Template:Outlying territories of European countries

Outlying territories of European countries

Territories under European sovereignty but closer to or on continents other than Europe (see for further information).

Denmark	Greenland

France	Clipperton Island French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern and Antarctic Lands Adélie Land Crozet Islands Île Amsterdam Île Saint-Paul Kerguelen Islands Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean Guadeloupe Martinique Mayotte New Caledonia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Wallis and Futuna

Italy	Pantelleria Pelagie Islands Lampedusa Lampione Linosa

Netherlands	Aruba Caribbean Netherlands Bonaire Saba Sint Eustatius Curaçao Sint Maarten

Norway	Bouvet Island Peter I Island Queen Maud Land

Portugal	Azores Madeira

Spain	Canary Islands Ceuta Melilla Plazas de soberanía Chafarinas Islands Peñón de Alhucemas Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera

United Kingdom	Anguilla Bermuda British Antarctic Territory British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Montserrat Pitcairn Islands Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Turks and Caicos Islands

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Inclusion criteria

In order to avoid possible confusion and misunderstanding, the eligibility for inclusion in this template is defined as follows:

A European outlying territory is a territory which:

has any political status other than independent, sovereign state;
has a common sovereignty with some member state of the Council of Europe;
either:

(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 (740 km)
Note: 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.
is not an outlying territory of the Asian portions of Russia, Turkey, etc.

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Template:Outlying territories of European countries

Template:Outlying territories of European countries

Inclusion criteria

See also