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.. 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

• 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

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

• Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain

• Huon Peninsula

Europe

• Europe is sometimes considered to be a large peninsula extending off of 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, 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

Denmark

• Jutland Peninsula, which forms the western half of the country.

• Djursland

• Grenen

• Helgenæs

• Horne Land

• Hornsherred

• Hindsholm

• Mols

• Odsherred

• Salling

• Stevns Peninsula

Italy

• Italian Peninsula

• Calabria

• Penisola salentina (Salento)

• Promontorio del Gargano (Monte Gargano)

• Penisola sorrentina (Sorrentine Peninsula)

• Promontorio di Orbetello

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

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

• Nesodden, Norway

• Ofothalvøya, Norway

• Porsangerhalvøya, Norway

• Skåne, Sweden

• Snarøya, Norway

• Stad, Norway

• Sværholthalvøya, Norway

• Södertörn, Sweden

• Varangerhalvøya, Norway

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

• The Lizard, Cornwall

• Morte Point, North Devon

• 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

• Ards Peninsula, County Down

• Island Magee

• 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

• Chukchi Peninsula

• Kamchatka Peninsula

• Kola Peninsula

• Rybachy Peninsula

• 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

• Gallipoli, Turkey (formerly the Thracian Chersonese)

• Hel Peninsula, Poland

• Karpass Peninsula, Cyprus

• North Holland, Netherlands

• Sõrve Säär, Estonia

• Walcheren, Netherlands

• Zuid-Beveland, Netherlands

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Asia

Kazakhstan

• Mangyshlak Peninsula

Eastern Mediterranean

• Asia Minor

• Beirut, Lebanon

• El Mina, Lebanon

• Haifa, Israel

• Sinai Peninsula, Egypt

• Kapidagi Yarimadasi, Turkey

• Datça Peninsula, Turkey

• Side Peninsula, Turkey

Persian Gulf

• Arabian Peninsula; Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman

• Qatar

• Al-Faw peninsula, Iraq

• Musandam peninsula; Oman,United Arab Emirates

Indian subcontinent and South Asia

• The Indian subcontinent is itself a peninsula

• Colaba peninsula, Mumbai

• Deccan peninsula

• Worli peninsula, Mumbai

• Kathiawar Peninsula, Gujarat

• Gwadar peninsula, Pakistan

• Jaffna Peninsula, Northern Sri Lanka

China

• Kowloon Peninsula, (Hong Kong)

• Leizhou Peninsula

• Liaodong Peninsula

• Shandong Peninsula

• Fan Lau, (Hong Kong)

• Sai Kung Peninsula, (Hong Kong)

• Stanley Peninsula, (Hong Kong)

• Chi Ma Wan Peninsula, (Hong Kong)

• Chung Hom Kok Peninsula, (Hong Kong)

• Wan Tsai Peninsula, (Hong Kong)

• Macau Peninsula, (Macau)

Korea

The whole land mass encompassing North and South Korea is a peninsula, surrounded by the Sea of Japan (known as the East Sea in South Korea) on the east, the East China Sea to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the west, the Korea Strait connecting the first two bodies of water.

Japan

Kyūshū

• Nishi-sonogi-hanto

• Kunisaki-hanto

• Satsuma-hanto

• Osumi-hanto

Honshū

• Oshika-hanto

• Noto-hanto

• Oga-hanto

• Miura-hato

• Boso-hanto

Hokkaido

• Shiretoko

South East Asia

• Malay Peninsula

• Indochina peninsula

Philippines

• Bataan Peninsula, Luzon

• Bicol Peninsula, Luzon

• Bondoc Peninsula, Luzon

• Cavite, Luzon

• San Ildefonso Peninsula, Luzon

• Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao

• Tinaca Point, Davao del Sur

• Pujada Peninsula, Mindanao

Indonesia

• Poluostrov Yamau

• Semenanjung Blambangan, Java,

• Semenanjung Minahassa, Sulawesi

• East Peninsula, Sulawesi

• South-east Peninsula, Sulawesi

• South Peninsula, Sulawesi

North America

Canada

• Acadian Peninsula, New Brunswick

• Adelaide Peninsula, Nunavut

• Aspotogan Peninsula, Nova Scotia

• Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Banks Peninsula, Nunavut

• Barrow Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut

• Becher Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut

• Beekman Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut

• Bell Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut

• Bell Peninsula, Southampton Island, Nunavut

• Blunt Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut

• Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Boothia Peninsula, Nunavut

• Borden Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut

• Brodeur Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut

• Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, extending into Lake Huron

• Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Burrard Peninsula, British Columbia

• Chebucto Peninsula, Nova Scotia

• Colin Archer Peninsula, Devon Island, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Nunavut

• Collinson Peninsula, Victoria Island, Nunavut

• Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut

• Diamond Jennes Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories

• Douglas Peninsula, Northwest Territories

• Dunlas Peninsula, Melville Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut

• Foxe Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut

• Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec

• Hall Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut

• Henry Kater Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut

• Kent Peninsula, Nunavut

• Kingston Peninsula, New Brunswick

• Labrador Peninsula, encompassing all of Labrador and most of Quebec

• Leith Peninsula, Northwest Territories (in Great Bear Lake)

• Long Point, Ontario (in Lake Erie)

