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A peninsula (Latin: paeninsula from paene "almost" and insula "island") is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland.[1] The surrounding water is usually understood to belong to a single contiguous body,[2][3] but is not always explicitly defined as such.[not in citation given][4] A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, island promontory, bill, point, or spit.[5] A point is generally considered a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water that is less prominent than a cape.[6] In English, the plural of peninsula is peninsulas or, less commonly, peninsulae.
Africa[edit]
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Horn of Africa[edit]
The Horn of Africa is a peninsula compassing of the countries of Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Ethiopia.
North Africa[edit]
- Cabo Blanco, Mauritania/Morocco
- Cap Bon, Tunisia
- Cap Zebib, Tunisia
- Ceuta, Spain
- Punta Durnford, Western Sahara
- Ponta de São Lourenço, Madeira Islands (Portuguese Territory)
- Ras Banas, Tunisia
- Ras ben Sakka, Tunisia
- Sinai, Egypt
Other[edit]
- Bakassi, Cameroon but disputed with Nigeria
- Cape Peninsula, South Africa
- Cap-Vert, Senegal
- Turner's Peninsula, Sierra Leone
- Le Morne Brabant, Mauritius
Oceania[edit]
Australia[edit]
- Beecroft Peninsula, New South Wales
- Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria
- Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
- Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory
- Kurnell Peninsula, New South Wales
- Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia
- Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
- Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
- Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania
- Inskip Peninsula, Queensland
- Jervis Bay, Australian Capital Territory
- Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
- Redcliffe, Queensland
- Sir Richard Peninsula, South Australia
- Stockton, New South Wales
- Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania
- Wilsons Promontory, Victoria
- Woy Woy, New South Wales
- Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
- Younghusband Peninsula, South Australia
Papua New Guinea[edit]
New Zealand[edit]
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- In the North Island
- In the South Island
Europe[edit]
- Europe is sometimes considered to be a large peninsula extending off Eurasia.[7] As such, it is one of the largest peninsulas in the world and the only one to have the status as a full continent, largely as a matter of convention rather than science. It is composed of many smaller peninsulas, the four main component peninsulas being the Iberian, Scandinavian, Italian, and Balkan peninsulas.
Balkan Peninsula[edit]
The Balkans is a peninsula including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and the European part of Turkey.
- Chalkidiki, Greece
- Kassandra, Greece
- Mani Peninsula, Greece
- Mount Athos, Greece
- Peloponnese, Greece (now an island, since the Corinth Canal was made)
- Sithonia, Greece
- Pilio, Greece
- Istria, Croatia
- Piran Peninsula, Slovenia
- Pelješac, Croatia
- Prevlaka, Croatia
- Split, Croatia
- Zadar, Croatia
- Karaburun Peninsula, Albania
- Luštica, Montenegro
- Gallipoli, Turkey
Denmark[edit]
- Broager
- Djursland
- Grenen
- Helgenæs
- Hindsholm
- Horne Land
- Hornsherred
- Jutland Peninsula, (now an island, since the Kiel Canal was made)
- Kegnæs
- Mols
- Odsherred
- Salling
- Stevns Peninsula
France[edit]
- Brittany
- Cap Corse, Corsica
- Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy
- Landes du Médoc, Aquitaine
Iberian Peninsula[edit]
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Encompassing continental Spain and Portugal, Andorra, British overseas territory of Gibraltar and a small amount of southern France.
- Lisbon Peninsula, Portugal
- Setúbal Peninsula, Portugal
- Peniche, Portugal
- Cabo Espichel, Portugal
- Cabo Carvoeiro, Portugal
- Cabo de São Vicente, Portugal
- Tróia Peninsula, Portugal
- Gibraltar
- Cádiz, Spain
- A Coruña, Spain
- O Morrazo, Spain
- Anaga, Spain
- Jandía, Spain
- La Isleta, Spain
Ireland[edit]
Italy[edit]
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Russia[edit]
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Scandinavia is a peninsula encompassing present-day Sweden, Norway, and part of Finland.
- Bergen Peninsula, Norway
- Bygdøy, Norway
- Fornebulandet, Norway
- Fosen, Norway
- Hamarøyhalvøya, Norway
- Hurumlandet, Norway
- Lista, Norway
- Lyngenhalvøya, Norway
- Nordkinn Peninsula, Norway
- Nesodden, Norway
- Ofothalvøya, Norway
- Porsangerhalvøya, Norway
- Scania, Sweden
- Snarøya, Norway
- Stad, Norway
- Stavanger Peninsula, Norway
- Sværholthalvøya, Norway
- Varangerhalvøya, Norway
Turkey[edit]
Ukraine[edit]
United Kingdom[edit]
England[edit]
- South West Peninsula (western part of the West Country comprising the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset)
- Dengie peninsula, Essex
- The centre of the city of Durham, County Durham
- The Fylde, Lancashire
- Hoo, Kent
- Isle of Dogs, London
- Greenwich Peninsula, London
- Gosport, Hampshire
- The Lizard, Cornwall
- Manhood Peninsula, West Sussex
- Morte Point, North Devon
- Penwith, Cornwall
- Isle of Purbeck, Dorset
- Isle of Portland, Dorset
- Rotherhithe, London
- Spurn, East Riding of Yorkshire
- Shotley peninsula, Suffolk
- Tendring, Essex
- Wirral, Cheshire/Merseyside
Scotland[edit]
- 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
- The Machars, Dumfries and Galloway
- Morvern, Lochaber
- Rhins of Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway
- Strathy Point, Sutherland
- Point of Hellia, Orkney
- Point or the Eye peninsula, Western Isles
Wales[edit]
- Creuddyn Peninsula juts out of the North Wales coast
- Gower Peninsula, Swansea
- Llŷn Peninsula
- Marloes Peninsula, Pembrokeshire
- Pembrokeshire peninsula, West Wales
- South Pembrokeshire Peninsula.
