Iberian Peninsula

LC control no.	sh2005005381
Geographic heading	Iberian Peninsula *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Geographic subdivision usage	Iberian Peninsula
Variant(s)	Hispania (Iberian Peninsula) Hispánica, Península Iberia (Iberian Peninsula) Ibérica, Península Península Hispánica Península Ibérica
See also	Peninsulas--Europe *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Found in	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.)