Map of Mediterranean islands Region
In the Mediterranean context, "the continent" may ascribe to the continental allocation of Italy (as adjoin to Sardinia and Sicily), Spain with Balearic islands, Alboran or the continental allocation of France (as adjoin to Corsica) and, Portugal. However, the Portuguese archipelagos of Madeira and Azores are not mediterranean islands, both achievement amidst in the Atlantic Ocean as able as the able bank across of the Portuguese continent.