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A peninsula (Template:Langx from paene "almost" and insula "island") is a piece of land that is bordered mostly by water but connected to mainland.[1][2][3][4] 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.[5] A point is generally considered a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water that is less prominent than a cape.[6] 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.
Africa
[edit | edit source]Macaronesia
[edit | edit source]- Jandía, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain
- Macizo de Anaga, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
- Ponta de São Lourenço, Madeira Island, Portugal
North Africa
[edit | edit source]- Cabo Blanco, Mauritania/Morocco
- Cap Bon, Tunisia
- Cap Zebib, Tunisia
- Ceuta, Spain
- Río de Oro Peninsula, Morocco
- Ras Banas, Egypt
- Ras ben Sakka, Tunisia
Somali Peninsula
[edit | edit source]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.
- Buri Peninsula, Eritrea
- Ras Hafun, Somalia
- Ras Kasar, Eritrea
- Ras Siyyan, Djibouti
West Africa
[edit | edit source]- Lekki Peninsula, Lagos, Nigeria
- Cap-Vert, Senegal
- Turner's Peninsula, Sierra Leone
Other peninsulas in Africa
[edit | edit source]- Bakassi, Cameroon, but disputed with Nigeria
- Cape Peninsula, South Africa
- Le Morne Brabant, Mauritius
- Uyoma, Kenya
Antarctica
[edit | edit source]- Antarctic Peninsula
- Edward VII Peninsula
- Fletcher Peninsula
- Fowler Peninsula
- Martin Peninsula
Asia
[edit | edit source]Central Asia
[edit | edit source]Kazakhstan
Eastern Asia
[edit | edit source]China
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Hong Kong
[edit | edit source]Hong Kong itself is a peninsula.
Japan
[edit | edit source]Hokkaido
[edit | edit source]Honshū
[edit | edit source]Kyūshū
[edit | edit source]Korea
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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
[edit | edit source]Taiwan
[edit | edit source]Northern Asia
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South-eastern Asia
[edit | edit source]Indochina
[edit | edit source]Indonesia
[edit | edit source]Malaysia
[edit | edit source]- Northwestern Peninsula, Kudat
- Pitas Peninsula, Pitas
- Semporna Peninsula, Semporna and Tawau
- Sandakan Peninsula, Sandakan
- Peninsula Malaysia
Philippines
[edit | edit source]- Bataan Peninsula, Luzon
- Bicol Peninsula, Luzon
- Caramoan Peninsula, Bicol
- Bondoc Peninsula, Luzon
- Calatagan Peninsula, Luzon
- Calumpan Peninsula, Luzon
- Cavite City, Luzon
- Manila Peninsula, Luzon
- San Ildefonso Peninsula, Luzon
- Redondo Peninsula, Luzon
- Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao
- Tinaca Point, Davao del Sur
- Guanguan Peninsula, Mindanao
- Northwest Panay Peninsula, Visayas
- Poro Point, La Union
Thailand
[edit | edit source]- Sathing Phra Peninsula
Singapore
[edit | edit source]Vietnam
[edit | edit source]- Cà Mau Peninsula, Cà Mau province
- Hòn Gốm Peninsula, Khánh Hòa
- Sơn Trà Peninsula, Da Nang
- Ngũ Xã Peninsula, Hanoi
- Bình Quới Peninsula, Ho Chi Minh City
- Thủ Thiêm Peninsula, Ho Chi Minh City
- Vũng Tàu Peninsula (the city is a peninsula)
- Cam Ranh Peninsula, Khánh Hòa province
- Trà Cổ Peninsula, Quảng Ninh province
- Phương Mai Peninsula, Quy Nhon
India
[edit | edit source]The Deccan Peninsula is a dominant geographical feature of the Indian subcontinent
Other peninsulas on the Indian Subcontinent include:
- Bandra Peninsula, Mumbai
- Colaba Peninsula, Mumbai
- Gwadar Peninsula, Pakistan
- Jaffna Peninsula, Northern Sri Lanka
- Kanyakumari Peninsula, Tamil Nadu
- Kathiawar Peninsula, Gujarat
- Malabar Point Peninsula, Mumbai
- Worli Peninsula, Mumbai
Western Asia
[edit | edit source]Arabia
[edit | edit source]- Arabian Peninsula; Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman
- Al-Faw Peninsula, Iraq
- Musandam Peninsula; Oman, United Arab Emirates
- Qatar Peninsula
Eastern Mediterranean
[edit | edit source]- Beirut, Lebanon
- El Mina, Lebanon
- Haifa, Israel
- Acre, Israel
- Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Turkey
[edit | edit source]Europe
[edit | edit source]Europe is sometimes considered to be a large peninsula extending off Eurasia.[8] 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
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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.
