be transcontinental
You guys are wrong
Además que por algún motivo no tienen el concepto de centroamérica, rarísimo. XD
@@murakyo79 El imperialismo jaja
Same is true for the majority of countries in Europe, there is only one America, since continents have always unique names.
A good point!
Spain also has lands on the continent of Africa: Ceuta and Melilla. France has a large proportion of its land on the South American continent.
Did you watch the video?
I would have to disagree with you assersion that Panamá 🇵🇦 is divided between north and south, specially not by the canal. As a side note i am Panamanian, and we see ourselves entirely separate from south América.
Yep, my in laws are Panamanian and they do not think of Panama at all as having any part in South America, the end of the Isthmus is the natural geographical barrier making it all in North America, the canal is artificial
Agree... As a Brazilian, we see south america starting w Colômbia
Of course, Panama is the last Central American country to the south. I suppose North America, even though I’m sure Panamanians don’t see themselves as North Americans.
Well, the canal is where it is for a reason. It's where the shortest landmass is. From a geological perspective it makes little sense to count the southern most point of Panamá as North American.
@@arroe8386 South America is South America way bfore the canal even existed. Plus, it is a man-made construction (not a natural barrier), so even by a "geological point of view" as u stated, it sill doesn't make sense to start w Panama.
Missing Iceland which is literally torn apart by Europe and North America.
Strictly, is in Europe.
iceland is Europe but Greenland to the west (owned by Denmark) is in North America
70%+ of the population live on the North American half, and if Norway is transcontinental for having a whether station in Jan Mayen which is on the same plate boundary.
@@gygugygu norway is transcontinental because they have land in antarctica, the opposite side of the globe to their mainland
That shows how meaningless the concept of 'continents', and for that matter this video, actually is. Continents are meaningless arbitraty lines as opposed to continental plates. Except for Russia, none of these countries are actually on different major plates, that's how silly the term continent is. We just randomly decided that Sinai is "Asia", and not "Africa".
My family are Meskhetian Turks who had to escape ethnic cleansing in Karabakh. Imagine my shock when I see that map you put for Azerbaijan where you remove our internationally recognized land that we used to be majority in prior to ethnic cleansing and illegal occupation. Please do better
ikr? he also said istanbul is the capital of Türkiye! I bet he does these intentionally to annoy people!
@@turkishissunlanguage dude it’s a common misconception
Also to be clear, France is most definitely a transcontinental country. It is not arguable. It's not contiguously, but it is the most transconitinental country that isn't contiguously. This is because of French Guiana which is in South America, and is a full department of France (state). They also own Mayotte, which is a department (state) of France next to Madagascar in Africa. :)
You forgott St Pierre & Miquelon North America near Newfoundland Canada.
@@bengtandersson2649 That’s a territory of france. I’m saying full on Departments. So no, I didn’t forget.
It's French Guiana not Guinea
And Guadeloupe
deparmènte para baquète
4:13 , Turkiye's capital is Ankara and not Istanbul, thus making his capital non transcontinental.
yeah it’s not Constantinople anymore, that was back when turkey was the byzantine empire
@@distorted4378 or back when Byzantine (Eastern Rome) also the Western R. took the lands of agglutinative/turkic speaking peoples and tried their best to hide all linguistic evidence of etruscans and such, tho thankfully we are aware of the etruscan grammar and all that, and many linguistics admit that etruscans and their language do have strong bonds with the turkic people and turkic languages.
Another good suggestion, would be to talk about the history of Kiribati, the country in 4 hemispheres or Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan, the 2 countries which are double landlocked
There are no 4 hemispheres, there are 4 quarter-spheres.
Ottoman Turkey = Ruling over three continents
Turkey = Ruling over two continents
I’m sorry “Ruling”?
@@moesirwan4307he means it spanned around those areas
Hep seni goruyorum...
That is true!
The ottoman empire Yes,
But for Türkiye... Let's say regional power in the eastern Mediterran, Black sea and the middle east
Just to be clear, when Azerbaijan area was red, it was not the right area shown. Please respect country's recognized area. 🙏
Love your videos. 💚
it was
@@whythoughbeats6335 it was not
@@nadirnovruz yes it was, that is all of their de facto territory
@@JohnDoe-ur2hu you have no idea))
@@nadirnovruz Yes I do, all you have to do is look up their borders and that is the exact same as that.
