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Extent of the contiguous mainland of Europe, Continental Europe The European continent's eastern half in Russia, as bounded by the Caucasus Mountains to the south, and which extends as far as the Ural Mountains Europa Regina map （Sebastian Munster, 1570）,
excluding the greater part of Fennoscandia, but including Great Britain and Ireland, Bulgaria, Scythia, Moscovia and Tartaria; Sicily is clasped by Europe in the form of a Globus cruciger.
Continental Europe or mainland Europe is the contiguous continent of Europe, excluding its surrounding islands.
It can also be referred to ambiguously as the European continent, – which can conversely mean the whole of Europe – and, by some, simply as the Continent.
The old notion of Europe as a cultural term was centred on core Europe （Kerneuropa）, the continental territory of the historical Carolingian Empire,
corresponding to modern France, Italy, German-speaking Europe and the Benelux states （historical Austrasia）.
This historical core of "Carolingian Europe" was consciously invoked in the 1950s as the historical ethno-cultural basis for the prospective European integration （see also Multi-speed Europe）.
Extent of Carolingian Europe The "core Europe" of the Inner Six signatories of the Treaty of Paris （1951） （shown in blue; the French Fourth Republic shown with Algeria）.
The most common definition of Mainland Europe excludes these continental islands: the Greek Islands, Cyprus, Malta, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, the Balearic Islands, Great Britain and Ireland and surrounding islands,
Novaya Zemlya and the Nordic archipelago, as well as nearby oceanic islands, including the Canary Islands, Madeira, the Azores, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Svalbard.
The Scandinavian Peninsula is sometimes also excluded, as even though it is technically part of "mainland Europe", the de facto connections to the rest...