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Presented below is a list of peninsulas. A peninsula (Latin: paeninsula from paene "almost" and insula "island") is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. The surrounding water is usually understood to be continuous, though not necessarily named as such. A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, island promontory, bill, point, or spit. A point is generally considered a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water that is less prominent than a cape. In English, the plural of peninsula is peninsulas or, less commonly, peninsulae. A river which courses through a very tight meander is also sometimes said to form a "peninsula" within the (almost closed) loop of water.
Contents
- Horn of Africa
- Antarctica
- Taiwan
- Hong Kong
- Eastern Mediterranean
- Indian subcontinent and South Asia
- Kysh
- Honsh
- Hokkaido
- Kazakhstan
- Korea
- Persian Gulf
- Indochina
- Malaysia
- Singapore
- Europe
- Balkan Peninsula
- France
- Iberian Peninsula
- Scandinavia
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- Northern Ireland
- Channel Islands
- Caribbean
- Greenland
- Mexico
- Alaska
- Florida
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- New York
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- Papua New Guinea
- New Zealand
- References
Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa is a peninsula compassing of the countries of Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Ethiopia.
Antarctica
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Eastern Mediterranean
Indian subcontinent and South Asia
The Indian subcontinent is a peninsula, the only land feature in the world that is widely recognized as a subcontinent in the English language.
Kyūshū
Honshū
Hokkaido
Kazakhstan
Korea
The whole land mass encompassing North and South Korea is a peninsula, surrounded by the Sea of Korea on the east, the East China Sea to the south, and the West Sea to the west, the Korea Strait connecting the first two bodies of water.
Persian Gulf
Indochina
Malaysia
Singapore
Europe
Europe is sometimes considered to be a large peninsula extending off Eurasia. As such, it is one of the largest peninsulas in the world and the only one to have the status as a full continent, largely as a matter of convention rather than science. It is composed of many smaller 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, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and the European part of Turkey.
France
Iberian Peninsula
Encompassing continental Spain and Portugal, Andorra, British overseas territory of Gibraltar and a small amount of southern France.
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a peninsula and along with other islands encompassing present-day Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and part of Finland.
Turkey
Ukraine
Northern Ireland
Channel Islands
Caribbean
Greenland
Mexico
Alaska
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: