Peninsula - Definition and Overview

A peninsula is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body that is surrounded by water on three sides.

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

Peninsulas of the world:

Continental Europe

• Apsheron, Azerbaijan
• Balkan peninsula
• Brittany, France
• Butjadingen, Germany
• Cabo Espichel, Portugal
• Cabo de São Vicente, Portugal
• Chalkidiki, Greece
• Cotentin Peninsula, France
• Crimea, Ukraine
• Gallipoli, Turkey
• Gibraltar, (British Territory)
• Grenen, Denmark
• Hel peninsula, Poland
• Iberian Peninsula, encompassing the whole of Spain and Portugal
• Istria, Croatia
• Italy
• Jutland Peninsula, northern Germany and Denmark
• Kassandra, Greece
• Mani Peninsula, Greece
• Mount Athos, Greece
• Peljesac peninsula, Croatia
• Peloponnesos, Greece
• Peniche peninsula, Portugal
• Pilio, Greece
• Piran, Slovenia
• Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera
• Scandinavian Peninsula, encompassing Norway, Sweden and Finland
• Sithonia, Greece
• Svaerholthalvoya, Norway
• Tróia, Portugal
• Varangerhalvoya, Norway
• Walcheren, Netherlands
• Zadar, Croatia
• Zuid-Beveland, Netherlands

United Kingdom

• Ards peninsula, Northern Ireland
• Argyll, Scotland
• Black Isle peninsula, Scotland
• Cornwall, England
• Cowal, Scotland
• Dunnet Head, Scotland
• Faraid Head, Scotland
• Gower peninsula, Wales
• Island Magee, Northern Ireland
• Isle of Portland, England (despite its name, it is not an island but a peninsula)
• Kintyre, Scotland
• Lecale peninsula, Northern Ireland
• Lleyn peninsula, Wales
• Spurn, England
• Strathy Point, Scotland
• The Lizard, Cornwall, England
• Wirral, England

Republic of Ireland

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

Greenland

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

Madeira

• Ponta de São Lourenço

Asia

• Al-Faw peninsula, Iraq
• Bataan Peninsula, Philippines
• Bondoc peninsula, Luzon, Philippines
• Boso-hanto, Honshu, Japan
• Gwadar peninsula, Pakistan
• India
• Inubo-zaki, Honshu, Japan
• Izu-hanto, Honshu, Japan
• Kapidagi Yarimadasi, Turkey
• Kathiawar Peninsula, Gujarat, India
• Korean peninsula, encompassing North Korea and South Korea
• Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong (China)
• Kunisaki-hato, Kyushu, Japan
• Leizhou Bandao, China
• Liaodong Bandao, China
• Malay Peninsula
• Miura-hato, Honshu, Japan
• Mumbai city, India
• Musandam peninsula, Oman
• Nishi-sonogi-hanto, Kyushu, Japan
• Noto-hanto, Honshu, Japan
• Oga-hanto, Honshu, Japan
• Oshika-hanto, Honshu, Japan
• Qatar
• San Ildefonso peninsula, Luzon, Philippines
• Semenanjung Blambangan, Java, Indonesia
• Semenanjung Minahassa, Sulawesi, Indonesia
• Shandong Bandao, China
• Shiriya-zaki, Honshu, Japan
• Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
• Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines

Russia

• Agrakhanskiy polustrov, Dagestan
• Chukotskiy polustrov
• Gyanskiy poluostrov
• Kamchatka
• Kola peninsula
• Poluostrov Kanin
• Poluostrov Taymyr
• Poluostrov Yamau

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

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
• 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)
• 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
• Wollaston peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut

Mexico

• Baja California, 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
• Península de Araya, Venezuela
• Península de Brunswick, Chile
• Península de la Guajira, Colombia
• Península de Paria, Venezuela
• Península de Taitao, Chile
• Península de Verde, Argentina
• Península Valdés, Argentina

Caribbean

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

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
• Jervis Bay Territory
• Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
• Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania
• Wilson's 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
• 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

Antarctica

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