Pehea e hana ai i ka ʻoihana ʻo ʻApelika i ka ʻike pūnaewele.

ʻO ʻApelika, kekahi o nā ʻelima ʻāpana o ka honua, aia ma nā ʻaoʻao a ʻelua o ka equator, palena ʻia ma ka hikina e ke Kai ʻInikia a me ke Kaiʻula, ma ka ʻākau e ke Kaiwaenahonua, ma ke komohana e ʻo ia ʻo ʻAkelanika, hoʻokaʻawale ʻia mai ʻAsia e ka muliwai Suez a mai ʻEulopa e ka Strait o Gibraltar.

Me kahi ʻona o 30 km330, nona nā mokupuni he 000 km2, ʻo ʻApelika ka lua o ka ʻāina nui ʻelua (622% o ka ʻili ʻāina).

E kīloi ana kēia ʻāina ʻike nui no 8 km mai kona kihi ʻākau, Cap Blanc, ma Tunisia, a i kona palena hema, Cap des Aiguilles, ma ʻApelika Hema. ʻO kona laulā nui, mai Cape Verde ma Senegal ma ke komohana a Ras Rasoun ma Somalia ma ka hikina ma kahi o 050 km. Puka ia ma ka mauna Kilimanjaro (7 m ma ka mauna Kibo), ma ka piko i uhi ʻia e ka hau mau loa, ma Tanzania. ʻO ka māhele haʻahaʻa ka pae paʻakai o Lake Assal (560 m ma lalo o kaʻilikai), ma ka moku ʻo Djibouti.