The
Iberian Peninsula, sometimes called
Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of
Europe and includes the modern-day
sovereign states of
Spain,
Portugal and
Andorra, as well as the
British Overseas Territory of
Gibraltar. It is the westernmost of the three major southern European
peninsulas—the Iberian,
Italian, and
Balkan peninsulas. It is bordered on the southeast and east by the
Mediterranean Sea, and on the north, west and southwest by the
Atlantic Ocean. The
Pyrenees form the northeast edge of the peninsula, separating it from 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 approximately 582,000 km2.