I would not consider Kazakhstan, Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan “European”
Edit: Also Cyprus
Curious story I heard from a mountaineer friend of mine, Greeks would place stones on their highest peak (Olympus, 2917m) to make it the highest peak in the Balkans, overtaking Musala peak in Bulgaria at 2925m. Bulgarians climbing Olympus would occasionally remove the rocks if there had been any new ones “assembled”. Might just be a story but it’s funny to me. Like that island that switches between Canada and Denmark and each leaves a bottle of booze.
Funny fact, the highest point in Spain is not in Europe.
It’s the Teide vulcano in Tenerife, 3718m
The highest Spanish point in Europe is the Mulhacén mountain (Granada) with 3479m.
I’m surprised Denmark has a lower highest than Netherlands.
I always thought that the Netherlands were the lowest, I knew Denmark would be low but definitely not lower than the Netherlands 😯
Denmark so flat its fading into the ocean
Dang, Kazahstan is impressive, had no idea it had such high peaks.
SUCK IT DENMARK!
I also wanna give a shout out that their highest peak of 147,3 m is called Himmelbjerget which would roughly translate to Skymountain or Heavenlymountain
kaliningrad threw me off there for a sec
Technically the highest point in the Netherlands is on a caribbean island called Saba: Mount Scenery, with an elevation of 887 meter.
Mainland Portugal only reaches the 1000-2000m category, but gets a boost from Mt. Pico in the Azores at around 2300m. Also, LOL@Kaliningrad, but fair and well-earned!
Another fun fact: the highest mountain outside the Alps anywhere in the EU is actually Mt. Teide on Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, standing at some 3700m.
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I would not consider Kazakhstan, Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan “European”
Edit: Also Cyprus
Curious story I heard from a mountaineer friend of mine, Greeks would place stones on their highest peak (Olympus, 2917m) to make it the highest peak in the Balkans, overtaking Musala peak in Bulgaria at 2925m. Bulgarians climbing Olympus would occasionally remove the rocks if there had been any new ones “assembled”. Might just be a story but it’s funny to me. Like that island that switches between Canada and Denmark and each leaves a bottle of booze.
Funny fact, the highest point in Spain is not in Europe.
It’s the Teide vulcano in Tenerife, 3718m
The highest Spanish point in Europe is the Mulhacén mountain (Granada) with 3479m.
I’m surprised Denmark has a lower highest than Netherlands.
I always thought that the Netherlands were the lowest, I knew Denmark would be low but definitely not lower than the Netherlands 😯
Denmark so flat its fading into the ocean
Dang, Kazahstan is impressive, had no idea it had such high peaks.
SUCK IT DENMARK!
I also wanna give a shout out that their highest peak of 147,3 m is called Himmelbjerget which would roughly translate to Skymountain or Heavenlymountain
kaliningrad threw me off there for a sec
Technically the highest point in the Netherlands is on a caribbean island called Saba: Mount Scenery, with an elevation of 887 meter.
Technically not true.
[Teide: 3,715 m](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teide)
The ‘<‘ and ‘>’ signs are switched.
< and > don’t work that way
Think they got the “>” and “<” mixed up
Mainland Portugal only reaches the 1000-2000m category, but gets a boost from Mt. Pico in the Azores at around 2300m. Also, LOL@Kaliningrad, but fair and well-earned!
Another fun fact: the highest mountain outside the Alps anywhere in the EU is actually Mt. Teide on Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, standing at some 3700m.
Suck it Netherlands !
[The highest point of the Netherlands is 887m though.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Scenery)
Elbrus 💪🏻
And nobody noticed how “>100m” and “<7000m” have wrongl symbols?
Kazachstan number one, you very high place!
If we go by topographic isolation (elevation over 1 500m) then Galdhøpiggen, Norway’s largest mountain, would be fourth in europe.
Australia and Israel are missing from the map
r/MapsWithoutDenmark