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List of peninsulas

List of peninsulas is a earth science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of peninsulas rather than just read about it. In short: 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. The surrounding water is usually understood to be continuous, though not necessarily named as such.

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Reference excerpt

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. 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

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

Southeastern Asia

Vietnam Camau Peninsula

Myanmar Irawaddy Peninsula

Thailand Tapaya/Rachon Peninsula Chonburi-Rayong Province Sathing Phra Peninsula

Cambodia Sihanouk Peninsula Botum Peninsula

Indonesia

Malaysia Northwestern Peninsula, Kudat Pitas Peninsula, Pitas Semporna Peninsula, Semporna and Tawau Sandakan Peninsula, Sandakan Peninsula Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore Tuas

South Asia

The Deccan Peninsula is an only and largest geographical feature of the Indian subcontinent.

Southwest Asia

Arabia Arabian Peninsula; Arabian is only and largest in this regional.

West Asia

Anatolian Peninsula Anatolia is only and largest cape in this regional.

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

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Northwest Territories

Nova Scotia

Nunavut

Baffin Island

Ontario

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

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about List of peninsulas ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of List of peninsulas

In research: List of peninsulas appears in earth science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses List of peninsulas in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: List of peninsulas is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Coastal and oceanic landforms, Coastal geography, Lists of peninsulas, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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