Peninsula

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A peninsula in Croatia

A peninsula (from the latin words "paene insula", almost island) is a geographical landform consisting of an extension of a body of land from a larger body of land, surrounded by water on three sides.

A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, promontory, bill, point, or spit.

[edit] Peninsulas of the World

[edit] Eurasia

[edit] Continental Europe

Apsheron, Azerbaijan
Brittany, France
Butjadingen, Germany
Cotentin Peninsula, France
Crimea, Ukraine
Gallipoli, Turkey (formerly the Thracian Chersonese)
Gibraltar
Grenen, Denmark
Hel Peninsula, Poland
Italian Peninsula, Italy
North Holland, Netherlands
Walcheren, Netherlands
Zuid-Beveland, Netherlands

[edit] Balkan "Peninsula"

[edit] Denmark

Jutland Peninsula

[edit] Italy

Italian Peninsula
Calabria
Penisola salentina (Salento)
Promontorio del Gargano
Penisola sorrentina
Promontorio di Orbetello

[edit] Iberian Peninsula

-encompassing continental Spain and Portugal, Andorra and the British dependency of Gibraltar.

Cabo Espichel, Portugal
Cabo Carvoeiro, Portugal
Cabo de São Vicente, Portugal
Tróia Peninsula, Portugal
Cádiz, Spain
Gibraltar (British Territory)

[edit] Scandinavian Peninsula

-encompassing Sweden and Norway

Hamarøy Peninsula, Norway
Hurumlandet, Norway
Lista, Norway
Lyngen Peninsula, Norway
Nordkinn Peninsula, Norway
Ofothalvøya, Norway
Porsanger Peninsula, Norway
Stad, Norway
Sværholthalvøya, Norway
Varangerhalvøya, Norway
Fosen, Norway
Skåne, Sweden

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] England

Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset - the South West Peninsula, or the Westcountry, or Wessex
The Penwith Peninsula, Cornwall
Cornwall is technically a peninsula
Durham
Fylde, Lancashire
Hoo, Kent
Isle of Dogs, London
Isle of Purbeck, Dorset
The Lizard, Cornwall
Penwith, Cornwall
Rotherhithe, London
Spurn, Yorkshire
Tendring, Essex
Wirral, Cheshire and Merseyside

[edit] Scotland

[edit] Wales

Wales is itself a peninsula
Gower Peninsula, Swansea
Lleyn Peninsula
Pembrokeshire peninsula, West Wales
South Pembrokeshire Peninsula.
Marloes Peninsula, Pembrokeshire
St Davids Peninsula, 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
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

[edit] Northern Ireland

[edit] 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

[edit] Russia

See also Peninsulas of Russia

[edit] Kazakhstan

Mangyshlak Peninsula

[edit] Middle East

[edit] Indian subcontinent and South Asia

South India (Peninsular India).

The Indian subcontinant is itself a peninsula
Colaba peninsula, Mumbai city
Deccan peninsula
Worli peninsula, Mumbai
Kathiawar Peninsula, Gujarat
Gwadar peninsula, Pakistan

[edit] China

[edit] Korean Peninsula

The whole land mass encompassing North and South Korea is a peninsula.

[edit] Japan

See also Peninsulas of Japan

[edit] Kyūshū

[edit] Honshū

[edit] Southeast Asia

[edit] Philippines

[edit] Indonesia

[edit] The Americas

[edit] 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
Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador
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)
Simpson peninsula, Nunavut
Siorarsuk Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Steensby Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Storkerson Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
Saanich Peninsula, Vancouver Island (Southern Tip), British Columbia
Ungava Peninsula, Quebec
Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut

[edit] Greenland

Alfred Wegeners Halvo
Hayes Halvo
Ingnerit
Nuussuaq Halvo
Svartenhuk Halvo

[edit] 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
Taitao Peninsula, Aysen Region
- Tres Montes Peninsula, Aysen Region

[edit] 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

[edit] Central America

[edit] South America

[edit] Caribbean

Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico, despite its name, it is also a peninsula

[edit] United States of America

Alaska Peninsula, Alaska
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Cape May Peninsula, New Jersey
Cleveland Peninsula, Alaska
Delmarva Peninsula, encompassing parts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia
Door Peninsula, Wisconsin, in Lake Michigan
Fairpoint Peninsula, Florida
Florida Peninsula, encompassing most of Florida state
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, in Lake Superior
Key Peninsula, Washington, in Puget Sound
Kitsap Peninsula, Washington, in Puget Sound
Leelanau Peninsula, Michigan, in Lake Michigan
Lower Peninsula, Michigan
Middle Peninsula, Virginia, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay
Mokapu, Hawaii
Northern Neck, Virginia, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay
Old Mission Peninsula, Michigan, in Grand Traverse Bay
Olympic Peninsula, Washington
Palos Verdes Peninsula, California
Pinellas Peninsula, Florida
Sandy Hook, New Jersey
San Francisco Peninsula, California
Seward Peninsula, Alaska
The Thumb, Michigan
Upper Peninsula, Michigan
Virginia Peninsula, Virginia, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay

[edit] Australia & Oceania

[edit] Australia

A beach on the Mornington Peninsula

[edit] New Zealand

[edit] Papua New Guinea

[edit] Africa

Bakassi, Cameroon but disputed with Nigeria
Buri Peninsula, Eritrea
Cabo Blanco, Mauritania/Western Sahara
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Cap-Vert, Senegal
Ceuta, Spain
Punta Durnford, Western Sahara
Raas Xaafuun peninsula/Ras Hafun, Somalia
Ponta de São Lourenço, Madeira Islands (Portuguese Territory)

[edit] Antarctica

Antarctic Peninsula
Edward VII Peninsula
Fletcher Peninsula
Fowler Peninsula
Martin Peninsula

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