List of peninsulas
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A peninsula (Latin: paenīnsula, "paene-": almost + "īnsula": island) is a piece of land that is surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus.
A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, island promontory, bill, point, or spit.[1]. Note that a point is generally considered a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water that is less prominent than a cape.[2]
Oceania
Australia
New Zealand
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 and Serbia.
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- Jordan, Steckel
Denmark
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Italy
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Iberian Peninsula
Encompassing continental Spain and Portugal, Andorra, British overseas territory of Gibraltar and a small amount of southern France.
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Scandinavian Peninsula
Encompassing present-day Sweden, Norway, and part of Finland
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Turkey
- Anatolian Peninsula
- Thracian Peninsula
- Gelibolu Peninsula
- Karaburun Peninsula
- Dilek Peninsula
- Datça Peninsula
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
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Scotland
Wales
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Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
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Russia
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Other countries
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Asia
Kazakhstan
Eastern Mediterranean
 
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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
- The Indian subcontinent is itself a peninsula
- Colaba peninsula, Mumbai
- Deccan peninsula
- Worli peninsula, Mumbai
- Kathiawar Peninsula, Gujarat
- Gwadar peninsula, Pakistan
- Jaffna Peninsula, Northern Sri Lanka
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)
Korea
The whole land mass encompassing North and South Korea is a peninsula, surrounded by the Sea of Japan (also known as the East Sea) 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
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Indonesia
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Vietnam
North America
Canada
United States
Alaska
California
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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:
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Michigan
Michigan is very distinguishable for its mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula of Michigan which includes:
The northern half of Michigan is called the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and contains:
New Jersey
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New York
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Utah
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Virginia
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Other states
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Greenland
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Mexico
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South America
- Tierra del Fuego of Chile/Argentina was once a peninsula extending south from South America during the great Ice Ages
Chile
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Other countries
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Caribbean
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Africa
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Antarctica
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peninsulas.
- ^ Peninsula. – Britannica Student Encyclopedia. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica, Retrieved 2007-07-19.
- ^ http://travelingluck.com/Africa/Sierra%20Leone/Northern/_2409328_Fourah+Point.html#local_map
- ^ "Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition" (PDF). International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
