Editing Scandinavian Peninsula (section)

==Geography==
{{Anchor|The geography of Scandinavia}}
[[Image:Fennoscandia.png|thumb|Scandinavian Peninsula in relation to the larger [[Fennoscandia]] ]]

The largest peninsula in Europe, the Scandinavian Peninsula is approximately {{convert|1,850|km|mi}} long with a width varying approximately from {{cvt|370|to|805|km}}. The [[Scandinavian mountain range]] generally defines the border between Norway and Sweden.

Its highest elevation was [[Glittertinden]] in Norway at {{cvt|2,470.|m}} above sea level, but since the glacier at its summit partially melted,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Norwegian Summit Elevation Debate|date=6 March 2020|url=https://www.norwegianamerican.com/global-warming-ends-norwegian-summit-elevation-debate/|url-status=live|access-date=22 July 2021|archive-date=22 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722185426/https://www.norwegianamerican.com/global-warming-ends-norwegian-summit-elevation-debate/}}</ref> the highest elevation is at {{cvt|2,469|m}} at [[Galdhøpiggen]], also in Norway. These mountains also have the largest [[glacier]] on the mainland of Europe, [[Jostedalsbreen]].

About one quarter of the Scandinavian Peninsula lies north of the [[Arctic Circle]], its northernmost point being at [[Cape Nordkyn]], [[Norway]].

The climate across Scandinavia varies from tundra ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ET) and subarctic (Dfc) in the north, with cool marine west coast climate (Cfc) in northwestern coastal areas reaching just north of [[Lofoten]], to humid continental (Dfb) in the central portion and marine west coast (Cfb) in the south and southwest.<ref name="arclimate">{{cite web| url = http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/kimmel/GRG301K/grg301kkoppen.html| title = Glossary of American climate terminology in terms of Köppens classification| access-date = 28 April 2010| archive-date = 15 January 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160115223338/http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/kimmel/GRG301K/grg301kkoppen.html| url-status = dead}}</ref>
The region is rich in timber, iron and copper with the best farmland in southern Sweden. Large petroleum and natural-gas deposits have been found off Norway's coast in the [[North Sea]] and the Atlantic Ocean.

Much of the population of the Scandinavian Peninsula is naturally concentrated in its southern part, which is also its [[agricultural]] region. The largest cities of the peninsula are [[Stockholm]], Sweden; [[Oslo]], Norway; [[Gothenburg]], Sweden; [[Malmö]], Sweden and [[Bergen]], Norway, in that order.