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Peninsula Peninsula
A
peninsula (from
Latin "paene insula",
almost island ) is a
geographical formation consisting of an extension of
land from a larger
body , surrounded by
water on three sides.
A peninsula can also be a
headland ,
cape ,
promontory ,
bill , or
spit .
Eurasia *
Apsheron ,
Azerbaijan *
Brittany ,
France *
Butjadingen ,
Germany *
Cotentin Peninsula ,
France *
Crimea ,
Ukraine *
Gallipoli ,
Turkey *
Grenen ,
Denmark *
Hel Peninsula ,
Poland *
Iberian Peninsula , continental
Spain and
Portugal ,
Andorra and the British dependency of
Gibraltar .
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Italian Peninsula ,
Italy *
Jutland Peninsula , northern
Germany and
Denmark *
Piran ,
Slovenia *
Istria ,
Italy ,
Croatia , and
Slovenia *
Saint-Tropez , on the
French Riviera *
North Holland ,
Netherlands *
Walcheren ,
Netherlands *
Zuid-Beveland ,
Netherlands *
Chalkidiki ,
Greece *
Pilio ,
Greece *
Karaburun peninsula ,
Albania *
Kassandra ,
Greece *
Mani Peninsula ,
Greece *
Mount Athos ,
Greece *
Peloponnesos ,
Greece *
Sithonia ,
Greece *
Zadar ,
Croatia *
Jutland Peninsula *
Italian Peninsula *
Calabria * Penisola salentina (Salento)
* Promontorio del Gargano
* Penisola sorrentina
* Promontorio di Orbetello
-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)
-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
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Cornwall ,
Devon ,
Somerset and
Dorset - the
South West Peninsula , or the
Westcountry , or
Wessex * The
Penwith Peninsula ,
Cornwall *
Durham *
Fylde ,
Lancashire *
Isle of Dogs ,
London *
Isle of Purbeck ,
Dorset *
The Lizard ,
Cornwall *
Penwith ,
Cornwall *
Rotherhithe ,
London *
Spurn ,
Yorkshire *
Tendring ,
Essex *
Wirral ,
Cheshire and
Merseyside =
*
Ardnamurchan ,
Lochaber *
Black Isle ,
Ross and Cromarty *
Kintyre ,
Argyll and Bute *
Cowal ,
Argyll and Bute *
Dunnet Head ,
Caithness *
Faraid Head ,
Sutherland *
Fife *
Knoydart ,
Lochaber *
Morvern ,
Lochaber *
Strathy Point ,
Sutherland *
Point, Outer Hebrides =
*
Gower Peninsula ,
Swansea *
Lleyn Peninsula *
Pembrokeshire Peninsula.
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Ards Peninsula ,
County Down *
Island Magee *
Lecale Peninsula *
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 :''See also
Peninsulas of Russia *
Chukchi Peninsula *
Kamchatka Peninsula *
Kola Peninsula *
Rybachiy Peninsula *
Taymyr Peninsula *
Yamal Peninsula *
Sinai Peninsula ,
Egypt *
Al-Faw peninsula ,
Iraq *
Kapidagi Yarimadasi ,
Turkey *
Musandam peninsula ,
Oman *
Qatar *
Arabia *
Asia Minor *
Mumbai city
*
Kathiawar Peninsula,
Gujarat *
Gwadar peninsula ,
Pakistan *
Malay Peninsula *
Kowloon Peninsula ,
Hong Kong (
China )
*
Leizhou Bandao ,
China *
Liaodong Bandao ,
China *
Shandong Bandao ,
China *
Ca Mau Peninsula ,
Vietnam The whole land mass encompassing
North and
South Korea is a peninsula.
:''See also
Peninsulas of Japan Kyushu :
*
Nishi-sonogi-hanto *
Kunisaki-hanto *
Satsuma-hanto *
Osumi-hanto Honshu :
*
Shiriya-zaki *
Oshika-hanto *
Noto-hanto *
Oga-hanto *
Miura-hato *
Boso-hanto *
Inubo-zaki *
Izu-hanto *
Bataan Peninsula *
Bondoc peninsula ,
Luzon *
Zamboanga ,
Mindanao *
San Ildefonso peninsula ,
Luzon *
Poluostrov Yamau *
Semenanjung Blambangan ,
Java ,
*
Semenanjung Minahassa ,
Sulawesi *
East Peninsula, Sulawesi *
South-east Peninsula, Sulawesi *
South Peninsula, Sulawesi The Americas *
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 Peninusla ,
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 *
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 *
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 )
*
Province of Nova Scotia *
Pangertot Peninsula ,
Nunavut *
Parry Peninsula ,
Northwest Territories *
Péninsule de la Gaspésie ,
Quebec *
Péninsule d'Ungava ,
Quebec *
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 *
Wollaston Peninsula ,
Victoria Island ,
Northwest Territories /
Nunavut *
Alfred Wegeners Halvo *
Hayes Halvo *
Ingnerit *
Nuussuaq Halvo *
Svartenhuk Halvo *
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 *
Península de Azuero ,
Panama *
Nicoya Peninsula ,
Costa Rica *
Paraguana ,
Venezuela *
Araya Peninsula ,
Venezuela *
Brunswick Peninsula ,
Chile *
Guajira Peninsula ,
Colombia *
Paracas Peninsula ,
Peru *
Paria Peninsula ,
Venezuela *
Taitao Peninsula ,
Chile *
Verde Peninsula ,
Argentina *
Valdes Peninsula ,
Argentina *
Barrio Obrero ,
Puerto Rico , despite its name, it
is also a peninsula
Australia & Oceania A beach on the Mornington Peninsula
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Beecroft Peninsula ,
New South Wales *
Cape York Peninsula ,
Queensland *
Cobourg Peninsula ,
Northern Territory *
Eyre Peninsula ,
South Australia *
Fleurieu Peninsula ,
South Australia *
Freycinet Peninsula ,
Tasmania *
Inskip Peninsula ,
Queensland *
Jervis Bay Territory *
Mornington Peninsula ,
Victoria *
Tasman Peninsula ,
Tasmania *
Wilsons Promontory ,
Victoria *
Yorke Peninsula ,
South Australia *
Younghusband Peninsula ,
South Australia *
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 *
Mount Nicaragua ,
North Island *
North Auckland Peninsula ,
North Island *
Otago Peninsula ,
South Island *
Tiwai Point ,
South Island *
Whangaparaoa Peninsula ,
North Island *
Gazelle Peninsula ,
New Britain *
Huon Peninsula *
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)
*
Antarctic Peninsula *
Edward VII Peninsula *
Fletcher Peninsula *
Fowler Peninsula *
Martin Peninsula
