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A peninsula is a piece of land that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus.
A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, island promontory, bill, point, or spit.1
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Oceania
Australia
- Beecraft Peninsula, New South Wales
- Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria
- Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
- Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory
- Cronulla sand dunes, Kurnell Peninsula
- Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia
- Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
- Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
- Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania
- Inskip Peninsula, Queensland.
- Jervis Bay Territory
- Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
- Redcliffe, Queensland
- Stockton, New South Wales
- Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania
- Tasmania itself was one a peninsula connected to Australia during the great Ice Ages
- Wilsons Promontory, Victoria
- Woy Woy, New South Wales
- Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
- Younghusband Peninsula, South Australia
New Zealand
- Aupouri Peninsula, North Island
- Banks Peninsula, South Island
- Bluff Peninsula, South Island
- Bream Head, North Island
- Cape Brett, North Island
- Cape Campbell, South Island
- Cape Foulwind, South Island
- Cape Kidnappers, North Island
- Cape Turnagain, North Island
- Coromandel Peninsula, North Island
- Farewell Spit, South Island
- Kaikoura Peninsula, South Island
- Karikari Peninsula, North Island
- Mahia Peninsula, North Island
- Miramar Peninsula, North Island
- Mount Maunganui, North Island
- North Auckland Peninsula, North Island
- Otago Peninsula, South Island
- Tiwai Point, South Island
Papua New Guinea
Europe
- Europe is composed of many peninsulas, such as the Iberian Peninsula, Scandinavian, etc.
Balkan "Peninsula"
The Balkans is a peninsula including the Republic of Macedonia, Greece ,Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Albania, and Montenegro.
- Chalkidiki, Greece
- Kassandra, Greece
- Mani Peninsula, Greece
- Mount Athos, Greece
- Peloponnese, Greece
- Sithonia, Greece
- Pilio, Greece
- Istria, Croatia
- Pelješac, Croatia
- Prevlaka, Croatia
- Split, Croatia
- Zadar, Croatia
- Karaburun peninsula, Albania
- Luštica, Montenegro
Denmark
- Jutland Peninsula, which forms the western half of the country.
- Djursland
- Grenen
- Helgenæs
- Horne Land
- Hornsherred
- Hindsholm
- Mols
- Odsherred
- Salling
- Stevns Peninsula
Italy
- Italian Peninsula
- Calabria
- Penisola salentina (Salento)
- Promontorio del Gargano (Monte Gargano)
- Penisola sorrentina (Sorrentine Peninsula)
- Promontorio di Orbetello
Iberian Peninsula
Encompassing continental Spain and Portugal, Andorra and the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.
- Cabo Espichel, Portugal
- Cabo Carvoeiro, Portugal
- Cabo de São Vicente, Portugal
- Tróia Peninsula, Portugal
- Cádiz, Spain
- Gibraltar
Scandinavian Peninsula
Encompassing present-day Sweden, Norway, and part of Finland
- Bygdøy, Norway
- Fornebulandet, Norway
- Fossen, Norway
- Hamarøyhalvøya, Norway
- Hurumlandet, Norway
- Lista, Norway
- Lyngenhalvøya, Norway
- Nordkinnhalvøya, Norway
- Nesodden, Norway
- Ofothalvøya, Norway
- Porsangerhalvøya, Norway
- Skåne, Sweden
- Snarøya, Norway
- Stad, Norway
- Sværholthalvøya, Norway
- Varangerhalvøya, Norway
Great Britain
- During the great Ice Ages, all of Great Britain was a peninsula, extending north west from the mainland of Europe/France. The English Channel did not exist at this time.
England
- Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset - the South West Peninsula, or the West Country, or Wessex
- Dengie peninsula, Essex
- The centre of the city of Durham, County Durham
- Fylde, Lancashire
- Hoo, Kent
- Isle of Dogs, London
- Greenwich Peninsula, London
- The Lizard, Cornwall
- Morte Point, North Devon
- Penwith, Cornwall
- Isle of Purbeck, Dorset
- Rotherhithe, London
- Spurn, Yorkshire
- Tendring, Essex
- Wirral, Cheshire and Merseyside
Scotland
- Ardnamurchan, Lochaber
- Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty
- Cowal, Argyll and Bute
- Doonie Point, Aberdeenshire
- Dunnet Head, Caithness
- Faraid Head, Sutherland
- Fife
- Kintyre, Argyll and Bute
- Knoydart, Lochaber
- Morvern, Lochaber
- Strathy Point, Sutherland
- Point of Hellia, Orkney
- Point, Outer Hebrides
Wales
- Creuddyn Peninsula juts out of the North Wales coast and includes the towns of Llandudno, Rhos-on-Sea and Deganwy. Plus the headlands of Great Orme and Little Orme
- Gower peninsula, Swansea
- Llŷn Peninsula
- Marloes Peninsula, Pembrokeshire
- Pembrokeshire peninsula, West Wales
- South Pembrokeshire Peninsula.
