Iberian Peninsula

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
חצי האי האיברי
Name (Latin)
Iberian Peninsula
Other forms of name
Hispania (Iberian Peninsula)
Hispánica, Península
Iberia (Iberian Peninsula)
Ibérica, Península
Península Hispánica
Península Ibérica
See Also From tracing topical name
Peninsulas Europe
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q12837
Library of congress: sh2005005381
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Technical systems of lithic production in the lower and middle Pleistocene of the Iberian Peninsula, 2004.
  • Webster's new geog. dict., c1988(Iberian Peninsula. Peninsula, SW Europe, occupied by Spain and Portugal; in Roman times, Hispania; so-called from name applied by early Greeks to people dwelling by the river Iberus (mod. Ebro) in Spain)
  • The Columbia gaz. of the world, c1998(Iberian Peninsula (c.230,400 sq mi; 596,740 sq km), SW Europe, separated from the rest of Europe by the Pyrenees; comprises Spain and Portugal; the Strait of Gibraltar separates it from Africa)
  • GEOnet, Aug. 15, 2005(Iberian Peninsula. PEN, 40⁰00ʹ00ʺN 005⁰00ʹ00ʺW, variants: Ibérica, Península; Iberica, La Penisola; Iberia; Hispánica, Península)
  • TGN, Aug. 15, 2005(Iberian Peninsula, English-P; area SW of Pyrenees Mountains comprising Spain & Portugal; name probably derived from Iberus, Roman name for Ebro River; area settled in S & E by Neolithic & Bronze Age immigrants from Africa & in N & central Spain by Celtic tribes from 8th-6th cen. BC.)