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A peninsula is a piece of land
Landform

In the earth sciences and geology sub-fields a landform or physical feature comprises a geomorphology unit, and is largely defined by its surface form and location in the landscape, as part of the terrain, and as such, is typically an element of topography....
 that is nearly surrounded by water
Water

Water is a common chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of life. In typical usage, water refers only to its liquid form or States of matter, but the substance also has a solid state, ice, and a gaseous state, water vapor or steam....
 but connected to mainland
Mainland

Mainland is usually the continental part of a region, as opposed to the islands nearby. Sometimes the residents are called "the Mainlanders". As a result of the usually larger area of mainland, there are significantly more mainlanders than islanders, and mainlander culture and politics sometimes threaten to dominate those of the islands....
 via an isthmus
Isthmus

File:The Spit Bruny Island.jpg File:IsthmusOfPanama.pngAn isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas. Of note, the Isthmus of Panama connects the continents of North America and South America , and the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt connects Africa and Asia ....
. Word origin: Latin paeninsula : paene, almost + insula, island.

A peninsula can also be a headland
Headlands and bays

Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment....
, cape, island promontory
Promontory

Promontory may refer to:*Promontory, a prominent mass of land which overlooks lower lying land or a body of water*Promontory, Utah, the location where the United States first Transcontinental Railroad was completed...
, bill, point, or spit
Spit (landform)

A spit is a Deposition landform found off coasts. At one end, spits connect to land, while at the far end they exist in open water. A spit is a type of bar or beach that develops where a re-entrant occurs, such as at cove's headlands, by the process of longshore drift....
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Peninsula Croatia
A peninsula is a piece of land
Landform

In the earth sciences and geology sub-fields a landform or physical feature comprises a geomorphology unit, and is largely defined by its surface form and location in the landscape, as part of the terrain, and as such, is typically an element of topography....
 that is nearly surrounded by water
Water

Water is a common chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of life. In typical usage, water refers only to its liquid form or States of matter, but the substance also has a solid state, ice, and a gaseous state, water vapor or steam....
 but connected to mainland
Mainland

Mainland is usually the continental part of a region, as opposed to the islands nearby. Sometimes the residents are called "the Mainlanders". As a result of the usually larger area of mainland, there are significantly more mainlanders than islanders, and mainlander culture and politics sometimes threaten to dominate those of the islands....
 via an isthmus
Isthmus

File:The Spit Bruny Island.jpg File:IsthmusOfPanama.pngAn isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas. Of note, the Isthmus of Panama connects the continents of North America and South America , and the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt connects Africa and Asia ....
. Word origin: Latin paeninsula : paene, almost + insula, island.

A peninsula can also be a headland
Headlands and bays

Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment....
, cape, island promontory
Promontory

Promontory may refer to:*Promontory, a prominent mass of land which overlooks lower lying land or a body of water*Promontory, Utah, the location where the United States first Transcontinental Railroad was completed...
, bill, point, or spit
Spit (landform)

A spit is a Deposition landform found off coasts. At one end, spits connect to land, while at the far end they exist in open water. A spit is a type of bar or beach that develops where a re-entrant occurs, such as at cove's headlands, by the process of longshore drift....
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Oceania


Australia

Mornington Peninsula02
* Beecroft Peninsula
Beecroft Peninsula

Beecroft Peninsula is a peninsula located to the north and east of Jervis Bay in New South Wales, Australia. Due to strong winds and waves from the south the peninsula contains numerous caves and blowholes....
, New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
  • Bellarine Peninsula
    Bellarine Peninsula

    The Bellarine Peninsula is a peninsula located south-west of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, surrounded by Port Phillip, Corio Bay and Bass Strait....
    , Victoria
    Victoria (Australia)

    File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
  • Cape York Peninsula
    Cape York Peninsula

    Cape York Peninsula is a large peninsula located in Far North Queensland Queensland, Australia. This remote peninsula is one of the last remaining wilderness areas on Earth....
    , Queensland
    Queensland

    Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
  • Cobourg Peninsula
    Cobourg Peninsula

    File:Coburg_l5_2006211.jpgThe Cobourg Peninsula is located 350 kilometres east of Darwin, Northern Territory in the Northern Territory, Australia....
    , Northern Territory
    Northern Territory

    The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....
  • Cronulla sand dunes, Kurnell Peninsula
    Cronulla sand dunes, Kurnell Peninsula

    The Cronulla sand dunes are located on the Kurnell Peninsula in the Local Government Areas of Australia of Sutherland Shire, Sydney Australia....
  • Dampier Peninsula
    Dampier Peninsula

