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.[citation needed] In many Germanic languages, peninsulas are called "half-islands". A peninsula can also be a headland (head), cape, island promontory, bill, point, or spit. 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.
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
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
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
- 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
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Russia
Other countries
