List of peninsulas
A peninsula 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 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
- 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:Hong Kong itself is a peninsula.
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
Macau
- Macau Peninsula
Taiwan
- Hengchun Peninsula
Northern Asia
- Chukchi Peninsula
- Faddeyevsky Peninsula
- Gyda Peninsula
- Kamchatka Peninsula
- Mikhailov Peninsula
- Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula
- Taymyr Peninsula
- Yamal Peninsula
South-eastern Asia
Indochina
- Indochina Peninsula
- * Malay 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
Thailand
- Sathing Phra Peninsula
Singapore
- Tuas
Vietnam
- Cà Mau Peninsula, Cà Mau province
- Hòn Gốm Peninsula, Da Lat
- Sơn Trà Peninsula, Da Nang
- Ngũ Xã Peninsula, Hanoi
- Bình Quới Peninsula, Ho Chi Minh City
- Thủ Thiêm Peninsula, Ho Chi Minh City
- Vũng Tàu Peninsula
- Cam Ranh Peninsula, Khánh Hòa province
- * Đầm Môn Peninsula
- Trà Cổ Peninsula, Quảng Ninh province
- Phương Mai Peninsula, Quy Nhon
India
Other peninsulas on the Indian Subcontinent include:
- Bandra Peninsula, Mumbai
- Colaba Peninsula, Mumbai
- Gwadar Peninsula, Pakistan
- Jaffna Peninsula, Northern Sri Lanka
- Kanyakumari Peninsula, Tamil Nadu
- Kathiawar Peninsula, Gujarat
- Malabar Point Peninsula, Mumbai
- Worli Peninsula, Mumbai
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
- Anatolian Peninsula
- Armutlu Peninsula
- Biga Peninsula
- Datça Peninsula
- Dilek Peninsula
- Karaburun Peninsula
- Kapıdağ Peninsula
- Kocaeli Peninsula
- Sinop Peninsula
- Teke Peninsula
- Gallipoli
Europe
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
- 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, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Istanbul, Turkey
France
- Brittany
- Cap Corse, Corsica
- Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy
- Crozon, Finistère
- Landes du Médoc, Aquitaine
Iberian Peninsula
Other peninsulas in Iberia include:
Ireland
Italy
The Apennine Peninsula is the dominant geographical feature of Italy.Other peninsulas in Italy include:
;Adriatic Sea
;Ionian Sea
;Ligurian Sea
;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
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
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
- Parry Peninsula
- Pethel Peninsula
- Prince Albert Peninsula, Victoria Island
- Sahoyúé-§ehdacho