    The Dampier Peninsula is a peninsula located north of Broome, Western Australia in Western Australia, Australia, surrounded by the Indian Ocean to the west and north, and the King Sound to the east....
    , Western Australia
    Western Australia

    Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
  • Eyre Peninsula
    Eyre Peninsula

    Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded on the east by Spencer Gulf, the west by the Great Australian Bight, and the north by the Gawler Ranges....
    , South Australia
    South Australia

    South Australia is a States and territories of Australia of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories....
  • Fleurieu Peninsula
    Fleurieu Peninsula

    The Fleurieu Peninsula is a picturesque peninsula located south of Adelaide in South Australia, Australia. It was named after the French explorer Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu by the French explorer Nicolas Baudin as he mapped the south coast of Australia in 1802....
    , South Australia
    South Australia

    South Australia is a States and territories of Australia of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories....
  • Freycinet Peninsula
    Freycinet Peninsula

    File:Wineglass bay.JPGFreycinet Peninsula is a large peninsula in eastern Tasmania, Australia. It is located north of Schouten Island, at and encompasses area of Freycinet National Park....
    , Tasmania
    Tasmania

    Tasmania is an Australian island and States and territories of Australia of the same name. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait....
  • Inskip Peninsula
    Inskip Peninsula

    Inskip Peninsula is a peninsula to the north of the town of Rainbow Beach, Queensland in south-east Queensland, Australia.The southern tip of Fraser Island lies just off Inskip Point, the northern tip of the peninsula....
    , Queensland
    Queensland

    Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
    .
  • Jervis Bay Territory
    Jervis Bay Territory

    The Jervis Bay Territory is a territory of the Australia. It was bought by the Commonwealth Government in 1915 from the state of New South Wales so that the Federal capital at Canberra would have access to the sea....
  • Mornington Peninsula
    Mornington Peninsula

    The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne in Victoria , Australia. It is surrounded by Port Phillip to the west, Western Port to the east and Bass Strait to the south, and is connected to the mainland in the north....
    , Victoria
    Victoria (Australia)

    File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
  • Redcliffe, Queensland
    Redcliffe, Queensland

     Redcliffe is a residential suburb of the Moreton Bay Regional Council in the north-east of the Redcliffe City, Queensland, approximately north-northeast of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia....
  • Stockton, New South Wales
    Stockton, New South Wales

    Stockton is a List of suburbs in Greater Newcastle, New South Wales of Newcastle, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia, located from Newcastle's central business district....
  • Tasman Peninsula
    Tasman Peninsula

    Tasman Peninsula is located around 75 km by road south-east of Hobart, at the south east corner of Tasmania, Australia....
    , Tasmania
    Tasmania

    Tasmania is an Australian island and States and territories of Australia of the same name. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait....
  • Tasmania
    Tasmania

    Tasmania is an Australian island and States and territories of Australia of the same name. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait....
     itself was once a peninsula connected to Australia during the great Ice Age
    Ice age

    The general term "ice age" or, more precisely, "glacial age" denotes a geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in an expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers....
    s
  • Wilsons Promontory
    Wilsons Promontory

    Wilsons Promontory is a peninsula that forms the southernmost part of the Australian mainland and is located at . South Point at is the southernmost tip of Wilsons Promontory and hence of mainland Australia....
    , Victoria
    Victoria (Australia)

    File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
  • Woy Woy
    Woy Woy, New South Wales

    Woy Woy is a coastal town and a southern List of Central Coast suburbs of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located on the southern reaches of Brisbane Water north of Sydney....
    , New South Wales
    New South Wales

    New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
  • Yorke Peninsula
    Yorke Peninsula

    The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located north-west and west of Adelaide in South Australia, Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf Saint Vincent on the east....
    , South Australia
    South Australia

    South Australia is a States and territories of Australia of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories....
  • Younghusband Peninsula
    Younghusband Peninsula

    Younghusband Peninsula is a large narrow peninsula in South Australia, at . It is surrounded by the Encounter Bay and encompasses the area of Coorong National Park....
    , South Australia
    South Australia

    South Australia is a States and territories of Australia of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories....


