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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 ==
=== Central Asia === Kazakhstan
Mangyshlak Peninsula
=== Eastern Asia ===
==== China ==== Source:
Liaodong Peninsula Shandong Peninsula Dapeng Peninsula Leizhou Peninsula
==== Hong Kong ==== Hong Kong itself is a peninsula.
Kowloon Peninsula Sai Kung Peninsula Stanley Peninsula Shek O
==== 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.
==== Macau ==== Macau Peninsula
==== Taiwan ==== Hengchun Peninsula
=== Northern Asia ===
=== South-eastern Asia ===
==== Indochina ==== Indochina Peninsula Malay Peninsula
==== Indonesia ====
==== Malaysia ==== Northwestern Peninsula, Kudat Pitas Peninsula, Pitas Semporna Peninsula, Semporna and Tawau Sandakan Peninsula, Sandakan Peninsula Malaysia
==== Philippines ====
==== Thailand ==== Sathing Phra Peninsula
==== Singapore ==== Tuas
==== Vietnam ====
=== India ===
The Deccan Peninsula is a dominant geographical feature of the Indian subcontinent Other peninsulas on the Indian Subcontinent include:
=== Western Asia ===
==== Arabia ==== Arabian Peninsula; Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman Al-Faw Peninsula, Iraq Musandam Peninsula; Oman, United Arab Emirates Qatar Peninsula
==== Eastern Mediterranean ==== Beirut, Lebanon El Mina, Lebanon Haifa, Israel Acre, Israel Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
==== Turkey ====
== 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, occupied by Russia 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 =====