Transcontinental country

A transcontinental country is a country that is in more than one continent.

Examples

Africa and Asia

• Egypt, though the vast majority lives in Africa, and mostly around the Nile, and few people live in the Sinai Peninsula, which is in Asia.
• Yemen, though most its territory is located in Asia, the island of Socotra is geographically located in Africa.

Africa and Europe

• Spain, because the exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla are in mainland Africa and the Canary Islands are part of the African continental plate.
• Italy, most of Italy is in Europe but the Pelagie Islands are geographically located in Africa.
• Portugal, most of Portugal is in Europe but the archipelago of Madeira is geographically located in Africa.

Asia and Europe

• Greece
• Georgia
• Kazakhstan
• Russia
• Turkey

Asia and Oceania

• Indonesia, controlling large islands in Oceania.
• Australia, the Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands are in Asia.

America and Oceania

• United States, because Hawaii is in Oceania.

America, Oceania and Antarctica

• Chile, because Easter Island is a province in Oceania and Chilean Antarctic is a claimed (but not officially accepted) territory in Antarctica.

Oceania and Antarctica

• Australia, Australian Antarctic Territory is a territory in Antarctica.
• New Zealand, Ross Dependency is a territory in Antarctica.

Europe and America

• Iceland, divided between the Americas and Eurasia by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

Europe, Africa, and America

• France, because Réunion, Mayotte, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana are regions of France.
• Portugal, because Madeira is part of the African continental plate and the westernmost islands of Corvo and Flores in the Azores are part of the North American continental plate.