Scandinavian Peninsula

The Scandinavian Peninsula is located in Northern Europe, and roughly comprises the mainlands of , and the northwestern area of . It is the largest of the peninsulas of , with a greater area than the Balkan, and Italian peninsulas.
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  • Type: Peninsula
  • Description: peninsula in Northern Europe
  • Also known as: “Den skandinaviske halvø”, “Escandinava”, “Eskandinabiar penintsula”, “Eskandinaviako penintsula”, “Leth-eilean Lochlainn”, “Peninsula d’Escandinàvia”, “Península da Escandinávia”, “Peninsula escandinava”, “Peninsula ng Scandinavia”, “Peninsulă Scandinavă”, “Peninsule Scandinave”, “Scandinavia”, “Scandinavië”, “Scatinavia”, “Siujdhesa Skandinave”, “Skandinavies schiereilaand”, “Skandinavija”, “Skandinaviske halvøy”, “Tangway ng Scandinavia”, “Скандинавския полуостров”, “Скандынаўская паўвыспа”, “شبه الجزيرة الاسكندنافية”, “ಸ್ಕ್ಯಾಂಡಿನೇವಿಯ ಜಂಬೂದ್ವೀಪ”, “ಸ್ಕ್ಯಾಂಡಿನೇವಿಯ ದ್ವೀಪಕಲ್ಪ”, “スカンジナヴィア半島”, “スカンジナビア半島”, “スカンディナビア半島”, “斯堪地半島”, “斯堪地拉维亚半岛”, “斯堪地納維亞半島”, “斯堪地那維亞半島”, and “斯堪的那维亚半岛”

Scandinavian Peninsula

Latitude
63° north
Longitude
14° east
Open location code
9FMP2222+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4871575221
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peninsula
Wiki­data ID
Q73169
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Scandinavian Peninsula” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Skandinawiese Skiereiland”
  • Albanian: “Gadishulli Skandinav”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σκανδία”
  • Arabic: “شبه الجزيرة الإسكندنافية”
  • Armenian: “Սկանդինավյան թերակղզի”
  • Asturian: “Península Escandinava”
  • Azerbaijani: “Skandinaviya yarımadası”
  • Bashkir: “Скандинавия ярымутрауы”
  • Basque: “Eskandinaviar penintsula”
  • Belarusian: “Скандынаўскі паўвостраў”
  • Bosnian: “Skandinavsko poluostrvo”
  • Bulgarian: “Скандинавски полуостров”
  • Burmese: “စကင်ဒီနေးဗီးယားကျွန်းဆွယ်”
  • Catalan: “Península Escandinava”
  • Cebuano: “Scandinavian Peninsula”
  • Chinese: “斯堪的纳维亚半岛”
  • Chuvash: “Скандинави çурутравĕ”
  • Croatian: “Skandinavski poluotok”
  • Czech: “Skandinávský poloostrov”
  • Danish: “Skandinaviske halvø”
  • Dutch: “Scandinavisch Schiereiland”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شبه جزيرة اسكندنافيا”
  • Esperanto: “Skandinava duoninsulo”
  • Esperanto: “Skandinavia duoninsulo”
  • Estonian: “Skandinaavia poolsaar”
  • Finnish: “Skandinavian niemimaa”
  • French: “péninsule Scandinave”
  • French: “Péninsule Scandinave”
  • Galician: “Península Escandinava”
  • Georgian: “სკანდინავიის ნახევარკუნძული”
  • German: “Skandinavische Halbinsel”
  • Greek: “Σκανδιναβική Χερσόνησος”
  • Hebrew: “חצי האי סקנדינביה”
  • Hindi: “स्केंडिनेवियाई प्रायद्वीप”
  • Hindi: “स्कैंडिनेविया प्रायद्वीप”
  • Hungarian: “Skandináv-félsziget”
  • Icelandic: “Skandinavíuskagi”
  • Icelandic: “Skandinavíuskaginn”
  • Indonesian: “Semenanjung Skandinavia”
  • Italian: “Penisola scandinava”
  • Japanese: “スカンディナヴィア半島”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಕ್ಯಾಂಡಿನೇವಿಯ ಪರ್ಯಾಯ ದ್ವೀಪ”
  • Kazakh: “Скандинавия түбегі”
  • Kirghiz: “Скандинавия жарым аралы”
  • Korean: “스칸디나비아 반도”
  • Korean: “스칸디나비아반도”
  • Latin: “Paeninsula Scandinavica”
  • Latin: “Scandia”
  • Latvian: “Skandināvijas pussala”
  • Lithuanian: “Skandinavijos pusiasalis”
  • Low German: “Skandinavisk skyreiland”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Skandinawiska połkupa”
  • Luxembourgish: “Skandinavesch Hallefinsel”
  • Macedonian: “Скандинавски Полуостров”
  • Malay: “Semenanjung Scandinavia”
  • Malay: “Semenanjung Skandinavia”
  • Malayalam: “സ്കാൻഡിനേവിയൻ ഉപദ്വീപ്‌”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Skandinavia Poàn-tó”
  • Mingrelian: “სკანდინავიაშ ჩქონი”
  • Mongolian: “Скандинавын хойг”
  • Nepali: “स्क्यान्डिनेभियाली प्रायद्वीप”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den skandinaviske halvøy”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den skandinaviske halvøya”
  • Norwegian: “Den skandinaviske halvøy”
  • Ossetian: “Скандинавийы æрдæгсакъадах”
  • Persian: “شبه جزیره اسکاندیناوی”
  • Persian: “شبه‌جزیره اسکاندیناوی”
  • Polish: “Półwysep Skandynawski”
  • Pontic: “Σκανδιναβικόν Χερσόνησος”
  • Portuguese: “Península Escandinava”
  • Romanian: “Peninsula Scandinavă”
  • Russian: “Скандинавский полуостров”
  • Scots: “Scandinavian Peninsula”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Leth-eilean Lochlannach”
  • Serbian: “Скандинавско полуострво”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Skandinavski poluotok”
  • Slovak: “Škandinávsky polostrov”
  • Slovenian: “Skandinavski polotok”
  • Spanish: “Península escandinava”
  • Swahili: “Rasi ya Skandinavia”
  • Swedish: “Skandinaviska halvön”
  • Tagalog: “Tangway ng Escandinava”
  • Tagalog: “Tangway ng Eskandinaba”
  • Tatar: “Скандинавия ярымутравы”
  • Thai: “คาบสมุทรสแกนดิเนเวีย”
  • Turkish: “İskandinav Yarımadası”
  • Turkmen: “Skandinaw ýarymadasy”
  • Ukrainian: “Скандинавський півострів”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Skandinawiska połkupa”
  • Uzbek: “Skandinaviya yarim oroli”
  • Veps: “Skandinavijan pol’sar‘”
  • Veps: “Skandinavijan pol’sar’”
  • Vietnamese: “bán đảo Scandinavia”
  • Vietnamese: “Bán đảo Scandinavia”
  • Vlaams: “Scandinoavisch Schiereiland”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rawis han Iskandinabya”
  • Welsh: “Y Penrhyn Sgandinafaidd”
  • Western Frisian: “Skandinavysk Skiereilân”
  • Wu Chinese: “斯堪的纳维亚半岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “斯堪的納維亞半島”

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