Peninsula

A peninsula (Latin, literally meaning almost island) is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of Land from a larger body, surrounded by Water on three sides.

A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, Promontory, Bill, or spit.

Peninsulas of the World

Eurasia

Continental Europe

• Apsheron, Azerbaijan
• Brittany, France
• Butjadingen, Germany
• Cotentin Peninsula, France
• Crimea, Ukraine
• Gallipoli, Turkey
• Grenen, Denmark
• Hel Peninsula, Poland
• Italian peninsula, Italy
• Jutland Peninsula, northern Germany and Denmark
• Peniche Peninsula, Portugal
• Piran, Slovenia
• Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera
• Walcheren, Netherlands
• Zuid-Beveland, Netherlands

Balkan peninsula

• Chalkidiki, Greece
• Pilio, Greece
• Kassandra, Greece
• Mani Peninsula, Greece
• Mount Athos, Greece
• Peloponnesos, Greece
• Sithonia, Greece
• Zadar, Croatia
• Istria, Croatia
• Peljesac peninsula, Croatia

Iberian Peninsula

• Cabo Espichel, Portugal
• Cabo de São Vicente, Portugal
• Tróia, Portugal
• Gibraltar (British Territory)

Scandinavian Peninsula

• Svaerholthalvoya, Norway
• Varangerhalvoya, Norway

United Kingdom

• Ards Peninsula, County Down
• Argyll, Scotland
• Black Isle Peninsula, Scotland
• Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset - the South West Peninsula, or the Westcountry, or Wessex
• The Penwith Peninsula, Cornwall
• Cowal, Scotland
• Dunnet Head, Scotland
• Durham
• Faraid Head, Scotland
• Gower Peninsula, Swansea
• Island Magee, Northern Ireland
• Isle of Dogs, London
• Isle of Purbeck, Dorset
• Kintyre, Scotland
• Knoydart, Scotland
• Lecale Peninsula, Northern Ireland
• Lleyn Peninsula, Wales
• Penwith, Cornwall
• Rotherhithe, London
• Spurn, Yorkshire
• Strathy Point, Scotland
• The Lizard, Cornwall
• Wirral, Cheshire and Merseyside

Republic of Ireland

• Beara Peninsula
• Cooley Peninsula
• Dingle Peninsula
• Fanad Peninsula
• Hook Peninsula
• Horn Head
• Howth Head
• Inishowen
• Iveragh Peninsula
• Mizen Head
• Mullet Peninsula
• Rosguill
• Sheep's Head

Russia

• Agrakhanskiy polustrov, Dagestan
• Chukotskiy polustrov
• Gyanskiy poluostrov
• Kamchatka, Koryakia and Kamchatka Oblast
• Kanin Peninsula, Nenetsia
• Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast
• Poluostrov Taymyr

Middle East

• Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
• Al-Faw Peninsula, Iraq
• Gwadar peninsula, Pakistan
• Kapidagi Yarimadasi, Turkey
• Musandam peninsula, Oman
• Qatar

Indian subcontinent

• Mumbai city
• Kathiawar Peninsula, Gujarat

East Asia

• Malay Peninsula
• Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong (China)
• Leizhou Bandao, China
• Liaodong Bandao, China
• Shandong Bandao, China
• Ca Mau Peninsula, Vietnam

Korean Peninsula

Japan

• Nishi-sonogi-hanto
• Kunisaki-hato

Honshu:

• Shiriya-zaki
• Oshika-hanto
• Noto-hanto
• Oga-hanto
• Miura-hato
• Boso-hanto
• Inubo-zaki
• Izu-hanto

Philippines

• Bataan Peninsula
• Bondoc peninsula, Luzon
• Zamboanga, Mindanao
• San Ildefonso peninsula, Luzon

Indonesia

• Poluostrov Yamau
• Semenanjung Blambangan, Java,
• Semenanjung Minahassa, Sulawesi
• East Peninsula, Sulawesi
• South-east Peninsula, Sulawesi
• South Peninsula, Sulawesi

Madeira Islands

• Ponta de São Lourenço

The Americas

United States of America

• Alaska Peninsula, Alaska
• Cape Cod, Massachusetts
• Cleveland peninsula, Alaska
• Delmarva Peninsula, encompassing parts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia
• Door Peninsula, Wisconsin, in Lake Michigan
• Florida Peninsula, encompassing most of Florida state
• Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
• Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, in Lake Superior
• Key Peninsula, Washington, in Puget Sound
• Leelanau Peninsula, Michigan, in Lake Michigan
• Lower Peninsula, Michigan
• Middle Peninsula, Virginia, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay
• Mokapu, Hawaii
• Northern Neck, Virginia, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay
• Old Mission Peninsula, Michigan, in Grand Traverse Bay
• Olympic Peninsula, Washington
• Pinellas Peninsula, Florida
• Sandy Hook, New Jersey
• San Francisco Peninsula, California
• Upper Peninsula, Michigan
• Virginia Peninsula, Virginia, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay

Canada

• Adelaide Peninsula, Nunavut
• 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
• Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador
• 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
• Hall Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
• Henry Kater Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
• Kent Peninsula, Nunavut
• 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
• North Peninsula, Ontario (in Lake Nipigan)
• Province of Nova Scotia
• Pangertot Peninsula, Nunavut
• Parry Peninsula, Northwest Territories
• Péninsule de la Gaspésie, Quebec
• Péninsule d'Ungava, Quebec
• 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)
• Simpson peninsula, Nunavut
• Siorarsuk Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
• Steensby Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
• Storkerson Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
• Vancouver Island (Southern Tip), British Columbia
• Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut

Greenland

• Alfred Wegeners Halvo
• Hayes Halvo
• Ingnerit
• Nuussuaq Halvo
• Svartenhuk Halvo

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

Central America

• Península de Azuero, Panama

South America

• Paraguana, Venezuela
• Araya Peninsula, Venezuela
• Brunswick Peninsula, Chile
• Guajira Peninsula, Colombia
• Paracas Peninsula, Peru
• Paria Peninsula, Venezuela
• Taitao Peninsula, Chile
• Verde Peninsula, Argentina
• Valdes Peninsula, Argentina

Caribbean

• Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico, despite its name, it is also a peninsula

Australia & Oceania

Australia

• Beecroft Peninsula, New South Wales
• Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
• Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory
• Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
• Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
• Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania
• Inskip Peninsula, Queensland
• Jervis Bay Territory
• Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
• Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania
• Wilsons Promontory, Victoria
• Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
• Younghusband Peninsula, South Australia

New Zealand

• 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
• Mount Nicaragua, North Island
• North Auckland Peninsula, North Island
• Otago Peninsula, South Island
• Tiwai Point, South Island
• Whangaparaoa Peninsula, North Island

Papua New Guinea

• Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain
• Huon

Africa

• Bakassi, Cameroon but disputed with Nigeria
• Buri Peninsula, Eritrea
• Cabo Blanco, Mauritania/Western Sahara
• Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
• Cap-Vert, Senegal
• Ceuta, Spain
• Punta Durnford, Western Sahara
• Raas Xaafuun peninsula/Ras Hafun, Somalia

Antarctica

• Antarctic Peninsula
• Edward VII Peninsula
• Fletcher Peninsula
• Fowler Peninsula
• Martin Peninsula