But Istanbul is not capital of Turkey...
A Mistake in the video. You said that "Israel" occupied the Sinai Peninsula in the Youm Kippur War 1973 but they actually stole it way before in the Six Days War 1967. Egypt then in 1973 won the war and returned a portion of the land with rest being given back through a peace treaty in 1979 and Egypt having most of Sinai returned in 1982. The Taba Region was returned to Egypt after a verdict from the International Court of Justice in 1989 (the verdict was in 1988).
Everyone talks about istanbul not being capital city of Turkey, however no one talks about why this guy didn't paint Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan.
It's such a provocation which is made by a channel with 591 K subscribers. Terrible.
He probably did both two of em to annoy the Turks.
@@turkishissunlanguage i think to annoy a turk you just have to say greece or armenia
@@turkishcolchonero4726 if anything he should have colored it with a lighter shade or with stripes or something if he wanted to remain neutral.
@@KennyNGA then why i am not annoyed
4:25 minor but important correction here, Istanbul isn't the capital of Turkey. The capital city is Ankara, and has been since 1923 (right before the fall of the Ottoman Empire). Istanbul is still very much the largest city in the country, though.
EDIT: Looks like I wasn't the only one to catch this! Note to self: read the comments before commenting
He said its old one
@@SavePlayzno he didn't. Infact he corrected himself in a reply.
@@mohitrawat5225 i dont even remember watching the video anymore e
It is interesting to consider that some of these transcontinental countries do not consider themselves transcontinental! This is due to the different continental model each use. So for example Russia considers Eurasia as a one continent, whereas Venezuela and Panama consider both South and North America part of the same continent (the word America in Spanish refers normally to the continental mass between Alaska and Patagonia).
Both are right
I actually that too
Venezuela was never considered a northaemrican country…
@@maikelbarnett8162 Traditionally no, but geographically it has a small claim. This is due to Islas de Aves (Aves Island) being quite north. Look at the map in 1:02, that comes from this Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_transcontinental_countries#North_America_and_South_America_2.
@ but a claim in the north does not make venezuela North American in any aspect like with the French colonies in America we don’t call french a south American country even though the territories are there
I am going to have to refute the division of panama at the canal - it was an artificial thing. I think most geographical authorities would place the division at the Colombian border, since Panama was severed from COlombia due to the canal interference. THere is less debate on the Egypt issue, since where the canal is THERE was for centuries considered the division between Africa and Asia
The divison is not the canal, but the canal is built on the division, more precisely the panama isthmus, which is the narrowest point between north and south america. So the canal is the valid geographical division.
@@FF-qp4xq The narrowest point doesn't necessarily mean the continental division when it remains almost as narrow for several more miles to the south before greatly expanding to both the east and west.
@@FF-qp4xq bruh. south america should start at the fatter part of south America
We could argue that the real division would the be Darien Gap. A thick forested area that acts as a natural barrier between Panama and Colombia. It’s the reason the pan American highway stops there
And also, is the SAME continent so it’s not accurate to say that is in two continents 🤷🏻♂️
Actually, France Started building the Panama Canal, The U.S.A. Finished it.
If the Azores became independent of Portugal, geologically, they would be in more continents than Russia
How?
Azores is in europe lol
As a Brazilian, we have always seen South America starting with Colombia. Never heard (til now) someone claiming Panama as being 1/2 south American.
As a Mexican, also traditionally heard as this being the case. North America ends in Panama and starts in Colobmbia. But at the end, even the continental definitions depends on whom you ask. Having Panama split this way would make mostly sense to English speakers.
A Colômbia também seria intercontinental pq tem territórios na América Central ou do Norte.... e o Canal do Panamá e algo fictício... ou seja ñ é natural...
@well you shouldn’t divide continental boundaries using political boundaries as the latter changes must faster than the former
What about Iceland, the island itself stands both on European and American continental plates?
I was wondering the same as the continental divide runs right through the country.
Continental plates usually don't dictate borders of continents, unless you want to consider India its own continent.
