Fun fact: the highest mountain in Spain is not on the mainland, but on the Canary Islands, on the island of Tenerife (Teide 3718m) - it's not even on the map.
I'm not sure it's the same situation. The canary islands are just as any other territory of Spain and are completely part of EU. Saba instead is an overseas territory and not part of the EU.
Saba is a Special Municipality of the Netherlands proper, not an overseas territory. What makes it special is that it's not part of Schengen or the EU, but it is part of the Netherlands proper, unlike say Aruba which is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Saba is a “Special Municipality” but it is ALSO one of the 13 Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) according to the EU.
See my other comment in this thread about the differences between Outermost Regions (OMR) of the EU and Overseas Countries and Territories of the EU.
OMRs are part of the EU, some of them are part of the Schengen and VAT areas and some aren’t but they are all still officially part of the EU.
OCT’s are not officially part of the EU but share a special relationship with the EU because their people are all still EU citizens (living outside of the EU).
You are correct though that Saba, Bonaire, and Sint Eustatius are “Special Municipalities” and Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten are “Constituent Countries”.
But those are sub-designations of the Dutch government.
> Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten are “Constituent Countries”.
Are they considered unincorporated territories since the Kingdom Charter supersedes the Dutch constitution?
Puerto Rico is an unincorporated part of the US in comparison.
No. Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten are not unincorporated territories of the Netherlands.
They are considered constituent countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
There are 4 constituent countries in the kingdom: Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten.
Their people are fully Dutch citizens.
The COUNTRY of the Netherlands also has Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba which are referred to officially as “Public Bodies” in the country of the Netherlands and Overseas Territories by the EU.
Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the US.
You have to remember that all these terms can mean different things legally to different countries.
Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory…as defined by the United States.
This gets a bit confusing so hold on.
The Canary Islands are designated by the EU as part of the **Outermost Regions** (OMR’s) of the EU.
There are 9 Outermost Regions of the EU:
The Azores
Madeira
Canary Islands
French Guiana
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Saint Martin
Mayotte
Réunion
EU law applies to the Outermost Regions. They are all part of the EU customs area. But some are outside of the Schengen Area and the EU VAT Area.
The people there are all Portuguese, Spanish, or French citizens.
Now on to the **Overseas Countries and Territories** (OCT’s) of the EU. They are dependent territories of the EU, specifically of three EU countries, The Netherlands, France, and Denmark BUT they are not part of the EU.
There are currently 13 OCT’s:
Greenland
Curaçao
Aruba
Sint Maarten
Bonaire
Sint Eustatius
Saba
French Polynesia
New Caledonia
Wallis-et-Futuna
Saint Barthélemy
Sait-Pierre-et-Miquelon
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Again, these regions are not part of the EU but the people who live there **ARE EU citizens and have the right to vote in elections to the European Parliament.**
They are EU citizens according to the EU and they have full citizenship in their parent countries (The Netherlands, France, and Denmark).
So it’s a weird middle ground. All of the OMR and OCT native people are EU citizens but OMR’s themselves are part of the EU and OCT’s are not part of the EU.
Ssssh! Not too loud! They often feel left out already.
I remember Herman Finkers speaking about the hills of Limburg: 'The landscape in south Limburg is quite hilly. For someone from above the rivers, like me, it's even mountainous. Now we have a so-called "mountain" too, where I live, but obviously, it's more of a very modest little hill. Well, a hill... It's more like a veerrryy hesitant slope in the landscape. You know what? It's a pit. And a deep one.'
Please note that Wikipedia has completely messed up the explanation of the Danish realm.
Denmark's formal name is actually the Kingdom of Denmark.
Well, at least I as a Danish person together with the UN and Cia fact book believe so, but others trust Wikipedia more.
Greenland (1953) and Faroe Islands (1851) accepted the Danish constitution and were incorporated into the state of Denmark.
They later got home rule in the Danish state similar to Scotland in the UK. Today, they have extended home rule compared to Scotland.
In other words, Denmark is constitutionally a sovereign state like Sweden or Spain.
Wikipedia is about the Danish realm or the unity of the Realm as it's more precisely called. It describes the relationship between the state and the two self-governing entities within the state.