- Chalkidiki, Greece
- Kassandra, Greece
- Mani Peninsula, Greece
- Mount Athos, Greece
- Peloponnese, Greece (now an island because of the Corinth Canal)
- Sithonia, Greece
- Pilio, Greece
- Istria, Croatia
- Piran Peninsula, Slovenia
- Pelješac, Croatia
- Prevlaka, Croatia
- Split, Croatia
- Zadar, Croatia
- Karaburun Peninsula, Albania
- Luštica, Montenegro
- Gallipoli, Turkey
- Klek (peninsula), Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Istanbul, Turkey
France
[edit | edit source]- Brittany
- Cap Corse, Corsica
- Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy
- Crozon, Finistère
- Landes du Médoc, Aquitaine
Iberian Peninsula
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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:
- Lisbon Peninsula, Portugal
- Setúbal Peninsula, Portugal
- Peniche, Portugal
- Cabo Espichel, Portugal
- Cabo Carvoeiro, Portugal
- Cabo de São Vicente, Portugal
- Tróia Peninsula, Portugal
- Gibraltar, United Kingdom
- Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain
- A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
- O Morrazo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Ireland
[edit | edit source]Italy
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The Apennine Peninsula is the dominant geographical feature of Italy.
Other peninsulas in Italy include:
- Adriatic Sea
- Ionian Sea
- Ligurian Sea
- Tyrrhenian Sea
- Gaeta
- Promontorio del Circeo
- Promontorio dell'Argentario
- Promontorio di Punta Ala
- Sorrentine Peninsula
Malta
[edit | edit source]Russia
[edit | edit source]- Curonian Spit, Kaliningrad Oblast (shared with Lithuania)
- Gusinaya Zemlya
- Kanin Peninsula
- Kola Peninsula
- Kurgalsky Peninsula
- Lokhaniemi Peninsula
- Nemetsky Peninsula
- Onega Peninsula
- Rybachy Peninsula
- Sambia Peninsula
- Soikinsky Peninsula
- Sredny Peninsula
- Taman Peninsula
- Turiy Peninsula
- Yugorsky Peninsula
Scandinavia
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Norway
[edit | edit source]Sweden
[edit | edit source]Denmark
[edit | edit source]Finland
[edit | edit source]Estonia
[edit | edit source]Turkey
[edit | edit source]Ukraine
[edit | edit source]United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies
[edit | edit source]England
[edit | edit source]- South West Peninsula (western part of the West Country comprising the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset)
- Dengie peninsula, Essex
- The centre of the city of Durham, County Durham
- The Fylde, Lancashire
- Brixham Peninsula, South Devon
- Hoo, Kent
- Roseland, Mid Cornwall
- Bere Peninsula, Devon
- Isle of Dogs, London
- Cartmel Peninsula, Cumbria
- Furness Peninsula, Cumbria
- Greenwich Peninsula, London
- Gosport, Hampshire
- Isle of Thanet, Kent
- The Lizard, Cornwall
- Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve, South Devon
- Manhood Peninsula, West Sussex
- Morte Point, North Devon
- Penwith, Cornwall
- Isle of Purbeck, Dorset
- Rotherhithe, London
- Spurn, East Riding of Yorkshire
- Shotley Peninsula, Suffolk
- Swanscombe Peninsula, Kent
- Tendring, Essex
- Weymouth Pier, Weymouth
- Wirral, Cheshire/Merseyside
Northern Ireland
[edit | edit source]Scotland
[edit | edit source]- Ardnamurchan, Lochaber
- Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty
- Cowal, Argyll and Bute
- Doonie Point, Aberdeenshire
- Dunnet Head, Caithness
- Faraid Head, Sutherland
- Fife
- Kintyre, Argyll and Bute
- Knoydart, Lochaber
- The Machars, Dumfries and Galloway
- Morvern, Lochaber
- Northmavine, Shetland
- Rhins of Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway
- Rosneath peninsula, Argyll and Bute (formerly Dunbartonshire)
- Rhu Peninsula Lochaber
- Strathy Point, Sutherland
- Point of Hellia, Orkney
- Point or the Eye peninsula, Western Isles