@@Liggliluff Or (north) central Asisa for that matter.
@@Liggliluff but also, in the video he spoke about Portugal and his islands being on other continental plate... What's the difference?
Karabakh is the territory of Azerbaijan and it is recingnoized as Azeri territory by the United Nations. It is a really bad mistake; you are showing it as if it's an independent nation. I sinply criticise this . And I hope you made a technical mistake.
Yeah, and he horrifically mispronounced Azerbaijan.
Artsakh is De-facto an independent country. The UN doesn't recognise it but it doesn't recognise Taiwan either.
@@gamermapper lmao at least Taiwan has food 🤣
@Green Cappy
Bro... Did you forget the war that happened recently where they got smashed out of existence?
You made a very common mistake in the video: Turkey's capital is not Istanbul, it is Ankara.
He said its old one
@@SavePlayz I heard him saying "Own Capital"
7:31 This channel really makes a lot of faults. The Siberian North Asian lands weren't empty before Russian invasion. Siberian North Asia was and still inhabited by Finnics, Ugrics, Turkics, Mongols, Khanty, Nenets, Manchu, and more North Asian people. Educate yourself before making videos.
Hi can you do a video about Europes border. I have always been learned that Georgian, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Kazakhstan isn’t Europe. I can somewhat understand the argument for Kazakhstan but not for the other ones
I've learned that Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia were in Europe, but never heard about Kazachstan. I've learned that the geological borders are what defines Europe. Thus the Bosporus, the Caucasus and the Ural mountains. Kazachstan is already so far east for us.. On the other hand... Based on these geological borders Georgia, Azer and Armenia are in Europe and it might truelly be that some part is in Europe. I'd say it depends on the definition of what is a continent and the perception of the borders. While in some perceptions the countries wouldn't even be in Europe.
@@kevindevlieger300 but by your definition should´nt you draw the border-line following bosporus along the black sea cost? And there for is the black sea a border line of europe, wich not includes Armenia, Azer and georgia as countrys in Europe?
@@Wijking_A Here may be a confusion since, if I'm not mistaken, both the strait's between Mediterranean and Black sea and betwixt Black and Azov sea are called Bosphorus, a Greek word which itself means just “strait” if memory doesn't fail me
@@asherl5902 Interesting
Rhodes isn’t Asian. The reason Greece is transcontinental is because of Megisti, a really small island under Turkey.
Love the unexpected Trinidad & Tobago reference. Thanks 🇹🇹!!
Panamanian over here! Great video bro, but I have to disagree in Panama’s case. Don’t get me wrong, under the assumptions you took, your explanation might be considered correct, but from our geographical and cultural positions it is not. First because we don’t follow the 7 continents map, for us the Americas is only one continent, America. For us, even with the Canal (that btw is comprised by freshwater lakes and locks, far different from Suez) our country doesn’t not divide the land masses (because it truly doesn’t), but rather connects the hemisphere as a land bridge, this because Panama emerged from the depths of the ocean millions of years ago allowing the great biotic exchange and the development of precolombian civilizations. In some maps you will see Panama as part of North America, or South America, or split between both, or in Central America, but the thing is that Panama has its own tectonic plate, so yes, we are a transcontinental country, but is hard to certainly determine if we belong to the main norther or southern bigger continental extremes, therefore we are just us haha, a literal separate unifying land bridge that made this continent whole.
I think the problem is that there is no universal, worldwide accepted, definition of what continents are and what their boundaries are. Different countries teach it differently. This video is correct if you look at it from the point of the English-speaking world. Would the maker of the video be Latin American for example, it would have been different. Disagreements are also not just limited to North & South America (or just América depending on your view on that!) as there are different definitions for other continents too.
Also Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan & Georgia have are trans-continental countries, all of them has lands in Europe & Asia 🇹🇷🇷🇺🇰🇿🇦🇿🇬🇪. Also Azerbaijan & Georgia participates to the Eurovision Song Contest, Azerbaijan won in 2011 & hosted the contest in 2012 in Baku. Armenia & Cyprus are fully located in Asia, just politically, religiously and culturally belongs to Europe, but geographically they're in Asia 🇦🇲🇨🇾. Also Armenia won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2010 & hosted the contest in 2011 in Yerevan
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@@nickohira1397 He mentioned the first five.
