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 (head), 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
- 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
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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 Brett, North Island
- Cape Campbell, South Island
- Cape Foulwind, South Island
- Cape Kidnappers, North Island
- Cape Turnagain, North Island
- Coromandel Peninsula, North Island
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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.
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
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
- Fylde, Lancashire
- Hoo, Kent
- Isle of Dogs, London
- Greenwich Peninsula, London
- Gosport, Hampshire
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- The Lizard, Cornwall
- Manhood Peninsula, West Sussex
- Morte Point, North Devon
- Orchard Place, London
- Penwith, Cornwall
- Isle of Purbeck, Dorset
- Rotherhithe, London
- Spurn, Yorkshire
- Tendring, Essex
- Wirral, Cheshire and Merseyside
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Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Russia
Other countries
Asia
Kazakhstan
Eastern Mediterranean
Panoramic view of Beirut.
Panoramic view of Haifa, Israel's Second Largest Metropolitan Area
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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
China
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
Indonesia
Vietnam
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
- Douglas Peninsula, Northwest Territories
- Dunlas Peninsula, Melville Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
- Foxe Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec
- Hall Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
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- Henry Kater Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- 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)
- 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
- 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 region, British Columbia
- Ungava Peninsula, Quebec
- Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
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United States
Alaska
California
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:
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
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
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- Stansbury Peninsula, becomes an island when waters are high, on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake
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Virginia
Other states
- Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a cape that can be viewed as a peninsula
- Delmarva 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
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Greenland
Mexico
South America
Chile
Other countries
Caribbean
Africa
Antarctica
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