Wales
[edit | edit source]- Creuddyn Peninsula juts out of the North Wales coast
- Gower Peninsula, Swansea
- Llŷn Peninsula
- Marloes Peninsula, Pembrokeshire
- South Pembrokeshire Peninsula
- St Davids Head, Pembrokeshire
- Wales, itself a peninsula
Channel Islands
[edit | edit source]Isle of Man
[edit | edit source]Other peninsulas in Europe
[edit | edit source]- Absheron Peninsula, Azerbaijan
- Bodanrück, Konstanz, Germany
- Akranes, Iceland
- Au Peninsula, Au, Zurich, Switzerland
- Butjadingen, Germany
- Curonian Spit, Lithuania (shared with Russia)
- Fischland-Darß-Zingst, Germany
- Hel Peninsula, Poland
- Heracles Peninsula, disputed between Ukraine and Russia
- Kerch Peninsula, disputed between Ukraine and Russia
- Karpass Peninsula, Cyprus
- Mettnau, Konstanz, Germany
- North Holland, the Netherlands
- Nesebar Peninsula, Bulgaria
- Sozopol Peninsula, Bulgaria
- Rapperswil Peninsula, Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
- St. Peter's Island, Twann-Tüscherz, Switzerland
- Tihany, Hungary
- Walcheren, the Netherlands
- Zuid-Beveland, the Netherlands
North America
[edit | edit source]Belize
[edit | edit source]- Placencia Peninsula, Belize
Canada
[edit | edit source]- Dunlas Peninsula, Melville Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
- Labrador Peninsula, encompassing all of Labrador and most of Quebec
- Natkusiak Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
- Storkerson Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
- Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
British Columbia
[edit | edit source]- Burrard Peninsula
- Saanich Peninsula, Vancouver Island
- Sechelt Peninsula
- Tsawwassen Peninsula, which extends beyond the Canada/United States border, creating the pene-exclave of Point Roberts, Washington
New Brunswick
[edit | edit source]Newfoundland and Labrador
[edit | edit source]Northwest Territories
[edit | edit source]Nova Scotia
[edit | edit source]Nunavut
[edit | edit source]Baffin Island
[edit | edit source]Ontario
[edit | edit source]- Cynthia Peninsula (in Lake Temagami)
- Joan Peninsula (in Lake Temagami)
- McLean Peninsula (in Lake Temagami)
- North Peninsula (in Lake Nipigon)
- Ontario Peninsula
- Bruce Peninsula, extending into Lake Huron
- 100-Mile Peninsula (Essex County)
- Long Point (in Lake Erie)
- Niagara Peninsula
- Point Pelee (in Lake Erie)
- Prince Edward Peninsula (in Lake Ontario)
- Sibley Peninsula (in Lake Superior)
Quebec
[edit | edit source]Caribbean
[edit | edit source]Haiti
[edit | edit source]- Peninsule de Tiburon, Haiti
- Peninsule de Mole-St-Nicolas, Haiti
Dominican Republic
[edit | edit source]- Peninsula de Samaná, Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
[edit | edit source]- Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico
Cuba
[edit | edit source]- Zapata Peninsula, Cuba
- Guanahacabibes Peninsula, Cuba
- Hicacos Peninsula, Cuba
Saint Lucia
[edit | edit source]- Vigie Peninsula, St Lucia
Costa Rica
[edit | edit source]- Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica
- Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Greenland
[edit | edit source]- Wegener Peninsula
- Hayes Halvo
- Ingnerit
- Nuussuaq Peninsula
- Sigguup Nunaa (Svartenhuk Halvø)
Mexico
[edit | edit source]- Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, containing the states of Baja California and Baja California Sur
- Yucatán Peninsula, partly separating the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean
Panama
[edit | edit source]- Península de Azuero, Panama
United States
[edit | edit source]Alaska
[edit | edit source]- Alaska Peninsula
- Cleveland Peninsula
- Kenai Peninsula
- Seward Peninsula
- Lisburne Peninsula
California
[edit | edit source]- Balboa Peninsula – in Newport Beach, Orange County.
