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I was wondering which of the republics of European Russia might be seen as part of Northern Europe, if for example Northern Europe is considered to consist of anything as north as the Nordic countries and the Baltic states. I also wanted to know if for example Finland or Norway is further north, or if Komi Republic or the Republic of Karelia is further north.
At first I made the list below of the latitude of the geographical center point of different European countries and regions based on Wikipedia and other sources. However different sources utilize different methods to calculate the geographical center point, and I did not find information about the center point of some countries.
64.18: Finland (https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leskelä_(Siikalatva), unsure if islands are included)
63.99: Norway (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_of_Norway, islands included, overseas areas of Svalbard and Jan Mayen not included)
62.39: Sweden (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geogra...nter_of_Sweden, utilized imprecise method of measurement)
58.71: Estonia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adavere, coordinates based on the location of a village)
57.82: Scotland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_of_Scotland, islands included)
55.30: Lithuania (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruoščiai, coordinates based on the location of a village)
54.61: Northern Ireland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre...rthern_Ireland)
53.50: Republic of Ireland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geogra...tre_of_Ireland)
52.56: England (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre...ingdom#England)
52.33: Wales (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cwmystwyth, coordinates based on the location of a village)
However I then realized that if you simply search for the name of a country on Google Maps, the coordinates returned correspond roughly to the geographical center point of the country. I then searched for the name of different countries and regions on Google Maps, and I made the following list of the latitude returned:
67.90: Nenets Autonomous Okrug
64.62: Finland (error .44)
64.59: Iceland
63.60: Republic of Karelia
63.53: Komi Republic
63.48: Norway (error .51)
61.89: Faroe Islands
61.74: Sweden (error .63)
60.26: Åland Islands
58.54: Estonia (error .17)
57.67: Scotland (error .15)
57.18: Udmurtia
56.88: Latvia
56.56: Mari El
56.15: Denmark
55.47: Chuvashia
55.24: Tatarstan
55.09: Lithuania (error .11)
54.66: Northern Ireland (error .05)
54.40: Mordovia
54.23: United Kingdom
53.97: Bashkortostan
53.63: Belarus
53.36: Republic of Ireland (error .14)
52.75: England (error .16)
52.38: Wales (error .05)
52.19: Netherlands
On the list above, you can see that the error compared to the first list in this post is .2 or less in the case of all countries and regions except Finland, Norway, and Sweden (which might be because of the elongated shape of all three countries).
Based on the list above, if the countries and regions whose center point is equal or higher than Lithuania's are considered to be part of Northern Europe, then Scotland, Udmurtia, Mari El, Chuvashia, and Tatarstan would be part of Northern Europe, but Northern Ireland, Mordovia, and Bashkortostan would not.
Based on the list above, 4 out of 5 of the northernmost countries and autonomous regions of Europe are part of the Uralic domain.
Out of the first 20 countries and autonomous regions on the list above, the language of the primary ethnicity historically associated with the country or region (which is no longer the majority ethnicity in the case of many regions) belongs to the following language families:
Uralic: 8 (Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Finland, Republic of Karelia, Komi Republic, Estonia, Udmurtia, Mari El, Mordovia)
Germanic: 6 (Iceland, Norway, Faroe Islands, Sweden, Åland Islands, Denmark)
Baltic: 2 (Latvia, Lithuania)
Celtic: 2 (Scotland, Northern Ireland)
Turkic: 2 (Chuvashia, Tatarstan)
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