Based Turkey, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan :-)
MY COUNTRY, KAZAKHSTAN 🇰🇿 🤯😱.
@Gigachad what did he do?
@Gigachad im not turkish
Spain is Transcontinental because they have Ceuta and Melilla
Lovely video, keep up the good work but the capital of Turkey is Ankara, not İstanbul. It is an honest mistake, it can happen.
There are millions of people in Turkey who have European, Asian and Middle Eastern genes.
my mother's ancestors immigrated from northern Turkey and came to Turkey. My brother and I have always been compared to someone of a foreign race.
but we don't know exactly what race we belong to :) no matter what, we always felt Turkish. This is great pride! ❤🇹🇷
How happy is the one who says I am a Turk 🇹🇷
Very technically speaking, Iceland should be a transcontinental country as well as it is where the North American tectonic plate meets the Eurasian tectonic plate.
Very *tectonically* speaking, you mean 😏
This is the best description of this topic I have EVER seen! Great job! 👍👍 Including an incredible comprehension of what divides continents... I only have a few curiosities to submit: Columbia should be placed into the middle category, as it owns an island called San Andrés off the coast of Nicaragua. Argentina and New Zealand only count if you include their claims in Antarctica, right? And finally, for the life of me I cannot figure out the situation with Papua New Guinea... I'd love some quick answers to these in the comments here, but maybe they would be good to discuss in a part 2 or something? 😉
Papua New Guinea only consists of part of the island of New Guinea, right? Then it's only part of one continent. The only question is whether that continent is Asia or Australia/Oceania.
I think you meant Colombia*, Columbia is not a country
It is the first that I see someone putting the limit of south america in the middle of Panana
The southern end of Panama isthm is usualy considered as the border between the continents.
Since the southern part of Panama isthm (south to the darian gap) actualy belong to Colombia, Colombia is an trancontinental country
Did you run out of red color when showing Azerbaijan? Because you're a good guy, you wouldn't divide the state into pieces
The state is already divided into pieces
The Russian empire had land on 3 continents
And the British empire had some land on all continent's
British empire was like the ruler of the world back then
Their colonies were bigger than the UK itself
@@giorgospapoutsakis5271 Many European countries colonies were bigger than their own regions.
North America and South America are not continents, they are subcontinents
I like your videos. I'm French and I really understand your accent. Thanks and keep this way.
Wdym, do you find his accent easier yo understand than a british one or do you relate to the way he speaks?
Alexandrian (Macedonian) Empire 🇬🇷🇨🇾
8:31 Map of Azerbaijan is wrong, and there are also other mistakes in video, didn’t expect that from your channel.
You said spain is transcontinental due to their islands, but they also have the cities of Ceuta and Melilla in african mainland bordering
Morocco.
I would argue that France should be in the darkest blue because of the fact that departments are integral parts of the country, so that'd make France quadricontinental with Metropolitan France in Europe, Mayotte and Réunion in Africa, French Guiana in South America, and Martinique and Guadeloupe in North America. But I would also accept this as not being the case because of technicalities. Because well technically ...
That said, you could made a side video of this one and explore which countries are on more than one continental plate.
Fun fact: Continent is seperated by ocean and those country that is in the thumbnail is one continent, because Europe, Asia, and Africa, south and north America is not seperated by ocean and just canal. So, THE PEOPLE WHO SAID ASIA, EUROPE AND AFRICA IS A CONTINENT IS STUPID, ITBIS AFRO-EURESIA!
It's important to note that *Iceland* is also a transcontinental country given the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which separates the North American continent from Europe, passes almost right through the middle of Iceland. So, *Iceland* is indeed a transcontinental country. (Tectonic plates must be considered as a factor in the property of trans-continentality as well!)
While the *USA* should have been considered a transcontinental country given *Hawaii* lies in Oceania and not in North America. While Australia must be considered a *tricontinental country* because it has parts of its land in Asia, Oceania, and Antarctica as well. There are still some countries which we might be missing.
For Australia part, by Antarctica do you mean the Australian Antarctic Territory? If it is, then it shouldn't be included since Antarctica is not to be possessed by any nations.
