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A peninsula (Latin: paeninsula from paene "almost" and insula "island") is a piece of land that is bordered mostly by water 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.

Presented below is a list of peninsulas.

Africa

Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa also known as the Somali peninsula

Macaronesia

North Africa

  • Cabo Blanco, Mauritania/Morocco
  • Cap Bon, Tunisia
  • Cap Zebib, Tunisia
  • Ceuta, Spain
  • Río de Oro Peninsula, Morocco
  • Ras Banas, Egypt
  • Ras ben Sakka, Tunisia

Somali Peninsula

The Horn of Africa is a peninsula in Northeast Africa that juts into the Guardafui Channel, and is the easternmost projection of the African continent. It denotes the region containing the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia.

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

West Africa

  • Lekki Peninsula, Lagos, Nigeria
  • Mahin Land Peninsula, Ilaje local government,Ondo State, Nigeria
  • Cap-Vert, Senegal
  • Turner's Peninsula, Sierra Leone

Other peninsulas in Africa

  • Bakassi, Cameroon, but disputed with Nigeria
  • Cape Peninsula, South Africa
  • Le Morne Brabant, Mauritius
  • Uyoma, Kenya

Antarctica

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

Asia

Central Asia

Kazakhstan

  • Mangyshlak Peninsula

Eastern Asia

China

  • Liaodong Peninsula
  • Shandong Peninsula
  • Leizhou Peninsula

Hong Kong

  • Kowloon Peninsula
  • Sai Kung Peninsula
  • Stanley Peninsula
  • Shek O

Japan

Hokkaido
  • Shiretoko Peninsula
  • Shakotan Peninsula
Honshū
  • Oshika-hanto
  • Noto-hanto
  • Oga-hanto
  • Miura-hanto
  • Bōsō-hanto
Kyūshū
  • Nishi-sonogi-hanto
  • Satsuma-hanto
  • Ōsumi-hanto
  • Shimabara-hanto

Korea

The whole landmass encompassing North and South Korea is a peninsula, surrounded by the East Sea to the east and south, and the Yellow Sea to the west and south, with the Korea Strait connecting them.

Macau

  • Macau Peninsula

Taiwan

  • Hengchun Peninsula [zh]

Northern Asia

South-eastern Asia

Indochina

Indonesia

  • Blambangan Peninsula, Java,
  • Minahasa Peninsula, Sulawesi
  • East Peninsula, Sulawesi
  • South-east Peninsula, Sulawesi
  • South Peninsula, Sulawesi
  • Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua Province
  • Cape Mangkalihat, East Kalimantan

Malaysia

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

Philippines

Singapore

Vietnam

  • Cà Mau Peninsula, Cà Mau Province
  • Hòn Gốm Peninsula, Da Lat City
  • Sơn Trà Peninsula, Da Nang
  • Ngũ Xã Peninsula, Hanoi
  • Bình Quới Peninsula, Ho Chi Minh City
  • Cam Ranh Peninsula, Khánh Hòa Province
    • Đầm Môn Peninsula
  • Trà Cổ Peninsula, Quảng Ninh Province
  • Phương Mai Peninsula, Quy Nhon

Southern Asia

South India satellite
South India (Peninsular India)

The Deccan Peninsula is a dominant geographical feature of the Indian Subcontinent.

Other peninsulas on the Indian Subcontinent include:

Western Asia

Arabia

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

Eastern Mediterranean

Turkey

Anatolia composite NASA
Map of the Anatolian Peninsula, the Asian part of Turkey
  • Anatolian Peninsula
  • Armutlu Peninsula
  • Biga Peninsula
  • Datça Peninsula
  • Dilek Peninsula
  • Karaburun Peninsula
  • Kapıdağ Peninsula
  • Kocaeli Peninsula
  • Sinop Peninsula
  • Teke Peninsula
  • Gallipoli

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 and largest component peninsulas being the Scandinavian, Iberian, Balkan, and Apennine peninsulas.

Balkan Peninsula

Balkan topo en
The Balkan Peninsula, as defined by the SočaVipava–Krka–Sava–Danube border.

The Balkans is a peninsula including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and the European part of Turkey.

