Between each of these branches of the sea there run out corresponding
promontories and peninsulas of the mainland. These are most numerous on
the south side, where we find the _Crimea_, _Turkey_ and _Greece_,
_Italy_ and _Spain_, bordered by the islands of the Archipelago, by
Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica, and the Baleares.
The western or Atlantic side presents the greatest peninsula, that of
_Scandinavia_, and the most important island group, that of the British
Isles. The Danish peninsula is remarkable as the only one in Europe, and
indeed in almost any part of the world, that points northward.