Which colony was established nearest Iberia? Find the name for the strait that separates this area.

Andalusia is in the south of the Iberian

peninsula, in south-western Europe, immediately south of

the autonomous communities of Extremadura and Castilla-La Mancha; west of the autonomous community of Murcia and the Mediterranean

Sea; east of Portugal and the Atlantic

Ocean; and north of the Mediterranean

Sea and the Strait of Gibraltar. Andalusia is the only European region with both

Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines.