Scandinavian Peninsula

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The Scandinavian Peninsula is a geographic region in northern Europe, consisting principally of the mainland territories of Norway and Sweden. The name Scandinavian is derived from Scania, a region at the southernmost extremity of the peninsula. A small section of northwestern Finland is also on the peninsula and on its isthmus.

The peninsula is part of a larger geographical feature, Fennoscandia, and extends from Russia and Finland in the northeast toward Denmark and Germany to the south and southwest.


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