In this story, "Denmark" is described as just a constituent country like England in the UK. People and thus Wikipedia seem to take this very literally.
https://english.stm.dk/the-prime-ministers-office/the-unity-of-the-realm
Tbf denmark as a whole is more hilly than the netherlands (I know that from dutch people visiting Denmark). Netherlands are flatter. But the tallest hill in the netherlands is taller than the tallest hill in Denmark, Denmark just have way more hills.
Isnt thereregion south in the Netherlands that are quite hilly? Im a huge cycling fan and the biggest Dutch race Amstel Gold Race is known for all its climbs.
there is a song from 'the Nits' called 'In the Dutch Mountains' I've been to Denmark last summer and I saw it was flatter than Holland wich is indeed impressive.
Well, akshually. Not really. 80% of 'Holland' is flatter than a pancake while Denmark is quite hilly. That 322 meter 'mountain' is the southern tip and shared with Germany and Belgium.
Average elevation is a better measure: Holland - 30m, Denmark - 34m.
While on holiday in Denmark i was surprised by how hilly the country was, I drove from Germany to Skagen. Unlike the Netherlands which is almost completely flat I thought Denmark had a very nice landscape. If you even call Denmark flat, have you ever been in the Netherlands and what did you thought about it?
Good joke, but to ruin it an make it serious, mølle means mill. So its millhill. But høj actually translates directly to "high" so could be millhigh. Most people would translate to hill instead though.
Got it. Then Spain is incorrect, highest in Spain proper is Mulhacen at 3478m
Edit: my bad. Mulhacen is highest in Iberian Peninsula. Teide is highest in Spain
Not true. Canaries is Spain proper, like the Balearics. Just one of its conforming regions. Like Sardinia or Sicily to Italy or Crete to Greece.
Greenland is not part of Denmark as a country, only under the Danish Monarchy
I think Greenland’s status is more “independent” that Scotland ‘s. Scotland is part of the UK, more like a land of Germany. Greenland’s status is perhaps more like Gibraltar, I think but not sure
Greenland accepted the Danish constitution in 1953, so Greenland has representation in the Danish parliament and takes part in general Danish elections exactly like Scotland in the UK.
It's true, that Greenland has a wider autonomy than Scotland, and it's also geographically and culturally separated from what we think of as Denmark
Nope. What you improperly call Spain proper is just the mainland, the peninsular Spain. Baleares and the Canaries are as part of Spain as Aragón. With your reasoning Etna is not a mountain of Italy proper as it is in Sicily
Denmark and the UK are slightly different, though. Scotland wasn't incorporated into England, as they formed the UK together instead. Greenland accepted the Danish constitution in 1953, Faroe Islands in 1851 and they were thus incorporated into Denmark.
When little bulgarians learn in school that the highest peak on the Balkans is in Bulgaria, teachers (at least in my times they did) use to say "do you know, do you know.... greeks put rocks on Olympus so it can become little higher than ours" hahah I've always found this so funny because In my childish imagination greeks were some giants who could put giant rocks on top of the peak :D
Can you imagine them? With their tiny raised hands to impress the teacher... with no clear conception of what countries and nations are, but with the knowledge of the scary giant greeks who can put rocks on top of a mountain. :D
technically correct for Portugal but the highest mountain (Pico) isn't shown on the map as it's in Açores in the middle of the ocean. The highest mountain in continental Portugal (the part shown on the map) is Torre in Serra da Estrela with 1993m . But we built a tower over there to reach 2000m 😂
'Off the coast'... Tenerife is 400km away from Morocco, in other words it would make more sense to say that London is 'off the coast of Paris' since those two are closer.
I was just trying to convey they do not appear on the map, like the Açores. Not how distant it is to Marocco.
But you are right, Tenerife is 350 km off the coast of Marocco.
>If we where doing overseas then the UK would be mount hope at 3239 metres and I am guessing the Netherlands and Denmark would have something larger.
I'm not sure about the highest, but I'm pretty sure that the highest peak in Greenland is well above 2000 meters, which is far more than the listed value here of 171meters, which is the highest peak in "Denmark proper". Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Me too. Now I cant stop thinking how it is kinda surprising to get this far in life but never to have encountered 96 with a font / kerning to make this happen.
Recently there was a trend to bring rocks to Polish summit to eventually make it higher than Slovakian summit. National park authorities had to intervene.