- St Davids Head, Pembrokeshire
- South West Wales - Swansea to New Quay
Northern Ireland[edit]
Channel Islands[edit]
Other peninsulas in Europe[edit]
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- Absheron peninsula, Azerbaijan
- Akranes, Iceland
- Au peninsula, Au, Zurich, Switzerland
- Butjadingen, Germany
- Brøggerhalvøya, Norway
- Crimean peninsula, disputed between Ukraine and Russia
- Curonian Spit, Lithuania (shared with Russia)
- Fischland-Darß-Zingst, Germany
- Hel Peninsula, Poland
- Heracles Peninsula, disputed between Ukraine and Russia
- Kakumäe Peninsula, Estonia
- Kerch Peninsula, disputed between Ukraine and Russia
- Karpass Peninsula, Cyprus
- North Holland, the Netherlands
- Sõrve Peninsula, Estonia
- Tihany, Hungary
- Walcheren, the Netherlands
- Zuid-Beveland, the Netherlands
Asia[edit]
China[edit]
Russia[edit]
Turkey[edit]
Eastern Mediterranean[edit]
Indian subcontinent and South Asia[edit]
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The Indostanic Peninsula or Indian subcontinent is itself a peninsula, the only land feature in the world that is widely recognized as a subcontinent in the English language.
- Colaba peninsula, Mumbai
- Deccan peninsula
- Worli peninsula, Mumbai
- Kathiawar Peninsula, Gujarat
- Gwadar peninsula, Pakistan
- Manhoro - small peninsula, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
- Jaffna Peninsula, Northern Sri Lanka
- Kanyakumari peninsula, Tamil Nadu
- List of islands of Pakistan
Japan[edit]
Kyūshū[edit]
Honshū[edit]
Hokkaido[edit]
Kazakhstan[edit]
Korea[edit]
The whole land mass encompassing North and South Korea is a peninsula, surrounded by the Sea of Korea on the east, the East China Sea to the south, and the West Sea to the west, the Korea Strait connecting the first two bodies of water.
Taiwan[edit]
Persian Gulf[edit]
- Arabian Peninsula; Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman
- Qatar
- Al-Faw Peninsula, Iraq
- Musandam Peninsula; Oman, United Arab Emirates
South East Asia[edit]
Indonesia[edit]
Malaysia[edit]
- Malay Peninsula
- Northwestern Peninsula, Kudat
- Pitas Peninsula, Pitas
- Semporna Peninsula, Semporna and Tawau
- Sandakan Peninsula, Sandakan
Philippines[edit]
Vietnam[edit]
North America[edit]
Canada[edit]
- Acadian Peninsula, New Brunswick
- Adelaide Peninsula, Nunavut
- Aspotogan Peninsula, Nova Scotia
- 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
- Chebucto Peninsula, Nova Scotia
- 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
- Cynthia Peninsula, Ontario (in Lake Temagami)
- Douglas Peninsula, Northwest Territories
- Dunlas Peninsula, Melville Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
- Foxe Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec
- Great Northern Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Hall Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Henry Kater Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Joan Peninsula, Ontario (in Lake Temagami)
- Kent Peninsula, Nunavut
- Kingston Peninsula, New Brunswick
- Labrador Peninsula, encompassing all of Labrador and most of Quebec
- Leith Peninsula, Northwest Territories (in Great Bear Lake)
- Long Point, Ontario (in Lake Erie)
- McLean Peninsula, Ontario (in Lake Temagami)
- Melville Peninsula, Nunavut
- Meta Incognita Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Natkusiak Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
- Niagara Peninsula, Ontario
- North Peninsula, Ontario (in Lake Nipigon)
- 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)
- Sahoyúé-§ehdacho, Northwest Territories
- 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
- Sunshine Coast Peninsula, Sea-to-Sky Corridor, British Columbia
- Ungava Peninsula, Quebec
- Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
Greenland[edit]
- Alfred Wegeners Halvo
- Hayes Halvo
- Ingnerit
- Nuussuaq Peninsula
- Sigguup Nunaa (Svartenhuk Halvø)
Mexico[edit]
- Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, containing the states of Baja California and Baja California Sur
- Yucatán Peninsula, partly separating the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean
United States[edit]
Alaska[edit]
California[edit]
- Bay Farm Island, Alameda and Oakland International Airport
- Marin County, California, is a southwards-pointing peninsula surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the northern part of San Francisco Bay, and San Pablo Bay
- Monterey Peninsula
- Palos Verdes Peninsula, South Bay, Los Angeles
- Point Dume, Malibu
- Point Loma, San Diego
- San Francisco Peninsula
- Samoa Peninsula, the larger, northern arm of land separating Humboldt Bay from the Pacific
- Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach
Florida[edit]
Florida is a well-known example of a large peninsula, with its land area divided between the larger Florida peninsula and the smaller Florida panhandle on the north and west. It has several smaller peninsulas within it:
- The St. Johns River creates a large peninsula over 75 miles in length that stretches from eastern Jacksonville down to the border of Flagler and Volusia counties, where the river emanates from Lake George.
