Skandinavski poluotok

Skandinavski poluotok
Skandinavski poluotok
	Poluotok
	Skandinavski poluotok 2003. godine
	Skandinavski poluotok na karti
Položaj
Koordinate	63°00′N 14°00′E / 63.000°N 14.000°E
Smještaj	Sjeverna Europa
Država	Danska; Finska; Island; Norveška; Švedska;
Fizikalne osobine
Površina	750,000 km2
Duljina	1,850 km
Širina	805 km

Skandinavski poluotok je geografska regija u sjevernoj Europi. Sastoji se od Norveške, Švedske i djela sjeverne Finske.

Naziv poluotoka potječe od pojma Skandinavija, kulturne regije koju čine Danska, Norveška i Švedska. Taj kulturni naziv, pak, potječe od imena Skåne (Skanije), regije na južnom kraju poluotoka, koja je stoljećima bila dio Danske – domovine Danaca – a danas pripada Švedskoj.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Skandinavski poluotok najveći je poluotok u Europi, s većom površinom od Balkanskog, Pirenejskog i Apeninskog poluotoka. Tijekom ledenih doba, razina Atlantskog oceana toliko je pala da su Baltičko more, Botnički zaljev i Finski zaljev nestali, pa su zemlje koje ih danas okružuju – uključujući Njemačku, Poljsku, baltičke zemlje i Skandinaviju – bile izravno povezane kopnom.

↑ Helle, Knut (2003). "Introduction". The Cambridge History of Scandinavia. Ed. E. I. Kouri et al. Cambridge University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-521-47299-7. p. XXII. "The name Scandinavia was used by classical authors in the first centuries of the Christian era to identify Skåne and the mainland further north which they believed to be an island."
↑ Olwig, Kenneth R. "Introduction: The Nature of Cultural Heritage, and the Culture of Natural Heritage—Northern Perspectives on a Contested Patrimony". International Journal of Heritage Studies, Vol. 11, No. 1, March 2005, p. 3: The very name 'Scandinavia' is of cultural origin, since it derives from the Scanians or Scandians (the Latinized spelling of "Skåninger"), a people who long ago lent their name to all of Scandinavia, perhaps because they lived centrally, at the southern tip of the peninsula."
↑ Østergård, Uffe (1997). "The Geopolitics of Nordic Identity – From Composite States to Nation States". The Cultural Construction of Norden. Øystein Sørensen and Bo Stråth (eds.), Oslo: Scandinavian University Press 1997, 25–71.

[1] Helle, Knut (2003). "Introduction". The Cambridge History of Scandinavia. Ed. E. I. Kouri et al. Cambridge University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-521-47299-7. p. XXII. "The name Scandinavia was used by classical authors in the first centuries of the Christian era to identify Skåne and the mainland further north which they believed to be an island."

[2] Olwig, Kenneth R. "Introduction: The Nature of Cultural Heritage, and the Culture of Natural Heritage—Northern Perspectives on a Contested Patrimony". International Journal of Heritage Studies, Vol. 11, No. 1, March 2005, p. 3: The very name 'Scandinavia' is of cultural origin, since it derives from the Scanians or Scandians (the Latinized spelling of "Skåninger"), a people who long ago lent their name to all of Scandinavia, perhaps because they lived centrally, at the southern tip of the peninsula."

[3] Østergård, Uffe (1997). "The Geopolitics of Nordic Identity – From Composite States to Nation States". The Cultural Construction of Norden. Øystein Sørensen and Bo Stråth (eds.), Oslo: Scandinavian University Press 1997, 25–71.

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