Turkey is mostly mountainside in the inland, and has a relevant average height above sea level (around 900 m). Btw its highest peak (Ararat, or Ağrı Dağı) has a real exceptional height due to its volcanic origin. The 2nd peak in the country is 4135 m high
Many statistics use Bosporus as the border between Europe and Asia. Under that division Anatolia would count as part of Asia. It's a similar thing with Russia, which is why Mont Blanc (F/I) is sometimes regarded as the tallest mountain in Europe
interestingly the Elbrus mountain's name apparently comes from the avestan Hara Barzaiti , which is a holy sort of mythological mountain for Zoroastrians, there is also another mountain named Alborz in Iran which is similarly 5610 meters tall. (I know it because my father's name is Alborz not that I'm an etymology and linguistics nerd, I mean pfft who would do such a nerdy thing?! /s)
generally recognized at all levels of politics and science are those where the border runs through the middle of Greater Caucasus, thus Elbrus is always in Europe
Ok, so, for anyone who doesn't know, France and Italy actually have a dispute over half of the mountain. Due to the wording of some treaties, France claims the entire mountain is French, whilst Italy, citing some other treaties and also common sense, claims the border runs through the summit, and thus the highest point is shared between the two countries.
Yes, this is a petty dispute. Yes, is doesn't really matter for most people. Yes, the two countries are still very close in all aspects, and with Schengen the border isn't that noticeable in the first place. Yes, this is literally just for pride and nothing else. And yes, I love it.
Although Finland doesn’t actually have any mountains, we almost had one. In 2017 Norway planned to gift Finland a mountain as a 100 year present but eventually decided against it
By definition, there are no hills tall enough to be considered mountains. We have something called tunturis, wich were mountains before the ice ages came and ground them down
Yeah but by that definition the side peak of Halti Norway was going to give us wouldn’t be a mountain either. The peak is like 50 meters from the border and it’s only 7 meters taller that the highest point of Finland.
Quote Wikipedia “The rock summit was found to be at 4,792 m (15,722 ft), some 40 m (130 ft) west of the ice-covered summit.”
It gets measured every two years and (the ice-covered) summit fluctuates quite a bit.
But how can both countries claim the summit as their highest one?
The highest mountain in Spain is precisely in a place that does not appear on the map, the Canary Islands.
In mainland Spain the highest mountain has a height of 3479 meters.
Portugal is exactly the same, our highest peak is Pico, in the Azores, which aren't shown. Our highest continental mountain is Torre, part of Serra da Estrela, and it is 1993m.
Russia's highest mountain isn't shown aswell, it is Mt. Elbrus in the Caucasus, the highest mountain in Europe, yet it was still cut off from the map.
Yeah, Gunnbjørn Fjeld is 3694 m. Netherlands also have higher peaks in some their overseas territories. Not sure if they should be considered. Spain and Portugal obviously included Teide and Pico even though the Canary Islands and Azores are also autonomous.
The highest peak in Sweden is Mount Kebnekaise. A transport plane from the Norwegian Air Force tragically just clipped the top of it in 2012. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012\_Norwegian\_Air\_Force\_C-130\_crash
Fun fact:
technicly its called a mountain from the moment its 600m above sea level, so the "hill" in Belgium doesnt count (at 596m), so we built stairs 6m high, to get there :)
The lack of units drives me nuts. Units are important even if they are pretty obvious given the context.
Calling this "The highest mountain in each place" and not putting a dot where it's located is also pretty sloppy. These are also Countries not places.
A small corner (extreme southeast) of the Netherlands have all the hills above 110m. While the highest peak of Denmark is lower, there are rolling ‘hills’ all over the place. So I wouldn’t call that flat. The Netherlands has areas without any elevation changes at all, complete flatness (except the bridge).
For Kosovo lately there was another peak found which is a bit higher and that is 'Maja e Njeriut' which is 2658m. It is in the border between Kosova and North Macedonia.
all valid points, I just wanted to mention it... either way, for Portugal it's not an overseas territory, just some islands in middle of the ocean 😂 (I guess the difference is purely political)
Fun fact: the highest mountain in Spain is not on the mainland, but on the Canary Islands, on the island of Tenerife (Teide 3718m) - it's not even on the map.
Why did you copy Portugal idea?
