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A peninsula (Template:Langx from paene "almost" and insula "island") is a piece of land that is bordered mostly by water but connected to mainland.<ref name = "Word_Histories">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name = "Cambr_Dictionary">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name = "Merriam_Webster">Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> A point is generally considered a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water that is less prominent than a cape.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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
Macaronesia
- Jandía, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain
- Macizo de Anaga, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
- Ponta de São Lourenço, Madeira Island, Portugal
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
- 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
Eastern Asia
China
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong itself is a peninsula.
Japan
Hokkaido
Honshū
Kyūshū
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
Taiwan
Northern Asia
- Chukchi Peninsula
- Faddeyevsky Peninsula
- Gyda Peninsula
- Kamchatka Peninsula
- Mikhailov Peninsula
- Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula
- Taymyr Peninsula
- Yamal Peninsula
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
- Bataan Peninsula, Luzon
- Bicol Peninsula, Luzon
- Caramoan Peninsula, Bicol
- Bondoc Peninsula, Luzon
- Calatagan Peninsula, Luzon
- Calumpan Peninsula, Luzon
- Cavite City, Luzon
- Manila Peninsula, Luzon
- San Ildefonso Peninsula, Luzon
- Redondo Peninsula, Luzon
- Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao
- Tinaca Point, Davao del Sur
- Guanguan Peninsula, Mindanao
- Northwest Panay Peninsula, Visayas
- Poro Point, La Union
Thailand
- Sathing Phra Peninsula
Singapore
Vietnam
- Cà Mau Peninsula, Cà Mau province
- Hòn Gốm Peninsula, Da Lat
- Sơn Trà Peninsula, Da Nang
- Ngũ Xã Peninsula, Hanoi
- Bình Quới Peninsula, Ho Chi Minh City
- Thủ Thiêm Peninsula, Ho Chi Minh City
- Vũng Tàu Peninsula (the city is a peninsula)
- Cam Ranh Peninsula, Khánh Hòa province
- Trà Cổ Peninsula, Quảng Ninh province
- Phương Mai Peninsula, Quy Nhon
India
The Deccan Peninsula is a dominant geographical feature of the Indian subcontinent
Other peninsulas on the Indian Subcontinent include:
- Bandra Peninsula, Mumbai
- Colaba Peninsula, Mumbai
- Gwadar Peninsula, Pakistan
- Jaffna Peninsula, Northern Sri Lanka
- Kanyakumari Peninsula, Tamil Nadu
- Kathiawar Peninsula, Gujarat
- Malabar Point Peninsula, Mumbai
- Worli Peninsula, Mumbai
Western Asia
Arabia
- Arabian Peninsula; Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman
- Al-Faw Peninsula, Iraq
- Musandam Peninsula; Oman, United Arab Emirates
- Qatar Peninsula
Eastern Mediterranean
- Beirut, Lebanon
- El Mina, Lebanon
- Haifa, Israel
- Acre, Israel
- Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
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.<ref name="Peninsula">Template:Cite web</ref> 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
The Balkans is a region which natural borders do not coincide with the technical definition of a peninsula hence modern geographers reject the idea of a Balkan Peninsula. It would include 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
- Brittany
- Cap Corse, Corsica
- Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy
- Crozon, Finistère
- Landes du Médoc, Aquitaine
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:
Ireland
Italy
The Apennine Peninsula is the dominant geographical feature of Italy.
