List of peninsulas

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Eurasia's largest peninsula, Europe. The map incorrectly shows the land east of Bosporus as belonging to Europe.
Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

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] 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.[5] A point is generally considered a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water that is less prominent than a cape.[6] 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[]

The Horn of Africa also known as the Somali peninsula

Somali peninsula[]

Main article: Horn of Africa

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 Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Ethiopia.

  • Buri Peninsula, Eritrea
  • Ras Hafun, Somalia
  • Ras Kasar, Eritrea
  • Ras Siyyan, Djibouti

North Africa[]

Macaronesia[]

West Africa[]

Other[]

  • Bakassi, Cameroon but disputed with Nigeria
  • Cape Peninsula, South Africa
  • Le Morne Brabant, Mauritius
  • , Kenya

Antarctica[]

Asia[]

China[]

Main article: List of peninsulas of China

Hong Kong[]

Macau[]

Russia[]

The Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East
  • Chukchi Peninsula
  • 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

Taiwan[]

Turkey[]

Map of Anatolian Peninsula, the Asian part of Turkey

Eastern Mediterranean[]

  • Beirut, Lebanon
  • El Mina, Lebanon
  • Haifa, Israel
  • Acre, Israel
  • Sinai, Egypt

Indian subcontinent and South Asia[]

South India (Peninsular India)

The Indian subcontinent is a peninsula, the only land feature in the world widely recognized as a subcontinent in the English language.

  • Colaba peninsula, Mumbai
  • Deccan peninsula
  • Worli peninsula, Mumbai
  • Bandra peninsula, Mumbai
  • Malabar Point peninsula, Mumbai
  • Kathiawar Peninsula, Gujarat
  • Gwadar peninsula, Pakistan
  • Manhoro, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
  • Jaffna Peninsula, Northern Sri Lanka
  • Kanyakumari peninsula, Tamil Nadu

Japan[]

See also: List of peninsulas of Japan

Kyūshū[]

Honshū[]

Hokkaido[]

  • Shiretoko Peninsula
  • Shakotan Peninsula

Kazakhstan[]

  • Mangyshlak Peninsula

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, with the Korea Strait connecting the first two bodies of water.

Arabian Gulf[]

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

Indochina[]

  • Indochina Peninsula

Indonesia[]

Malaysia[]

Philippines[]

Singapore[]

  • Tuas

Vietnam[]

Europe[]

Europe is sometimes considered to be a large peninsula extending off Eurasia.[7] 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 Italian peninsulas.

Balkan Peninsula[]

The Balkan Peninsula, as defined by the Soča–Vipava–Krka–Sava–Danube border.

The Balkans is a peninsula including 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

France[]

  • Brittany
  • Cap Corse, Corsica
  • Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy
  • Crozon, Finistère
  • Landes du Médoc, Aquitaine

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[]

  • Achill Head Peninsula
  • 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[]

Satellite view of the Italian Peninsula

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Ligurian Sea
  • Portofino
  • Portovenere
  • Promontorio di Piombino
Tyrrhenian Sea
  • Promontorio dell'Argentario
  • Gaeta
  • Sorrentine Peninsula
Ionian Sea
  • Calabria
  • Salento
Adriatic Sea
  • Promontorio del Gargano

Malta[]

  • Valletta
  • Senglea
  • Birgu
  • Sliema
  • Ta' Xbiex
  • Marsaskala
  • Fort Ricasoli

Russia[]

Scandinavia[]

Main articles: Scandinavia, Scandinavian Peninsula, Jutland, and Fennoscandia

Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties. The term Scandinavia in local usage covers the three kingdoms of Denmark, located on the Jutland Peninsula, and Norway and Sweden, located the on the Scandinavian Peninsula.[9] In English usage, Scandinavia also sometimes refers to the Scandinavian Peninsula, or to the broader region including Finland and Iceland, which is always known locally as the Nordic countries.[10][11]

The Scandinavian Peninsula, along with the islands, encompasses present-day Sweden, Norway, and the northwestern area of Finland.

Fennoscandia or the Fennoscandian Peninsula is the geographical peninsula comprising the Scandinavian Peninsula, Finland, Karelia, and the Kola Peninsula (Russia).

