Greece has the longest coastline in Europe and is the southernmost country in Europe. It lies at the juncture of Europe, Asia, and Africa and is heir to the heritages of Classical Greece, the Byzantine Empire, and nearly four centuries of Ottoman Turkish rule. Photograph by F8grapher, Dreamstime Greece, the southernmost of the countries of the Balkan Peninsula. The section provides all the information you need to understand the geography of Greece.. Greece is a peninsular and mountainous country located in Southern-Eastern Europe, in the Balkans peninsula.

View Images. Greece is well known for the thousands of islands dotting the three seas that surround the country. The country has the largest coastline in Europe (13,676km) due to its numerous islands. One-fifth of Greece’s area is made up of the Greek islands.