Europe is divided into several physical regions and is surrounded by seas and mountain ranges that form its borders. It contains many islands off its coasts including the British Isles, Canary Islands, Balearic Islands, and islands in the Mediterranean Sea such as Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Crete, Cyprus and Malta. Europe also has several peninsulas such as the Iberian, Scandinavian, Kola, Crimean, Jutland, Balkan and Peloponnesian peninsulas.