Fennoscandia including the Scandinavian Peninsula and Kola Peninsula

Norway[]

Sweden[]

  • Gotland
  • Scania

Denmark[]

  • Djursland
  • Grenen
  • Helgenæs
  • Hindsholm
  • Hornsherred
  • Jutland Peninsula (now an island, since the Kiel Canal was made)
  • Kegnæs
  • Mols
  • Odsherred
  • Salling
  • Stevns Peninsula
  • Sundeved

Finland[]

Estonia[]

Main article: List of peninsulas of Estonia

Turkey[]

Main article: Peninsulas of Turkey
  • Gallipoli Peninsula
  • Thracian Peninsula

Ukraine[]

  • Crimean peninsula, occupied by Russia
  • Chonhar Peninsula
  • Kinburn peninsula
  • Rybalskyi Peninsula

United Kingdom and Crown dependencies[]

England[]

Southwestern England and the English Channel. France's Brittany Peninsula is also shown at the bottom of the picture.
  • South West Peninsula (western part of the West Country comprising the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset)
  • 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

Scotland[]

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  • 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
  • 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

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  • 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
  • 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

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  • 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
  • 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

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  • 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
  • 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

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  • 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
  • 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

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  • 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
  • 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

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  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

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  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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

{{columns-list|

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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















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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

Northern Ireland[]

Channel Islands[]

Isle of Man[]

Other peninsulas in Europe[]

A small peninsula in Croatia
Au peninsula, Lake Zürich, Switzerland
  • Absheron peninsula, Azerbaijan
  • 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[]

Belize[]

Canada[]

  • , Melville Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
  • Labrador Peninsula, encompassing all of Labrador and most of Quebec
  • , Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
  • , Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
  • Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut

British Columbia[]

  • Burrard Peninsula
  • 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[]

  • Acadian Peninsula
  • Kingston Peninsula

Newfoundland and Labrador[]

Newfoundland[]
  • Avalon Peninsula
  • Baie Verte Peninsula
  • Bonavista Peninsula
  • Burin Peninsula
  • Great Northern Peninsula
  • Port au Port Peninsula

Northwest Territories[]

Nova Scotia[]

Nunavut[]

Baffin Island[]

Ontario[]

  • Cynthia Peninsula (in Lake Temagami)
  • Joan Peninsula (in Lake Temagami)
  • McLean Peninsula (in Lake Temagami)
  • (in Lake Nipigon)
  • Ontario Peninsula
    • Bruce Peninsula, extending into Lake Huron
    • 100-Mile Peninsula (Essex County)
    • Long Point (in Lake Erie)
    • Niagara Peninsula
    • Point Pelee (in Lake Erie)
  • (in Lake Ontario)
  • Sibley Peninsula (in Lake Superior)

Quebec[]

Caribbean[]

Dominican Republic[]

Puerto Rico[]

  • Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico

Cuba[]

  • Zapata Peninsula, Cuba
  • Guanahacabibes Peninsula, Cuba
  • Hicacos Peninsula, Cuba

Saint Lucia[]

  • , St Lucia

Costa Rica[]

  • Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica
  • Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Greenland[]

Mexico[]

The Yucatán Peninsula
  • 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
  • Kenai Peninsula
  • Seward Peninsula
  • Lisburne Peninsula

California[]

  • Balboa Peninsula – in Newport Beach, Orange County.
  • 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.
  • 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[]

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:

  • The St. Johns River creates a large peninsula over 75 miles 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[]

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.
  • 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, a peninsula of Massachusetts
  • Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a cape that can be viewed as a peninsula
  • Nahant, a town in Essex County, is on a small peninsula.
  • Nantasket Peninsula, Hull
  • Shawmut Peninsula, Boston

Michigan[]

Main articles: Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Lower Peninsula of Michigan
The large Michigan Peninsulas from space, showing both the Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula

Michigan – the only bi-peninsular state – is very distinguishable for its mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula of Michigan which includes:

The rabbit-shaped Upper Peninsula of Michigan contains:

New Jersey[]

  • Barnegat Peninsula
  • 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[]