Based on tectonic plates Iceland is transcontinental at least technically.
In reality Europe is not a continent. Its the part of Continent Asia. But European Think its separate continent. In reality Europe is the Part of Asia. Similarly Sub Continent is Part of Asia.
The discussion on what constitutes a transcontinental country has been interesting to say the least and real eye opener for me. I looked up the dictionary definition of “transcontinental” in an English dictionary, a Canadian dictionary and an American dictionary and they all say that transcontinental means extending across a continent. I even Googled the meaning of transcontinental and it came up with the same definition. That means the only countries that would be considered truly transcontinental are: Russia, Australia, United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Canada.
As I mentioned in one comment I’m a voracious reader. I am passionate about geography and transportation. I’ve never ever heard of transcontinental being used to refer to a country having territory on two or more continents. So I did look up what Wikipedia has to say about transcontinental countries. I quote opening paragraph of the article:
“This is a list of countries with territory that straddles more than one continent, known as transcontinental states or intercontinental states.”
Herein lies the problem: the use of two terms, which makes things very confusing. The dictionary definition of intercontinental means among or between two or more continents. To me intercontinental is the less confusing term for countries that span two or more continents and transcontinental the more appropriate term for countries that span across and entire continent.
Had General Knowledge and the rest of you used the term “intercontinental states” rather than “transcontinental states” we wouldn’t have had this discussion. We’d all be in agreement except for whether or not Europe and Asia are two separate continents or one and whether Panama is in one continent or two.
I think the main issue is that you looked at the definition of transcontinental and the definition of country and fused them together, instead of taking the term transcontinental country as a single thing with its own definition.
2:53 That is what I was trying to tell everybody. Because no one believed and just say Africa and Asia are connected which I think they are just stupid.
why is europe considered a continent tho ? isn't it technically a subcontinent ? i always wonder when i see a map about continents.
Tectonic plates
It was the Greeks who divided Europe from Asia, and they did so on cultural lines as much as geographic or climate lines. Really though, Eurasia would make more sense as a single monster continent.
But when it comes to it, all continents are artificial lines added to maps.
You could work it out by tectonic boundaries, but that means making Arabia and India their own continents (maybe make them one called "Indorabia"?!), and adding chunks of Siberia to North America.
It's also not a permanent classification as of course as those landmasses shunt across the Earth's surface over geological time.
@@lawden210 i was gonna bring up that some continents already include many tectonic plates (like the one for arab and indian subcontinents) but someone has already said that in a comment.
@@lawden210 Europe and Asia share their plate though. The division is for cultural and historical reasons.
@@CountScarlioni It was also believed, at times, that Europe and Asia were actually divided by some rivers and/or the Caspian Sea, which was supposed to be open until reaching the Arctic. Anyway, none of the 3 ancient continents did ever have a clear geographic division between them
I'ma just say it, the Caucasuses and Turkey are European, Egypt is African, the Middle east is the middle east, Panama is Central American-
The spanish Cities of Ceuta and Melilla are located in Africa, they are part of the European Union and Ceuta is just across the Strait of Gibraltar, thus very close to Spain main territory. So you could say, that this makes it a contiguously transcontinental Country. In addition Spain owns further of these "Plazas de soberanía" at the coast of Morocco. Those tiny places wouldn't be enough to say, Spain is contiguously transcontinental. But at least Ceuta makes Spain such a country from my point of view as a geography scientist. But a lot of things are controversial, as you are mentioning often while describing definitions. Nevertheless I miss a closer look at this situation in your video.
In fact, as contiguouly as Turkey, botht countries are divided by a strait.
yo geography dude, istanbul isn't the capital of turkey lmao… but nice video in general but the minor/stupid mistakes kinda ruin your credibility/video
proofreading!!
