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A peninsula is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body that
is surrounded by water on three sides.
A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, promontory or spit.
Peninsulas of the world:
Continental Europe:
- Balkan peninsula
- Brittany, France
- Cotentin Peninsula, France
- Crimea, Ukraine
- Gallipoli, Turkey
- Gibraltar, (British Territory)
- Grenen, Denmark
- Iberian Peninsula, encompassing the whole of Spain and Portugal
- Istria, Croatia
- Italy
- Jutland Peninsula, northern Germany and Denmark
- Kassandra, Greece
- Mount Athos, Greece
- Peloponnesos, Greece
- Saint-Tropez, on the French
Riviera
- Scandinavian Peninsula, encompassing Norway, Sweden and Finland
- Sithonia, Greece
- Svaerholthalvoya,
Norway
- Varangerhalvoya,
Norway
- Walcheren, Netherlands
- Zuid-Beveland, Netherlands
- Ards peninsula, Northern Ireland
- Argyll, Scotland
- Black Isle
peninsula, Scotland
- Cornwall, England
- Dunnet Head, Scotland
- Faraid Head, Scotland
- Gower peninsula, Wales
- Island Magee, Northern Ireland
- Isle of Portland, England (despite it's name, it is not an island but a peninsula)
- Kintyre, Scotland
- Lecale peninsula,
Northern Ireland
- Lleyn peninsula, Wales
- Spurn, England
- Strathy Point, Scotland
- The Lizard, England
- Wirral, England
- Beara
- Cooley
- Dingle peninsula
- Fanad peninsula
- Horn Head
- Hook peninsula
- Howth peninsula
- Inishowen
- Iveragh
- Mizen Head
- Mullet peninsula
- Rosguill
- Sheeps Head
(Danish Territory)
- Alfred Wegeners
Halvo
- Hayes Halvo
- Ingnerit
- Nuussuaq Halvo
- Svartenhuk Halvo
- Al-Faw peninsula, Iraq
- Bataan Peninsula, Philippines
- Bondoc peninsula,
Luzon, Philippines
- Boso-hanto, Honshu, Japan
- Gwadar peninsula,
Pakistan
- India
- Inubo-zaki, Honshu, Japan
- Izu-hanto, Honshu, Japan
- Kapidagi
Yarimadasi, Turkey
- Kathiawar
Peninsula, Gujarat, India
- Korean peninsula, encompassing North Korea and South Korea
- Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong (China)
- Leizhou Bandao, China
- Liaodong Bandao,
China
- Malay Peninsula
- Mumbai city, India
- Musandam
peninsula, Oman
- Nishi-sonogi-hanto, Kyushu, Japan
- Noto-hanto, Honshu, Japan
- Oga-hanto, Honshu, Japan
- Oshika-hanto, Honshu, Japan
- Qatar
- San
Ildefonso peninsula, Luzon, Philippines
- Semenanjung
Blambangan, Java, Indonesia
- Semenanjung
Minahassa, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- Shandong Bandao,
China
- Shiriya-zaki, Honshu, Japan
- Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
- Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines
- Alaska peninsula,
Alaska
- Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- Cleveland
peninsula, Alaska
- Delmarva Peninsula, encompassing parts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia
- Door peninsula, Wisconsin, in Lake Michigan
- Florida Peninsula, encompassing most of Florida state
- Keeweenaw penisula]], Michigan, in Lake Superior
- Lower Peninsula,
Michigan
- Mokapu, Hawaii
- Northern Neck, Virginia, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay
- Middle Peninsula, Virginia, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay
- Olympic Peninsula, Washington
- Pinellas
Peninsula, Florida
- San Francisco Peninsula, California
- Seward peninsula,
Alaska
- Upper Peninsula, Michigan
- Virginia Peninsula, Virginia, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay
- 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
- 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
- North peninsula,
Ontario (in Lake Nipigan)
- Pangertot
peninsula, Nunavut
- Parry peninsula,
Northwest Territories
- Péninsule de la Gaspésie, Quebec
- Péninsule d'Ungava, Quebec
- 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
- Wollaston
peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
Venezuela
- Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico, despite its name, it is also a peninsula
- Banks peninsula, South 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
- Otago Peninsula, South Island
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