List of peninsulas
A peninsula is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body that is surrounded by water on three sides.
A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, promontory or spit.
Peninsulas of the world:
Continental Europe:
- Balkan peninsula
- Brittany, France
- Crimea, Ukraine
- Gallipoli, Turkey
- Gibraltar (British Territory)
- Iberian Peninsula, encompassing the whole of Spain and Portugal
- Istria, Croatia
- Italy
- Jutland Peninsula, northern Germany and Denmark
- Kassandra, Greece
- Mount Athos, Greece
- Peloponnesos, Greece
- Scandinavian Peninsula, encompassing Norway, Sweden and Finland
- Sithonia, Greece
- Svaerholthalvoya, Norway
- Varangerhalvoya, Norway
- Walcheren, Netherlands
- Zuid-Beveland, Netherlands
- Ards peninsula, Northern Ireland
- Argyll, Scotland
- Black Isle peninsula, Scotland
- Cornwall, England
- Dunnet Head, Scotland
- Faraid Head, Scotland
- Gower peninsula, Wales
- Island Magee, Northern Ireland
- Isle of Portland, England {despite it's name, it is not an island but a peninsula
- Kintyre, Scotland
- Lecale peninsula, Northern Ireland
- Lleyn peninsula, Wales
- Spurn, England
- Strathy Point, Scotland
- The Lizard, England
- Wirral, England
- Beara
- Cooley
- Dingle peninsula
- Fanad peninsula
- Howth peninsula
- Inishowen
- Iveragh
- Mizen Head
- Mullet peninsula
- Rosguill
- Sheeps Head
==Greenland== (Danish Territory)
Asia:
- Bataan Peninsula, Philippines
- Bondoc peninsula, Luzon, Philippines
- Boso-hanto, Honshu, Japan
- India
- Inubo-zaki, Honshu, Japan
- Izu-hanto, Honshu, Japan
- Kapidagi Yarimadasi, Turkey
- Kathiawar Peninsula, Gujarat, India
- Korean peninsula, encompassing North Korea and South Korea
- Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong (China)
- Leizhou Bandao, China
- Liaodong Bandao, China
- Malay Peninsula
- Mumbai city, India
- Musandam peninsula, Oman
- Nishi-sonogi-hanto, Kyushu, Japan
- Noto-hanto, Honshu, Japan
- Oga-hanto, Honshu, Japan
- Oshika-hanto, Honshu, Japan
- Qatar
- San Ildefonso peninsula, Luzon, Philippines
- Semenanjung Blambangan, Java, Indonesia
- Semenanjung Minahassa, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- Shandong Bandao, China
- Shiriya-zaki, Honshu, Japan
- Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
- Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines
- Bakassi, Cameroon but disputed with Nigeria
- Buri peninsula, Eritrea
- Cabo Blanco, Mauritania/Western Sahara
- Cap Vert, Senegal
- Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa
- Ceuta, Spain
- Punta Durnford, Western Sahara
- Raas Xaafuun peninsula, Somalia
- Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- Delmarva Peninsula, encompassing parts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia
- Florida Peninsula, encompassing most of Florida state
- Northern Neck, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in Virginia
- Middle Peninsula, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in Virginia
- Virginia Peninsula, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in Virginia
- Olympic Peninsula, Washington
- Pinellas Peninsula, separating Tampa Bay from the Gulf of Mexico, comprising Pinellas County
- San Francisco Peninsula, partly separating the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean
- Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan in the Great Lakes
- Labrador Peninsula
- Baja California, Mexico, containing the states of Baja California and Baja California Sur
- Yucatán Peninsula, partly separating the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea
- Península de Araya, Venezuela
- Península de la Guajira, Colombia/
- Península de Paria, Venezuela
- Valdés peninsula, Argentina
- Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico, despite its name, it is also a peninsula
- Beecroft peninsula, New South Wales
- Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
- Cobourg peninsula, Northern Territory
- Fleurieu peninsula, South Australia
- Jervis Bay Territory
- Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
- Tasman peninsula, Tasmania
- Wilson's Promontory, Victoria
- Yorke peninsula, South Australia
- Younghusband peninsula, South Australia
- Banks peninsula, South 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
- Otago Peninsula, South Island