The Balearic archipelago with its islets

Balearic Islands

The Balearic archipelago is a part of Iberia, situated in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.

The archipelago forms an autonomous community and a province of Spain, with Palma as the capital.
The current Statute of Autonomy declares the Balearic Islands as one nationality of Spain.

Political subsumption
EU/ Spain/ Balearic Islands

Languages

The co-official languages in the Balearic Islands are Catalan and Spanish. Its islands are known as the Balearic Islands ("balearɨk ˈaɪləndz") [Catalan: Illes Balears "iʎəz βəɫəˈas"; Spanish: Islas Baleares "izlaz βaleˈaɾes"].

Linguistical subsumption

• Romance languages
• Spanish [es: español]
• Catalan [ca: català]
• Eastern Catalan dialects
• Balearic dialects
  [català balear]: 
• Majorcan [mallorquí]
• Minorcan [menorquí]
• Ibizan [eivissenc]
• Formenteran [formenterer]

Geology

Geographical localisation
Eurasia/ Europe/ Iberia/ Balearic archipelago

Geological context
The Balearic archipelago is a spur of the Betic Cordillera and thus part of the eponymous mountain system.

Satellite image with submarine topography of the baleraic archipel

Geographical subdivision

The Balearic Islands are grouped in the eastern islands called the Gymnesian Islands - with the Majorcan island groups (Majorca, Cabrera) and the Minorcan island group (Minorca) - and the western islands called the Pityusic Islands also referred to as the Pityuses or informally as the Pine Islands.

• Islas baleares | Balearic Islands: 
• Gimnesias | Gymnesian Islands: 
• Majorcan island groups:
• Majorcan islands:
• Mallorca | Majorca
• Dragonera
• Cabreran islands:
• Cabrera
• Conejera [Conillera / illa dels Conills] 
• Minorcan island group:
• Minorcan islands:
• Menorca | Minorca
• Isla del aire [illa de l’Aire]
• Pitiusas | Pityusic Islands:
• Ibizan island groups:
• Ibizan islands:
• Ibiza
• Isla Conejera [illa Sa Conillera]
• Tagomago
• Es Vedrà
• Formenteran islands:
• Formentera
• Espalmador
• Isla de Espardell [S'Espardell]

Balearic Islands map. By Hansen.

Further divisions and islets