<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (June 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Northern Europe is the general term for the geographical region in Europe that is approximately north of the southern coast of the Baltic Sea . Nations usually included within this region are Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and occasionally United Kingdom, Ireland, northern Germany, northern Belarus and northwest Russia . </P> <P> Narrower definitions may be based on other geographical factors such as climate and ecology . A broader definition would include the area north of the Alps . Countries which are central - western (such as Belgium), central (such as Austria) or central - eastern (such as Poland) are not usually considered part of either Northern or Southern Europe . </P> <P> Historically, when Europe was dominated by the Roman Empire, everything not near the Mediterranean region was termed Northern Europe, including southern Germany, all of the Low Countries, and Austria . This meaning is still used today in some contexts, for example, discussions of the Northern Renaissance . </P>

Which of the following is not a country of northern europe