- Monterey Peninsula – between Monterey Bay, the Salinas Valley, and the Santa Lucia Range in Monterey County.
- Palos Verdes Peninsula – along the Pacific between Santa Monica Bay and San Pedro Bay, in the South Bay Region of Los Angeles County.
- Point Loma Peninsula – between San Diego Bay and the Pacific Ocean in San Diego.
- Point Reyes Peninsula – west-northwest of San Francisco.
- San Francisco Peninsula – between the central−south San Francisco Bay and the Pacific in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Santa Cruz Mountains are a 'spine' along the middle and lower sections.
- Samoa Peninsula – the northern landform between Humboldt Bay and the Pacific
- Tiburon Peninsula – between Richardson Bay and San Pablo Bay in east Marin County of the northern San Francisco Bay Area.
Florida
[edit | edit source]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:
- The St. Johns River creates a large peninsula over 75 miles (121 km) in length that stretches from eastern Jacksonville down to the border of Flagler and Volusia counties, where the river emanates from Lake George.
- Fairpoint Peninsula
- Pinellas peninsula, including St. Petersburg and Clearwater
- Much of Tampa lies on a peninsula called Interbay Peninsula jutting out into Tampa Bay
- Cape Sable
Maryland
[edit | edit source]- Maryland shares the Delmarva Peninsula east of Chesapeake Bay with Delaware and Virginia.
- St. Mary's Peninsula is defined by the Patuxent River, the Potomac River, and Chesapeake Bay.
- Calvert Peninsula lies between Chesapeake Bay and the Patuxent River.
- Numerous smaller tidal tributaries form smaller peninsulas on both the Eastern and Western shores of Chesapeake Bay. Named examples include the Broadneck Peninsula in Anne Arundel County and the Elk Neck Peninsula in Cecil County.
Massachusetts
[edit | edit source]- Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a cape that can be viewed as a peninsula
- Cape Ann, includes the towns of Gloucester and Rockport
- Nahant, a town in Essex County, is on a small peninsula.
- Nantasket Peninsula, Hull
- Shawmut Peninsula, Boston
Michigan
[edit | edit source]Michigan – the only bi-peninsular state – is very distinguishable for its mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula which includes:
- Leelanau Peninsula
- Lost Peninsula
- Old Mission Peninsula
- Pointe Mouillee
- Presque Isle Peninsula
- Tawas Point
- The Thumb
- Waugoshance Point
- Woodtick Peninsula
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan contains:
New Jersey
[edit | edit source]- Barnegat Peninsula
- Cape May Peninsula
- Sandy Hook
- New Barbadoes Neck lies between the Hackensack River and Passaic River
- Caven Point in Jersey City is a part of Liberty State Park and Port Liberte.
- Bergen Point and Constable Hook are two peninsulas in Bayonne, which itself lies on peninsula surrounded by Upper New York Bay, Newark Bay, and the Kill van Kull, formerly known as Bergen Neck
- Droyer's Point and Kearny Point mark the mouth of the Hackensack River
- MOTBY and Port Jersey are man-made peninsulas extending in Upper New York Bay
New York
[edit | edit source]- The Bronx, New York, and Yonkers, New York
- Long Island was once a peninsula connected to North America during the great Ice Ages, and includes two large peninsulas at its east end: the South Fork and the North Fork.
