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F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
( R e d i r e c t e d f r o m F l o r i d a p e n i n s u l a )
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 .[1] [2] [3] [4] cape , island promontory , bill, point,
or spit .[5] [6] 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 ] The Horn of Africa also known as the Somali peninsula
Macaronesia
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North Africa
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Cap Bon , Tunisia
Cap Zebib , Tunisia
Ceuta , Spain
Río de Oro Peninsula , Morocco
Ras Banas , Egypt
Ras ben Sakka , Tunisia
Somali Peninsula
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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 .
West Africa
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Other peninsulas in Africa
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Antarctica
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Asia
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Central Asia
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Kazakhstan
Eastern Asia
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Hong Kong
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Japan
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Hokkaido
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Korea
[ edit ] Korean Peninsula
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
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Taiwan
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Northern Asia
[ edit ] The Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East
Faddeyevsky Peninsula
Gyda Peninsula
Kamchatka Peninsula
Mikhailov Peninsula
Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula
Taymyr Peninsula
Yamal Peninsula
Kola Peninsula , A peninsula near the border with Finland. Stretches into the White Sea
South-eastern Asia
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Indochina
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Indonesia
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Minahasa Peninsula , Sulawesi
East Peninsula, Sulawesi
South-east Peninsula, Sulawesi
South Peninsula, Sulawesi
Bird's Head Peninsula , West Papua Province
Cape Mangkalihat , East Kalimantan
Malaysia
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Philippines
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Bicol Peninsula , Luzon
Caramoan Peninsula , Bicol
Bondoc Peninsula , Luzon
Calatagan Peninsula , Luzon
Calumpan Peninsula , Luzon
Cavite City , 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
Singapore
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Vietnam
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Hòn Gốm Peninsula , Da Lat City
Sơn Trà Peninsula , Da Nang
Ngũ Xã Peninsula , Hanoi
Bình Quới Peninsula , Ho Chi Minh City
Cam Ranh Peninsula , Khánh Hòa Province
Trà Cổ Peninsula , Quảng Ninh Province
Phương Mai Peninsula , Quy Nhon
Southern Asia
[ edit ] South India (Peninsular India)
The Deccan Peninsula is a dominant geographical feature of the Indian Subcontinent .
Other peninsulas on the Indian Subcontinent include:
Colaba Peninsula , Mumbai
Gwadar Peninsula , Pakistan
Jaffna Peninsula , Northern Sri Lanka
Kanyakumari Peninsula , Tamil Nadu
Kathiawar Peninsula , Gujarat
Malabar Point Peninsula, Mumbai
Manhoro , Karachi , Sindh , Pakistan
Worli Peninsula , Mumbai
Western Asia
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Arabia
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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
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Turkey
[ edit ] Map of the Anatolian Peninsula , the Asian part of Turkey
Armutlu Peninsula
Biga Peninsula
Datça Peninsula
Dilek Peninsula
Karaburun Peninsula
Kapıdağ Peninsula
Kocaeli Peninsula
Sinop Peninsula
Teke Peninsula
Gallipoli
Europe
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Europe is sometimes considered to be a large peninsula extending off Eurasia .[8] Scandinavian , Iberian , Balkan , and Apennine peninsulas.
Balkan Peninsula
[ edit ] The assumed Balkan Peninsula, as defined by the Soča –Vipava –Krka –Sava –Danube border.
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
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Iberian Peninsula
[ edit ] Satellite view of the 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:
Setúbal Peninsula , Portugal
Peniche , Portugal
Cabo Espichel , Portugal
Cabo Carvoeiro , Portugal
Cabo de São Vicente , Portugal
Tróia Peninsula , Portugal
Gibraltar ,Britain
Cádiz , Andalusia , Spain
A Coruña , Galicia , Spain
O Morrazo , Pontevedra , Galicia , Spain
Ireland
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Beara Peninsula
Cooley Peninsula
Dingle Peninsula
Donegal
Fanad Peninsula
Hook Peninsula
Horn Head
Howth Peninsula
Inishowen
Iveragh Peninsula
Loop Head Peninsula
Mizen Head Peninsula
Mullet Peninsula
Munster
Old Head of Kinsale
Rosguill
Sheep's Head Peninsula
Italy
[ edit ] Satellite view of the Apennine Peninsula
The Apennine Peninsula is the dominant geographical feature of Italy .