  • Chalkidiki, Greece
  • Kassandra, Greece
  • Mani Peninsula, Greece
  • Mount Athos, Greece
  • Peloponnese, Greece (now an island because of the Corinth Canal)
  • Sithonia, Greece
  • Pilio, Greece
  • Istria, Croatia
  • Piran Peninsula, Slovenia
  • Pelješac, Croatia
  • Prevlaka, Croatia
  • Split, Croatia
  • Zadar, Croatia
  • Karaburun Peninsula, Albania
  • Luštica, Montenegro
  • Gallipoli, Turkey
  • Klek (peninsula), Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Istanbul, Turkey

France

Iberian Peninsula

España y Portugal
Satellite view of the Iberian Peninsula

Encompassing continental Portugal and Spain, Andorra, Gibraltar (British Overseas Territory), and a small amount of Southern France, the Iberian Peninsula is a dominant geographical feature of Iberia.

Other peninsulas in Iberia include:

  • Lisbon Peninsula, Portugal
  • Setúbal Peninsula, Portugal
  • Peniche, Portugal
  • Cabo Espichel, Portugal
  • Cabo Carvoeiro, Portugal
  • Cabo de São Vicente, Portugal
  • Tróia Peninsula, Portugal
  • Gibraltar,Britain
  • Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain
  • A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
  • O Morrazo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain

Ireland

Italy

Satellite image of Italy in March 2003
Satellite view of the Apennine Peninsula

The Apennine Peninsula is a dominant geographical feature of Italy.

Other peninsulas in Italy include:

Adriatic Sea
  • Promontorio del Gargano
Ionian Sea
Ligurian Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
  • Gaeta
  • Promontorio del Circeo
  • Promontorio dell'Argentario
  • Promontorio di Punta Ala
  • Sorrentine Peninsula

Malta

Russia

  • Curonian Spit, Kaliningrad Oblast (shared with Lithuania)
  • Gusinaya Zemlya
  • Kanin Peninsula
  • Kola Peninsula
  • Kurgalsky Peninsula
  • Lokhaniemi Peninsula
  • Nemetsky Peninsula
  • Onega Peninsula
  • Rybachy Peninsula
  • Sambia Peninsula
  • Soikinsky Peninsula
  • Sredny Peninsula
  • Taman Peninsula
  • Turiy Peninsula
  • Yugorsky Peninsula

Scandinavia

Scandinavia M2002074 lrg
Fennoscandia including the Scandinavian Peninsula and Kola Peninsula

Norway

  • Bergen Peninsula
  • Bygdøy
  • Brøggerhalvøya, Norway
  • Fornebulandet
  • Fosen
  • Hamarøyhalvøya
  • Hurumlandet
  • Lista
  • Lyngenhalvøya
  • Nordkinn Peninsula
  • Nesodden
  • Ofothalvøya
  • Porsangerhalvøya
  • Snarøya, Norway
  • Stad
  • Stavanger Peninsula
  • Sværholt Peninsula
  • Varangerhalvøya

Sweden

Denmark

  • Djursland
  • Grenen
  • Helgenæs
  • Hindsholm
  • Horne Land
  • Hornsherred
  • Jutland Peninsula (now an island, since the Kiel Canal was made)
  • Kegnæs
  • Mols
  • Odsherred
  • Salling
  • Stevns Peninsula
  • Sundeved

Finland

Estonia

Turkey

Ukraine

  • Crimean Peninsula, occupied by Russia
  • Chonhar Peninsula
  • Kinburn Peninsula
  • Rybalskyi Peninsula

United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies

England

Satellite picture of the Celtic Sea
England's South West Peninsula at the top and France's Brittany Peninsula at the bottom, with the English Channel between

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

Channel Islands

Isle of Man

Other peninsulas in Europe

Peninsula croatia
A small peninsula in Croatia
Zürichsee - Halbinsel Au IMG 0856
Au Peninsula, Lake Zürich, Switzerland
  • Absheron Peninsula, Azerbaijan
  • Akranes, Iceland
  • Au Peninsula, Au, Zürich, Switzerland
  • Butjadingen, Germany
  • Curonian Spit, Lithuania (shared with Russia)
  • Fischland-Darß-Zingst, Germany
  • Hel Peninsula, Poland
  • Heracles Peninsula, disputed between Ukraine and Russia
  • Kerch Peninsula, disputed between Ukraine and Russia
  • Karpass Peninsula, Cyprus
  • North Holland, the Netherlands
  • Nesebar Peninsula, Bulgaria
  • Sozopol Peninsula, Bulgaria
  • Tihany, Hungary
  • Walcheren, the Netherlands
  • Zuid-Beveland, the Netherlands