- Cumberland Head
- Coney Island was an island until it was expanded through land reclamation into the Coney Island Creek, thus becoming a peninsula.
- Rockaway Peninsula in southeastern Queens
- Irondequoit, NY (geographical headland)
Oregon
[edit | edit source]Utah
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- Alburgh, Vermont, is on the Alburgh Tongue, a peninsula extending from Quebec, Canada into Lake Champlain
Virginia
[edit | edit source]- Middle Peninsula, on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay
- Northern Neck, on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay
- Virginia Peninsula, on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay
Washington
[edit | edit source]Wisconsin
[edit | edit source]- Bark Point, Wisconsin in Lake Superior
- Bayfield Peninsula, Wisconsin in Lake Superior
- Chequamegon Point, Wisconsin in Lake Superior
- Door Peninsula, Wisconsin, in Lake Michigan
- Jones Island, Milwaukee, Wisconsin in Lake Michigan
- Little Tail Point, Wisconsin in Green Bay (Lake Michigan)
- Marshall's Point, Wisconsin on North Bay in Lake Michigan
- MawBilly Joelwe Point, Wisconsin on MawBilly Joelwe Bay in Lake Superior
- Roman Point on Siskiwit Bay, Wisconsin, in Lake Superior
- Toft Point between Bailey's Harbor, Wisconsin and Moonlight Bay, Wisconsin in Lake Michigan
Other states
[edit | edit source]- Delmarva Peninsula, encompassing parts of Maryland and Virginia, and most of Delaware
- Land Between the Lakes, Tennessee and Kentucky
- Presque Isle, Erie, Pennsylvania
- Port Bolivar, Texas
- Encinal Peninsula, Flour Bluff, Corpus Christi, Texas
- Kentucky Bend, Kentucky
Oceania
[edit | edit source]Australia
[edit | edit source]- Abbotsford, New South Wales
- Avalon Beach, New South Wales
- Balcolyn, New South Wales
- Beecroft Peninsula, New South Wales
- Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria
- Blacksmiths, New South Wales
- Bolton Point, New South Wales
- Box Head, New South Wales
- Bouddi National Park, New South Wales
- Brightwaters, New South Wales
- Budgewoi Peninsula, New South Wales
- Burraneer, New South Wales
- Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
- Castle Cove, New South Wales
- Caves Beach, New South Wales
- Chiswick, New South Wales
- Coal Point, New South Wales
- Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory
- Cremorne Point, New South Wales
- Cronulla, New South Wales
- Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia
- Dudley Peninsula, South Australia
- Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
- Ettalong Beach, New South Wales
- Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
- Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania
- Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park, Victoria
- Gwandalan, New South Wales
- Inskip Peninsula, Queensland
- Jervis Bay, Australian Capital Territory
- Kangaroo Point, New South Wales
- Kurnell, New South Wales
- Kurraba Point, New South Wales
- Lakes Entrance, New South Wales
- Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
- Nelson Bay, New South Wales
- Redcliffe, Queensland
- Palm Beach, New South Wales
- Point Frederick, New South Wales
- Primbee, New South Wales
- Rhodes, New South Wales
- Sir Richard Peninsula, South Australia
- Stockton, New South Wales
- Swansea, New South Wales
- Sydney Heads, New South Wales
- Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania
- The Entrance, New South Wales
- Torndirrup National Park, Western Australia
- Wangi Wangi, New South Wales
- Windang, New South Wales
- Wilsons Promontory, Victoria
- Woolwich, New South Wales
- Woy Woy, New South Wales
- Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
- Younghusband Peninsula, South Australia
- Yowie Bay, New South Wales
New Zealand
[edit | edit source]North Island
[edit | edit source]- Aupōuri Peninsula
- Āwhitu Peninsula
- Bream Head
- Cape Brett Peninsula
- Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Māui
- Cape Turnagain
- Coromandel Peninsula
- Karangahape Peninsula
