| Location: | South-Eastern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Turkey | | Geographic coordinates: | 39 00 N, 22 00 E | | Map references: | Europe | | Area: | total: 131,940 sq km
water: 1,140 sq km
land: 130,800 sq km | | Land boundaries: | total: 1,228 km
border countries: Albania 282 km, Bulgaria 494 km, Turkey 206 km, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 246 km | | Coastline: | 13,676 km | | Maritime claims: | continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
territorial sea: 6 NM | | Climate: | temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers | | Terrain: | mostly mountains with ranges extending into the sea as peninsulas or chains of islands | | Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Olympus 2,917 m | | Natural resources: | bauxite, lignite, magnesite, petroleum, marble, hydropower potential | | Land use: | arable land: 22.12%
permanent crops: 8.47%
other: 69.41% (1998 est.) | | Geography - note: | strategic location dominating the Aegean Sea and southern approach to Turkish Straits; a peninsular country, possessing an archipelago of about 2,000 islands |
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