The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of
Europe, and includes modern day
Spain,
Portugal,
Andorra and
Gibraltar. It is the western and southernmost of the three southern European
peninsulas (the Iberian,
Italian, and
Balkan peninsulas). It is bordered on the south and east by the
Mediterranean Sea, and on the north and west by the
Atlantic Ocean. The
Pyrenees form the northeast edge of the peninsula, connecting it to the rest of Europe. In the south, it approaches the northern coast of
Africa. It is the second largest peninsula in 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, in modern day
Georgia.
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