Iberian Peninsula
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The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is in the southwest of Europe. To the south and east of the peninsula is the Mediterranean Sea. To its north and west is the Atlantic Ocean. It is the third largest peninsula of Europe with an area of 582,860 km². The name Iberia was also used since the times of Ancient Greece and Rome for another territory at the opposite corner of Europe - Caucasian Iberia.
[edit] Countries & territories
Political divisions of the Iberian Peninsula sorted by area:
Spain, occupying most of the peninsula, including the centre, east and northwest
Portugal, occupying most of the west of the peninsula
Andorra, a very small nation at the northern edge of the peninsula in the Pyrenees between Spain and France
Gibraltar, a tiny British territory in the south, bordering Spain
