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A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered on three sides by water, but is still attached to the mainland.

A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, island promontory, bill, point, or spit.Peninsula. – Britannica Student Encyclopedia. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica, Retrieved 2007-07-19.

Contents 1 Europe 1.1 Balkan "Peninsula" 1.2 Denmark 1.3 Italy 1.4 Iberian Peninsula 1.5 Scandinavian Peninsula 1.6 Britain 1.6.1 England 1.6.2 Scotland 1.6.3 Wales 1.7 Ireland 1.7.1 Northern Ireland 1.7.2 Republic of Ireland 1.8 Other countries 2 Asia 2.1 Russia 2.2 Kazakhstan 2.3 Middle East 2.4 Indian subcontinent and South Asia 2.5 China 2.6 Korean Peninsula 2.7 Japan 2.7.1 Kyūshū 2.7.2 Honshū 3 South East Asia 3.1 Philippines 3.2 Indonesia 4 North America 4.1 Canada 4.2 United States of America 4.2.1 Florida 4.2.2 Michigan 4.2.3 Other states 4.3 Greenland 4.4 Mexico 5 South America 5.1 Chile 5.2 Other countries 6 Caribbean 7 Oceania 7.1 Australia 7.2 New Zealand 7.3 Papua New Guinea 8 Africa 9 Antarctica 10 References

Europe

• Europe itself is a peninsula.

Balkan "Peninsula"

The Balkans is a peninsula including Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Albania, and Montenegro.

• Chalkidiki, Greece
• Kassandra, Greece
• Mani Peninsula, Greece
• Mount Athos, Greece
• Peloponnese, Greece
• Sithonia, Greece
• Pilio, Greece
• Istria, Croatia
• Pelješac, Croatia
• Prevlaka, Croatia
• Split, Croatia
• Zadar, Croatia
• Karaburun peninsula, Albania
• Luštica, Montenegro

Denmark

• Jutland Peninsula
• Djursland
• Grenen
• Helgenæs
• Horne Land
• Hornsherred
• Hindsholm
• Mols
• Odsherred
• Stevns Peninsula

Italy

• Italian Peninsula
• Calabria
• Penisola salentina (Salento)
• Promontorio del Gargano (Monte Gargano)
• Penisola sorrentina (Sorrentine Peninsula)
• Promontorio di Orbetello

Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula encompasses continental Spain and Portugal, Andorra and the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.

• Cabo Espichel, Portugal
• Cabo Carvoeiro, Portugal
• Cabo de São Vicente, Portugal
• Tróia Peninsula, Portugal
• Cádiz, Spain
• Gibraltar

Scandinavian Peninsula

Encompassing Sweden and Norway

• Hamarøy Peninsula, Norway
• Hurumlandet, Norway
• Lista, Norway
• Lyngen Peninsula, Norway
• Nordkinn Peninsula, Norway
• Ofothalvøya, Norway
• Porsanger Peninsula, Norway
• Stad, Norway
• Sværholthalvøya, Norway
• Varangerhalvøya, Norway
• Fosen, Norway
• Skåne, Sweden

Britain

England

• Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset - the South West Peninsula, or the Westcountry, or Wessex
• The Penwith Peninsula, Cornwall
• Cornwall is technically a peninsula
• Dengie peninsula, Essex
• Durham
• Fylde, Lancashire
• Hoo, Kent
• Isle of Dogs, London
• Greenwich Peninsula, London
• Isle of Purbeck, Dorset
• The Lizard, Cornwall
• Penwith, Cornwall
• Rotherhithe, London
• Spurn, Yorkshire
• Tendring, Essex
• Wirral, Cheshire and Merseyside

Scotland

• Ardnamurchan, Lochaber
• Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty
• Kintyre, Argyll and Bute
• Cowal, Argyll and Bute
• Doonie Point, Aberdeenshire
• Dunnet Head, Caithness
• Faraid Head, Sutherland
• Fife
• Knoydart, Lochaber
• Morvern, Lochaber
• Strathy Point, Sutherland
• Point of Hellia, Orkney
• Point, Outer Hebrides