Long Island, New York, with its North and South Forks
  • The Bronx, New York, and Yonkers, New York
  • 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)

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

Other states[]

  • Delmarva Peninsula, encompassing parts of Maryland and Virginia, and most of Delaware
  • 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
  • Land Between the Lakes, Tennessee and Kentucky (the largest inland peninsula in the United States)
  • , Wisconsin in Green Bay (Lake Michigan)
  • , Wisconsin on North Bay in Lake Michigan
  • , Wisconsin on in Lake Superior
  • , Hawaii
  • Presque Isle, Erie, Pennsylvania
  • Port Bolivar, Texas
  • on , Wisconsin, in Lake Superior
  • between and Moonlight Bay, Wisconsin in Lake Michigan
  • , Flour Bluff, Corpus Christi, Texas
  • Kentucky Bend, Kentucky

South America[]

Southern Cone[]

Satellite images of the Southern Cone extending off South America month by month

The Southern Cone, like Europe, is sometimes considered to be a large peninsula.[12] 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.[13]

Other peninsulas in South America[]

  • Araya Peninsula, Venezuela
  • Paraguana, Venezuela
  • Paria Peninsula, Venezuela
  • Guajira Peninsula, Venezuela/Colombia
  • Illescas Peninsula, Peru
  • Paracas Peninsula, Peru
  • , Argentina
  • Valdes Peninsula, Argentina
  • Punta del Este, Uruguay
  • Taitao Peninsula, Chile
  • Brunswick Peninsula, Chile
  • Itapagipe Peninsula, Brazil
  • Cabo de São Tomé, Brazil

Oceania[]

Australia[]

A beach on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
  • Beecroft Peninsula, New South Wales
  • Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria
  • Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
  • Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory
  • Kurnell Peninsula, New South Wales
  • Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia
  • Dudley Peninsula, South Australia
  • Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
  • Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
  • Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania
  • Inskip Peninsula, Queensland
  • Jervis Bay, Australian Capital Territory
  • Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
  • Redcliffe, Queensland
  • Sir Richard Peninsula, South Australia
  • Stockton, New South Wales
  • Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania
  • Wilsons Promontory, Victoria
  • Woy Woy, New South Wales
  • Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
  • Younghusband Peninsula, South Australia

Papua New Guinea[]

  • Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain
  • Huon Peninsula
  • Papuan Peninsula

New Zealand[]

NASA satellite photo of Otago Peninsula and Otago Harbour. The city of Dunedin is located at the isthmus at lower left.
In the North Island
In the South Island

See also[]

  • Headland
  • Isthmus
  • Promontory
  • Tombolo
  • Cape (geography)
  • Salient (geography)
  • Spit (landform)

References[]

  1. ^ Word Histories and Mysteries: From Abracadabra to Zeus. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2004. p. 216. ISBN 978-0-547-35027-1. OCLC 55746553.
  2. ^ "pen·in·su·la". American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Definition of peninsula". Cambridge Dictionaries Online. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Definition of peninsula". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  5. ^ "List of peninsulas". Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  6. ^ http://travelingluck.com/Africa/Sierra%20Leone/Northern/_2409328_Fourah+Point.html#local_map
  7. ^ National Geographic, ed. (1996). "Peninsula". Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  8. ^ *Apennine Peninsula
  9. ^ John Harrison, Michael Hoyler, Megaregions: Globalization's New Urban Form? (p. 152), Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015
  10. ^ "Definition of Scandinavia in English". Oxford Dictionaries. Retrieved 23 December 2016. A large peninsula in north-western Europe, occupied by Norway and Sweden … A cultural region consisting of the countries of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark and sometimes also of Iceland, Finland, and the Faroe Islands
  11. ^ "Facts about the Nordic region". Nordic Council of Ministers & Nordic Council. 1 October 2007. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2014. Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland work together in the official Nordic co-operation.
  12. ^ Podetti, J. Ramiro (2011). "La visión geopolítica de Artigas": 3. Retrieved 10 November 2020. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. ^ 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[]

  • The dictionary definition of peninsula at Wiktionary
  • Media related to Peninsulas at Wikimedia Commons
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