Thanks for not showing Artsakh/Nagorno Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan! Justice shall prevail for Armenians in Artsakh and Artsakh will be independent or part of Armenia!🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲
Failed video. You failed to mention a very obvious fact that Europe is absolutely not a continent. Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkey are all not transcontinental. Russia is a vast connected landmass so obviously it cannot be transcontinental. The bosphorus strait (which is a very tiny strait you can easily swim across) is absolutely not a divide whatsoever. Straits are never a continental divide. They are not anywhere in the world. This is laughable. The strait between France and Britain lol or between Denmark and Sweden? France, Germany, Mongolia and China are in the same continent. The Caucasus mountains are also ansolutely not a continental divide. They do not split anything. Then why are not the Alps and Pyrennees considered a continental divide? Or the massive huge Himalaya mountains which are a huge barrier and are not considered a continental divide. The Ural mountains are tiny and don’t separate anything (even the mountains in my town are higher lol). Time to get facts straights and deconstruct deep fake and racist lies.
i like how you purposefully "made a mistake" so turks would come and increase interaction by pointing out "the mistake"
Ahahah if it is intentional, pretty clever
3:43 Israel took control of Sinai after the six-day war in 1967. Sinai was fully returned to Egypt after signing the Camp David peace treaty in 1979. The Youm Kippor war in 1973 was Egypt’s move to start negotiations with Israel having some leverage.
All the transphobes going crazy over this one
7:02 MY COUNTRY, KAZAKHSTAN 🇰🇿 🤯😱.
Several corrections: EGYPT defeated Israel in 1973 and the land was regained by capturing the defeated Israeli army west of Suez Canal. Also, Egypt owns Sinai peninsula since the ancient times of the Egyptian Pharaohs thousands of years and dozens of centuries way before the Ptolemaic Dynasty. Important fact, geographically the Suez Isthmus makes Sinai in Asia but geologically Sinai peninsula lies in Africa as it's encompassed by the African Great Rift. Fourth, Egypt is transcontinental in Europe too by Eratosthenes Seamount making Egypt the sole Tricontinental county in the world.
I actually fact checked and nope, Israel actually won the 1973 war. They only seized the Sinai Peninsula in 1967 even if it wasn't theirs. The peninsula was returned to Egypt after they made peace with Israel.
@@Inescapeium That's the wikipedia nonsense propaganda source, you didn't fact check any facts.
“Earth, I have been trying to tell you this for months, please dont hate me, but I’m… Trans Continental.”
Panama didn't gain its independence from Colombia but from Spain. Panama separated from Colombia, which is totally different. Also, Panama isn't transcontinental, Panama is just American, but if we want to specify things, then it would be Central American.
No?
What are you talking about? Panama was under spanish rule part of the vizeroyality of new granada and so they were part of gran Columbia after independence
@@claasonaut yes
Anyways you can consider south North America and South America the same continent but In the beginning of the Video he said that he was considering north and South America different continents and if you take Central America as a continent it still begins in the Panama Canal
@@shyuw6473 Even so, I didn't take into consideration what he said at the beginning of the video because that continental model is wrong, either you consider America one, or you consider North, Central, and South America three different continents because all of them are in different tectonic plates - which is the motive people give to separate America in two.
Panamá transcontinental????
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Si está en el mismo continente, es decir, América.
I feel like Kazakhstan Azerbaijan Armenia and Georgia should be part of Asia and Russia should be part of Asia except for Kaliningrad it would just look cooler
Why would Russia be considered Asian? Historically it’s very European.
Western Russia historically has more ties to Europe though
@@maxdavis7722 But by that argument so is Armenia and Georgia
@@qapra ok, so why would we consider those three countries Asian?
@@maxdavis7722 Not considering history
Watch Argentina claim to be on all continents
The Sinai was captured by Israel during the Six-Day War in 1967, not the Yom Kippur War in 1973. It was returned to Egypt primarily for a peace accord, which the Egyptians then signed with the Israelis. Egypt still leases airspace rights to the Israeli Air Force to train in the Sinai air space.
However, the IDF went up until the Canal in '67. In the '73 war, they managed to cross the canal and take hold of a small amount of territory on the west side, as seen on the map.
@opener of the world treaty signed in 1979, majority of the Sinai returned in 1982, save for Taba, which remained under Israeli control until the Taba Agreement in 1989.
You missed Indonesia,Georgia,Azerbaijan,Yemen,Abkhazia,Denmark,Norway,UK,France,Netherlands,USA and South Ossetia are Transcontinental too.