New Zealand

  • Aupouri Peninsula
    Aupouri Peninsula

    The Aupouri Peninsula is a tombolo at the northern tip of the North Island of New Zealand. It projects between the Tasman Sea to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east....
    , North Island
    North Island

    The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. The island is 113,729 square km in area, making it the List of islands by area....
  • Banks Peninsula
    Banks Peninsula

    Banks Peninsula is in the Canterbury, New Zealand region on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, partly surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, and adjacent to the largest city in the South Island, Christchurch, New Zealand....
    , South Island
    South Island

    The South Island is the larger of the two major Islands of New Zealand of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. The Maori name for the South Island, Te Wai Pounamu, meaning "The Water/s of Greenstone" , possibly evolved from Te Wahi Pounamu which means "The Place Of Greenstone"....
  • Bluff Peninsula
    Bluff, New Zealand

    Bluff is a town and seaport in the Southland, New Zealand region, on the southern coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the southern-most town in New Zealand and, despite Slope Point being further to the south, is colloquially used to refer to the southern extremity of the country ....
    , South Island
    South Island

    The South Island is the larger of the two major Islands of New Zealand of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. The Maori name for the South Island, Te Wai Pounamu, meaning "The Water/s of Greenstone" , possibly evolved from Te Wahi Pounamu which means "The Place Of Greenstone"....
  • Bream Head
    Bream Head

    Bream Head is a promontory on the east coast of Northland in the North Island of New Zealand. Located at the end of a 30 kilometre-long peninsula, the head juts into the Pacific Ocean to the southeast of Whangarei....
    , North Island
    North Island

    The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. The island is 113,729 square km in area, making it the List of islands by area....
  • Cape Brett
    Cape Brett

    Cape Brett is a Headlands and bays on the northern North Island coast in New Zealand. Located at the end of the 15 kilometre-long Cape Brett Peninsula, the head extends north into the Pacific Ocean at the eastern end of the Bay of Islands....
    , North Island
    North Island

    The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. The island is 113,729 square km in area, making it the List of islands by area....
  • Cape Campbell
    Cape Campbell

    Cape Campbell, Te Karaka in Maori language, is located in Marlborough, New Zealand, on the northeastern coast of the South Island. It lies at the southern end of Clifford Bay, New Zealand, 15 km northeast of Ward, New Zealand, and 42 km southeast of Blenheim, New Zealand....
    , South Island
    South Island

    The South Island is the larger of the two major Islands of New Zealand of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. The Maori name for the South Island, Te Wai Pounamu, meaning "The Water/s of Greenstone" , possibly evolved from Te Wahi Pounamu which means "The Place Of Greenstone"....
  • Cape Foulwind
    Cape Foulwind

    Cape Foulwind is a prominent Headlands and bays on the West Coast, New Zealand of New Zealand's South Island, overlooking the Tasman Sea. It is located ten kilometres west of the town of Westport, New Zealand....
    , South Island
    South Island

    The South Island is the larger of the two major Islands of New Zealand of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. The Maori name for the South Island, Te Wai Pounamu, meaning "The Water/s of Greenstone" , possibly evolved from Te Wahi Pounamu which means "The Place Of Greenstone"....
  • Cape Kidnappers
    Cape Kidnappers

    File:File CapeKidnappersView.jpgFile:Cape Kidnappers Gannet Colony.jpgCape Kidnappers is a headland at the southeastern extremity of Hawke Bay on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island....
    , North Island
    North Island

    The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. The island is 113,729 square km in area, making it the List of islands by area....
  • Cape Turnagain
    Cape Turnagain

    Cape Turnagain is a prominent headland on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, part way between Hawke Bay and Cook Strait, between the mouths of the Porangahau River and Akitio Rivers....
    , North Island
    North Island

    The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. The island is 113,729 square km in area, making it the List of islands by area....
  • Coromandel Peninsula
    Coromandel Peninsula

    The Coromandel Peninsula lies in the North Island of New Zealand. It is part of the Waikato region and extends 85 kilometres north from the western end of the Bay of Plenty, forming a natural barrier to protect the Hauraki Gulf and the Firth of Thames in the west from the Pacific Ocean to the east....
    , North Island
    North Island

    The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. The island is 113,729 square km in area, making it the List of islands by area....
  • Farewell Spit
    Farewell Spit

    Farewell Spit is a narrow sand Spit situated at , at the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand. Known to the Maori as Tuhuroa, it runs eastwards from Cape Farewell, New Zealand, the island's northernmost point....
    , South Island
    South Island

    The South Island is the larger of the two major Islands of New Zealand of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. The Maori name for the South Island, Te Wai Pounamu, meaning "The Water/s of Greenstone" , possibly evolved from Te Wahi Pounamu which means "The Place Of Greenstone"....
  • Kaikoura Peninsula
    Kaikoura Peninsula

