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mistybleu Premium account Joined: Aug 04 Points: 53340 Posts: 245 Posted: 2005-04-14 11:49:00    I wrote a destination report for Hong Kong, but when I tried to post it, it appeared that there was now inforamtion on the system for Hong Kong. http://www.globosapiens.net/country/hong-kong.html Can you do something about this? Thanks Misty --- "So many places, so little time" ((*_*)) Reply    Reply with quote    Contact mistybleu   andreas Joined: May 02 Points: 8309 Posts: 808 Posted: 2005-04-15 10:08:00    Hi Misty, thank you for your note. The problem has been fixed and Hong Kong is available throughout the search. Best regards, Andy Reply    Reply with quote    Contact andreas   mistybleu Premium account Joined: Aug 04 Points: 53340 Posts: 245 Posted: 2005-04-15 10:31:00    Thanks for getting this sorted; I was able to post my report without any problems. Misty --- "So many places, so little time" ((*_*)) Reply    Reply with quote    Contact mistybleu   mistybleu Premium account Joined: Aug 04 Points: 53340 Posts: 245 Posted: 2005-05-02 02:49:00    Hi Andy, It appears that I'm having the same problem with Kingstown St Vincent - being unable to create a new destination report. Could you have a look into this please. Regards Misty --- "So many places, so little time" ((*_*)) Reply    Reply with quote    Contact mistybleu   andreas Joined: May 02 Points: 8309 Posts: 808 Posted: 2005-05-02 11:55:00    Hi Misty, I have corrected the error.: http://www.globosapiens.net/st-vincent-and-the-grenadines-travel/Saint+George/Kingstown.html Problem is, that there are some countries where I did not have the time to find out on which continent they are. As long as there is no continent entry for the country this error occures. Maybe if someone has the time or the knowledge he/she could look it up and complete the list? I am posting the countries where I do not know the continent to this topic. Here they come: Navassa Island Bassas da India Bouvet Island Congo, Democratic Republic of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Comoros Northern Mariana Islands Coral Sea Islands Cape Verde Jarvis Island Equatorial Guinea Europa Island French Guiana Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Baker Island French Southern and Antarctic Land Georgia Guernsey Glorioso Islands Gaza Strip Heard Island and McDonald Islands Howland Island Man, Isle of British Indian Ocean Territory Clipperton Island Jersey Jan Mayen Johnston Atoll Juan de Nova Island Kingman Reef Christmas Island Palmyra Atoll Mayotte Midway Islands Netherlands Antilles Pitcairn Islands Paracel Islands Spratly Islands Guinea-Bissau Reunion St. Pierre and Miquelon St. Kitts and Nevis St. Helena Somalia Svalbard South Georgia and the South Sandwi Tromelin Island Turks and Caicos Islands Tokelau Sao Tome and Principe East Timor Tuvalu Virgin Islands West Bank Wallis and Futuna Wake Island Best regards, Andy Reply    Reply with quote    Contact andreas   rangutan Premium account Joined: Aug 04 Points: 34752 Posts: 1044 Posted: 2005-05-02 19:34:00    This is a nice puzzle. When in doubt, ask Rangutan anything about cultures, language, geography, geology, techniques, tectonics, also astronomy! It is easy to divide 99% of land mass into continent categories but some islands are between them. Iceland for example lies on the North Atlantic Ridge but is considered as a European nation because of its Scandinavian connections. Greenland too but obviously influenced more by the proximity to the North American Plate. The vast anti- or NON-CONTINENTS are the “Caribbean” and worst “Oceania”. How do we deal with these? Most references combine the thousands of Caribbean islands correctly with South America or “Central America”, the pacific islands together with Australia. The categories “Caribbean” and “Australia & Oceania” are very practical for listings. Definition and borders of Oceania and the Caribbean – disputed till today! The Bahamas (really an extension of Florida, divided by a strong current) is geographically NOT really in the Caribbean (neither Bermuda) but