Europe Map North South East West

Europe extends from the island nation of iceland in the west to the ural mountains of russia in the east. Europes northernmost point is the svalbard archipelago of norway, and it reaches as far south as the islands of greece and malta. The geographic regions of the world can be divided into ten regions:

North america, south america, africa, europe, asia, australia, and antarctica. Christian maps from the same era (called mappa mundi) put east at the top, towards the garden of eden and with jerusalem in the centre. So as you can see even though we still use the terms western and eastern europe, they are quickly becoming an outdated concept and the boundary that separates east and west is blurrier than ever.

The hereford mappa mundi from 1300 (credit:

I don't get central, but the regions don't have to be mutually exclusive. For most of its length, the eastern border of europe, namely the ural mountains, is beyond contention. Europe is sometimes described as a peninsula of peninsulas. Although references to west and eastern europe can be traced back to the roman empire.