- Karikari Peninsula
- Kōkota / The Sandspit
- Kōwhairoa Peninsula
- Māhia Peninsula
- Miramar Peninsula
- Mount Maunganui
- Motuoapa Peninsula
- Ngāmotu
- Northland Peninsula
- Okahukura Peninsula
- Omara Spit
- Orokawa Peninsula
- Papakanui Spit
- Paritata Peninsula, Raglan
- Pouto Peninsula
- Puketotara Peninsula
- Purerua Peninsula
- Rangitoto Peninsula
- Ruffin Peninsula
- South Kaipara Head
- Tauroa Peninsula
- Tāwharanui Peninsula
- Te Atatū Peninsula
- Tītahi Bay
- Tiritirimatangi Peninsula
- Whakakaiwhara Peninsula
- Whangamumu Peninsula
- Whangaparāoa Peninsula
South Island
[edit | edit source]- Banks Peninsula
- Bluff Peninsula
- Brunner Peninsula
- Calderwood Peninsula
- Cape Campbell
- Cape Foulwind
- D'Urville Peninsula
- Farewell Spit
- Five Fingers Peninsula
- Huriawa Peninsula (Karitāne Peninsula)
- Kaikōura Peninsula
- Kaitangata / Mansons Peninsula
- Kelvin Peninsula
- McBrides Peninsula
- Mermaid Peninsula
- Moepuku
- Nugget Point
- Ōnawe Peninsula
- Otago Peninsula
- Pākererū
- Parakārehu
- Portobello Peninsula
- Roys Peninsula
- Tautuku Peninsula
- Te Wehi-a-Te-Wera
- Tiwai Point
Outlying Islands
[edit | edit source]- Auckland Islands
- Circular Head
- Falla Peninsula
- Gilroy Head
- Musgrave Peninsula
- South West Cape
- Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku
- Courrejolles Point
- Moubray Hill
- Penguin Point
- Puiseux Peak
- Chatham Islands
- Cape Pattison
- Karewa Point
- Okawa Point
- Point Munning
- Rangiauria Point
- Tarawhenua Point
- Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands
- Crater Head
- Hutchison Bluff
- Petu Point
- Whakarongorua Point
- Raoul Island
- Nash Point
- Smith Bluff
- Snares Islands / Tini Heke
- North Promontory
- South Promontory
Papua New Guinea
[edit | edit source]Hawaii
[edit | edit source]- Mokapu, Hawaii
South America
[edit | edit source]Southern Cone
[edit | edit source]The Southern Cone, like Europe, is sometimes considered to be a large peninsula.[9] 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.[10]
Other peninsulas in South America
[edit | edit source]Argentina
[edit | edit source]Brazil
[edit | edit source]Chile
[edit | edit source]Colombia
[edit | edit source]Peru
[edit | edit source]Uruguay
[edit | edit source]Venezuela
[edit | edit source]Fictional peninsulas
[edit | edit source]- Brobdingnag in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
- Xanth in Xanth series by Piers Anthony
- The Valyrian Peninsula in the A Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R. R. Martin
See also
[edit | edit source]- Cape (geography)
- Headland
- Isthmus
- List of islands
- Promontory
- Salient (geography)
- Spit (landform)
- Tombolo
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Word Histories and Mysteries: From Abracadabra to Zeus. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2004. p. 216. ISBN 978-0-547-35027-1. OCLC 55746553.
- ↑ "pen·in·su·la". American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ↑ "Definition of peninsula". Cambridge Dictionaries Online. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ↑ "Definition of peninsula". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ↑ "List of peninsulas". Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ↑ "Fourah Point / Fourah Point, Northern, Sierra Leone, Africa". travelingluck.com.
- ↑ "中国一共有几个半岛-爱问知识人". iask.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ↑ National Geographic, ed. (1996). "Peninsula". Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ Podetti, J. Ramiro (2011). "La visión geopolítica de Artigas": 3. Retrieved 10 November 2020. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ↑ Baldwin, James A. (2014), "Continents", in R.W. McColl (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Geography, Infobase Publishing, p. 215, ISBN 978-0-8160-7229-3
External links
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The dictionary definition of peninsula at Wiktionary
Media related to Peninsulas at Wikimedia Commons
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