they are mostly accepted and considered as it, also Hawaii being part of the North America! I can easily post these now: Baker Island- OCEANIA- Mid Pacific US dependancy Cape Verde- AFRICA- Independant islands west of Mauratania & Senegal Comoros- AFRICA- Independant islands in the Mozambique Channel Congo, Dem Rep- AFRICA(huge) formely Zaire or Congo-Kinshasa or Belgian-Congo East Timor- ASIA- became independant from Indonesia in 2002 Equatorial Guinea- AFRICA- islands off the west Africa near Cameroun Falkland Islands- S. AMERICA- british dependancy off the coast of Argentina Gaza Strip ASIA/Middle East, disputidly part of Israel Georgia- ASIA- SW-Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea near Iran Guernsey- EUROPE- closer to France but part of the United Kingdom Man, Isle- EUROPE- Isle off England, part of the United Kingdom Reunion- AFRICA- indepentant & UN member near Madagascar Somalia- AFRICA- indepentant & UN member neighbouring Kenya St. Kitts and Nevis- CARIBBEAN- neighbouring Antigua & Barbuda Svalbard- EUROPE- Island part of Norway West Bank ASIA/Middle East like Gaza Strip The others will need some time and good contemplation, also referances... --- Rudolf "Rangutan" Graspointner Reply    Reply with quote    Contact rangutan   mistybleu Premium account Joined: Aug 04 Points: 53340 Posts: 245 Posted: 2005-05-02 20:15:00    Rudi/ Andy, I'll see if I can found some out as well tomorrow. Misty --- "So many places, so little time" ((*_*)) Reply    Reply with quote    Contact mistybleu   mistybleu Premium account Joined: Aug 04 Points: 53340 Posts: 245 Posted: 2005-05-03 14:52:00    Andy, I've managed to find a few: Navassa Island Caribbean/West Indies Bouvet Island Atlantic Ocean near Antarctic Comoros Indian Ocean Northern Mariana Islands Oceana - Pacific Ocean Coral Sea Islands Coral Sea Pacific Ocean Jarvis Island Oceana - Pacific Ocean French Guiana South America French Southern and Antarctic Land Southern Ocean, near Antarctic Heard Island and McDonald Islands Southern Ocean, near Antarctic British Indian Ocean Territory (Asia) India Ocean Jersey English Channel Jan Mayen Artic Ocean, between Greenland and Norway Johnston Atoll Oceana - Pacific Ocean Kingman Reef Oceana - Pacific Ocean Christmas Island Oceana - Pacific Ocean Palmyra Atoll Oceana - Pacific Ocean Mayotte Africa, between Madagascar and africa Midway Islands Oceana - Pacific Ocean Netherlands Antilles Caribbean Pitcairn Islands Oceana - Pacific Ocean Paracel Islands Asia Spratly Islands (Asia) South China Sea off the coast of Vietnam Guinea-Bissau West africa St. Pierre and Miquelon North America, Atlantic ocean of the coast of Newfoundland St. Helena Atlantic ocean off the coast of Africa Svalbard Artic Ocean South Georgia and the South Sandwich Atlantic Ocean near the Antarctica Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean Tokelau Oceana - Pacific Ocean external territory of New Zealand Tuvalu Oceana - Pacific Ocean Virgin Islands Caribbean Wallis and Futuna Oceana - Pacific Ocean I hope this helps. Misty Wake --- "So many places, so little time" ((*_*)) Reply    Reply with quote    Contact mistybleu   rangutan Premium account Joined: Aug 04 Points: 34752 Posts: 1044 Posted: 2005-05-03 17:53:00    I found the rest and thier location using books or www.cia.gov The whole list, including Misty's discoveries looks like this: Baker Island OCEANIA Mid Pacific US dependancy Bassas da India AFRICA Southern Mozambique Channel Bouvet Island ANTARCTIC Atlantic Ocean near Antarctic British Indian Ocean Territory ASIA south of India, south of the Maldives Cape Verde AFRICA Independant islands west of Mauratania & Senegal Christmas Island ASIA close to Java (NOT Pacific!), Australian dependant Clipperton Island C.AMERICA 1,120 km southwest of Mexico Cocos (Keeling) Islands ASIA close to Java Comoros AFRICA Independant islands in the Mozambique Channel Congo, Dem. Rep. of the AFRICA formely Zaire Coral Sea Islands ASIA near the Phillipines East Timor ASIA became independant from Indonesia in 2002 Equatorial Guinea AFRICA islands off the west Africa near Cameroun