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A peninsula (from Latin "paene insula", 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

Balkan "Peninsula"

Denmark

Italy
  • Italian Peninsula
  • Calabria
  • Penisola salentina (Salento)
  • Promontorio del Gargano
  • Penisola sorrentina
  • Promontorio di Orbetello

Iberian Peninsula
-encompassing continental Spain and Portugal, Andorra and the British dependency of Gibraltar.

Scandinavian Peninsula
-encompassing Sweden and Norway

United Kingdom
=England
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=Scotland
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=Wales
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=Northern Ireland
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Republic of Ireland

Russia

''See also Peninsulas of Russia

Middle East

Indian subcontinent and South Asia

East Asia

Korean Peninsula

The whole land mass encompassing North and South Korea is a peninsula.

Japan
''See also Peninsulas of Japan
Kyushu:

Honshu:

Philippines

Indonesia

The Americas

United States of America

Canada

Greenland

Mexico

Central America

South America

Caribbean

Australia & Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Africa

Antarctica

Peninsulas

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