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The coast of Turkey, original Asian shore seen from a beach on Rhodes. The three-continent system was an idea devised in Archaic Greece, a time of Greek colonial expansion and trade throughout the Mediterranean and the spread of writing again. Writing is a prerequisite of written geography.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Asia. Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area (or 30% of its land area) and with approximately 4.655 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's ...
Jeju Island ( Jeju / Korean : 제주도; IPA: [tɕeːdʑudo]) is South Korea 's largest island, covering an area of 1,833.2 km 2 (707.8 sq mi), which is 1.83% of the total area of the country. Alongside outlying islands, it is part of Jeju Province . The island lies in the Korea Strait, south of the Korean Peninsula, and South Jeolla Province.
Exclusive economic zone. 6,159,032 km 2 (2,378,016 sq mi) Indonesia is an archipelagic country located in Southeast Asia and Oceania, lying between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. It is located in a strategic location astride or along major sea lanes connecting East Asia, South Asia and Oceania.
The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 19 World Heritage Sites in six countries (also called "state parties") of Central and North Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the Asian part of Russia. [1] The European part of Russia is included in Eastern Europe.
In medieval T and O maps, Asia makes for half the world's landmass, with Africa and Europe accounting for a quarter each. With the High Middle Ages, Southwest and Central Asia receive better resolution in Muslim geography, and the 11th century map by Mahmud al-Kashgari is the first world map drawn from a Central Asian point of view.
Module:Location map/data/Continental Asia is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Continental Asia. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
7,800 ha (19,000 acres) Exclusive economic zone. 10,090 km 2 (3,900 sq mi) Brunei is a country in Southeast Asia, bordering the South China Sea and East Malaysia. Its geographical coordinates are 4°30′N 114°40′E. The country is small with a total size of 5,765 km 2 (2,226 sq mi). [1] It is larger in size than Trinidad and Tobago.