Wales

• Wales is itself a peninsula
• Gower Peninsula, Swansea
• Llŷn Peninsula
• Pembrokeshire peninsula, West Wales
• South Pembrokeshire Peninsula.
• Marloes Peninsula, Pembrokeshire
• St Davids Peninsula, Pembrokeshire
• Vale of Glamorgan - technically a peninsula, as it surrounded on three sides by water - two rivers boundaries and the Bristol Channel
• South West Wales - Swansea to New Quay - surrounded by the Bristol Channel, St George\'s Channel and Cardigan Bay
• Creuddyn Peninsula juts out of the North Wales coast and includes the towns of Llandudno, Rhos-on-Sea and Deganwy. Plus the headlands of Great Orme and Little Orme

Ireland

Northern Ireland

• Ards Peninsula, County Down
• Island Magee
• Lecale Peninsula

Republic of Ireland

• Donegal
• Munster - like Ulster, Munster is surrounded on three sides by the sea
• Beara Peninsula
• Cooley Peninsula
• Dingle Peninsula
• Fanad Peninsula
• Hook Peninsula
• Horn Head
• Howth Head
• Inishowen
• Iveragh Peninsula
• Mizen Head Peninsula
• Mullet Peninsula
• Rosguill
• Sheep\'s Head Peninsula

Other countries

• Apsheron, Azerbaijan
• Brittany, France
• Butjadingen, Germany
• Cotentin Peninsula, France
• Crimea, Ukraine
• Gallipoli, Turkey (formerly the Thracian Chersonese)
• Hel Peninsula, Poland
• North Holland, Netherlands
• Walcheren, Netherlands
• Zuid-Beveland, Netherlands
• Sõrve Säär, Estonia

Asia

Russia

See also Peninsulas of Russia

• Chukchi Peninsula
• Kamchatka Peninsula
• Kola Peninsula
• Rybachiy Peninsula
• Samland peninsula, Kaliningrad Oblast
• Taymyr Peninsula
• Yamal Peninsula

Kazakhstan

• Mangyshlak Peninsula

Middle East

• Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
• Al-Faw peninsula, Iraq
• Kapidagi Yarimadasi, Turkey
• Datça Peninsula, Turkey
• Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey
• Musandam peninsula, Oman
• Miankaleh peninsula, Iran
• Qatar
• Arabian Peninsula; Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman
• Asia Minor

Indian subcontinent and South Asia

South India (Peninsular India).

• The Indian subcontinent is itself a peninsula
• Colaba peninsula, Mumbai city
• Deccan peninsula
• Worli peninsula, Mumbai
• Kathiawar Peninsula, Gujarat
• Gwadar peninsula, Pakistan

China

• Kowloon Peninsula, (Hong Kong)
• Leizhou Peninsula
• Liaodong Peninsula
• Shandong Peninsula
• Fan Lau, (Hong Kong)
• Sai Kung Peninsula, (Hong Kong)
• Stanley Peninsula, (Hong Kong)
• Chi Ma Wan Peninsula, (Hong Kong)
• Chung Hom Kok Peninsula, (Hong Kong)
• Wan Tsai Peninsula, (Hong Kong)
• Macau Peninsula, (Macau)

Korean Peninsula

The whole land mass encompassing North and South Korea is a peninsula.

Japan

See also Peninsulas of Japan

Kyūshū

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

Honshū

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

South East Asia

• Malay Peninsula
• Indochina peninsula

Philippines

• Caramoan Peninsula, Bicol
• Bataan Peninsula, Luzon
• Bondoc Peninsula, Luzon
• Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao
• San Ildefonso Peninsula, Luzon

Indonesia

• Poluostrov Yamau
• Semenanjung Blambangan, Java,
• Semenanjung Minahassa, Sulawesi
• East Peninsula, Sulawesi
• South-east Peninsula, Sulawesi
• South Peninsula, Sulawesi

North America

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
• Burrard Peninsula, British Columbia
• 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
• Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec
• 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)
• Nova Scotia peninsula, Nova Scotia
• Pangertot Peninsula, Nunavut
• Parry Peninsula, Northwest Territories
• 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, British Columbia
• Ungava Peninsula, Quebec
• Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut

United States of America

Florida

Florida is a well known example of a peninsula and has some peninsulas on it.