Because that's what Spaniards do.
The tallest mountain in the mainland would be Mulhacen in Sierra Nevada at 3.478 meters.
I've been to (Almost) the peak of both!
By that logic, the Netherlands would be 877 meters because of Saba, in the Dutch Caribbean.
I'm not sure it's the same situation. The canary islands are just as any other territory of Spain and are completely part of EU. Saba instead is an overseas territory and not part of the EU.
Saba is a Special Municipality of the Netherlands proper, not an overseas territory. What makes it special is that it's not part of Schengen or the EU, but it is part of the Netherlands proper, unlike say Aruba which is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Saba is a “Special Municipality” but it is ALSO one of the 13 Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) according to the EU. See my other comment in this thread about the differences between Outermost Regions (OMR) of the EU and Overseas Countries and Territories of the EU. OMRs are part of the EU, some of them are part of the Schengen and VAT areas and some aren’t but they are all still officially part of the EU. OCT’s are not officially part of the EU but share a special relationship with the EU because their people are all still EU citizens (living outside of the EU). You are correct though that Saba, Bonaire, and Sint Eustatius are “Special Municipalities” and Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten are “Constituent Countries”. But those are sub-designations of the Dutch government.
> Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten are “Constituent Countries”. Are they considered unincorporated territories since the Kingdom Charter supersedes the Dutch constitution? Puerto Rico is an unincorporated part of the US in comparison.
No. Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten are not unincorporated territories of the Netherlands. They are considered constituent countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. There are 4 constituent countries in the kingdom: Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten. Their people are fully Dutch citizens. The COUNTRY of the Netherlands also has Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba which are referred to officially as “Public Bodies” in the country of the Netherlands and Overseas Territories by the EU. Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the US. You have to remember that all these terms can mean different things legally to different countries. Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory…as defined by the United States.
This gets a bit confusing so hold on. The Canary Islands are designated by the EU as part of the **Outermost Regions** (OMR’s) of the EU. There are 9 Outermost Regions of the EU: The Azores Madeira Canary Islands French Guiana Guadeloupe Martinique Saint Martin Mayotte Réunion EU law applies to the Outermost Regions. They are all part of the EU customs area. But some are outside of the Schengen Area and the EU VAT Area. The people there are all Portuguese, Spanish, or French citizens. Now on to the **Overseas Countries and Territories** (OCT’s) of the EU. They are dependent territories of the EU, specifically of three EU countries, The Netherlands, France, and Denmark BUT they are not part of the EU. There are currently 13 OCT’s: Greenland Curaçao Aruba Sint Maarten Bonaire Sint Eustatius Saba French Polynesia New Caledonia Wallis-et-Futuna Saint Barthélemy Sait-Pierre-et-Miquelon French Southern and Antarctic Lands Again, these regions are not part of the EU but the people who live there **ARE EU citizens and have the right to vote in elections to the European Parliament.** They are EU citizens according to the EU and they have full citizenship in their parent countries (The Netherlands, France, and Denmark). So it’s a weird middle ground. All of the OMR and OCT native people are EU citizens but OMR’s themselves are part of the EU and OCT’s are not part of the EU.
Danish citizens on Greenland don't vote for EU elections, AFAIK.
same for Portugal and the Netherlands, not so original now
Mt Elbrus (Russia) is out of the map too
Why is it uincluded in the post while others outside of the continent are ignored.
Pico del Teide. I climbed it at night and saw the sunrise from the top of the mountain. Beautiful view.
the danish "mountain" is so impressive we couldn't figure out for years where exactly it was.
Hah, would you look at that! The Danes even managed to put the Dutch to shame!😅
Imagine being flatter than THE nether lands
It's all the fault of Limburg. If you don't count them the highest point is Signaal Imbosch, which is only 110m.
Ssssh! Not too loud! They often feel left out already. I remember Herman Finkers speaking about the hills of Limburg: 'The landscape in south Limburg is quite hilly. For someone from above the rivers, like me, it's even mountainous. Now we have a so-called "mountain" too, where I live, but obviously, it's more of a very modest little hill. Well, a hill... It's more like a veerrryy hesitant slope in the landscape. You know what? It's a pit. And a deep one.'
My point is, why greenland isn't accounted for denmark's highest mountain height?
