Continent

Europe

The United Nations splits Europe into Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western subregions, which is why some countries sit in a group their neighbours do not.

Source: unstats.un.org

Where it is

On the Atlas Quest map, the Europe label sits at 55.7° N, 39.8° E, in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres.

Coordinates, names: Natural Earth, public domain.

Nearby places

The closest other places with pages here, measured between map label points:

• Baltic Sea — about 1,300 km west
• Black Sea — about 1,500 km south-west
• South Aral Sea — about 1,800 km south-east
• North Aral Sea — about 1,800 km south-east

Play with it

• Today’s daily geography challenge — one shared round, playable offline.
• Guess the country by its shape — six guesses, with distance and direction after each.
• Start with easy questions — familiar countries, hints and no time limit.