Other peninsulas in Italy include:
Adriatic Sea
Ionian Sea
Ligurian Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
Malta
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Russia
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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
[ edit ] Fennoscandia including the Scandinavian Peninsula and Kola Peninsula
Norway
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Bygdøy
Brøggerhalvøya , Norway
Fornebulandet
Fosen
Hamarøyhalvøya
Hurumlandet
Lista
Lyngenhalvøya
Nordkinn Peninsula
Nesodden
Ofothalvøya
Porsangerhalvøya
Snarøya , Norway
Stad
Stavanger Peninsula
Sværholt Peninsula
Varangerhalvøya
Sweden
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Scania
Denmark
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Grenen
Helgenæs
Hindsholm
Horne Land
Hornsherred
Jutland Peninsula (now an island, since the Kiel Canal was made)
Kegnæs
Mols
Odsherred
Salling
Stevns Peninsula
Sundeved
Finland
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Estonia
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Turkey
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Ukraine
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United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies
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England
[ edit ] England's South West Peninsula at the top and France's Brittany Peninsula at the bottom, with the English Channel between
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
Tendring , Essex
Wirral , Cheshire/Merseyside
Northern Ireland
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Scotland
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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
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Channel Islands
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Isle of Man
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Other peninsulas in Europe
[ edit ] A small peninsula in Croatia Au Peninsula , Lake Zürich , Switzerland
Akranes , Iceland
Au Peninsula , Au, Zürich , 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
North Holland , the Netherlands
Nesebar Peninsula, Bulgaria
Sozopol Peninsula, Bulgaria
Tihany , Hungary
Walcheren , the Netherlands
Zuid-Beveland , the Netherlands
North America
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Belize
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Canada
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British Columbia
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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
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Kingston Peninsula
Newfoundland and Labrador
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Baie Verte Peninsula
Bonavista Peninsula
Burin Peninsula
Great Northern Peninsula
Port au Port Peninsula
Northwest Territories
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Douglas Peninsula
Leith Peninsula (in Great Bear Lake )
Parry Peninsula
Pethel Peninsula
Prince Albert Peninsula , Victoria Island
Sahoyúé-§ehdacho
Nova Scotia
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Chebucto Peninsula
Nova Scotia peninsula
Pubnico Peninsula
Nunavut
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Banks Peninsula
Boothia Peninsula
Bell Peninsula , Southampton Island
Colin Archer Peninsula , Devon Island , Queen Elizabeth Islands
Collinson Peninsula , Victoria Island
Kent Peninsula
Melville Peninsula
Pangertot Peninsula
Simpson Peninsula
Baffin Island
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Becher Peninsula
Beekman Peninsula
Bell Peninsula
Blunt Peninsula
Borden Peninsula
Brodeur Peninsula
Cumberland Peninsula
Foxe Peninsula
Hall Peninsula
Henry Kater Peninsula
Meta Incognita Peninsula
Siorarsuk Peninsula
Steensby Peninsula
Ontario
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Joan Peninsula (in Lake Temagami)
McLean Peninsula (in Lake Temagami)
North Peninsula (in Lake Nipigon)
Ontario Peninsula
Prince Edward Peninsula (in Lake Ontario )
Sibley Peninsula (in Lake Superior )
Quebec
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Caribbean
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Haiti
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Dominican Republic
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Puerto Rico
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Cuba
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Saint Lucia
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Costa Rica
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Greenland
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Mexico
[ edit ] The Yucatán Peninsula
Panama
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United States
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Alaska
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California
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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 & 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 ] The Floridian Peninsula , shown by a NASA satellite image
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:
Maryland
[ edit ] Mid-Atlantic shoreline showing, from the upper right, the Cape May Peninsula of New Jersey, Delaware Bay , the Delmarva Peninsula , and Chesapeake Bay . Also visible are the peninsulas of Maryland and Virginia along the Chesapeake's shores.
Massachusetts
[ edit ] Cape Cod , a peninsula of Massachusetts
Michigan
[ edit ] The large Michigan Peninsulas from space, showing both the Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan contains:
New Jersey
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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 ] Long Island, New York, with its North and South Forks
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
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Utah
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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
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Alburgh , Vermont , is on the Alburgh Tongue, a peninsula extending from Quebec, Canada into Lake Champlain
Virginia
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Washington
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Wisconsin
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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
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Land Between the Lakes , Tennessee and Kentucky (the largest inland peninsula in the United States)
Presque Isle , Erie, Pennsylvania
Port Bolivar , Texas
Encinal Peninsula , Flour Bluff , Corpus Christi, Texas
Kentucky Bend , Kentucky
Oceania
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Australia
[ edit ] Satellite image of Wilsons Promontory , Victoria Palm Beach, Sydney , New South Wales Torndirrup Peninsula, Western Australia
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
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North Island
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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
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
Tauroa Peninsula
Tāwharanui Peninsula
Te Atatū Peninsula
Tītahi Bay
Te Korowai-o-Te-Tonga Peninsula
Te Motu Kairangi / Miramar Peninsula
Tiritirimatangi Peninsula
Whakakaiwhara Peninsula
Whangamumu Peninsula
Whangaparāoa Peninsula
South Island
[ edit ] NASA satellite photo of the Otago Peninsula and Otago Harbour . The city of Dunedin is located at the isthmus at lower left.
Bluff Peninsula
Brunner Peninsula
Calderwood Peninsula
Cape Campbell
Cape Foulwind
D'Urville Peninsula
Farewell Spit
Five Fingers Peninsula
Kaikōura Peninsula
Kaitangata / Mansons Peninsula
Kelvin Peninsula
McBrides Peninsula
Mermaid Peninsula
Moepuku
Nugget Point
Ōnawe Peninsula
Otago Peninsula
Pākererū
Parakārehu
Roys Peninsula
Tautuku Peninsula
Te Wehi-a-Te-Wera
Tiwai Point
Outlying Islands
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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
Snares Islands / Tini Heke
North Promontory
South Promontory
Papua New Guinea
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Hawaii
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South America
[ edit ] Satellite images of the Southern Cone extending off South America month by month
Southern Cone
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The Southern Cone , like Europe , is sometimes considered to be a large peninsula.[9] 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
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Argentina
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Brazil
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Chile
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Colombia
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Peru
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Uruguay
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Venezuela
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Fictional peninsulas
[ edit ] Map of Brobdingnag (original map, Pt II, Gulliver's Travels
See also
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References
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^ "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 .
^ 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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