SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Italian
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Crimean
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Iberian
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Jutland
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Detailed explanation-1: -Spain and Portugal occupy the Iberian Peninsula, which is separated at its southern tip from North Africa by only a narrow strait situated at the juncture of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. This key geographical position played an important part in Iberia’s history.
Detailed explanation-2: -Iberian Peninsula, peninsula in southwestern Europe, occupied by Spain and Portugal. Its name derives from its ancient inhabitants whom the Greeks called Iberians, probably for the Ebro (Iberus), the peninsula’s second longest river (after the Tagus).
Detailed explanation-3: -Iberian Peninsula: It is surrounded by Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. It is divided between Spain and Portugal. It is the second largest European peninsula by area after the Scandinavian Peninsula.