SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Italy is a boot-shaped peninsula that juts out of southern Europe into the Adriatic Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and other waters. Its location has played an important role in its history.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Alps are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lie in south-central Europe. The mountain range stretches approximately 750 miles (1, 200 kilometers) in a crescent shape across eight Alpine countries: France, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, and Slovenia.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Alps, Europe’s highest mountains, separated the Italian peninsula from the rest of the continent. The Apennine Mountains run north to south along the Italian peninsula.

Detailed explanation-4: -Beginning near Monaco on the coastline of southern France, the Alps extend through Switzerland, northern Italy, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro, before ending on the coastline of the Adriatic Sea in Albania.