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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, 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
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 and the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.
Scandinavian Peninsula
Encompassing present-day Sweden, Norway, and part of Finland
- Bygdøy, Norway
- Fornebulandet, Norway
- Fossen, Norway
- Hamarøyhalvøya, Norway
- Hurumlandet, Norway
- Lista, Norway
- Lyngenhalvøya, Norway
- Nordkinnhalvøya, Norway
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