# Where are the islas Baleares (Balearic Islands)?

Question 3003 · Task 3 · Territorial organisation of Spain. Physical and political geography · CCSE 2026

**In Spanish, as in the exam:** ¿Dónde están las islas Baleares?

- a) En el mar Cantábrico. (In the Cantabrian Sea.)
- b) En el mar Mediterráneo. (In the Mediterranean Sea.) · Right answer
- c) En el océano Atlántico. (In the Atlantic Ocean.)

**Right answer:** b) En el mar Mediterráneo.

## Why

The Balearic Islands, such as Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera, are in the Mediterranean Sea, to the east of the peninsula. The islands in the Atlantic Ocean are the Canary Islands (Canarias).

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