- Source: List of peninsulas
A peninsula (Latin: paeninsula from paene "almost" and insula "island") is a piece of land that is bordered mostly by water but connected to mainland. 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. A point is generally considered a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water that is less prominent than a cape. 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
= Macaronesia
=Jandía, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain
Macizo de Anaga, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Ponta de São Lourenço, Madeira Island, Portugal
= North Africa
== Somali Peninsula
=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
=Lekki Peninsula, Lagos, Nigeria
Mahin Land Peninsula, Ilaje local government,Ondo State, Nigeria
Cap-Vert, Senegal
Turner's Peninsula, Sierra Leone
= Other peninsulas in Africa
=Bakassi, Cameroon, but disputed with Nigeria
Cape Peninsula, South Africa
Le Morne Brabant, Mauritius
Uyoma, Kenya
Antarctica
Antarctic Peninsula
Edward VII Peninsula
Fletcher Peninsula
Fowler Peninsula
Martin Peninsula
Asia
= Central Asia
=Kazakhstan
Mangyshlak Peninsula
= Eastern Asia
=China
Liaodong Peninsula
Shandong Peninsula
Leizhou Peninsula
Hong Kong
Kowloon Peninsula
Sai Kung Peninsula
Stanley Peninsula
Shek O
Japan
= Hokkaido =
Shiretoko Peninsula
Shakotan Peninsula
= Honshū =
Oshika-hanto
Noto-hanto
Oga-hanto
Miura-hanto
Bōsō-hanto
= Kyūshū =
Nishi-sonogi-hanto
Satsuma-hanto
Ōsumi-hanto
Shimabara-hanto
Korea
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
Macau Peninsula
Taiwan
Hengchun Peninsula
= Northern Asia
== South-eastern Asia
=Indochina
Indochina Peninsula
Malay Peninsula
Indonesia
Malaysia
Northwestern Peninsula, Kudat
Pitas Peninsula, Pitas
Semporna Peninsula, Semporna and Tawau
Sandakan Peninsula, Sandakan
Peninsula Malaysia
Philippines
Thailand
Sathing Phra Peninsula
Singapore
Tuas
Vietnam
= Southern Asia
=The Deccan Peninsula is a dominant geographical feature of the Indian Subcontinent.
Other peninsulas on the Indian Subcontinent include:
= Western Asia
=Arabia
Arabian Peninsula; Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman
Al-Faw Peninsula, Iraq
Musandam Peninsula; Oman, United Arab Emirates
Eastern Mediterranean
Beirut, Lebanon
El Mina, Lebanon
Haifa, Israel
Acre, Israel
Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Turkey
Europe
Europe is sometimes considered to be a large peninsula extending off Eurasia. 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
=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
=Brittany
Cap Corse, Corsica
Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy
Crozon, Finistère
Landes du Médoc, Aquitaine
= Iberian Peninsula
=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:
= Ireland
== Italy
=The Apennine Peninsula is the dominant geographical feature of Italy.
Other peninsulas in Italy include:
Adriatic Sea
Promontorio del Gargano
Ionian Sea
Calabria
Salento
Ligurian Sea
Portofino
Portovenere
Promontorio di Piombino
Tyrrhenian Sea
Gaeta
Promontorio del Circeo
Promontorio dell'Argentario
Promontorio di Punta Ala
Sorrentine Peninsula
= Malta
=Valletta
Senglea
Birgu
Sliema
Ta' Xbiex
Marsaskala
Fort Ricasoli
= Russia
== Scandinavia
=Norway
Sweden
Denmark
= Finland
=Hanko Peninsula, Hanko
Porkkala Peninsula, Kirkkonummi
Suensaari, Tornio
= Estonia
== Turkey
=Gallipoli Peninsula
Thracian Peninsula
= Ukraine
=Crimean Peninsula, occupied by Russia
Chonhar Peninsula
Kinburn Peninsula
Rybalskyi Peninsula
= United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies
=England
Northern Ireland
Ards Peninsula
Islandmagee
Lecale peninsula
Ramore Head, Portrush
Oxford Island
Magilligan
Scotland
Wales
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
Le Clos du Valle, Guernsey
Little Sark, Sark
Isle of Man
Langness Peninsula, Malew
= Other peninsulas in Europe
=North America
= Belize
=Placencia Peninsula, Belize
= Canada
=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
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
Nunavut
= Baffin Island =
Ontario
Quebec
Gaspé Peninsula
Ungava Peninsula
= Caribbean
=Haiti
Peninsule de Tiburon, Haiti
Peninsule de Mole-St-Nicolas, Haiti
Dominican Republic
Peninsula de Samaná, Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico
Cuba
Zapata Peninsula, Cuba
Guanahacabibes Peninsula, Cuba
Hicacos Peninsula, Cuba
Saint Lucia
Vigie Peninsula, St Lucia
= Costa Rica
=Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
= Greenland
=Wegener Peninsula
Hayes Halvo
Ingnerit
Nuussuaq Peninsula
Sigguup Nunaa (Svartenhuk Halvø)
= Mexico
=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
== United States
=Alaska
Alaska Peninsula
Cleveland Peninsula
Kenai Peninsula
Seward Peninsula
Lisburne Peninsula
California
Florida
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
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
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
New Jersey
New York
Irondequoit, NY (geographical headland)
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
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
Key Peninsula in Puget Sound
Kitsap Peninsula in Puget Sound
Long Beach Peninsula
Olympic Peninsula
Magnolia, Seattle
Tsawwassen Peninsula, which extends beyond the Canada/United States border, creating the pene-exclave of Point Roberts, Washington
Wisconsin
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
Oceania
= Australia
== New Zealand
=North Island
South Island
Outlying Islands
= Papua New Guinea
=Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain
Huon Peninsula
Papuan Peninsula
= Hawaii
=Mokapu, Hawaii
South America
= Southern Cone
=The Southern Cone, like Europe, is sometimes considered to be a large peninsula. 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.
= Other peninsulas in South America
=Argentina
Valdés Peninsula
Verde Peninsula
Brazil
Cabo de São Tomé
Itapagipe Peninsula
Chile
Brunswick Peninsula
Hardy Peninsula
Taitao Peninsula
Colombia
Guajira Peninsula
Peru
Illescas Peninsula
Paracas Peninsula
Uruguay
Punta del Este
Venezuela
Araya Peninsula
Guajira Peninsula
Paraguaná Peninsula
Paria Peninsula
Fictional peninsulas
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
Cape (geography)
Headland
Isthmus
Promontory
Salient (geography)
Spit (landform)
Tombolo
References
External links
The dictionary definition of peninsula at Wiktionary
Media related to Peninsulas at Wikimedia Commons
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- List of peninsulas
- Peninsula
- List of peninsulas of Japan
- List of peninsulas of Turkey
- List of peninsulas of China
- List of peninsulas of Estonia
- List of islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong
- Peninsula (disambiguation)
- San Francisco Peninsula
- Geography of Michigan