- St Davids Head, Pembrokeshire
- Vale of Glamorgan - technically a peninsula, as it surrounded on three sides by water - two rivers boundaries and the Bristol Channel
- South West Wales - Swansea to New Quay - surrounded by the Bristol Channel, St George's Channel and Cardigan Bay
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
- Donegal
- Munster - like Ulster, Munster is surrounded on three sides by the sea
- Beara Peninsula
- Cooley Peninsula
- Dingle Peninsula
- Fanad Peninsula
- Hook Peninsula
- Horn Head
- Howth Head
- Inishowen
- Iveragh Peninsula
- Mizen Head Peninsula
- Mullet Peninsula
- Rosguill
- Sheep's Head Peninsula
Russia
- Chukchi Peninsula
- Kamchatka Peninsula
- Kola Peninsula
- Rybachiy Peninsula
- Samland peninsula, Kaliningrad Oblast
- Taymyr Peninsula
- Yamal Peninsula
Other countries
- Apsheron, Azerbaijan
- Brittany, France
- Butjadingen, Germany
- Cotentin Peninsula, France
- Crimea, Ukraine
- Gallipoli, Turkey (formerly the Thracian Chersonese)
- Hel Peninsula, Poland
- Karpass Peninsula, Cyprus
- North Holland, Netherlands
- Walcheren, Netherlands
- Zuid-Beveland, Netherlands
- Sõrve Säär, Estonia
Asia
Kazakhstan
Middle East
- Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
- Al-Faw peninsula, Iraq
- Kapidagi Yarimadasi, Turkey
- Datça Peninsula, Turkey
- Side Peninsula, Turkey
- Musandam peninsula; Oman,United Arab Emirates
- Miankaleh peninsula, Iran
- Qatar
- Arabian Peninsula; Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman
- Asia Minor
Indian subcontinent and South Asia
- The Indian subcontinent is itself a peninsula
- Colaba peninsula, Mumbai
- Deccan peninsula
- Worli peninsula, Mumbai
- Kathiawar Peninsula, Gujarat
- Gwadar peninsula, Pakistan
- Jaffna Peninsula, Northern Sri Lanka
China
- Kowloon Peninsula, (Hong Kong)
- Leizhou Peninsula
- Liaodong Peninsula
- Shandong Peninsula
- Fan Lau, (Hong Kong)
- Sai Kung Peninsula, (Hong Kong)
- Stanley Peninsula, (Hong Kong)
- Chi Ma Wan Peninsula, (Hong Kong)
- Chung Hom Kok Peninsula, (Hong Kong)
- Wan Tsai Peninsula, (Hong Kong)
- Macau Peninsula, (Macau)
Korean Peninsula
The whole land mass encompassing North and South Korea is a peninsula, surrounded by the Sea of Japan (known as the East Sea in South Korea) on the east, the East China Sea to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the west, the Korea Strait connecting the first two bodies of water.
Japan
- See also: List of peninsulas of Japan
Kyūshū
Honshū
Hokkaido
South East Asia
Philippines
- Bataan Peninsula, Luzon
- Bicol Peninsula, Luzon
- Bondoc Peninsula, Luzon
- Cavite, Luzon
- San Ildefonso Peninsula, Luzon
- Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao
- Tinaca Point, Davao del Sur
Indonesia
- Poluostrov Yamau
- Semenanjung Blambangan, Java,
- Semenanjung Minahassa, Sulawesi
- East Peninsula, Sulawesi
- South-east Peninsula, Sulawesi
- South Peninsula, Sulawesi
North America
Canada
- Adelaide Peninsula, Nunavut
- Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Banks Peninsula, Nunavut
- Barrow Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Becher Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Beekman Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Bell Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Bell Peninsula, Southampton Island, Nunavut
- Blunt Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Boothia Peninsula, Nunavut
- Borden Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Brodeur Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, extending into Lake Huron
- Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Burrard Peninsula, British Columbia
- Colin Archer Peninsula, Devon Island, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Nunavut
- Collinson Peninsula, Victoria Island, Nunavut
- Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Diamond Jennes Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories
- Douglas Peninsula, Northwest Territories
- Dunlas Peninsula, Melville Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
- Foxe Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec
- Hall Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Henry Kater Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Kent Peninsula, Nunavut
- Labrador Peninsula, encompassing all of Labrador and most of Quebec
- Leith Peninsula, Northwest Territories (in Great Bear Lake)
- Long Point, Ontario (in Lake Erie)
- Melville Peninsula, Nunavut
- Meta Incognita Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Natkusiak Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
- Niagara Peninsula, Ontario
- North Peninsula, Ontario (in Lake Nipigan)
- Nova Scotia peninsula, Nova Scotia
- Pangertot Peninsula, Nunavut
- Parry Peninsula, Northwest Territories
- Pethel Peninsula, Northwest Territories
- Point Pelee, Ontario (in Lake Erie)
- Port au Port Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Prince Albert Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories
- Prince Edward Peninsula, Ontario (in Lake Ontario)
- Sibley Peninsula, Ontario (in Lake Superior)
- Simpson peninsula, Nunavut
- Siorarsuk Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Steensby Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Storkerson Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
- Saanich Peninsula, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
- Ungava Peninsula, Quebec
- Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
United States
Florida
Florida is a well-known example of a peninsula and has some peninsulas on it.