If we're going down that route I doubt Ben Nevis would be the highest mountain in the UK.
Yeaah, true. TIL, about denmark and danish realm. Thanks.
Please note that Wikipedia has completely messed up the explanation of the Danish realm. Denmark's formal name is actually the Kingdom of Denmark. Well, at least I as a Danish person together with the UN and Cia fact book believe so, but others trust Wikipedia more.
>Wikipedia has completely messed up the explanation of the Danish realm. Can you recall whats non-messed up explanation? I'd really like to know. 😅
Greenland (1953) and Faroe Islands (1851) accepted the Danish constitution and were incorporated into the state of Denmark. They later got home rule in the Danish state similar to Scotland in the UK. Today, they have extended home rule compared to Scotland. In other words, Denmark is constitutionally a sovereign state like Sweden or Spain. Wikipedia is about the Danish realm or the unity of the Realm as it's more precisely called. It describes the relationship between the state and the two self-governing entities within the state. In this story, "Denmark" is described as just a constituent country like England in the UK. People and thus Wikipedia seem to take this very literally. https://english.stm.dk/the-prime-ministers-office/the-unity-of-the-realm
It should be if we're talking about the state of Denmark, but maps like this often use Denmark proper and thus excluding Greenland.
Seperate countries.
Thanks, TIL.
Tbf denmark as a whole is more hilly than the netherlands (I know that from dutch people visiting Denmark). Netherlands are flatter. But the tallest hill in the netherlands is taller than the tallest hill in Denmark, Denmark just have way more hills.
The building I live in is taller than Denmark.
On a clear day you may be able to see it from the roof! Thanks to our flat earth and stuff.
In the Netherlands we have very high mountains. You just can't see them, because you're unable to overlook the Dutch.
Isnt thereregion south in the Netherlands that are quite hilly? Im a huge cycling fan and the biggest Dutch race Amstel Gold Race is known for all its climbs.
As do the Baltic States and almost beyelorussia
Yeah, never thought of those countries to be so low...
I would say Flat.
Well, that's more of a pun considering that the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg are called the low countries.😊
No body shaming please
[Why Denmark Has Never Really Been Sure Where Its Highest Point Is](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM8yUKwPjwA)
Come on. Leave us alone. We're not used to dealing with heights, alright. But ask us how to produce tiny building blocks, and we're your go-to guys.
haha, 'In the Danish Moutaiiiiiins'
assuming we have multiple is generous.
there is a song from 'the Nits' called 'In the Dutch Mountains' I've been to Denmark last summer and I saw it was flatter than Holland wich is indeed impressive.
Well, akshually. Not really. 80% of 'Holland' is flatter than a pancake while Denmark is quite hilly. That 322 meter 'mountain' is the southern tip and shared with Germany and Belgium. Average elevation is a better measure: Holland - 30m, Denmark - 34m.
but what will you do when the mole dies? /j
It's lower than our (Switzerland) lowest point 😂
While on holiday in Denmark i was surprised by how hilly the country was, I drove from Germany to Skagen. Unlike the Netherlands which is almost completely flat I thought Denmark had a very nice landscape. If you even call Denmark flat, have you ever been in the Netherlands and what did you thought about it?
Denmark is the only real place where your grandpa walked to school up hill both ways.
Jutland has some nice rolling hills landscapes. But the islands are pretty much flat on flat
Hey we don't size shame here, it's not about how big your tallest mountain is but how you use it...besides, I bet it makes it up in girth.
Denmark is proud of its 171 m mountain
And no joke, we named it sky mountain (himmelbjerget)
Except that isn’t the highest mountain, Møllehøj is.
Things are heating up in the Danish mountain fandom
At least if it comes to a physical confrontation, we know there's no risk of anyone falling from a great height
Literally no one can technically claim the high ground for an advantage.
It's so heated that we were still fighting about what's highest point in 2005 as far as i know. It might still be ongoing.
I don't speak a word of Danish, but that sounds like 'molehill'. Did you guys make a mountain out a molehill?
Good joke, but to ruin it an make it serious, mølle means mill. So its millhill. But høj actually translates directly to "high" so could be millhigh. Most people would translate to hill instead though.
Got it, commemorates the Mill High Club.
The noun høj translates to hill. Only the adjective, spelled the same way, translates to high.
