The Balkans are bordered by the Adriatic Sea.
 The Adriatic Euroregion consists of 23 members: the Apulia, Molise, Abruzzo, the Marches, Emilia-Romagna, Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia regions of Italy; the municipality of Izola in Slovenia; the Istria, Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Lika-Senj, Zadar, ibenik-Knin, Split-Dalmatia and Dubrovnik-Neretva counties of Croatia; the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of BosniaHerzegovina; the municipalities of Kotor and Tivat in Montenegro; the Fier, Vlor, Tirana, Shkodr, Durrs and Lezh counties of Albania; and the Greek prefectures of Thesprotia and Corfu
 The Balkan Peninsula has a combined area of about 470,000 km2 (181,000 sq mi) (slightly smaller than Spain)

