PENINSULA

A 'peninsula' is a piece of land that is bordered on three or more sides by water.
A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, island promontory, bill, point, or spit.^[1]
===Eurasia

Contents

The Americas

Australia & Oceania

References

Continental Europe

★ Europe itself is a peninsula.

★ Apsheron, Azerbaijan

★ Brittany, France

★ Butjadingen, Germany

★ Cotentin Peninsula, France

★ Crimea, Ukraine

★ Gallipoli, Turkey (formerly the Thracian Chersonese)

★ Gibraltar

★ Grenen, Denmark

★ Hel Peninsula, Poland

★ Italian Peninsula, Italy

★ North Holland, Netherlands

★ Walcheren, Netherlands

★ Zuid-Beveland, Netherlands

★ Sõrve Säär, Estonia

'Balkan "Peninsula"'

★ Chalkidiki, Greece

★ Istria, Croatia

★ Karaburun peninsula, Albania

★ Kassandra, Greece

★ Luštica, Montenegro

★ Mani Peninsula, Greece

★ Mount Athos, Greece

★ Pelješac, Croatia

★ Peloponnesos, Greece

★ Pilio, Greece

★ Sithonia, Greece

★ Split, Croatia

★ Zadar, Croatia

Denmark

★ Jutland Peninsula

Italy

★ Italian Peninsula

★ Calabria

★ Penisola salentina (Salento)

★ Promontorio del Gargano (Monte Gargano)

★ Penisola sorrentina (Sorrentine Peninsula)

★ Promontorio di Orbetello

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)

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

United Kingdom

England

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★ 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

★ Isle of Purbeck, Dorset

★ The Lizard, Cornwall

★ Penwith, Cornwall

★ Rotherhithe, London

★ Spurn, Yorkshire

★ Tendring, Essex

★ Wirral, Cheshire and Merseyside

=Scotland

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★ 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

=Wales

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★ 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

★ 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

=Northern Ireland

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★ 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

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)

Korean Peninsula

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

Japan

:''See also Peninsulas of Japan

=Kyūshū

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★ Nishi-sonogi-hanto

★ Kunisaki-hanto

★ Satsuma-hanto

★ Osumi-hanto

=Honshū

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★ Shiriya-zaki

★ Oshika-hanto

★ Noto-hanto

★ Oga-hanto

★ Miura-hato

★ Boso-hanto

★ Inubo-zaki

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

The Americas

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

★ 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 (Southern Tip), British Columbia

★ Ungava Peninsula, Quebec

★ Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut

Greenland

★ Alfred Wegeners Halvo

★ Hayes Halvo

★ Ingnerit

★ Nuussuaq Halvo

★ Svartenhuk Halvo

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, Aysen Region

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★ Tres Montes Peninsula, Aysen Region

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

Central America

★ Península de Azuero, Panama

★ Placencia Peninsula, Belize

★ Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

★ Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

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

Caribbean

★ Samaná, Dominican Republic

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

United States of America

★ 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

★ Fairpoint Peninsula, Florida

★ Florida Peninsula, encompassing most of Florida state

★ Fountain Point, Michigan

★ 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

★ New Jersey Peninsula, the state is a peninsula surronded by the Deleware River,Atlantic Ocean, and the Deleware Bay

★ 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

★ Point Loma, San Diego, California

★ Presque Isle, Erie, Pennsylvania

★ 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

Australia & Oceania

Australia

★ Beecraft Peninsula, New South Wales

★ Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria

★ Cape fork 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

★ Yorkey 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

★ Whangaparaoa Peninsula, North 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 Peninsula

References

1. Peninsula. – Britannica Student Encyclopedia. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica, Retrieved 2007-07-19.