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Sweden, [f] formally the Kingdom of Sweden, [g] [h] is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), [ 4 ] Sweden is the largest Nordic country and the fifth-largest country in Europe.
Much of Sweden is heavily forested, with 69% [1] of the country being forest and woodland, while farmland constitutes only 8% of land use. [2] Sweden consists of 39,960 km 2 of water area, constituting around 95,700 lakes. [3] [A] The lakes are sometimes used for water power plants, especially the large northern rivers and lakes.
The Scandinavian Peninsula [1] is located in Northern Europe, and roughly comprises the mainlands of Sweden, Norway and the northwestern area of Finland. The name of the peninsula is derived from the term Scandinavia , the cultural region of Denmark , Norway and Sweden .
Long Island was once a peninsula connected to North America during the great Ice Ages, and includes two large peninsulas at its east end: the South Fork and the North Fork. Cumberland Head; Coney Island was an island until it was expanded through land reclamation into the Coney Island Creek, thus becoming a peninsula.
This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown. Continental landmasses Continental landmasses are not usually classified as islands despite being completely surrounded by water. [Note 1] However, because the definition of continent varies between geographers, the Americas are ...
River . Length (in km) Length (in mi) Aapuajoki: 20 12 Aareajoki: 40 25 ... Islands of Sweden; Geography of Sweden; References This page was last edited on 20 ...
Scotland: Between Kintyre Peninsula and the island of Arran: Kildin Strait: Kildin Island and Kola Peninsula: Kill Van Kull: Staten Island and Bayonne, New Jersey: Kitan Strait: Awaji Island and Honshū: Korea Strait: Korea and Japan: Gulf of Ephesus (Kólpos Ephésou), or Gulf of Kuşadası: Turkey and Samos, Greece Kvarken: Sweden and Finland ...
This is a list of islands of Sweden. A 2013 statistics report concluded that there are 267,570 islands in Sweden, though less than 1,000 of these are inhabited. [ 1 ] The total area of the islands is 1.2 million hectares, which corresponds to 3% percent of the total land area of Sweden.