• Melville Peninsula, Nunavut

• Meta Incognita Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut

• Natkusiak Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut

• Niagara Peninsula, Ontario

• North Peninsula, Ontario (in Lake Nipigon)

• Nova Scotia peninsula, Nova Scotia

• Pangertot Peninsula, Nunavut

• Parry Peninsula, Northwest Territories

• Pethel Peninsula, Northwest Territories

• Point Pelee, Ontario (in Lake Erie)

• Port au Port Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Prince Albert Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories

• Prince Edward Peninsula, Ontario (in Lake Ontario)

• Sibley Peninsula, Ontario (in Lake Superior)

• Simpson peninsula, Nunavut

• Siorarsuk Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut

• Steensby Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut

• Storkerson Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut

• Saanich Peninsula, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

• Sunshine Coast Peninsula, Sea to sky region, British Columbia

• Ungava Peninsula, Quebec

• Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut

United States

Alaska

• Alaska Peninsula

• Cleveland Peninsula

• Kenai Peninsula

• Seward Peninsula

California

• Marin County, California, is a southwards-pointing peninsula surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the northern part of San Francisco Bay, and San Pablo Bay

• Monterey Peninsula

• Palos Verdes Peninsula

• Point Loma, San Diego

• San Francisco Peninsula

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:

• Fairpoint Peninsula

• Pinellas peninsula including St. Petersburg and Clearwater

• Much of Tampa lies on a peninsula jutting out into Tampa Bay

• Cape Sable

Michigan

Michigan is very distinguishable for its mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula of Michigan which includes:

• Dyke Peninsula

• Fountain Point

• Leelanau Peninsula

• Old Mission Peninsula

• The Thumb

• Woodtick Peninsula

The northern half of Michigan is called the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and contains:

• Abbaye Peninsula

• Garden Peninsula

• Keweenaw Peninsula

• Stonington Peninsula

New Jersey

• Cape May Peninsula, New Jersey

• New Jersey Peninsula - This state can be viewed as a peninsula surrounded by the Delaware River, Atlantic Ocean and the Delaware Bay

• Sandy Hook

New York

• The Bronx, New York, and Yonkers, New York

• Long Island, was once a peninsula connected to North America during the great Ice Ages

• Cumberland Head

Utah

• Antelope Island, Utah, becomes a peninsula when waters are low, on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake

• Promentory 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

Virginia

• Delmarva Peninsula, encompassing parts of Maryland and Virginia, and all of Delaware

• 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

Other states

• Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a cape that can be viewed as a peninsula

• Delmarva Peninsula, encompassing parts of Maryland and Virginia, and all of Delaware

• Door Peninsula, Wisconsin, in Lake Michigan

• Key Peninsula, Washington, in Puget Sound

• Kitsap Peninsula, Washington, in Puget Sound

• Mokapu, Hawaii

• Nahant, Massachusetts

• Olympic Peninsula, Washington

• Presque Isle, Erie, Pennsylvania

• Port Bolivar, Texas, On the Texas Coast.

Greenland

• Alfred Wegeners Halvo

• Hayes Halvo

• Ingnerit

• Nuussuaq Peninsula

• Sigguup Nunaa (Svartenhuk Halvø)

Mexico

• Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, containing the state of Baja California and state of Baja California Sur

• Yucatán Peninsula, partly separating the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea

South America

• Tierra del Fuego of Chile/Argentina was once a peninsula extending south from South America during the great Ice Ages

Chile

• Arauco Peninsula, Bío-Bío Region

• Brunswick Peninsula, Magallanes Region

• Exmouth Peninsula, Magallanes Region

• Hequi Peninsula, Los Lagos Region

• Mejillones Peninsula, Antofagasta Region

• Muñoz Gamero Peninsula, Magallanes Region

• Brecknock Peninsula, Chile

• Brunswick Peninsula, Chile

• Taitao Peninsula, Aysén Region

• * Tres Montes Peninsula, Aisén Region

Other countries

• Península de Azuero, Panama

• Placencia Peninsula, Belize

• Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

• Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

• Araya Peninsula, Venezuela

• Paraguana, Venezuela

• Paria Peninsula, Venezuela

• Guajira Peninsula, Colombia

• Paracas Peninsula, Peru

• Verde Peninsula, Argentina

• Valdes Peninsula, Argentina

• Punta del Este, Uruguay

Caribbean

• Peninsula de Samaná, Dominican Republic

• Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico

• Zapata Peninsula, Cuba

• Guanahacabibes Peninsula, Cuba

• Hicacos Peninsula, Cuba

Africa

• Bakassi, Cameroon but disputed with Nigeria

• Buri Peninsula, Eritrea

• Cabo Blanco, Mauritania/Morocco

• Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

• Cap Bon, Tunisia

• Cap-Vert, Senegal

• Ceuta, Spain

• Punta Durnford, Morocco

• Horn of Africa or Somali peninsula, Somalia

• Raas Xaafuun peninsula/Ras Hafun, Somalia

• Ponta de São Lourenço, Madeira Islands (Portuguese Territory)

• Cape Agulhas, South Africa, southern tip of Africa, and the official dividing point between the Atlantic and Indian oceans.. International Hydrographic Organization Special Publication No. 23, 1953.

Antarctica

• Antarctic Peninsula

• Edward VII Peninsula

• Fletcher Peninsula

• Fowler Peninsula

• Martin Peninsula