A peninsula ( from paene "almost" and insula "island") is a piece of land that is bordered mostly by water but connected to mainland. 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. A point is generally considered a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water that is less prominent than a cape. 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
Macaronesia Jandía, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain Macizo de Anaga, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Ponta de São Lourenço, Madeira Island, Portugal
North Africa
Cabo Blanco, Mauritania/Morocco Cap Bon, Tunisia Cap Zebib, Tunisia Ceuta, Spain Río de Oro Peninsula, Morocco Ras Banas, Egypt Ras ben Sakka, Tunisia
Somali Peninsula
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.
Buri Peninsula, Eritrea Ras Hafun, Somalia Ras Kasar, Eritrea Ras Siyyan, Djibouti
West Africa Lekki Peninsula, Lagos, Nigeria Cap-Vert, Senegal Turner's Peninsula, Sierra Leone
Other peninsulas in Africa Bakassi, Cameroon, but disputed with Nigeria Cape Peninsula, South Africa Le Morne Brabant, Mauritius Uyoma, Kenya
Antarctica Antarctic Peninsula Edward VII Peninsula Fletcher Peninsula Fowler Peninsula Martin Peninsula
Asia
Eastern Asia China Source:
Liaodong Peninsula Shandong Peninsula Dapeng Peninsula Leizhou Peninsula Macau Peninsula
Hong Kong Hong Kong itself is a peninsula.
Japan
Hokkaido Shiretoko Peninsula Shakotan Peninsula
Honshū Oshika-hanto Noto-hanto Oga-hanto Miura-hanto Bōsō-hanto
Kyūshū Nishi-sonogi-hanto Satsuma-hanto Ōsumi-hanto Shimabara-hanto
Korea
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.
Northern Asia
Chukchi Peninsula Faddeyevsky Peninsula Gyda Peninsula Kamchatka Peninsula Mikhailov Peninsula Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula Taymyr Peninsula Yamal Peninsula
Southeastern Asia Vietnam Camau Peninsula
Myanmar Irawaddy Peninsula
Thailand Tapaya/Rachon Peninsula Chonburi-Rayong Province Sathing Phra Peninsula
Cambodia Sihanouk Peninsula Botum Peninsula
Indonesia
Blambangan Peninsula, Java, 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 Northwestern Peninsula, Kudat Pitas Peninsula, Pitas Semporna Peninsula, Semporna and Tawau Sandakan Peninsula, Sandakan Peninsula Malaysia
Philippines
Bataan Peninsula, Luzon Bicol Peninsula, Luzon Caramoan Peninsula, Bicol Bondoc Peninsula, Luzon Calatagan Peninsula, Luzon Calumpan Peninsula, Luzon Cavite City, Luzon Manila Peninsula, 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 Tuas
South Asia
The Deccan Peninsula is the largest geographical feature of the Indian subcontinent.
Southwest Asia Arabia Arabian Peninsula; Arabian is the largest peninsula in this region.
West Asia
Anatolian Peninsula Anatolia is the largest peninsula in this region.
Europe Europe is sometimes considered to be a large peninsula extending off Eurasia. 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 Apennine peninsulas.
Balkan Peninsula
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 Brittany Cap Corse, Corsica Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy Crozon, Finistère Landes du Médoc, Aquitaine
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:
Ireland
Italy
The Apennine Peninsula is the dominant geographical feature of Italy.
Other peninsulas in Italy include:
Adriatic Sea Promontorio del Gargano
Ionian Sea Calabria Salento
Ligurian Sea Portofino Portovenere Promontorio di Piombino
Tyrrhenian Sea Gaeta Promontorio del Circeo Promontorio dell'Argentario Promontorio di Punta Ala Sorrentine Peninsula
Malta Valletta Senglea Birgu Sliema Ta' Xbiex Marsaskala Fort Ricasoli
Russia
Scandinavia
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland Hanko Peninsula, Hanko Porkkala Peninsula, Kirkkonummi Suensaari, Tornio
Estonia
Turkey
Gallipoli Peninsula Thracian Peninsula
Ukraine Crimean Peninsula Chonhar Peninsula Kinburn Peninsula Rybalskyi Peninsula
United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies England
Northern Ireland Ards Peninsula Islandmagee Lecale peninsula Ramore Head, Portrush Oxford Island Magilligan
Scotland
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
Channel Islands Le Clos du Valle, Guernsey Little Sark, Sark
Isle of Man Langness Peninsula, Malew
Other peninsulas in Europe
North America Belize Placencia Peninsula, Belize
Canada Dunlas Peninsula, Melville Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut Labrador Peninsula, encompassing all of Labrador and most of Quebec Natkusiak Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut Storkerson Peninsula, 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
Avalon Peninsula Baie Verte Peninsula Bonavista Peninsula Burin Peninsula Great Northern Peninsula Port au Port Peninsula
Northwest Territories
Diamond Jennes Peninsula, Victoria Island Douglas Peninsula Leith Peninsula (in Great Bear Lake) Parry Peninsula Pethel Peninsula Prince Albert Peninsula, Victoria Island Sahoyúé-§ehdacho
Nova Scotia
Aspotogan Peninsula Chebucto Peninsula Halifax Peninsula Nova Scotia peninsula Pubnico Peninsula
Nunavut
Adelaide Peninsula 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
Barrow Peninsula 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
Cynthia Peninsula (in Lake Temagami) Joan Peninsula (in Lake Temagami) McLean Peninsula (in Lake Temagami) North Peninsula (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) Prince Edward Peninsula (in Lake Ontario) Sibley Peninsula (in Lake Superior)
Quebec Gaspé Peninsula Ungava Peninsula
Caribbean Haiti Peninsule de Tiburon, Haiti Peninsule de Mole-St-Nicolas, Haiti
Dominican Republic Peninsula de Samaná, Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico
Cuba Zapata Peninsula, Cuba Guanahacabibes Peninsula, Cuba Hicacos Peninsula, Cuba
Saint Lucia Vigie Peninsula, St Lucia
Costa Rica Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Greenland Wegener Peninsula Hayes Halvo Ingnerit Nuussuaq Peninsula Sigguup Nunaa (Svartenhuk Halvø)
Mexico
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
Península de Azuero, Panama
United States Alaska Alaska Peninsula Cleveland 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. 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 and 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
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 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
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, Massachusetts, a cape that can be viewed as a peninsula Cape Ann, includes the towns of Gloucester and Rockport Nahant, a town in Essex County, is on a small peninsula. Nantasket Peninsula, Hull Shawmut Peninsula, Boston
Michigan