10 Westernmost Countries in Europe

Surprised Switzerland or Monaco didn't make it.

Norway too, but it's on the list

Norway is very much in Western Europe.

Yeah...should be Netherlands by two whole degrees.

The Azores (Portugal) and Canary Islands (Spain) are farther west than Ireland. I don't think either are really considered "overseas" territories?

None of these are territories, they are integral parts of their countries, the same way Madrid and Lisbon are.

what? of course they are a part of Europe!

They are part of Africa.

Maybe you could specifie which definition of "Europe" you use. The Azores are located (partly) on the eurasian plate and culturaly they are strongly influenced by Portugal. So I wonder, what definition you chose, to exclude them.

Of course territories on other continents must be excluded, but most of the Azores are indeed in Europe.

In response to QRU, while Azores are culturally influenced by Portugal, that does not make them part of Europe. This quiz is talking about the sovereign countries of Europe, and neither the Azores nor the Canary Islands are sovereign. The only islands in Europe that are sovereign countries are: Malta, Iceland, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.

The Canary Islands Arent in Europe, but the Azores definitely are.

Then you could include French Guyana...

And yes, the Netherlands is WAY farther west than Luxembourg, at least according to a map.

Surprised about Norway - is that something like Svalbard, so far north?

Or Jan Mayen, more likely...

But that would be a territory... I mean, that island is barely populated. There is no way mainland Norway is 9°W. What is your explanation, Quizzer?

Norway happens to stretch quite a bit from the mainland west coast to the eastern border with Russia. Funny detail is that Norway would therefore also be in the most eastern countries in Europe. Probably #5 or so.

What about French Guinea, in South America? Just depends on the map you use.

French Guinea was in Africa.

Never knew French Guiana was in Europe.

French Guiana is in South America. It's close to (but not bordering, strangely enough) actual Guiana, the country.

@LordGuacaba, I think you mean the independant country of Guyana

Guiana not guinea.

It's French Guiana, it has nothing to do with the country of Guyana

The quizzmaster might want to clear this one up with a quick rewrite. Guadeloupe in the Carribbean is even further west than French Guiana. It's not a country but an overseas department of France. It's one of what the EU calls an 'outermost region', quite distinct from what it terms 'overseas countries and territories'. However, the definition of 'overseas territory' can be interpreted to include such things, depending on which side of the bed you got out of, so maybe it should read 'Not including overseas territories, regions, departments etc.', or make France #1. There doesn't appear to be a definition of 'overseas territory' in any established dictionary that I can find, other than one that applies only to British overseas territories (https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/overseas-territory) Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_member_state_territories_and_the_European_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_department_and_region

aruba is even more west... you could go around in circles like this.

but a clearer disciption/caveat would be helpfull yes.

While I see the point you are trying to make regarding the confusion that can arise - your comment about making France #1 is incorrect as this quiz is about the westernmost countries in Europe. Some of France's overseas departments are very far west but they are not in Europe themselves, therefore France is not the westernmost country in Europe.

Not including overseas territories.

Greenland is in North America by nearly everybody's standards.

Greenland isn’t in Europe anyway, but the Faroe Islands would make the list.

The Azores are part of Africa, not Europe. Even if it was considered, what difference does it make? It'd still be on the quiz.

Essentially territories. That's why they're not included. Read the bits above.

Don't Monaco, Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Switzerland all have points west of Norway?

He is counting the island of Jan Mayen, which is closer to Greenland than to Norway. So technically the westernmost point of Norway is further West than those other countries.

catalonia is not a country though, soveriegn or not.

There's always one!

Welcome to Jetpunk. No

To have a correct list of answers, not just a solved quiz :) I'm really not sure why Jan Mayen would count and not Azores

My motto would be "Consistency and accuracy".

people need something to do to spend their evenings ;)

I couldn't figure out why Russia, Ukraine, etc. weren't accepted. Finally, it kicked in. Still managed to get them all but it took far longer than it should have. At least I'm ready for what I assume will be the next one in this series.

All these featured quizzes lately about the 10 most this or that by continent (or continents in the case of "America") are way too easy. Could be a 30 second quiz and would still be easy.

Please go back to planet Kyrpton.

was this hard for you?

I'm struggling on which bit of Norway is farther west than any of UK

This island of Jan Mayen. North of Iceland. East of Greenland. Further west than the UK.

I don't understand how Norway is in it...AND so high on the list It is so much more west than the rest of the countries and

Well if you read the comments you would. I didnt think Norway to be considered so far west either, but learned of a new place today.

Faroe Islands are not counted as they are an overseas territory of Denmark, therefore excluded by the caveat listed at the top. Despite being VERY far from mainland Norway, Jan Mayen is a fully integral part of Norway, so it counts. Definitely confusing for us quiz-takers, but the quiz author is correct here on including Norway and excluding Denmark.

Got them all with 1:20 left at 4:43 27 PM on February 22, 2019. This is a good, not too hard quiz to earn a few more points on.

Well, how about Russia? I thought it's so far east it comes to west (ik how it sounds lol), and I guess it's not an overseas territory

That russian part is part of asia

I forgot Ireland - lol

got them all in 0:38