User:David Kernow/Template:Outlying areas of European countries/compact version
Outlying territories of European countries
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Territories under European sovereignty but closer to continents other than Europe | |
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| Denmark : | Grønland (Kalaallit Nunaat) |
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| France : | Guadeloupe · Martinique · Saint-Pierre et Miquelon · Mayotte · Réunion · Îles Éparses · Île de Clipperton · Nouvelle-Calédonie (Kanaky) · Polynésie française · Wallis et Futuna · Guyane française · Terres australes et antarctiques françaises |
| Italy : | Pantelleria · Isole Pelagie |
| Netherlands : | Aruba · Nederlandse Antillen |
| Norway : | Bouvetøya |
| Portugal : | Arquipélago dos Açores · Arquipélago da Madeira |
| Spain : | Ceuta · Melilla · Plazas de soberanía menores · Islas Canarias |
| United Kingdom : | Anguilla · Bermuda · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Falkland Islands · Montserrat · Saint Helena · Turks and Caicos Islands · British Indian Ocean Territory · Pitcairn Islands · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
This is a compact version of {{Outlying territories of European countries}}
Inclusion criteria
[edit]In order to avoid possible confusion and misunderstanding, the eligibility for inclusion in this template is defined technically as follows:
- A European outlying territory is a territory which:
- has any political status other than independent country;
- has a common sovereignty with some member state of the Council of Europe;
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- (a) the nearest independent country is not a member of the Council of Europe, or
- (b) the distance to the nearest European territory is more than 400 nautical miles.
- The distance in (a) is measured to the nearest other territory; the distance in (b) is twice the EEZ limit under the Law of the Sea Convention, ensuring that the respective jurisdictional waters are not contiguous.