Spain,satellite image. North is at top. Natural colour satellite image showing Spain,with the surrounding territories shaded out. Spain is situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. It is bordered by Portugal (left),Andorra (small,upper right),France (upper right),the Mediterranean Sea (blue,right),and the Atlantic Ocean (blue,left). Spain is separated from Morocco (bottom centre),on mainland Africa,by the Strait of Gibraltar. Algeria (bottom right) and the Balearic Islands (centre right) of Mallorca,Menorca and Ibiza can also be seen. Image compiled from data acquired by the LANDSAT 5 and 7 satellites,in 2000 |