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Iberian peninsula : Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe. 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. At Gibraltar in the south, it approaches Africa.

In medieval times the peninsula housed many small countries. However these amalgamated over time, until the end of the Napoleonic Wars (including the Peninsula War) in 1815. At that point the modern position was reached and the peninsula now consists of the countries of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, and the territory of Gibraltar.


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