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List of peninsulas

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.

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Horn of Africa

The Horn of Africa is a peninsula compassing of the countries of Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Ethiopia.

  • Buri Peninsula, Eritrea
  • Ras Hafun, Somalia
  • Ras Kasar, Eritrea

    • Antarctica

  • Antarctic Peninsula
  • Edward VII Peninsula
  • Fletcher Peninsula
  • Fowler Peninsula
  • Martin Peninsula

    • Taiwan

  • Hengchun

    • Hong Kong

  • Kowloon Peninsula

    • Eastern Mediterranean

  • Beirut, Lebanon
  • El Mina, Lebanon
  • Haifa, Israel
  • Acre, Israel

    • 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

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

    • Honshū

  • Oshika-hanto
  • Noto-hanto
  • Oga-hanto
  • Miura-hanto
  • Boso-hanto

    • Hokkaido

  • Shiretoko Peninsula
  • Shakotan Peninsula

    • Kazakhstan

  • Mangyshlak Peninsula

    • 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

  • Arabian Peninsula; Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman
  • Qatar
  • Al-Faw Peninsula, Iraq
  • Musandam Peninsula; Oman, United Arab Emirates

    • Indochina

  • Indochina Peninsula

    • Malaysia

  • Malay Peninsula
  • Northwestern Peninsula, Kudat
  • Pitas Peninsula, Pitas
  • Semporna Peninsula, Semporna and Tawau
  • Sandakan Peninsula, Sandakan

    • Singapore

  • Tuas

    • 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

  • Brittany
  • Cap Corse, Corsica
  • Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy
  • Crozon, Finistère
  • Landes du Médoc, Aquitaine

    • 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

  • Gallipoli Peninsula
  • Thracian Peninsula

    • Ukraine

  • Crimean peninsula, disputed between Ukraine and Russia
  • Chonhar Peninsula
  • Kinburn peninsula
  • Rybalskyi Peninsula

    • Northern Ireland

  • Ards Peninsula, County Down
  • Island Magee
  • Lecale peninsula
  • Ramore Head, Portrush

    • Channel Islands

  • Le Clos du Valle, Guernsey
  • Little Sark, Sark

    • Caribbean

  • Peninsula de Samaná, Dominican Republic
  • Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico
  • Zapata Peninsula, Cuba
  • Guanahacabibes Peninsula, Cuba
  • Hicacos Peninsula, Cuba

    • Greenland

  • Alfred Wegeners Halvo
  • Hayes Halvo
  • Ingnerit
  • Nuussuaq Peninsula
  • Sigguup Nunaa (Svartenhuk Halvø)

    • Mexico

  • Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, containing the states of Baja California and Baja California Sur
  • Yucatán Peninsula, partly separating the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean

    • Alaska

  • Alaska Peninsula
  • Cleveland Peninsula
  • Kenai Peninsula
  • Seward Peninsula

    • 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:

  • The St. Johns River creates a large peninsula over 75 miles in length that stretches from eastern Jacksonville down to the border of Flagler and Volusia counties, where the river emanates from Lake George.
  • Fairpoint Peninsula
  • Pinellas peninsula including St. Petersburg and Clearwater
  • Much of Tampa lies on a peninsula called Interbay Peninsula jutting out into Tampa Bay
  • Cape Sable

    • Maryland

  • Maryland shares the Delmarva Peninsula east of Chesapeake Bay with Delaware and Virginia.
  • St. Mary's Peninsula is defined by the Patuxent River, the Potomac River, and Chesapeake Bay.
  • Calvert Peninsula lies between Chesapeake Bay and the Patuxent River.
  • Numerous smaller tidal tributaries form smaller peninsulas on both the Eastern and Western shores of Chesapeake Bay. Named examples include the Broadneck Peninsula in Anne Arundel County and the Elk Neck Peninsula in Cecil County.

    • Massachusetts

  • Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a cape that can be viewed as a peninsula
  • Nahant, a town in Essex County, is on a small peninsula.
  • Nantasket Peninsula, Hull

    • New York

  • Irondequoit, NY (Geographical headland)

    • Utah

  • Antelope Island, Utah, becomes a peninsula when waters are low, on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake
  • Promontory Peninsula, on the north eastern shore of the Great Salt Lake
  • Stansbury Peninsula becomes an island when waters are high, on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake

    • Virginia

  • Middle Peninsula, on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay
  • Northern Neck, on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay
  • Virginia Peninsula, on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay

    • Washington

  • Key Peninsula in Puget Sound
  • Kitsap Peninsula in Puget Sound
  • Long Beach Peninsula
  • Olympic Peninsula
  • Magnolia, Seattle

    • Papua New Guinea

  • Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain
  • Huon Peninsula
  • Papuan Peninsula

    • New Zealand

    In the North Island
    In the South Island

    References

    List of peninsulas Wikipedia
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