And usa
USA 🇺🇸 is transcontinental because Hawaii (a USA state) is Geographically in Oceania
Chile is a tricontinental country, and with a SOVEREIGN and effective territorial presence in 4 oceans of the world: ✌️🇨🇱
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1°) In the PACIFIC OCEAN = along the 4,300 continental kilometers;
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2°) in the ANTARCTIC / ATLANTIC OCEAN = with Puerto Williams, with the Hornos Archipelago (Cabo de Hornos) and Diego Ramírez Islands, these three sovereign territories forming the absolute southernmost point of America;
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3°) in the ATLANTIC OCEAN = in the Strait of Magellan in its extreme eastern slope; specifically, within the national territory between Punta Catalina (passing through Catalina bay and beach) to Cabo Espíritu Santo, all within the Spring Commune, of the Province of Tierra del Fuego, Magallanes Region and Chilean Antarctica. ((By land it is possible to access Chilean Atlantic territory by highway 257 and then continue along highway Y-685, the latter bordering the entire coastline of Bahia and Catalina Beach, until reaching Punta Catalina)) and...
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4 °) OCEANIA = through our Rapa - Nui Island (Easter Island) This island is located within the eastern vertex of the so-called "Polynesian Triangle" (Latitude 27 ° 9 ′ 10 ”, South and Longitude 109 ° 27 ′ 17”, West) and that covers a total of about thirty million kilometers, having its northern vertex in Hawaii, and includes - in addition to Rapa Nui - Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, etc., closing with New Zealand in the southwestern vertex. ✌️🇨🇱
Oceania isn't an ocean.
2 oceans mate. Atlantic and spacific. The drake passage is a bit ambiguous but isnt an ocean in itself.
Also I dunno if the Chilean territory in Antarctica is recognised, didn’t us British claim it first?
what? like SilvanaDil said, oceania isn't an ocean, it's a continent. there are 5 oceans (or 4, because the southern ocean is up for debate) and chile has a coastline on just 2 or 3 of them. it has a coastline on the atlantic and pacific oceans (and the third, the southern ocean, if you consider that an ocean). chile is on the continents of oceania, america, and antarctica if you count chile's claims on it as legitimate
+ *angrefishstick1* Oceania is the opposite of a continent.
In Iceland you can see where the European and North American tectonic plates meet.
ive always placed panama in central america (assuming theres a proper central american continent)
People never talk how close my country (Indonesia) and Australia. We are neighbors and it always be. Australian love Indonesian beaches and tourism spot, Indonesian love Kangaroos and Australian Dollars as well👍
Fun fact: Iceland is half in the Eurasian plate and North American plate
All the Trancontinetal Countries 1:46 Panama 2:53 Egypt 3:51 Turkey 6:58 Russia And Kazakstan
7:51 From that second image it looks like a tiny tiny bit of Turkmenistan in across the line
Turkey's capital is Ankara , which is locaded in the central Anatolia. Istanbul used to capital city of the Ottoman Empire. After, Turkish Grand National Assembly was opened in 23 April 1923 in Ankara. Finally, Ankara became capital officially in 13 October 1923.
Countries b/w North and South America
İstanbul is not the capital of Turkey. The capital is Ankara.
anyone pls clear my doubt why europe is another continent its have a major land border with asia but everyone says europe is a continent
Georgia and Azerbaijan are definitely transcontinental
Wait a sec everything is good and i love yore video but in 4:10 Istanbul isnt a capital city of Turkey its Ankara
France has 12 time zones. more than Russia, more than any other country so its the perfect example of a transcontinental country.
Bro, South America and North America are in the same continent, they are not different continents
Most of Japan🇯🇵 is Asia and part of the island is Oceania.
Ankara is the capital of the Turkey, mate. It is in the middle of the Anatolia.
Bro you made a mistake at 4:12 Turkey’s capital is Ankara which is in Asia.
I have a question why Armenia doesnt colored light blue?
You put a wrong map of Azerbaijan. Nagorno Karabakh occupied regions had Azeri majority, 700k Azeris were displaced/ethnically cleansed by occupying Armenian forces in internationally recognized Azeri land not to mention massacres like Khojaly. Putting an unrecognized and historically wrong map here is not only disrespectful to the victims but also wrong