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A small peninsula in Croatia

A peninsula (Latin "paenīnsula", "paene-": almost + "īnsula": island) is a piece of land that is 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]. Note that a point is generally considered a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water that is less prominent than a cape.^[2]

1 Oceania
2 Europe
3 Asia
4 South East Asia
- 4.1 Philippines
- 4.2 Indonesia
5 North America
6 South America
- 6.1 Chile
- 6.2 Other countries
7 Caribbean
8 Africa
9 Antarctica
10 References

Oceania

Australia

A beach on the Mornington Peninsula

Looking north over the Kurnell Peninsula.

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain

Huon Peninsula

Europe

Europe is sometimes considered to be a large peninsula extending off of Eurasia. It is composed of many peninsulas, the four main component peninsulas being the Iberian, Scandinavian, Italian, and Balkan peninsulas.

Balkan Peninsula

The Balkans is a peninsula including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.

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

Italy

Italian Peninsula
Calabria
Penisola salentina (Salento)

Promontorio del Gargano (Monte Gargano)
Penisola sorrentina (Sorrentine Peninsula)
Promontorio di Orbetello

Iberian Peninsula

Main article: 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
Södertörn, Sweden
Varangerhalvøya, Norway

United Kingdom

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 that 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

Scotland

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

Northern Ireland

Lecale Peninsula
Ramore Head, Portrush

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
Inishowen
Iveragh Peninsula
Mizen Head Peninsula
Mullet Peninsula
Rosguill
Sheep's Head Peninsula

Russia

Other countries

Au peninsula, Lake Zürich, Switzerland

Asia

Kazakhstan

Mangyshlak Peninsula

Eastern Mediterranean

Panoramic view of Beirut.

Panoramic view of Haifa, Israel's Second Largest Metropolitan Area

Persian Gulf

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

Indian subcontinent and South Asia

South India (Peninsular India).

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

Korea

Main article: 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

Kyūshū

Nishi-sonogi-hanto
Kunisaki-hanto

Honshū

Hokkaido

Shiretoko

South East Asia

Malay Peninsula

Indochina peninsula

Philippines

Bataan Peninsula, Luzon
Bicol Peninsula, Luzon

Caramoan Peninsula, Bicol

Bondoc Peninsula, Luzon

Indonesia

Poluostrov Yamau
Semenanjung Blambangan, Java,
Semenanjung Minahassa, Sulawesi

North America

Canada

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
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
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)
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)
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 region, British Columbia
Ungava Peninsula, Quebec
Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut

United States

Alaska

Alaska Peninsula
Cleveland Peninsula

California

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

Florida

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:

Fairpoint Peninsula
Pinellas peninsula including St. Petersburg and Clearwater

Much of Tampa lies on a peninsula jutting out into Tampa Bay
Cape Sable

Michigan

Main articles: Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Lower Peninsula of Michigan

Michigan is very distinguishable for its mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula of Michigan which includes:

Old Mission Peninsula
The Thumb
Woodtick Peninsula

The northern half of Michigan is called the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and contains:

Abbaye Peninsula
Garden Peninsula

Keweenaw Peninsula
Stonington Peninsula

New Jersey

Cape May Peninsula, New Jersey
New Jersey Peninsula - This state can be viewed as a peninsula surrounded by the Delaware River, Atlantic Ocean and the Delaware Bay

Sandy Hook

New York

The Bronx, New York, and Yonkers, New York
Long Island, was once a peninsula connected to North America during the great Ice Ages

Cumberland Head

Utah

Antelope Island, Utah, becomes a peninsula when waters are low, on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake
Promentory 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

Delmarva Peninsula, encompassing parts of Maryland and Virginia, and all of Delaware
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

Other states

Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a cape that can be viewed as a peninsula
Delmarva Peninsula, encompassing parts of Maryland and Virginia, and all of Delaware
Door Peninsula, Wisconsin, in Lake Michigan
Key Peninsula, Washington, in Puget Sound
Kitsap Peninsula, Washington, in Puget Sound

Mokapu, Hawaii
Nahant, Massachusetts
Olympic Peninsula, Washington
Presque Isle, Erie, Pennsylvania
Port Bolivar, Texas, On the Texas Coast.

Greenland

Alfred Wegeners Halvo
Hayes Halvo
Ingnerit

Nuussuaq Peninsula
Sigguup Nunaa (Svartenhuk Halvø)

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
- Tres Montes Peninsula, Aisén Region

Other countries

Caribbean

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)
Cape Agulhas, South Africa, southern tip of Africa, and the official dividing point between the Atlantic and Indian oceans.^[3]

Antarctica

Fowler Peninsula
Martin Peninsula

References

^ Peninsula. – Britannica Student Encyclopedia. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica, Retrieved 2007-07-19.
^ http://travelingluck.com/Africa/Sierra%20Leone/Northern/_2409328_Fourah+Point.html#local_map
^ Limits of Oceans and Seas. International Hydrographic Organization Special Publication No. 23, 1953.

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Contents

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Europe

Balkan Peninsula

Denmark

Italy

Iberian Peninsula

Scandinavian Peninsula

United Kingdom

England

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Russia

Other countries

Asia

Kazakhstan

Eastern Mediterranean

Persian Gulf

Indian subcontinent and South Asia

China

Korea

Japan

Kyūshū

Honshū

Hokkaido

South East Asia

Philippines

Indonesia

North America

Canada

United States

Alaska

California

Florida

Michigan

New Jersey

New York

Utah

Virginia

Other states

Greenland

Mexico

South America

Chile

Other countries

Caribbean

Africa

Antarctica

References