• Florida Peninsula, encompassing most of the state.
• Fairpoint Peninsula, Florida
• Pinellas peninsula including Saint Petersburg and Clearwater, Florida
• Cape Sable
• The Florida Keys might be considered a peninsula , probably since they form a chain and are linked by US1.
• Western Bradenton is a small peninsula.

Michigan

Michigan is very distinguishable for its mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula which includes The Thumb, Fountain Point, the Leelanau Peninsula, and Old Mission Peninsula. The northern half of Michigan is called the Upper Peninsula and contains the Keweenaw Peninsula, the Garden Peninsula and the Stonington Peninsula.

Other states

• Alaska Peninsula, Alaska
• The Bronx, New York
• Cape Cod, Massachusetts
• Cape May Peninsula, New Jersey
• Cleveland Peninsula, Alaska
• Delmarva Peninsula, encompassing parts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia
• Door Peninsula, Wisconsin, in Lake Michigan
• Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
• Key Peninsula, Washington, in Puget Sound
• Kitsap Peninsula, Washington, in Puget Sound
• Middle Peninsula, Virginia, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay
• Mokapu, Hawaii
• New Jersey Peninsula, the state is a peninsula surrounded by the Delaware River,Atlantic Ocean, and the Delaware Bay
• Northern Neck, Virginia, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay
• Olympic Peninsula, Washington
• Palos Verdes Peninsula, California
• Point Loma, San Diego, California
• Presque Isle, Erie, Pennsylvania
• Sandy Hook, New Jersey
• San Francisco Peninsula, California
• Seward Peninsula, Alaska
• Virginia Peninsula, Virginia, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay

Greenland

• Alfred Wegeners Halvo
• Hayes Halvo
• Ingnerit
• Nuussuaq Halvo
• Svartenhuk Halvo

Mexico

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

South America

Chile

• Arauco Peninsula, Bío-Bío Region
• Brunswick Peninsula, Magallanes Region
• Exmouth Peninsula, Magallanes Region
• Hequi Peninsula, Los Lagos Region
• Mejillones Peninsula, Antofagasta Region
• Muñoz Gamero Peninsula, Magallanes Region
• Taitao Peninsula, Aisén Region
• Tres Montes Peninsula, Aisén Region
• Brecknock Peninsula, Chile
• Brunswick Peninsula, Chile
• Taitao Peninsula, Chile

Other countries

• Península de Azuero, Panama
• Placencia Peninsula, Belize
• Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica
• Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
• Araya Peninsula, Venezuela
• Paraguana, Venezuela
• Paria Peninsula, Venezuela
• Guajira Peninsula, Colombia
• Paracas Peninsula, Peru
• Verde Peninsula, Argentina
• Valdes Peninsula, Argentina

Caribbean

• Samaná, Dominican Republic
• Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico, despite its name, it is also a peninsula

Oceania

Australia

A beach on the Mornington Peninsula

• Beecraft Peninsula, New South Wales
• Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria
• Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
• Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory
• Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia
• Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
• Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
• Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania
• Inskop Peninsula, Queensland
• Jervis Bay Territory
• Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
• Redcliffe, Queensland
• Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania
• Wilsons Promontory, Victoria
• Woy Woy, New South Wales
• 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
• North Auckland Peninsula, North Island
• Otago Peninsula, South Island
• Tiwai Point, South Island

Papua New Guinea

• Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain
• Huon Peninsula

Africa

• Bakassi, Cameroon but disputed with Nigeria
• Buri Peninsula, Eritrea
• Cabo Blanco, Mauritania/Morocco
• Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
• Cap Bon, Tunisia
• Cap-Vert, Senegal
• Ceuta, Spain
• Punta Durnford, Morocco
• Somali peninsula, Somalia
• Raas Xaafuun peninsula/Ras Hafun, Somalia
• Ponta de São Lourenço, Madeira Islands (Portuguese Territory)

Antarctica

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

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