SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Scandinavian Peninsula, large promontory of northern Europe, occupied by Norway and Sweden. It is about 1, 150 mi (1, 850 km) long and extends southward from the Barents Sea of the Arctic Ocean between the Gulf of Bothnia and the Baltic Sea (east), Kattegat and Skagerrak (south), and the Norwegian and North seas (west).

Detailed explanation-2: -The Scandinavian Peninsula (Swedish: Skandinaviska halvön; Norwegian: Den skandinaviske halvøy (Bokmål) or Den skandinaviske halvøya (Nynorsk); Finnish: Skandinavian niemimaa) is a peninsula located in Northern Europe, which roughly comprises the mainlands of Sweden, Norway and the northwestern area of Finland.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Scandinavian peninsula is the geographical area that includes Norway, Sweden and a small part of Finland, while Scandinavia includes Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the whole of Finland, and sometimes even Iceland too.

Detailed explanation-4: -The region is rich in timber, iron and copper with the best farmland in southern Sweden. Large petroleum and natural gas deposits have been found off Norway’s coast in the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.