- Fairpoint Peninsula
- Pinellas peninsula including St. Petersburg and Clearwater
- Much of Tampa lies on a peninsula called Interbay Peninsula jutting out into Tampa Bay
- Cape Sable
Maryland[edit]
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- Maryland shares the Delmarva Peninsula east of Chesapeake Bay with Delaware and Virginia.
- St. Mary's Peninsula is defined by the Patuxent River, the Potomac River, and Chesapeake Bay.
- Calvert Peninsula lies between Chesapeake Bay and the Patuxent River.
- Numerous smaller tidal tributaries form smaller peninsulas on both the Eastern and Western shores of Chesapeake Bay. Named examples include the Broadneck Peninsula in Anne Arundel County and the Elk Neck Peninsula in Cecil County.
Massachusetts[edit]
- Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a cape that can be viewed as a peninsula
- Nahant, a town in Essex County, is on a small peninsula.
- Nantasket Peninsula, Hull
Michigan[edit]
Michigan - the only bi-peninsular state - is very distinguishable for its mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula of Michigan which includes:
- Leelanau Peninsula
- Lost Peninsula
- Old Mission Peninsula
- Pointe Mouillee
- Presque Isle Peninsula
- Tawas Point
- The Thumb
- Waugoshance Point
- Woodtick Peninsula
The rifle-shaped Upper Peninsula of Michigan contains:
New Jersey[edit]
- Barnegat Peninsula
- Cape May Peninsula
- Sandy Hook
- New Barbadoes Neck lies between the Hackensack River and Passaic River
- Caven Point in Jersey City is a part of Liberty State Park and Port Liberte.
- Bergen Point and Constable Hook are two peninsulas in Bayonne, which itself lies on peninsula surrounded by Upper New York Bay, Newark Bay, and the Kill van Kull, formerly known as Bergen Neck
- Droyer's Point and Kearny Point mark the mouth of the Hackensack River
- MOTBY and Port Jersey are man-made peninisulas extending in Upper New York Bay
New York[edit]
- The Bronx, New York, and Yonkers, New York
- Long Island was once a peninsula connected to North America during the great Ice Ages, and includes two large peninsulas at its east end: the South Fork and the North Fork.
- Cumberland Head
- Coney Island was once an actual island until the island was expanded through land reclamation into the Coney Island Creek, thus becoming a peninsula.
- Rockaway Peninsula in southeastern Queens
- Irondequoit, NY (Geographical headland)
Utah[edit]
- Antelope Island, Utah, becomes a peninsula when waters are low, on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake
- Promontory Peninsula, on the north eastern shore of the Great Salt Lake
- Stansbury Peninsula becomes an island when waters are high, on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake
Virginia[edit]
- Middle Peninsula, on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay
- Northern Neck, on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay
- Virginia Peninsula, on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay
Washington[edit]
- Key Peninsula in Puget Sound
- Kitsap Peninsula in Puget Sound
- Long Beach Peninsula
- Olympic Peninsula
Other states[edit]
- Delmarva Peninsula, encompassing parts of Maryland and Virginia, and all of Delaware
- Door Peninsula, Wisconsin, in Lake Michigan
- Mokapu, Hawaii
- Presque Isle, Erie, Pennsylvania
- Port Bolivar, Texas, On the Texas Coast.
- Encinal Peninsula, Flour Bluff, Corpus Christi, Texas.
- Kentucky Bend, Kentucky
Central America[edit]
South America[edit]
Caribbean[edit]
- Peninsula de Samaná, Dominican Republic
- Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico
- Zapata Peninsula, Cuba
- Guanahacabibes Peninsula, Cuba
- Hicacos Peninsula, Cuba
Antarctica[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries, ed. (2004). Word Histories and Mysteries: From Abracadabra to Zeus. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 216. ISBN 978-0547350271. OCLC 55746553.
- ^ "Definition of peninsula". American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Houghton Mifflin. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ "Definition of peninsula". Cambridge Dictionaries Online. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ "Definition of peninsula". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ Peninsula. – Britannica Student Encyclopedia. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica, Retrieved 2007-07-19.
- ^ http://travelingluck.com/Africa/Sierra%20Leone/Northern/_2409328_Fourah+Point.html#local_map
- ^ National Geographic, ed. (1996). "Peninsula". Retrieved 18 January 2015.
External links[edit]
The dictionary definition of peninsula at Wiktionary
Media related to Peninsulas at Wikimedia Commons
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