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List of peninsulas

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A peninsula ({{langx|la|paeninsula}} from paene "almost" and insula "island") is a piece of land that is bordered mostly by water but connected to mainland.{{cite book

| title = Word Histories and Mysteries: From Abracadabra to Zeus

| publisher = Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | year = 2004 | page = 216

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=cZ88p_bSt1EC&pg=PA216

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| date =2016 | work = American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language | publisher =Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | access-date =1 May 2016 }}{{cite web

| title = Definition of peninsula

| work = Cambridge Dictionaries Online

| publisher = Cambridge University Press | url = http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/peninsula

| access-date = 1 May 2016}}{{cite web

| title = Definition of peninsula

| work = Merriam-Webster Dictionary

| publisher = Merriam-Webster | url = http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peninsula

| access-date = 1 May 2016}} The surrounding water is usually understood to be continuous, though not necessarily named as such. A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, island promontory, bill, point,

or spit.{{cite web | url =http://www.britannica.com/topic/list-of-peninsulas-2024442#ref1216632 | title = List of peninsulas | date =2016 | publisher =Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. | access-date =1 May 2016

}} A point is generally considered a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water that is less prominent than a cape.{{Cite web|url=https://travelingluck.com//Africa/Sierra+Leone/Northern/_2409328_Fourah+Point.html|title=Fourah Point / Fourah Point, Northern, Sierra Leone, Africa|website=travelingluck.com}} In English, the plural of peninsula is peninsulas or, less commonly, peninsulae. A river which courses through a very tight meander is also sometimes said to form a "peninsula" within the (almost closed) loop of water.

Presented below is a list of peninsulas.

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Africa

File:Horn of Africa.png also known as the Somali peninsula]]

=Macaronesia=

=North Africa=

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=Somali Peninsula=

{{Main|Horn of Africa}}

The Horn of Africa is a peninsula in Northeast Africa that juts into the Guardafui Channel, and is the easternmost projection of the African continent. It denotes the region containing the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia.

=West Africa=

=Other peninsulas in Africa=

Antarctica

Asia

=Central Asia=

Kazakhstan

=Eastern Asia=

==China==

Source:{{Cite web |title=中国一共有几个半岛-爱问知识人 |url=https://iask.sina.com.cn/jxwd/6gKtrmwcAGX.html |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=iask.sina.com.cn}}

{{Main|List of peninsulas of China}}

==Hong Kong==

Hong Kong itself is a peninsula.

==Japan==

{{See also|List of peninsulas of Japan}}

===Hokkaido===

===Honshū===

===Kyūshū===

==Korea==

{{Main|Korea}}

File:Korea satelliet.jpg]]

The whole landmass encompassing North and South Korea is a peninsula, surrounded by the East Sea to the east and south, and the Yellow Sea to the west and south, with the Korea Strait connecting them.

==Macau==

==Taiwan==

=Northern Asia=

File:Relief Map of Kamchatka Krai.png in the Russian Far East]]

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=South-eastern Asia=

==Indochina==

==Indonesia==

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==Malaysia==

==Philippines==

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==Thailand==

  • Sathing Phra Peninsula

==Singapore==

==Vietnam==

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=India=

Image:South India satellite.jpg (Peninsular India)]]

The Deccan Peninsula is a dominant geographical feature of the Indian Subcontinent.

Other peninsulas on the Indian Subcontinent include:

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=Western Asia=

==Arabia==

==Eastern Mediterranean==

==Turkey==

{{Main|Peninsulas of Turkey}}

File:Anatolia composite NASA.png, the Asian part of Turkey]]

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Europe

Europe is sometimes considered to be a large peninsula extending off Eurasia.{{cite web |editor=National Geographic |title= Peninsula |year=1996 |url= http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/peninsula/?ar_a=1|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121005064158/http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/peninsula/?ar_a=1|url-status= dead|archive-date= 5 October 2012|access-date=18 January 2015}} As such, it is one of the largest peninsulas in the world and the only one to have the status as a full continent, largely as a matter of convention rather than science. It is composed of many smaller peninsulas, the four main and largest component peninsulas being the Scandinavian, Iberian, Balkan, and Apennine peninsulas.

= Balkan Peninsula =

File:Balkan topo en.jpg–Vipava–Krka–Sava–Danube border.]]

The Balkans is a region which natural borders do not coincide with the technical definition of a peninsula hence modern geographers reject the idea of a Balkan Peninsula. It would include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and the European part of Turkey.

=France=

=Iberian Peninsula=

{{Main|Iberian Peninsula}}

File:España y Portugal.jpg]]

Encompassing continental Portugal and Spain, Andorra, Gibraltar (British Overseas Territory), and a small amount of Southern France, the Iberian Peninsula is a dominant geographical feature of Iberia.

