Peninsula Information
A peninsula (Latin: paenīnsula, "paene-": almost + "īnsula": island; also called a byland or biland) is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic, Hungarian and Chinese, peninsulas are called "half-islands". A peninsula can also be a headland (head), 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] In English, the plural of peninsula is peninsulas or, less commonly, peninsulae.
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
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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 of Brandon Conde, South 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
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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, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and the European part of Turkey.
Denmark
Iberian Peninsula
Satellite view of the
Iberian Peninsula
Main article:
Iberian Peninsula
Encompassing continental Spain and Portugal, Andorra, British overseas territory of Gibraltar and a small amount of southern France.
Ireland
Italy
Satellite view of the famous boot shaped
Italian Peninsula
Scandinavian Peninsula
Encompassing present-day Sweden, Norway, and part of Finland.
Russia
Turkey
Main article:
Peninsulas of Turkey
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
- The Fylde, Lancashire
- Hoo, Kent
- Isle of Dogs, London
- Greenwich Peninsula, London
- Gosport, Hampshire
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- The Lizard, Cornwall
- Manhood Peninsula, West Sussex
- Morte Point, North Devon
- Penwith, Cornwall
- Isle of Purbeck, Dorset
- Isle of Portland, Dorset
- Rotherhithe, London
- Spurn, Yorkshire
- Tendring, Essex
- Wirral, Cheshire and Merseyside
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Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Other countries in Europe
Au peninsula,
Lake Zürich, Switzerland
Asia
Kazakhstan
Eastern Mediterranean
Persian Gulf
The
Arabian Peninsula is the world's largest peninsula by area.
- 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
South India (
Peninsular India).
China
Korea
Main article:
Korean Peninsula
Korean Peninsula.
The whole land mass encompassing North and South Korea is a peninsula, surrounded by the Sea of Japan 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
See also:
List of peninsulas of Japan
Kyūshū
Honshū
Hokkaido
South East Asia
Philippines
Indonesia
Vietnam
Malaysia
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
- Cynthia Peninsula, Ontario (in Lake Temagami)
- Douglas Peninsula, Northwest Territories
- Dunlas Peninsula, Melville Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
- Foxe Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec
- Great Northern Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Hall Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
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- Henry Kater Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Joan Peninsula, Ontario (in Lake Temagami)
- 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)
- McLean Peninsula, Ontario (in Lake Temagami)
- 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
- Penisalota Peninsula, Saskatchewan
- 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 Corridor, British Columbia
- Ungava Peninsula, Quebec
- Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
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United States
Alaska
California
Florida
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:
Michigan
The large Michigan Peninsulas from space, showing both the
Upper Peninsula and
Lower Peninsula.
Main articles:
Upper Peninsula of Michigan and
Lower Peninsula of Michigan
Michigan is very distinguishable for its mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula of Michigan which includes:
The northern third of Michigan is called the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and contains:
New Jersey
New York
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
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- Stansbury Peninsula, becomes an island when waters are high, on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake
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Virginia
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
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Greenland
- Alfred Wegeners Halvo
- Hayes Halvo
- Ingnerit
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Mexico
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The Baja California peninsula
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The Yucatán peninsula
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South America
Other countries in South America
Caribbean
Africa
Antarctica
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Peninsulas |
- ^ Peninsula. – Britannica Student Encyclopedia. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica, Retrieved 2007-07-19.
- ^ http://travelingluck.com/Africa/Sierra%20Leone/Northern/_2409328_Fourah+Point.html#local_map
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