Other peninsulas in Italy include:
- Adriatic Sea
- Ionian Sea
- Ligurian Sea
- Tyrrhenian Sea
- Gaeta
- Promontorio del Circeo
- Promontorio dell'Argentario
- Promontorio di Punta Ala
- Sorrentine Peninsula
Malta
Russia
Scandinavia
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Estonia
Turkey
Ukraine
- Crimean Peninsula, occupied by Russia
- Chonhar Peninsula
- Kinburn Peninsula
- Rybalskyi Peninsula
United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies
England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
- Creuddyn Peninsula juts out of the North Wales coast
- Gower Peninsula, Swansea
- Llŷn Peninsula
- Marloes Peninsula, Pembrokeshire
- South Pembrokeshire Peninsula
- St Davids Head, Pembrokeshire
- Wales, itself a peninsula
Channel Islands
Isle of Man
Other peninsulas in Europe
North America
Belize
- Placencia Peninsula, Belize
Canada
- Dunlas Peninsula, Melville Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
- Labrador Peninsula, encompassing all of Labrador and most of Quebec
- Natkusiak Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
- Storkerson Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
- Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
British Columbia
- Burrard Peninsula
- Saanich Peninsula, Vancouver Island
- Sechelt Peninsula
- Tsawwassen Peninsula, which extends beyond the Canada/United States border, creating the pene-exclave of Point Roberts, Washington
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
- Avalon Peninsula
- Baie Verte Peninsula
- Bonavista Peninsula
- Burin Peninsula
- Great Northern Peninsula
- Port au Port Peninsula
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
- Adelaide Peninsula
- Banks Peninsula
- Boothia Peninsula
- Bell Peninsula, Southampton Island
- Colin Archer Peninsula, Devon Island, Queen Elizabeth Islands
- Collinson Peninsula, Victoria Island
- Kent Peninsula
- Melville Peninsula
- Pangertot Peninsula
- Simpson Peninsula
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
- Cynthia Peninsula (in Lake Temagami)
- Joan Peninsula (in Lake Temagami)
- McLean Peninsula (in Lake Temagami)
- North Peninsula (in Lake Nipigon)
- Ontario Peninsula
- Bruce Peninsula, extending into Lake Huron
- 100-Mile Peninsula (Essex County)
- Long Point (in Lake Erie)
- Niagara Peninsula
- Point Pelee (in Lake Erie)
- Prince Edward Peninsula (in Lake Ontario)
- Sibley Peninsula (in Lake Superior)
Quebec
Caribbean
Haiti
- Peninsule de Tiburon, Haiti
- Peninsule de Mole-St-Nicolas, Haiti
Dominican Republic
- Peninsula de Samaná, Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
- Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico
Cuba
- Zapata Peninsula, Cuba
- Guanahacabibes Peninsula, Cuba
- Hicacos Peninsula, Cuba
Saint Lucia
- Vigie Peninsula, St Lucia
Costa Rica
- Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica
- Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Greenland
- Wegener Peninsula
- 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
Panama
- Península de Azuero, Panama
United States
Alaska
- Alaska Peninsula
- Cleveland Peninsula
- Kenai Peninsula
- Seward Peninsula
- Lisburne Peninsula
California
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- Balboa Peninsula – in Newport Beach, Orange County.
- Monterey Peninsula – between Monterey Bay, the Salinas Valley, and the Santa Lucia Range in Monterey County.
- Palos Verdes Peninsula – along the Pacific between Santa Monica Bay and San Pedro Bay, in the South Bay Region of Los Angeles County.
- Point Loma Peninsula – between San Diego Bay and the Pacific Ocean in San Diego.
- Point Reyes Peninsula – west-northwest of San Francisco.
- San Francisco Peninsula – between the central−south San Francisco Bay and the Pacific in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Santa Cruz Mountains are a 'spine' along the middle and lower sections.
- Samoa Peninsula – the northern landform between Humboldt Bay and the Pacific
- Tiburon Peninsula – between Richardson Bay and San Pablo Bay in east Marin County of the northern San Francisco Bay Area.
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 Template:Convert 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
- Cape Ann, includes the towns of Gloucester and Rockport
- Nahant, a town in Essex County, is on a small peninsula.
