Talk:Extreme points of Asia
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Southernmost point in mainland Asia
There seems to be some edit warring over the southernmost point in mainland Asia. The current text lists Sentosa, with a latitude of 103°49'S. The latitude is nonsensical. The justification for listing Sentosa seems to be that the Singapore government bills it as the southernmost point in continental Asia. However, it's not clear that "continental Asia" is the same as "mainland Asia", where the "mainland" entries in our extreme point lists generally exclude continental islands. There is plenty of sourcing for Tanjung Piai as the southernmost point of mainland Asia (e.g. [1]), while I can't find similar sourcing for Sentosa as part of mainland Asia, or indeed, the idea that an island is part of the mainland. Editing accordingly. --Amble (talk) 17:49, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- For that matter, the end of the road in Tuas extends farther south than Sentosa does. —Amble (talk) 18:55, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- The "Southernmost point in Continental Asia" site is a photo site, like the Southernmost point buoy in Key West. It isn't even at the southern tip of Sentosa, and there are reclaimed parts of the main island of Singapore (Tuas) that extend quite a bit farther south than Sentosa does -- but these are industrial areas that wouldn't make a good photo op. Of course, being islands, none of these are part of mainland Asia. --Amble (talk) 17:48, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
Greek Islands off Turkey's coasts are geographically in Asia
People tend to forget that Greece is a transcontinental country with islands extending Asia minor and those islands are geographically in Asia. Antipsara island (38.52849,25.4625586) is the most westernpoint of Asia with sustainable life. This is not to challenge that Greece is a European country, but to acknowledge that they have territory in asia. Baloglu (talk)
Too vague coordinates
The coordinates are too vague. Like, the latitude is listed, but not the longitude, or vice versa. Can you fix this? Sincerely, Janekusz123 (talk) 18:02, 25 April 2024 (UTC)