European Geography Vocabulary

Steep U-shaped valleys that connect to the sea and that filled with seawater after the glaciers melted.

• Strait

• Canyon

• Fjord

• Peninsula

Major part of Denmark

• Jutland Peninsula

• Scandinavian Peninsula

• Iberian Peninsula

• Italian Peninsula

Home of Norway and Sweden

• Jutland Peninsula

• Scandinavian Peninsula

• Iberian Peninsula

• Balkan Peninsula

Spain and Portugal are located here

• Jutland Peninsula

• Scandinavian Peninsula

• Iberian Peninsula

• Balkan Peninsula

Home of Italy (Southern Europe)

• Jutland Peninsula

• Scandinavian Peninsula

• Iberian Peninsula

• Italian Peninsula

Great Britain, Ireland, Iceland, & Greenland

• Mediterranean Islands

• Caribbean Islands

• North Atlantic Islands

• South Sea Islands

Most famous European mountain range; arcs across France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and the Northern Balkan Peninsula

• Andes Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Himalayan Mountains

• The Alps