Portugal is located in the extreme southwest of Europe ( about 2H flight from the centre of Western Europe) and includes the Archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean.
The Mainland Portugal occupies an area of 88,889 km2. It is 218 km wide and 561 km long. It has 832 km of Atlantic coast and a 1,215 km border with Spain.
The Archipelago of Azores is situated in the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and North America. It has an area of 2,355 km2 and it is composed of nine islands - São Miguel and Santa Maria in the Eastern Group, Terceira, Graciosa, São Jorge, Pico and Faial in the Central Group and Flores and Corvo in the Western Group. It takes about two hours to get from the Azores to mainland Portugal by plane.
The Madeira Archipelago has an area of 741 km2 and lies in the Atlantic Ocean about 500 km from the African coast and 1,000 km from the European continent (1h30 flying time from Lisbon). It contains the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo and the uninhabited Desertas and Selvagens islands, which are natural reserves.