    The Kaikoura Peninsula is located in the northeast of New Zealand's South Island. It protrudes five kilometres into the Pacific Ocean.The town of Kaikoura is located on the north shore of the peninsula....
    , South Island
    South Island

    The South Island is the larger of the two major Islands of New Zealand of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. The Maori name for the South Island, Te Wai Pounamu, meaning "The Water/s of Greenstone" , possibly evolved from Te Wahi Pounamu which means "The Place Of Greenstone"....
  • Karikari Peninsula
    Karikari Peninsula

    Karikari Peninsula is a rocky land mass, originally an island, which is joined to the Aupouri Peninsula in Northland Region, New Zealand by a low sandy strip about 13 km long....
    , North Island
    North Island

    The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. The island is 113,729 square km in area, making it the List of islands by area....
  • Mahia Peninsula
    Mahia Peninsula

    The Mahia Peninsula is located on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, between the cities of Napier, New Zealand and Gisborne, New Zealand....
    , North Island
    North Island

    The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. The island is 113,729 square km in area, making it the List of islands by area....
  • Miramar Peninsula
    Miramar Peninsula

    The Miramar Peninsula is at the southeastern end of the city of Wellington, New Zealand. It contains the suburbs of Miramar, New Zealand, Maupuia, Strathmore and Seatoun....
    , North Island
    North Island

    The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. The island is 113,729 square km in area, making it the List of islands by area....
  • Mount Maunganui
    Mount Maunganui

    Mount Maunganui is a town in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, located on a peninsula to the north of the neighbouring city Tauranga, and north west of the suburb Papamoa....
    , North Island
    North Island

    The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. The island is 113,729 square km in area, making it the List of islands by area....
  • North Auckland Peninsula
    North Auckland Peninsula

    The North Auckland Peninsula, frequently referred to simply as the Northland Peninsula, is located in the far north of the North Island of New Zealand....
    , North Island
    North Island

    The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. The island is 113,729 square km in area, making it the List of islands by area....
  • Otago Peninsula
    Otago Peninsula

    The Otago Peninsula is a long, rugged indented finger of land that forms the easternmost part of Dunedin, New Zealand. Volcanic in origin, it forms one wall of the collapsed crater that now forms Otago Harbour....
    , South Island
    South Island

    The South Island is the larger of the two major Islands of New Zealand of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. The Maori name for the South Island, Te Wai Pounamu, meaning "The Water/s of Greenstone" , possibly evolved from Te Wahi Pounamu which means "The Place Of Greenstone"....
  • Tiwai Point
    Tiwai Point

    Tiwai Point lies at the entrance to Bluff, New Zealand Harbour on the southern coast of the South Island of New Zealand. A spit which extends from the western end of the Awarua Plain, it lies between Awarua Bay to the north and Foveaux Strait to the south....
    , South Island
    South Island

    The South Island is the larger of the two major Islands of New Zealand of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. The Maori name for the South Island, Te Wai Pounamu, meaning "The Water/s of Greenstone" , possibly evolved from Te Wahi Pounamu which means "The Place Of Greenstone"....


Papua New Guinea

  • Gazelle Peninsula
    Gazelle Peninsula

    Gazelle Peninsula is a large peninsula in northeastern New Britain, Papua New Guinea, at ....
    , New Britain
    New Britain

    New Britain is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from the island of New Guinea by the Dampier Strait , and from New Ireland by the St....
  • Huon Peninsula
    Huon Peninsula

    Huon Peninsula is a large peninsula in Morobe Province, eastern Papua New Guinea, at . It is named after France explorer Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec....


Europe

  • Europe
    Europe

    Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
     is sometimes considered to be a large peninsula extending off of Eurasia
    Eurasia

    Eurasia is a large landmass covering about 53,990,000 km? or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface . Often considered a single continent, Eurasia comprises the traditional continents of Europe and Asia, concepts which date back to classical antiquity and the borders for which are somewhat arbitrary....
    . It is composed of many peninsulas, the four main component peninsulas being the Iberian, Scandinavian, Italian, and Balkan peninsulas.

