List of peninsulas

A peninsula in Croatia

A peninsula (from the latin words "paene insula", almost island) is a geographical landform consisting of an extension of a body of land from a larger body of land, surrounded by water on three sides.

A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, promontory, bill, point, or spit.

Peninsulas of the World

Eurasia

Continental Europe

• Apsheron, Azerbaijan
• Brittany, France
• Butjadingen, Germany
• Cotentin Peninsula, France
• Crimea, Ukraine
• Gallipoli, Turkey (formerly the Thracian Chersonese)
• Gibraltar
• Grenen, Denmark
• Hel Peninsula, Poland
• Italian Peninsula, Italy
• North Holland, Netherlands
• Walcheren, Netherlands
• Zuid-Beveland, Netherlands

Balkan "Peninsula"

• Chalkidiki, Greece
• Pilio, Greece
• Karaburun peninsula, Albania
• Kassandra, Greece
• Mani Peninsula, Greece
• Mount Athos, Greece
• Peloponnesos, Greece
• Sithonia, Greece
• Zadar, Croatia
• Pelješac, Croatia

Denmark

• Jutland Peninsula

Italy

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

Iberian Peninsula

-encompassing continental Spain and Portugal, Andorra and the British dependency of Gibraltar.

• Cabo Espichel, Portugal
• Cabo Carvoeiro, Portugal
• Cabo de São Vicente, Portugal
• Tróia Peninsula, Portugal
• Cádiz, Spain
• Gibraltar (British Territory)

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

United Kingdom

England

• Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset - the South West Peninsula, or the Westcountry, or Wessex
• The Penwith Peninsula, Cornwall
• Cornwall is technically a peninsula
• Durham
• Fylde, Lancashire
• Hoo, Kent
• Isle of Dogs, 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
• Dunnet Head, Caithness
• Faraid Head, Sutherland
• Fife
• Knoydart, Lochaber
• Morvern, Lochaber
• Strathy Point, Sutherland
• Point, Outer Hebrides

Wales

• Wales is itself a peninsula
• Gower Peninsula, Swansea
• Lleyn 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

Northern Ireland

• Ulster - as Donegal is part of Ulster, the province is surrounded on three sides by water - therefore, Ulster is a peninsula
• 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

Russia

See also Peninsulas of Russia

• Chukchi Peninsula
• Kamchatka Peninsula
• Kola Peninsula
• Rybachiy Peninsula
• Taymyr Peninsula
• Yamal Peninsula

Kazakhstan

• Mangyshlak Peninsula

Middle East

• Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
• Al-Faw peninsula, Iraq
• Kapidagi Yarimadasi, Turkey
• Datça Peninsula, Turkey
• Musandam peninsula, Oman
• Qatar
• Arabia
• Asia Minor

Indian subcontinent and South Asia

South India (Peninsular India).

• The Indian subcontinant 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

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

• Shiriya-zaki
• Oshika-hanto
• Noto-hanto
• Oga-hanto
• Miura-hato
• Boso-hanto
• Inubo-zaki
• Izu-hanto

Southeast Asia

• Malay Peninsula
• Ca Mau Peninsula, Vietnam

Philippines

• 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

The Americas

United States of America

• Alaska Peninsula, Alaska
• 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
• Fairpoint Peninsula, Florida
• Florida Peninsula, encompassing most of Florida state
• Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
• Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, in Lake Superior
• Key Peninsula, Washington, in Puget Sound
• Kitsap 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
• Seward Peninsula, Alaska
• The Thumb, Michigan
• 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

• 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

Central America

• Península de Azuero, Panama
• Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica
• Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

South America

• Araya Peninsula, Venezuela
• Brecknock Peninsula, Chile
• Brunswick Peninsula, Chile
• Guajira Peninsula, Colombia
• Paracas Peninsula, Peru
• Paraguana, Venezuela
• Paria Peninsula, Venezuela
• Taitao Peninsula, Chile
• Verde Peninsula, Argentina
• Valdes Peninsula, Argentina

Caribbean

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

Australia & Oceania

Australia

A beach on the Mornington Peninsula

• Beecroft Peninsula, New South Wales
• Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria
• 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
• Redcliffe, Queensland
• 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
• North Auckland Peninsula, North Island
• Otago Peninsula, South Island
• Tiwai Point, South Island
• Whangaparaoa Peninsula, North Island

Papua New Guinea

• Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain
• Huon Peninsula

Africa

• Bakassi, Cameroon but disputed with Nigeria
• Buri Peninsula, Eritrea
• Cabo Blanco, Mauritania/Western Sahara
• Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
• Cap-Vert, Senegal
• Ceuta, Spain
• Punta Durnford, Western Sahara
• 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