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Peninsula
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A peninsula (Latin : paenīnsula byland or biland ) is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland . In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic , Slavic , Hungarian and Chinese , peninsulas are called "half-islands". A peninsula can also be a headland (head), cape , island promontory , bill, point, or spit .point is generally considered a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water that is less prominent than a cape.
Oceania Australia
Beecroft Peninsula , New South Wales Bellarine Peninsula , Victoria Cape York Peninsula , Queensland Cobourg Peninsula , Northern Territory Cronulla sand dunes, Kurnell Peninsula Dampier Peninsula , Western Australia Eyre Peninsula , South Australia Fleurieu Peninsula , South Australia Freycinet Peninsula , Tasmania Inskip Peninsula , Queensland
A beach on the Mornington Peninsula
Looking north over the Kurnell Peninsula.
New Zealand
Aupouri Peninsula , North Island Banks Peninsula , South Island Bluff Peninsula , South Island Bream Head , North Island Cape of Brandon Conde , South 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
Papua New Guinea Europe
Europe is sometimes considered to be a large peninsula extending off Eurasia . It is composed of many peninsulas, the four main component peninsulas being the Iberian, Scandinavian, Italian, and Balkan peninsulas.
Balkan Peninsula The Balkans is a peninsula including Albania , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Croatia , Greece , Kosovo , Macedonia , Montenegro , Romania , Serbia , Slovenia and the European part of Turkey.
Denmark Italy Iberian Peninsula Encompassing continental Spain and Portugal, Andorra , British overseas territory of Gibraltar and a small amount of southern France.
Scandinavian Peninsula Encompassing present-day Sweden , Norway , and part of Finland .
Turkey United Kingdom
During the great Ice Ages , all of Great Britain was a peninsula, extending north west from the mainland of Europe/France. The English Channel did not exist at that time.
England
Cornwall , Devon , Somerset , and Dorset - the South West Peninsula , or the West Country , or Wessex Dengie peninsula , Essex The centre of the city of Durham , County Durham
The Fylde , Lancashire Hoo , Kent Isle of Dogs , LondonGreenwich Peninsula , LondonGosport , Hampshire
The Lizard , Cornwall Manhood Peninsula , West Sussex Morte Point , North Devon Penwith , Cornwall Isle of Purbeck , Dorset Isle of Portland , Dorset Rotherhithe , LondonSpurn , Yorkshire Tendring , Essex Wirral , Cheshire and Merseyside
Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Russia Other countries in Europe
Asia Kazakhstan Eastern Mediterranean
Panoramic view of Beirut.
View of Haifa from the west, the center of Israel's Second Largest Metropolitan Area
Persian Gulf
Arabian Peninsula ; Saudi Arabia , Iraq , Kuwait , Bahrain , Qatar , Jordan , United Arab Emirates , Yemen , Oman Qatar Al-Faw peninsula , Iraq Musandam peninsula ; Oman , United Arab Emirates
Indian subcontinent and South Asia China Korea The whole land mass encompassing North and South Korea is a peninsula, surrounded by the Sea of Japan on the east, the East China Sea to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the west, the Korea Strait connecting the first two bodies of water.
Japan Kyūshū Honshū Hokkaido South East Asia Philippines Indonesia Vietnam Malaysia
North America Canada
Acadian Peninsula , New Brunswick Adelaide Peninsula , Nunavut Aspotogan Peninsula , Nova Scotia 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 , extending into Lake Huron Burin Peninsula , Newfoundland , Newfoundland and Labrador Burrard Peninsula , British Columbia Chebucto Peninsula , Nova Scotia 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 Cynthia Peninsula , Ontario (in Lake Temagami )Douglas Peninsula , Northwest Territories Dunlas Peninsula , Melville Island , Northwest Territories /Nunavut Foxe Peninsula , Baffin Island , Nunavut Gaspé Peninsula , Quebec Great Northern Peninsula , Newfoundland , Newfoundland and Labrador Hall Peninsula , Baffin Island , Nunavut
Henry Kater Peninsula , Baffin Island , Nunavut Joan Peninsula , Ontario (in Lake Temagami )Kent Peninsula , Nunavut Kingston Peninsula , New Brunswick Labrador Peninsula , encompassing all of Labrador and most of Quebec Leith Peninsula , Northwest Territories (in Great Bear Lake )Long Point , Ontario (in Lake Erie )McLean Peninsula , Ontario (in Lake Temagami )Melville Peninsula , Nunavut Meta Incognita Peninsula , Baffin Island , Nunavut Natkusiak Peninsula , Victoria Island , Northwest Territories /Nunavut Niagara Peninsula , Ontario North Peninsula , Ontario (in Lake Nipigon )Nova Scotia peninsula , Nova Scotia Pangertot Peninsula , Nunavut Parry Peninsula , Northwest Territories Pethel Peninsula , Northwest Territories Penisalota Peninsula , Saskatchewan 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 )Sibley Peninsula , Ontario (in Lake Superior )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 Sunshine Coast Peninsula , Sea-to-Sky Corridor , British Columbia Ungava Peninsula , Quebec Wollaston Peninsula , Victoria Island , Northwest Territories /Nunavut
United States Alaska California Florida
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:
Michigan Michigan is very distinguishable for its mitten -shaped Lower Peninsula of Michigan which includes:
The northern third of Michigan is called the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and contains:
New Jersey New York Utah
Antelope Island , Utah , becomes a peninsula when waters are low, on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake Promentory 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
Virginia Other states
Cape Cod , Massachusetts , a cape that can be viewed as a peninsulaDelmarva Peninsula , encompassing parts of Maryland and Virginia , and all of Delaware Door Peninsula , Wisconsin , in Lake Michigan Key Peninsula , Washington , in Puget Sound Kitsap Peninsula , Washington, in Puget Sound
Greenland Mexico
The Baja California peninsula
South America Other countries in South America Caribbean Africa Antarctica References
Mountainous landforms
Continental plain
River landform
Fluvial landforms
Glacial landforms
Oceanic and coastal landforms
Volcanic landforms
Aeolian landforms
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