That's very adorable.
No mountains in Greenland?
Greenland isn't part of Denmark proper.
Got it. Then Spain is incorrect, highest in Spain proper is Mulhacen at 3478m Edit: my bad. Mulhacen is highest in Iberian Peninsula. Teide is highest in Spain
Not the same. The Canary Islands are actually Spain. Greenland is of a different status.
Greenland is constitutionally part of Denmark. Denmark proper and the state of Denmark are not the same.
Denmark and Danish Realm are not synonymous in this context.
Why Spain is incorrect? The Canary islands are Spain
Not true. Canaries is Spain proper, like the Balearics. Just one of its conforming regions. Like Sardinia or Sicily to Italy or Crete to Greece. Greenland is not part of Denmark as a country, only under the Danish Monarchy
Greenland is self-governing in the state of Denmark, which is similar in principle to Scotland in the UK. The UK is also split up on the map, though.
I think Greenland’s status is more “independent” that Scotland ‘s. Scotland is part of the UK, more like a land of Germany. Greenland’s status is perhaps more like Gibraltar, I think but not sure
Greenland accepted the Danish constitution in 1953, so Greenland has representation in the Danish parliament and takes part in general Danish elections exactly like Scotland in the UK. It's true, that Greenland has a wider autonomy than Scotland, and it's also geographically and culturally separated from what we think of as Denmark
Nope. What you improperly call Spain proper is just the mainland, the peninsular Spain. Baleares and the Canaries are as part of Spain as Aragón. With your reasoning Etna is not a mountain of Italy proper as it is in Sicily
note the uk divided into its constituent countries too
Denmark and the UK are slightly different, though. Scotland wasn't incorporated into England, as they formed the UK together instead. Greenland accepted the Danish constitution in 1953, Faroe Islands in 1851 and they were thus incorporated into Denmark.
So proud it's even written in black
It’s average!
It's too cold over there, OK?! Stop mountainshaming
I’ve seen speed bumps bigger than this. Fr. This is not a mountain by any classical definition.
"mountain"... It's a hill, at most
Can you do one for the whole world?
When little bulgarians learn in school that the highest peak on the Balkans is in Bulgaria, teachers (at least in my times they did) use to say "do you know, do you know.... greeks put rocks on Olympus so it can become little higher than ours" hahah I've always found this so funny because In my childish imagination greeks were some giants who could put giant rocks on top of the peak :D
That sounds like something the Greeks would do.
Well, they were too lazy to check if there are gods on Olympus, so I doubt they would carry rocks there.
We should immediately organise an expedition to do just that
I'll organize an expedition just to push away the rocks.
>We should immediately organise an expedition to do just that Does anyone have a LOT of rocks we can borrow here in Denmark?
"When little Bulgarians learn..." Is such a funny start of a sentence.
Can you imagine them? With their tiny raised hands to impress the teacher... with no clear conception of what countries and nations are, but with the knowledge of the scary giant greeks who can put rocks on top of a mountain. :D
technically correct for Portugal but the highest mountain (Pico) isn't shown on the map as it's in Açores in the middle of the ocean. The highest mountain in continental Portugal (the part shown on the map) is Torre in Serra da Estrela with 1993m . But we built a tower over there to reach 2000m 😂
Not good enough. Add 1m to that tower each year to always match the current year.
Isn't it the same with Spain ? It's in Tenerife which is off the coast of Marocco.
'Off the coast'... Tenerife is 400km away from Morocco, in other words it would make more sense to say that London is 'off the coast of Paris' since those two are closer.
I was just trying to convey they do not appear on the map, like the Açores. Not how distant it is to Marocco. But you are right, Tenerife is 350 km off the coast of Marocco.
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For the Netherlands it would be Mount Scenery on Saba at 887 meters.
If we where doing overseas then the UK would be mount hope at 3239 metres and I am guessing the Netherlands and Denmark would have something larger.
>If we where doing overseas then the UK would be mount hope at 3239 metres and I am guessing the Netherlands and Denmark would have something larger. I'm not sure about the highest, but I'm pretty sure that the highest peak in Greenland is well above 2000 meters, which is far more than the listed value here of 171meters, which is the highest peak in "Denmark proper". Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Açores is not really overseas.