North America

Belize

  • Placencia Peninsula, Belize

Canada

British Columbia

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Northwest Territories

  • Diamond Jennes Peninsula, Victoria Island
  • Douglas Peninsula
  • Leith Peninsula (in Great Bear Lake)
  • Parry Peninsula
  • Pethel Peninsula
  • Prince Albert Peninsula, Victoria Island
  • Sahoyúé-§ehdacho

Nova Scotia

Nunavut

Baffin Island
  • Barrow Peninsula
  • Becher Peninsula
  • Beekman Peninsula
  • Bell Peninsula
  • Blunt Peninsula
  • Borden Peninsula
  • Brodeur Peninsula
  • Cumberland Peninsula
  • Foxe Peninsula
  • Hall Peninsula
  • Henry Kater Peninsula
  • Meta Incognita Peninsula
  • Siorarsuk Peninsula
  • Steensby Peninsula

Ontario

Quebec

Caribbean

Haiti

  • Peninsule de Tiburon, Haiti
  • Peninsule de Mole-St-Nicolas, Haiti

Dominican Republic

Puerto Rico

  • Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico

Cuba

Saint Lucia

  • Vigie Peninsula, St Lucia

Costa Rica

Greenland

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

Mexico

Panama

  • Península de Azuero, Panama

United States

Alaska

California

Florida

STS-95 Florida From Space
The Floridian Peninsula, shown by a NASA satellite image

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:

Maryland

Chesapeakelandsat
Mid-Atlantic shoreline showing, from the upper right, the Cape May Peninsula of New Jersey, Delaware Bay, the Delmarva Peninsula, and Chesapeake Bay. Also visible are the peninsulas of Maryland and Virginia along the Chesapeake's shores.

Massachusetts

Cape Cod - Landsat 7
Cape Cod, a peninsula of Massachusetts

Michigan

Great Lakes from space
The large Michigan Peninsulas from space, showing both the Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula

Michigan – the only bi-peninsular state – is very distinguishable for its mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula which includes:

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan contains:

New Jersey

New York

Long Island Landsat Mosaic
Long Island, New York, with its North and South Forks
  • Irondequoit, NY (geographical headland)

Oregon

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

Vermont

  • Alburgh, Vermont, is on the Alburgh Tongue, a peninsula extending from Quebec, Canada into Lake Champlain

Virginia

Washington

Wisconsin

Other states

Oceania

Australia

Wilsons Promontory
Satellite image of Wilsons Promontory, Victoria
DJI Mavic - Palm beach (34506639485)
Palm Beach, Sydney, New South Wales
Torndirrup Peninsula to Bald Head
Torndirrup Peninsula, Western Australia

New Zealand

North Island

South Island

Otago harbour landsat
NASA satellite photo of the Otago Peninsula and Otago Harbour. The city of Dunedin is located at the isthmus at lower left.

Outlying Islands

Papua New Guinea

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

Hawaii

  • Mokapu, Hawaii

South America

Cono-sur-anual-sat
Satellite images of the Southern Cone extending off South America month by month

Southern Cone

The Southern Cone, like Europe, is sometimes considered to be a large peninsula. Geographically, the peninsula encompasses most of Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Southern Brazil and the southernmost portion of Paraguay, which makes it one of the largest peninsulas in the world. Like the Indian Peninsula, the Southern Cone is sometimes considered to be a subcontinent.

Other peninsulas in South America

Argentina

Brazil

  • Cabo de São Tomé
  • Itapagipe Peninsula

Chile

Colombia

  • Guajira Peninsula

Peru

Uruguay

Venezuela

Fictional peninsulas

Brobdingnag map
Map of Brobdingnag (original map, Pt II, Gulliver's Travels

See also

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