Which British Overseas Territory is located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean, and has an area of approximately 2.6 square miles?
Iberian Peninsula and fishing. Because the coast is so long, fishing is popular, especially sardines, tuna and anchovies. Most of the mining occurs in the Pyrenees mountains. Commodities mined include: iron, gold, coal, lead, silver, zinc, and salt. Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula , also known as Iberia, is located in the southwest corner of Europe. The peninsula is principally divided between Spain and Portugal, comprising most of their territory. It also includes Andorra, small areas of France, and the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. With an area of approximately ), it is the second largest European peninsula, after the Scandinavian. The
Genetic history of the Iberian Peninsula probably arrived during the Roman period. Later historical Eastern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern genetic contribution to the Iberia gene-pool was also significant, driven by Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Jews and Levantine Arabs. Like Sicily and other parts of Southern Italy, Iberia has a significant level of ancestry, originating both in North Africa and in Sub-Saharan Africa, which is largely ascribed to the long Islamic presence in the Iberian peninsula and possibly African slavery, and the population of the Canary Islands shows a bigger African admixture than the average Southern Europe due to its location as an African archipelago. Significant genetic differences