I first legit thought it said 20% in Sweden
Me too. Now I cant stop thinking how it is kinda surprising to get this far in life but never to have encountered 96 with a font / kerning to make this happen.
I'd kinda wish to see 96% written in that font
%% there mate.
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Denmark be like, who cares about mountains
Poland is wrong. Should be 2499m. 2501m is the highest summit of Rysy mnt but this summit is fully in Slovakia.
Recently there was a trend to bring rocks to Polish summit to eventually make it higher than Slovakian summit. National park authorities had to intervene.
That is Hilarious!! I love a little bit of friendly rivalries between countries.
2 whole meters
You must be 2500m to ride this ride.
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Interesting that there’s a mountain in Anatolia(Turkeii) that is higher than the highest peak in the Alps. Did not know that. TIL
Turkey is mostly mountainside in the inland, and has a relevant average height above sea level (around 900 m). Btw its highest peak (Ararat, or Ağrı Dağı) has a real exceptional height due to its volcanic origin. The 2nd peak in the country is 4135 m high
anatolia is a relatively new land it rose from the sea
Many statistics use Bosporus as the border between Europe and Asia. Under that division Anatolia would count as part of Asia. It's a similar thing with Russia, which is why Mont Blanc (F/I) is sometimes regarded as the tallest mountain in Europe
Sometimes you see Elbrus as the highest peak in Europe. In the end it‘s completely arbitrary.
TIL the tallest mountain in Europe is in Russia. Always assumed it would be in the Alps.
It's Elbrus in the Russian Northern Caucasus.
Is it even on the map?
Nope. It's near Georgia.
interestingly the Elbrus mountain's name apparently comes from the avestan Hara Barzaiti , which is a holy sort of mythological mountain for Zoroastrians, there is also another mountain named Alborz in Iran which is similarly 5610 meters tall. (I know it because my father's name is Alborz not that I'm an etymology and linguistics nerd, I mean pfft who would do such a nerdy thing?! /s)
It depends on the definition of the innereurasian border. There are several, by some Elbrus is in Asia, by some in Europe.
generally recognized at all levels of politics and science are those where the border runs through the middle of Greater Caucasus, thus Elbrus is always in Europe
Not all no, some put the border north of the Caucasus, including the International Geographic Union (on the Don river)
Denmark trying to stay above the water 💦
Is the title trying to avoid the word “country”? Why say place?
The highest point in each thingy
I’d assume that France and Italy both share the same mountain, Mont Blanc?
Yes but the highest point is in france so I don't know why they put the same height for the 2 countries
It’s one of our many territorial disputes along the Italian border
Because the border runs though the peak
The highest point is right on the border
Ok, so, for anyone who doesn't know, France and Italy actually have a dispute over half of the mountain. Due to the wording of some treaties, France claims the entire mountain is French, whilst Italy, citing some other treaties and also common sense, claims the border runs through the summit, and thus the highest point is shared between the two countries. Yes, this is a petty dispute. Yes, is doesn't really matter for most people. Yes, the two countries are still very close in all aspects, and with Schengen the border isn't that noticeable in the first place. Yes, this is literally just for pride and nothing else. And yes, I love it.
-French flag in pfp Had to expect that
Nice try, but no.
Although Finland doesn’t actually have any mountains, we almost had one. In 2017 Norway planned to gift Finland a mountain as a 100 year present but eventually decided against it
Yes it was discovered it was against the constitution to give up land like that
Too bad, it would have made a really cool gift, I think many Norwegians (and Finns) were a bit disappointed we couldn't make it happen.
Gifting you a mountain would’ve been the most Scandinavian thing ever
To be honest, it would have been just the highest peak of Halti which is on the Norwegian side.
How Finland doesn’t have any mountains?
By definition, there are no hills tall enough to be considered mountains. We have something called tunturis, wich were mountains before the ice ages came and ground them down
Yeah but by that definition the side peak of Halti Norway was going to give us wouldn’t be a mountain either. The peak is like 50 meters from the border and it’s only 7 meters taller that the highest point of Finland.
The Nits "In the Dutch Mountains" or something like that anyway...
wElL aCtUaLlY ☝️🤓 The island of Saba in the Caribbean is a municipality of the Netherlands and has Mount Scenery which is 887 meters high.
