SHARIK PENINSULA


Meaning of SHARIK PENINSULA in English

or Cape Bon Peninsula

Peninsula, northeastern Tunisia.

Extending northeast into the Mediterranean Sea, it is about 50 mi (80 km) long. During World War II (1939–45), it was occupied by German troops in retreat from Egypt and Libya (1943); they soon surrendered to the Allied Powers there.

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