- Nantasket Peninsula, Hull
- Shawmut Peninsula, Boston
Michigan
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- Leelanau Peninsula
- Lost Peninsula
- Old Mission Peninsula
- Pointe Mouillee
- Presque Isle Peninsula
- Tawas Point
- The Thumb
- Waugoshance Point
- Woodtick Peninsula
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan contains:
New Jersey
- Barnegat Peninsula
- Cape May Peninsula
- Sandy Hook
- New Barbadoes Neck lies between the Hackensack River and Passaic River
- Caven Point in Jersey City is a part of Liberty State Park and Port Liberte.
- Bergen Point and Constable Hook are two peninsulas in Bayonne, which itself lies on peninsula surrounded by Upper New York Bay, Newark Bay, and the Kill van Kull, formerly known as Bergen Neck
- Droyer's Point and Kearny Point mark the mouth of the Hackensack River
- MOTBY and Port Jersey are man-made peninsulas extending in Upper New York Bay
New York
- The Bronx, New York, and Yonkers, New York
- Long Island was once a peninsula connected to North America during the great Ice Ages, and includes two large peninsulas at its east end: the South Fork and the North Fork.
- Cumberland Head
- Coney Island was an island until it was expanded through land reclamation into the Coney Island Creek, thus becoming a peninsula.
- Rockaway Peninsula in southeastern Queens
- 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
- 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
- Bolton Peninsula
- Breakwater Peninsula
- Cooper Point
- Gig Harbor Peninsula
- Johnson Point
- Key Peninsula
- Kitsap Peninsula
- Long Beach Peninsula
- Magnolia Peninsula
- Olympic Peninsula
- Point Brown Peninsula
- Point Chehalis Peninsula
- Swinomish Peninsula
- Toandos Peninsula
- Tsawwassen Peninsula
- Quimper Peninsula
Wisconsin
- Bark Point, Wisconsin in Lake Superior
- Bayfield Peninsula, Wisconsin in Lake Superior
- Chequamegon Point, Wisconsin in Lake Superior
- Door Peninsula, Wisconsin, in Lake Michigan
- Jones Island, Milwaukee, Wisconsin in Lake Michigan
- Little Tail Point, Wisconsin in Green Bay (Lake Michigan)
- Marshall's Point, Wisconsin on North Bay in Lake Michigan
- MawBilly Joelwe Point, Wisconsin on MawBilly Joelwe Bay in Lake Superior
- Roman Point on Siskiwit Bay, Wisconsin, in Lake Superior
- Toft Point between Bailey's Harbor, Wisconsin and Moonlight Bay, Wisconsin in Lake Michigan
Other states
- Delmarva Peninsula, encompassing parts of Maryland and Virginia, and most of Delaware
- Land Between the Lakes, Tennessee and Kentucky (the largest inland peninsula in the United States)
- Presque Isle, Erie, Pennsylvania
- Port Bolivar, Texas
- Encinal Peninsula, Flour Bluff, Corpus Christi, Texas
- Kentucky Bend, Kentucky
Oceania
Australia
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- Abbotsford, New South Wales
- Avalon Beach, New South Wales
- Balcolyn, New South Wales
- Beecroft Peninsula, New South Wales
- Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria
- Blacksmiths, New South Wales
- Bolton Point, New South Wales
- Box Head, New South Wales
- Bouddi National Park, New South Wales
- Brightwaters, New South Wales
- Budgewoi Peninsula, New South Wales
- Burraneer, New South Wales
- Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
- Castle Cove, New South Wales
- Caves Beach, New South Wales
- Chiswick, New South Wales
- Coal Point, New South Wales
- Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory
- Cremorne Point, New South Wales
- Cronulla, New South Wales
- Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia
- Dudley Peninsula, South Australia
- Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
- Ettalong Beach, New South Wales
- Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
- Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania
- Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park, Victoria
- Gwandalan, New South Wales
- Inskip Peninsula, Queensland
- Jervis Bay, Australian Capital Territory
- Kangaroo Point, New South Wales
- Kurnell, New South Wales
- Kurraba Point, New South Wales
- Lakes Entrance, New South Wales
- Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
- Nelson Bay, New South Wales
- Redcliffe, Queensland
- Palm Beach, New South Wales
- Point Frederick, New South Wales
- Primbee, New South Wales
- Rhodes, New South Wales
- Sir Richard Peninsula, South Australia
- Stockton, New South Wales
- Swansea, New South Wales
- Sydney Heads, New South Wales
- Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania
- The Entrance, New South Wales
- Torndirrup National Park, Western Australia
- Wangi Wangi, New South Wales
- Windang, New South Wales
- Wilsons Promontory, Victoria
- Woolwich, New South Wales
- Woy Woy, New South Wales
- Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
- Younghusband Peninsula, South Australia
- Yowie Bay, New South Wales
New Zealand
North Island
- Aupōuri Peninsula
- Āwhitu Peninsula
- Bream Head
- Cape Brett Peninsula
- Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Māui
- Cape Turnagain
- Coromandel Peninsula
- Karangahape Peninsula
- Karikari Peninsula
- Kōkota / The Sandspit
- Kōwhairoa Peninsula
- Māhia Peninsula
- Mount Maunganui
- Motuoapa Peninsula
- Ngāmotu
- Northland Peninsula
- Okahukura Peninsula
- Omara Spit
- Orokawa Peninsula
- Papakanui Spit
- Paritata Peninsula, Raglan
- Pouto Peninsula
- Puketotara Peninsula
- Purerua Peninsula
- Rangitoto Peninsula
- Ruffin Peninsula
- Tauroa Peninsula
- Tāwharanui Peninsula
- Te Atatū Peninsula
- Tītahi Bay
- Te Korowai-o-Te-Tonga Peninsula
- Te Motu Kairangi / Miramar Peninsula
- Tiritirimatangi Peninsula
- Whakakaiwhara Peninsula
- Whangamumu Peninsula
- Whangaparāoa Peninsula
South Island
- Banks Peninsula
- Bluff Peninsula
- Brunner Peninsula
- Calderwood Peninsula
- Cape Campbell
- Cape Foulwind
- D'Urville Peninsula
- Farewell Spit
- Five Fingers Peninsula
- Kaikōura Peninsula
- Kaitangata / Mansons Peninsula
- Kelvin Peninsula
- McBrides Peninsula
- Mermaid Peninsula
- Moepuku
- Nugget Point
- Ōnawe Peninsula
- Otago Peninsula
- Pākererū
- Parakārehu
- Roys Peninsula
- Tautuku Peninsula
- Te Wehi-a-Te-Wera
- Tiwai Point
Outlying Islands
- Auckland Islands
- Circular Head
- Falla Peninsula
- Gilroy Head
- Musgrave Peninsula
- South West Cape
- Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku
- Courrejolles Point
- Moubray Hill
- Penguin Point
- Puiseux Peak
- Chatham Islands
- Cape Pattison
- Karewa Point
- Okawa Point
- Point Munning
- Rangiauria Point
- Tarawhenua Point
- Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands
- Crater Head
- Hutchison Bluff
- Petu Point
- Whakarongorua Point
- Raoul Island
- Nash Point
- Smith Bluff
- Snares Islands / Tini Heke
- North Promontory
- South Promontory
Papua New Guinea
Hawaii
- Mokapu, Hawaii
South America
Southern Cone
The Southern Cone, like Europe, is sometimes considered to be a large peninsula.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> 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.<ref name="Baldwin">Template:Citation</ref>
Other peninsulas in South America
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
Fictional peninsulas
- Brobdingnag in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
- Xanth in Xanth series by Piers Anthony
- The Valyrian Peninsula in the A Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R. R. Martin
See also
- Cape (geography)
- Headland
- Isthmus
- List of islands
- Promontory
- Salient (geography)
- Spit (landform)
- Tombolo