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List of peninsulas
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A small peninsula in Croatia
Curonian Spit, a large peninsula in the Baltic Sea.
Cape Cod, a peninsula of Massachusetts.
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
- Jervis Bay Territory
- Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
- Redcliffe, Queensland
- Stockton, New South Wales
- Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania
- Tasmania itself was once a peninsula connected to Australia during the great Ice Ages
- Wilsons Promontory, Victoria
- Woy Woy, New South Wales
- Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
- Younghusband Peninsula, South Australia
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
- Farewell Spit, South Island
- Kaikoura Peninsula, South Island
- Karikari Peninsula, North Island
- Mahia Peninsula, North Island
- Miramar Peninsula, North Island
- Mount Maunganui, North Island
- North Auckland Peninsula, North Island
- Otago Peninsula, South Island
- Tiwai Point, South 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.
- Chalkidiki, Greece
- Kassandra, Greece
- Mani Peninsula, Greece
- Mount Athos, Greece
- Peloponnese, Greece
- Sithonia, Greece
- Pilio, Greece
- Istria, Croatia
- Pelješac, Croatia
- Prevlaka, Croatia
- Split, Croatia
- Zadar, Croatia
- Karaburun peninsula, Albania
- Luštica, Montenegro
- Jordan, Steckel
Denmark
- Jutland Peninsula, which forms the western half of the country.
- Djursland
- Grenen
- Helgenæs
- Horne Land
- Hornsherred
Italy
Satellite view of the Italian Peninsula
- Promontorio del Gargano
- Sorrentine Peninsula
- Promontorio di Orbetello
Iberian Peninsula
Main article: Iberian Peninsula
Encompassing continental Spain and Portugal, Andorra and the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.
- Cabo Espichel, Portugal
- Cabo Carvoeiro, Portugal
- Cabo de São Vicente, Portugal
- Tróia Peninsula, Portugal
- Cádiz, Spain
- Gibraltar
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
- Nesodden, Norway
- Ofothalvøya, Norway
- Porsangerhalvøya, Norway
- Scania, Sweden
- Snarøya, Norway
- Stad, Norway
- Sværholthalvøya, Norway
- Södertörn, Sweden
- Varangerhalvøya, Norway
Turkey
Main article: Peninsulas of Turkey
- Anatolian Peninsula
- Thracian Peninsula
- Gelibolu Peninsula
- Karaburun Peninsula
- Dilek Peninsula
- Datça Peninsula
United Kingdom
- During the great Ice Ages, all of Great Britain was a peninsula, extending north west from the mainland of Europe/France. The English Channel did not exist at that time.
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
- 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
- Morvern, Lochaber
- Strathy Point, Sutherland
- Point of Hellia, Orkney
- Point, Outer Hebrides
Wales
- Creuddyn Peninsula juts out of the North Wales coast and includes the towns of Llandudno, Rhos-on-Sea and Deganwy. Plus the headlands of Great Orme and Little Orme
- Gower Peninsula, Swansea
- Llŷn Peninsula
- Marloes Peninsula, Pembrokeshire
- Pembrokeshire peninsula, West Wales
- South Pembrokeshire Peninsula.
- St Davids Head, Pembrokeshire
- Vale of Glamorgan - technically a peninsula, as it surrounded on three sides by water - two rivers boundaries and the Bristol Channel
- South West Wales - Swansea to New Quay - surrounded by the Bristol Channel, St George's Channel and Cardigan Bay
Northern Ireland
- Lecale Peninsula
- Ramore Head, Portrush
Republic of Ireland
- Donegal
- Munster - like Ulster, Munster is surrounded on three sides by the sea
- Beara Peninsula
- Cooley Peninsula
- Dingle Peninsula
- Fanad Peninsula
- Hook Peninsula
- Horn Head
- Inishowen
- Iveragh Peninsula
- Mizen Head Peninsula
- Mullet Peninsula
- Rosguill
- Sheep's Head Peninsula
Russia
- Samland peninsula, Kaliningrad Oblast
- Taymyr Peninsula
- Yamal Peninsula
Other countries
- Apsheron, Azerbaijan
- Au peninsula, Au, Zurich, Switzerland
- Brittany, France
- Butjadingen, Germany
- Cotentin Peninsula, France
- Crimea, Ukraine
- Fischland-Darß-Zingst, Germany
- Hel Peninsula, Poland
- Karpass Peninsula, Cyprus
- North Holland, Netherlands
- Sõrve Säär, Estonia
- Walcheren, Netherlands
- Zuid-Beveland, Netherlands
- Tihany, Hungary
Au peninsula, Lake Zürich, Switzerland