Peninsula

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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, point, or spit.

Contents 1 Peninsulas of the World 1.1 Eurasia 1.1.1 Continental Europe 1.1.2 Balkan "Peninsula" 1.1.3 Denmark 1.1.4 Italy 1.1.5 Iberian Peninsula 1.1.6 Scandinavian Peninsula 1.1.7 United Kingdom 1.1.7.1 England 1.1.7.2 Scotland 1.1.7.3 Wales 1.1.7.4 Northern Ireland 1.1.8 Republic of Ireland 1.1.9 Russia 1.1.10 Kazakhstan 1.1.11 Middle East 1.1.12 Indian subcontinent and South Asia 1.1.13 China 1.1.14 Korean Peninsula 1.1.15 Japan 1.1.15.1 Kyūshū 1.1.15.2 Honshū 1.1.16 Southeast Asia 1.1.17 Philippines 1.1.18 Indonesia 1.2 The Americas 1.2.1 United States of America 1.2.2 Canada 1.2.3 Greenland 1.2.4 Mexico 1.2.5 Central America 1.2.6 South America 1.2.7 Caribbean 1.3 Australia & Oceania 1.3.1 Australia 1.3.2 New Zealand 1.3.3 Papua New Guinea 1.4 Africa 1.5 Antarctica

[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)
• Grenen, Denmark
• Hel Peninsula, Poland
• Iberian Peninsula, continental Spain and Portugal, Andorra and the British dependency of Gibraltar.
• 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

[edit] Balkan "Peninsula"

• Chalkidiki, Greece
• Pilio, Greece
• Karaburun peninsula, Albania
• Kassandra, Greece
• Mani Peninsula, Greece
• Mount Athos, Greece
• Peloponnesos, Greece
• Sithonia, Greece
• Zadar, Croatia
• Pelješac, Croatia

[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

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] England

• 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

[edit] Scotland

• 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

[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

[edit] Northern Ireland

• Ulster - as Donegal is part of Ulster, the province is surrounded on three sides by water - therefore, Ulster is a peninsula
• Ards Peninsula, County Down
• Island Magee
• Lecale Peninsula

[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

• Chukchi Peninsula
• Kamchatka Peninsula
• Kola Peninsula
• Rybachiy Peninsula
• Taymyr Peninsula
• Yamal Peninsula

[edit] Kazakhstan

• Mangyshlak Peninsula

[edit] Middle East

• Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
• Al-Faw peninsula, Iraq
• Kapidagi Yarimadasi, Turkey
• Datça Peninsula, Turkey
• Musandam peninsula, Oman
• Qatar
• Arabia
• Asia Minor

[edit] Indian subcontinent and South Asia

• Bombay city
• Kathiawar Peninsula, Gujarat
• Gwadar peninsula, Pakistan

[edit] China

• Kowloon Peninsula, (Hong Kong)
• Leizhou Peninsula
• Liaodong Peninsula
• Shandong Peninsula

[edit] Korean Peninsula

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

[edit] Japan

See also Peninsulas of Japan

[edit] Kyūshū

• Nishi-sonogi-hanto
• Kunisaki-hanto
• Satsuma-hanto
• Osumi-hanto

[edit] Honshū

• Shiriya-zaki
• Oshika-hanto
• Noto-hanto
• Oga-hanto
• Miura-hato
• Boso-hanto
• Inubo-zaki
• Izu-hanto

[edit] Southeast Asia

• Malay Peninsula
• Ca Mau Peninsula, Vietnam

[edit] Philippines

• Bataan Peninsula, Luzon
• Bondoc Peninsula, Luzon
• Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao
• San Ildefonso Peninsula, Luzon

[edit] Indonesia

• Poluostrov Yamau
• Semenanjung Blambangan, Java,
• Semenanjung Minahassa, Sulawesi
• East Peninsula, Sulawesi
• South-east Peninsula, Sulawesi
• South Peninsula, Sulawesi

[edit] The Americas

[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] 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
• 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

[edit] Greenland

• Alfred Wegeners Halvo
• Hayes Halvo
• Ingnerit
• Nuussuaq Halvo
• Svartenhuk Halvo

[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

• Península de Azuero, Panama
• Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

[edit] South America

• Araya Peninsula, Venezuela
• Brecknock Peninsula, Chile
• Brunswick Peninsula, Chile
• Guajira Peninsula, Colombia
• Paracas Peninsula, Peru
• Paraguana, Venezuela
• Paria Peninsula, Venezuela
• Taitao Peninsula, Chile
• Verde Peninsula, Argentina
• Valdes Peninsula, Argentina

[edit] Caribbean

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

[edit] Australia & Oceania

[edit] Australia

• 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

[edit] New Zealand

• 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
• Whangaparaoa Peninsula, North Island

[edit] Papua New Guinea

• Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain
• Huon Peninsula

[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