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Which seas surround the Balkan Peninsula?

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Map of Balkan states, with dark purple for countries usually included: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia, Romania, and Bulgaria. Light purple marks countries sometimes included: Moldova, Greece, and Turkey.
Balkans

The Balkan Peninsula is surrounded by several bodies of water. It is washed by the Adriatic Sea in the west, the Ionian Sea in the southwest, and the Black Sea in the east. Depending on the specific geographic definition used, the region is also bordered to the south by the Aegean Sea.1