A peninsula (from Latin "paene insula", ''almost island'') is a Geographical Formation consisting of an extension of Land from a larger body, surrounded by Water on three sides.
A peninsula can also be a Headland , Cape , Promontory , Bill , or Spit .
Peninsulas of the World
Eurasia
Continental Europe
- Apsheron , Azerbaijan
- Brittany , France
- Butjadingen , Germany
- Cotentin Peninsula , France
- Crimea , Ukraine
- Gallipoli , Turkey
- Grenen , Denmark
- Hel Peninsula , Poland
- Italian Peninsula , Italy
- Jutland Peninsula , northern Germany and Denmark
- Peniche , Portugal
- Piran , Slovenia
- Saint-Tropez , on the French Riviera
- North Holland , Netherlands
- Walcheren , Netherlands
- Zuid-Beveland , Netherlands
Balkan "Peninsula"
Denmark
Iberian Peninsula
Scandinavian Peninsula
United Kingdom
= England
- Cornwall , Devon , Somerset and Dorset - the South West Peninsula , or the Westcountry , or Wessex
- The Penwith Peninsula , Cornwall
- Durham
- Fylde , Lancashire
- Isle Of Dogs , London
- Isle Of Purbeck , Dorset
- The Lizard , Cornwall
- Penwith , Cornwall
- Rotherhithe , London
- Spurn , Yorkshire
- Wirral , Cheshire and Merseyside
= Scotland
- 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
= Northern Ireland
Republic Of Ireland
Middle East
Indian Subcontinent and South Asia
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East Asia
Korean Peninsula
The whole land mass encompassing South and North Korea is a Peninsula
Japan
:''See also Peninsulas Of Japan
Kyushu :
Honshu :
Philippines
Indonesia
Madeira Islands
The Americas
United States Of America
- Alaska Peninsula , Alaska
- Cape Cod , Massachusetts
- Cleveland Peninsula , Alaska
- Delmarva Peninsula , encompassing parts of Delaware , Maryland , and Virginia
- Door Peninsula , Wisconsin , in Lake Michigan
- Fairpoint Peninusla , Florida
- Florida Peninsula, encompassing most of Florida state
- Kenai Peninsula , Alaska
- Keweenaw Peninsula , Michigan , in Lake Superior
- Key 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
- 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
- Sandy Hook , New Jersey
- San Francisco Peninsula , California
- Upper Peninsula , Michigan
- Virginia Peninsula , Virginia , on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay
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
- 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 )
- Province Of Nova Scotia
- 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
- Saanich Peninsula , Vancouver Island (Southern Tip) , British Columbia
- Wollaston Peninsula , Victoria Island , Northwest Territories / Nunavut
Greenland
Mexico
Central America
South America
Caribbean
Australia & Oceania
Australia
- Beecroft Peninsula , New South Wales
- Cape York Peninsula , Queensland
- Cobourg Peninsula , Northern Territory
- Eyre Peninsula , South Australia
- Fleurieu Peninsula , South Australia
- Freycinet Peninsula , Tasmania
- Inskip Peninsula , Queensland
- Jervis Bay Territory
- Mornington Peninsula , Victoria
- Tasman Peninsula , Tasmania
- Wilsons Promontory , Victoria
- Yorke 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
- Mount Nicaragua , North Island
- North Auckland Peninsula , North Island
- Otago Peninsula , South Island
- Tiwai Point , South Island
- Whangaparaoa Peninsula , North Island
Papua New Guinea
Africa
Antarctica
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