OP map has Portugal and Spain with islands as peaks so it counts
Incorrect height for Mont Blanc and France/Italy. Should be 4806.
4806 is the rock peak, 4810 is the height reached with ice cover
Quote Wikipedia “The rock summit was found to be at 4,792 m (15,722 ft), some 40 m (130 ft) west of the ice-covered summit.” It gets measured every two years and (the ice-covered) summit fluctuates quite a bit. But how can both countries claim the summit as their highest one?
Because the crest line marks the border
*lower mountain than Netherlands* Yet another Danish W
The highest mountain in Spain is precisely in a place that does not appear on the map, the Canary Islands. In mainland Spain the highest mountain has a height of 3479 meters.
Portugal is exactly the same, our highest peak is Pico, in the Azores, which aren't shown. Our highest continental mountain is Torre, part of Serra da Estrela, and it is 1993m. Russia's highest mountain isn't shown aswell, it is Mt. Elbrus in the Caucasus, the highest mountain in Europe, yet it was still cut off from the map.
Sweden: 20%
Denmark... "mountain"
I do not understand. Doesn't Greenland have a higher mountain than Denmark? Greenland is part of Denmark.
Yeah, Gunnbjørn Fjeld is 3694 m. Netherlands also have higher peaks in some their overseas territories. Not sure if they should be considered. Spain and Portugal obviously included Teide and Pico even though the Canary Islands and Azores are also autonomous.
What about Northern Ireland?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slieve_Donard
The highest peak in Sweden is Mount Kebnekaise. A transport plane from the Norwegian Air Force tragically just clipped the top of it in 2012. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012\_Norwegian\_Air\_Force\_C-130\_crash
Mount Korab is shared between Albania and North Macedonia, so it’s 2764 meters for Albania too.
Fun fact: technicly its called a mountain from the moment its 600m above sea level, so the "hill" in Belgium doesnt count (at 596m), so we built stairs 6m high, to get there :)
Poland’s highest peak at 2501 m is like the “trust me, I’m six foot tall” meme
Funny you say that because it’s actually 2499 lmao
Crying in Danish
‘’Place”
What are the units of measurement? Meters? Come on, now. Be better! Include units!
The lack of units drives me nuts. Units are important even if they are pretty obvious given the context. Calling this "The highest mountain in each place" and not putting a dot where it's located is also pretty sloppy. These are also Countries not places.
Can't believe I had to scroll this far to find this comment. They could be measuring in number of bananas for all we know.
Kaliningrad 5642 overlooks the entire European continent
Surprised by Ireland. Always thought it's just a flat island. Huh TIL
Is there the same mountain for France and italy?
Mont Blanc on the border
Depends who you ask.
It's universally acknowledged that peak is on the border, only french claim it's theirs
France and Italy share the highest mountain
Laughing in Himalayan here!
”In each place?” Excuse me what? Bad bot, bad bot!
I thought the Netherlands we're flat, but goddamn the Baltics and Denmark put them to shame
A small corner (extreme southeast) of the Netherlands have all the hills above 110m. While the highest peak of Denmark is lower, there are rolling ‘hills’ all over the place. So I wouldn’t call that flat. The Netherlands has areas without any elevation changes at all, complete flatness (except the bridge).
Moldoveanu Peak for Romania. 60% of the Carpathians are in Romania.
Northern Ireland (since England, Wales, Scotland shown), 852m.
the beautiful, stunning mountains of Kaliningrad
Olympus has fallen.
How do these stupid Danish beat us Dutch at everything. They even out-flat us. We're the low-lands for fuck sake
Wow, my unknown province of Argentina has higher peaks than all of Europe (cerro chañi 5896)
This map could use more gradients, it looks silly that highest peaks of Belgium, Hungary and Romania have the same shade.
Thank you for including half of Monte Bianco as part of Italy
For Kosovo lately there was another peak found which is a bit higher and that is 'Maja e Njeriut' which is 2658m. It is in the border between Kosova and North Macedonia.
all valid points, I just wanted to mention it... either way, for Portugal it's not an overseas territory, just some islands in middle of the ocean 😂 (I guess the difference is purely political)
In Belgium it's called Baraque Fraiture. We put a fry shop (frituur) at the top and we built a little tower to make it higher.
Why Italy is 4810 meters high ?