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Everything about Peninsula totally explainedA peninsula is a piece of land that's bordered on three sides by water, but is still attached to the mainland.
A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, island promontory, bill, point, or spit.
Europe
- Europe itself is a peninsula.
Balkan "Peninsula"
The Balkans is a peninsula including Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Albania, and Montenegro.
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
Djursland
Grenen
Helgenæs
Horne Land
Hornsherred
Hindsholm
Mols
Odsherred
Stevns Peninsula
Italy
Italian Peninsula
Calabria
Penisola salentina (Salento)
Promontorio del Gargano (Monte Gargano)
Penisola sorrentina (Sorrentine Peninsula)
Promontorio di Orbetello
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula encompasses 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 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
Britain
England
Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset - the South West Peninsula, or the Westcountry, or Wessex
The Penwith Peninsula, Cornwall
Cornwall is technically a peninsula
Dengie peninsula, Essex
Durham
Fylde, Lancashire
Hoo, Kent
Isle of Dogs, London
Greenwich Peninsula, London
Isle of Purbeck, Dorset
The Lizard, Cornwall
Penwith, Cornwall
Rotherhithe, London
Spurn, Yorkshire
Tendring, Essex
Wirral, Cheshire and Merseyside
Scotland
Ardnamurchan, Lochaber
Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty
Kintyre, Argyll and Bute
Cowal, Argyll and Bute
Doonie Point, Aberdeenshire
Dunnet Head, Caithness
Faraid Head, Sutherland
Fife
Knoydart, Lochaber
Morvern, Lochaber
Strathy Point, Sutherland
Point of Hellia, Orkney
Point, Outer Hebrides
Wales
Wales is itself a peninsula
Gower Peninsula, Swansea
Llŷn 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
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Ards Peninsula, County Down
Island Magee
Lecale Peninsula
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
Other countries
Apsheron, Azerbaijan
Brittany, France
Butjadingen, Germany
Cotentin Peninsula, France
Crimea, Ukraine
Gallipoli, Turkey (formerly the Thracian Chersonese)
Hel Peninsula, Poland
North Holland, Netherlands
Walcheren, Netherlands
Zuid-Beveland, Netherlands
Sõrve Säär, Estonia
Asia
Russia » See also Peninsulas of Russia
Chukchi Peninsula
Kamchatka Peninsula
Kola Peninsula
Rybachiy Peninsula
Samland peninsula, Kaliningrad Oblast
Taymyr Peninsula
Yamal Peninsula
Kazakhstan
Mangyshlak Peninsula
Middle East
Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Al-Faw peninsula, Iraq
Kapidagi Yarimadasi, Turkey
Datça Peninsula, Turkey
Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey
Musandam peninsula, Oman
Miankaleh peninsula, Iran
Qatar
Arabian Peninsula; Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman
Asia Minor
Indian subcontinent and South Asia
The Indian subcontinent is itself a peninsula
Colaba peninsula, Mumbai city
Deccan peninsula
Worli peninsula, Mumbai
Kathiawar Peninsula, Gujarat
Gwadar peninsula, Pakistan
China
Kowloon Peninsula, (Hong Kong)
Leizhou Peninsula
Liaodong Peninsula
Shandong Peninsula
Fan Lau, (Hong Kong)
Sai Kung Peninsula, (Hong Kong)
Stanley Peninsula, (Hong Kong)
Chi Ma Wan Peninsula, (Hong Kong)
Chung Hom Kok Peninsula, (Hong Kong)
Wan Tsai Peninsula, (Hong Kong)
Macau Peninsula, (Macau)
Korean Peninsula
The whole land mass encompassing North and South Korea is a peninsula.
Japan » See also Peninsulas of Japan
Kyūshū
Nishi-sonogi-hanto
Kunisaki-hanto
Satsuma-hanto
Osumi-hanto
Honshū
Oshika-hanto
Noto-hanto
Oga-hanto
Miura-hato
Boso-hanto
South East Asia
Malay Peninsula
Indochina peninsula
Philippines
Caramoan Peninsula, Bicol
Bataan Peninsula, Luzon
Bondoc Peninsula, Luzon
Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao
San Ildefonso Peninsula, Luzon
Indonesia
Poluostrov Yamau
Semenanjung Blambangan, Java,
Semenanjung Minahassa, Sulawesi
East Peninsula, Sulawesi
South-east Peninsula, Sulawesi
South Peninsula, Sulawesi
North America
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
Burrard Peninsula, British Columbia
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, British Columbia
Ungava Peninsula, Quebec
Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
United States of America
Florida
Florida is a well known example of a peninsula and has some peninsulas on it.
Florida Peninsula, encompassing most of the state.
Fairpoint Peninsula, Florida
Pinellas peninsula including Saint Petersburg and Clearwater, Florida
Cape Sable
The Florida Keys might be considered a peninsula, probably since they form a chain and are linked by US1.
Western Bradenton is a small peninsula.
Michigan
Michigan is very distinguishable for its mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula which includes The Thumb, Fountain Point, the Leelanau Peninsula, and Old Mission Peninsula. The northern half of Michigan is called the Upper Peninsula and contains the Keweenaw Peninsula, the Garden Peninsula and the Stonington Peninsula.
Other states
Alaska Peninsula, Alaska
The Bronx, New York
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
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Key Peninsula, Washington, in Puget Sound
Kitsap Peninsula, Washington, in Puget Sound
Middle Peninsula, Virginia, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay
Mokapu, Hawaii
New Jersey Peninsula, the state is a peninsula surrounded by the Delaware River,Atlantic Ocean, and the Delaware Bay
Northern Neck, Virginia, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay
Olympic Peninsula, Washington
Palos Verdes Peninsula, California
Point Loma, San Diego, California
Presque Isle, Erie, Pennsylvania
Sandy Hook, New Jersey
San Francisco Peninsula, California
Seward Peninsula, Alaska
Virginia Peninsula, Virginia, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay
Greenland
Alfred Wegeners Halvo
Hayes Halvo
Ingnerit
Nuussuaq Halvo
Svartenhuk Halvo
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
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, Aisén Region
Tres Montes Peninsula, Aisén Region
Brecknock Peninsula, Chile
Brunswick Peninsula, Chile
Taitao Peninsula, Chile
Other countries
Península de Azuero, Panama
Placencia Peninsula, Belize
Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Araya Peninsula, Venezuela
Paraguana, Venezuela
Paria Peninsula, Venezuela
Guajira Peninsula, Colombia
Paracas Peninsula, Peru
Verde Peninsula, Argentina
Valdes Peninsula, Argentina
Caribbean
Samaná, Dominican Republic
Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico, despite its name, it is also a peninsula
Oceania
Australia
Beecraft Peninsula, New South Wales
Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria
Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory
Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia
Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania
Inskop Peninsula, Queensland
Jervis Bay Territory
Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Redcliffe, Queensland
Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania
Wilsons Promontory, Victoria
Woy Woy, New South Wales
Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Younghusband Peninsula, South Australia
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
Papua New Guinea
Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain
Huon Peninsula
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
Somali peninsula, Somalia
Raas Xaafuun peninsula/Ras Hafun, Somalia
Ponta de São Lourenço, Madeira Islands (Portuguese Territory)
Antarctica
Antarctic Peninsula
Edward VII Peninsula
Fletcher Peninsula
Fowler Peninsula
Martin PeninsulaFurther Information
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