Other peninsulas in Iberia include:

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=Ireland=

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=Italy=

File:Satellite image of Italy in March 2003.jpg]]

The Apennine Peninsula is the dominant geographical feature of Italy.

Other peninsulas in Italy include:

;Adriatic Sea

;Ionian Sea

;Ligurian Sea

;Tyrrhenian Sea

=Malta=

=Russia=

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=Scandinavia=

{{Main|Scandinavia|Scandinavian Peninsula|Jutland|Fennoscandia}}

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==Norway==

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==Sweden==

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==Denmark==

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=Finland=

=Estonia=

{{Main|List of peninsulas of Estonia}}

=Turkey=

{{Main|Peninsulas of Turkey}}

=Ukraine=

=United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies=

==England==

File:Satellite picture of the Celtic Sea.jpg at the top and France's Brittany Peninsula at the bottom, with the English Channel between]]

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==Northern Ireland==

==Scotland==

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==Wales==

==Channel Islands==

==Isle of Man==

=Other peninsulas in Europe=

Image:Peninsula croatia.jpg

File:Zürichsee - Halbinsel Au IMG 0856.JPG, Lake Zürich, Switzerland]]

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North America

=Belize=

=Canada=

==British Columbia==

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==New Brunswick==

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==Newfoundland and Labrador==

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==Northwest Territories==

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==Nova Scotia==

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==Nunavut==

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===Baffin Island===

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==Ontario==

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==Quebec==

=Caribbean=

==Haiti==

==Dominican Republic==

==Puerto Rico==

==Cuba==

==Saint Lucia==

=Costa Rica=

=Greenland=

=Mexico=

File:Yucatan peninsula 250m.jpg]]

=Panama=

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=United States=

==Alaska==

==California==

{{main|Peninsulas of California}}

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==Florida==

Image:STS-95 Florida From Space.jpg, 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:

==Maryland==

Image:Chesapeakelandsat.jpeg of New Jersey, Delaware Bay, the Delmarva Peninsula, and Chesapeake Bay. Also visible are the peninsulas of Maryland and Virginia along the Chesapeake's shores.]]

==Massachusetts==

File:Cape Cod - Landsat 7.jpg, a peninsula of Massachusetts]]

==Michigan==

{{Main|Upper Peninsula of Michigan|Lower Peninsula of Michigan}}

Image:Great Lakes from space.jpg and Lower Peninsula]]

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Michigan – the only bi-peninsular state – is very distinguishable for its mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula which includes:

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan contains:

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==New Jersey==

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==New York==

Image:Long Island Landsat Mosaic.jpg

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  • Irondequoit, NY (geographical headland)

==Oregon==

{{main|Peninsulas of Oregon}}

==Utah==

  • Antelope Island, Utah, becomes a peninsula when waters are low, on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake
  • Promontory 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

==Vermont==

  • Alburgh, Vermont, is on the Alburgh Tongue, a peninsula extending from Quebec, Canada into Lake Champlain

==Virginia==

==Washington==

==Wisconsin==

==Other states==

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Oceania

= Australia =

Image:Wilsons Promontory.png, Victoria]]

File:DJI Mavic - Palm beach (34506639485).jpg, New South Wales]]

File:Torndirrup Peninsula to Bald Head.JPG

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=New Zealand=

== North Island ==

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== South Island ==

File:Otago_harbour_landsat.jpg and Otago Harbour. The city of Dunedin is located at the isthmus at lower left.]]

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== Outlying Islands ==

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=Papua New Guinea=

=Hawaii=

South America

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= Southern Cone =

The Southern Cone, like Europe, is sometimes considered to be a large peninsula.{{cite journal |last1=Podetti |first1=J. Ramiro |title=La visión geopolítica de Artigas |date=2011 |pages=3 |url=https://www.academia.edu/10181610 |access-date=10 November 2020}} Geographically, the peninsula encompasses most of Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Southern Brazil and the southernmost portion of Paraguay, which makes it one of the largest peninsulas in the world. Like the Indian Peninsula, the Southern Cone is sometimes considered to be a subcontinent.{{citation |last=Baldwin |first=James A. |chapter=Continents |editor=R.W. McColl |title=Encyclopedia of World Geography |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DJgnebGbAB8C&pg=PA215 |year=2014 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-0-8160-7229-3 |page=215}}

=Other peninsulas in South America=

== Argentina ==

== Brazil ==

== Chile ==

== Colombia ==

== Peru ==

== Uruguay ==

== Venezuela ==

Fictional peninsulas

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See also

References

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External links

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