Europa Island AFRICA island near Mozambique Falkland Islands S. AMERICA british dependancy off the coast of Argentina Faroe Islands EUROPE near Scotland French Guiana S.AMERICA north of Brazil, Arianne Launchsite French Southern and Antarctic Land ANTARCTIC equidistant btw 3continents Gaza Strip M.EAST (Asia)like West Bank Georgia ASIA SW-Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea near Iran Glorioso Islands AFRICA Indian Ocean, northwest of Madagascar Guernsey EUROPE Closer to France but part of the United Kingdom Guinea-Bissau AFRICA West Africa Heard Island and McDonald Islands ANTARCTIC Indian Ocean Howland Island OCEANIA half way between Hawaii and Australia Jan Mayen EUROPE Norwegian, northeast of Iceland Jarvis Island OCEANIA half way between Hawaii and the Cook Islands Jersey EUROPE closer to France but part of the United Kingdom Johnston Atoll ASIA between Hawaii & the Marshall Islands Juan de Nova Island AFRICA between Madagascar and Mozambique Kingman Reef OCEANIA half way between Hawaii and Am.Samoa Man (Isle of) EUROPE An Island off England, part of the United Kingdom Mayotte AFRICA between Madagascar and Mozambique Midway Islands OCEANIA one-third of the way from Honolulu to Tokyo Navassa Island CARRIBBEAN West Indies Netherlands Antilles CARRIBBEAN in the W.Indies near Venezuela Northern Mariana Islands OCEANIA between Hawaii & the Philippines Palmyra Atoll OCEANIA 1000 miles south of Hawaii Paracel Islands ASIA South China Sea between Vietnam & Philippines Pitcairn Islands OCEANIA between Peru and New Zealand Reunion AFRICA indepentant & UN member near Madagascar Sao Tome and Principe AFRICA west of Gabon Somalia AFRICA indepentant & UN member neighbouring Kenya South Georgia and the South Sandwich S.AMERICA east of the tip! Spratly Islands ASIA South China Sea off the coast of Vietnam St. Helena AFRICA Mid Atlantic Ridge. Certainly always on Africa maps St. Kitts and Nevis CARIBBEAN Independant, neighbouring Antigua St. Pierre and Miquelon N.AMERICA off the coast of Newfoundland Svalbard EUROPE Norwegian island Tokelau OCEANIA half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand Tromelin Island AFRICA east of Madagascar Turks and Caicos Islands CARIBBEAN Tuvalu OCEANIA between Hawaii & Australia, dot "tv" websites Virgin Islands CARIBBEAN Wake Island OCEANIA near Northern Mariana Islands Wallis and Futuna OCEANIA between Hawaii and New Zealand West Bank ASIA (Middle East) like Gaza Strip Relating the islands to oceans is easy but how do we categorize them under Continents/Global Regions? Certainly Staff will need to create an "Oceania" group, or (like most sources do) add it to Australia. Central America /really on the North American continent and likwise the Caribbean often seperated, also the Middle East (part of Asia) There are 4 so hard and disputed places: 1) British Indian Ocean Territory - an extention of India, lies on the same ridge as the Comoros, therefore geologicaly not Africa. 2) Christmas Island - ASIA? Offen thought to be in the Pacific, Australian governed but near Java, geologically part of Australia. 3) French Southern and Antarctic Land - most of the islands are equidistant between Africa, Antarctica, and Australia but Antarctic is the geologists choice and the claimed territory/sector on Antarctica is the larger part 4) South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands - nearer to Antarctica but obviosly an extention (geologically and commercially) of the southern tip of South America! That was fun! I now know where some postage-stamps come from... [ This Message was edited by: rangutan on 2005-05-05 20:06 ] --- Rudolf "Rangutan" Graspointner Reply    Reply with quote    Contact rangutan   bear495 Joined: May 03 Points: 8634 Posts: 177 Posted: 2005-05-03 20:13:00    Actually, I had a problem trying to write something about St. Louis, Missouri in the Destinations area. The search did not recognize the name and told me that there is no such place. Russ --- "Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag." Alexander Solzhenitsyn Reply    Reply with quote    Contact bear495   Page: 1 2