- Florida Peninsula, encompassing most of the state, except for the very northern and western parts..
- Fairpoint Peninsula, Florida
- Pinellas peninsula including Saint Petersburg and Clearwater, Florida
- Cape Sable
Michigan
Michigan is very distinguishable for its mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula of Michigan which includes The Thumb, Fountain Point, the Leelanau Peninsula, and Old Mission Peninsula. The northern half of Michigan is called the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and contains the Keweenaw Peninsula, the Garden Peninsula and the Stonington Peninsula.
Other states
- Alaska Peninsula, Alaska
- The Bronx, New York, and Yonkers, New York
- Nahant, Massachusetts
- Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a cape that can be viewed as a peninsula
- Cape May Peninsula, New Jersey
- Cleveland Peninsula, Alaska
- Cumberland Head, New York
- Delmarva Peninsula, encompassing parts of Maryland and Virginia, and all of Delaware.
- Door Peninsula, Wisconsin, in Lake Michigan
- Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
- Key Peninsula, Washington, in Puget Sound
- Kitsap Peninsula, Washington, in Puget Sound
- Long Island, New York, was once a peninsula connected to North America during the great Ice Ages
- Marin County, California, is a southwards-pointing peninsula surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and the northern part of San Francisco Bay
- Middle Peninsula, Virginia, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay
- Mokapu, Hawaii
- New Jersey Peninsula - This state can be viewed as a peninsula surrounded by the Delaware River,Atlantic Ocean, and the Delaware Bay
- Northern Neck, Virginia, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay
- Olympic Peninsula, Washington
- Palos Verdes Peninsula, California
- Point Loma, San Diego, California
- Presque Isle, Erie, Pennsylvania
- Sandy Hook, New Jersey
- San Francisco Peninsula, California
- Seward Peninsula, Alaska
- Virginia Peninsula, Virginia, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay
Greenland
Mexico
- Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, containing the state of Baja California and state of Baja California Sur
- Yucatán Peninsula, partly separating the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea
South America
- Tierra del Fuego of Chile/Argentina was once a peninsula extending south from South America during the great Ice Ages
Chile
- Arauco Peninsula, Bío-Bío Region
- Brunswick Peninsula, Magallanes Region
- Exmouth Peninsula, Magallanes Region
- Hequi Peninsula, Los Lagos Region
- Mejillones Peninsula, Antofagasta Region
- Muñoz Gamero Peninsula, Magallanes Region
- Brecknock Peninsula, Chile
- Brunswick Peninsula, Chile
- Taitao Peninsula, Aysén Region
Other countries
- Península de Azuero, Panama
- Placencia Peninsula, Belize
- Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica
- Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
- Araya Peninsula, Venezuela
- Paraguana, Venezuela
- Paria Peninsula, Venezuela
- Guajira Peninsula, Colombia
- Paracas Peninsula, Peru
- Verde Peninsula, Argentina
- Valdes Peninsula, Argentina
Caribbean
- Peninsula de Samaná, Dominican Republic
- Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico, despite its name, it is also a peninsula
Africa
- Bakassi, Cameroon but disputed with Nigeria
- Buri Peninsula, Eritrea
- Cabo Blanco, Mauritania/Morocco
- Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
- Cap Bon, Tunisia
- Cap-Vert, Senegal
- Ceuta, Spain
- Punta Durnford, Morocco
- Horn of Africa or Somali peninsula, Somalia
- Raas Xaafuun peninsula/Ras Hafun, Somalia
- Ponta de São Lourenço, Madeira Islands (Portuguese Territory)
Antarctica
References
- ^ Peninsula. – Britannica Student Encyclopedia. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica, Retrieved 2007-07-19.
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