Balkan Peninsula

The Balkans
Balkans

The Balkans is the historical name of a geographic subregion of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains, which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia....
 is a peninsula including the Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia

The Republic of Macedonia , , often referred to simply as Macedonia, is a landlocked country on the Balkans in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south and Albania to the west....
, Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
 ,Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the Balkans peninsula of South Eastern Europe with an area of 51,129 square kilometres . Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the south, Bosnia and Herzegovina is Landlocked#Nearly landlocked, except for 26 kilometres of the Adriatic Sea coas...
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
, Croatia
Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
, Serbia
Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
, Albania
Albania

Albania , officially the Republic of Albania , is a country in Balkans. It is bordered by Greece to the south-east, Montenegro to the north, Kosovo to the northeast, and the Republic of Macedonia to the east....
, and Montenegro
Montenegro

Montenegro , Montenegrin language/Serbian language: ???? ????, Crna Gora , ) is a country located in Balkans. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Kosovo to the east and Albania to the south....
.

  • Chalkidiki, Greece
  • Kassandra
    Kassandra

    Kassandra can refer to:*Cassandra, in Greek mythology*114 Kassandra, an asteroid*Kassandra, a book written by the East German author Christa Wolf ...
    , Greece
  • Mani Peninsula
    Mani Peninsula

    The Mani Peninsula , also long known as Maina or Ma?na, is a region in Greece. Mani is the central peninsula of the three which extend southwards from the Peloponnesus in southern Greece....
    , Greece
  • Mount Athos
    Mount Athos

    Mount Athos is a mountain on the peninsula of the same name in Macedonia , of northern Greece, called in Greek language Agion Oros , or in English, "Holy Mountain"....
    , Greece
  • Peloponnese
    Peloponnese

    The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus is a large peninsula and Regions of Greece in southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth....
    , Greece
  • Sithonia
    Sithonia

    Sithonia is a peninsula located south of the central part of Halkidiki which is also in the south-central part of the Halkidiki peninsula. The Kassandra peninsula lies to the west and the Mount Athos peninsula at the east....
    , Greece
  • Pilio, Greece
  • Istria
    Istria

    File:Istria Croatian Adriatic.pngIstria , formerly Histria , is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner....
    , Croatia
  • Pelješac
    Pelješac

    Pelje?ac is a peninsula in southern Croatia, in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County. It is second largest peninsula in Croatia. From the isthmus that begins at Ston, to the top of Cape Lovi?ta, it is 65 km long....
    , Croatia
  • Prevlaka
    Prevlaka

    Prevlaka is a small peninsula in southern Croatia, at the entrance to the Boka Kotorska in the eastern Adriatic. The word prevlaka means isthmus....
    , Croatia
  • Split
    Split (city)

    Split is the largest Dalmatian city, the second-largest urban centre in Croatia, and the seat of Split-Dalmatia County. The city is situated on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, more specifically the eastern Adriatic Sea, spreading over a central peninsula and its surroundings, with its metropolitan area including the many surrounding lit...
    , Croatia
  • Zadar
    Zadar

    Zadar is a List of cities in Croatia in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea. It is the centre of Zadar county and the wider northern Dalmatian region. Zadar faces the islands of Ugljan and Pa?man, from which it is separated by the narrow Zadar Strait....
    , Croatia
  • Karaburun peninsula, Albania
  • Luštica
    Luštica

    Lu?tica is a peninsula on the south Adriatic Sea, in the Montenegro municipality of Herceg Novi. It is located at the entrance of the Bay of Kotor....
    , Montenegro


Denmark

  • Jutland Peninsula
    Jutland Peninsula

    The Jutland Peninsula or Cimbrian Peninsula is a peninsula in Europe. The names are derived from the Jutes and the Cimbri.The historic region of Jutland, the area that was covered by Codex Holmiensis covered the Jutland Peninsula area north of Eider River and included Funen, the North Jutlandic Island and other smaller islands....
    , which forms the western half of the country.
  • Djursland
    Djursland

    Djursland is a Denmark peninsula located on the east coast of the larger Jutland peninsula. Other minor peninsulas are also found stretching out from Djursland, such as Sk?dshoved and Helgen?s....
  • Grenen
    Grenen

    Grenen, the northmost tip of Jutland, north of the town of Skagen, thereby the northmost point of Denmark. Grenen was given its name for its shape like a tree-branch ....
  • Helgenæs
    Helgenæs

    Helgen?s is a minor peninsula stretching out from Djursland in Denmark, with a total land area of approximately twenty square kilometres. The most narrow part of the peninsula is about 240 metres, and it is said that the Vikings, when sailing between ?rhus and Ebeltoft, transported their longboats over the narrow section by rolling them on tr...
  • Horne Land
  • Hornsherred
    Hornsherred

    Hornsherred is a peninsula between Roskilde Fjord and Isefjord on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It falls within the expanded Frederikssund municipality and includes J?gerspris and Skibby and part of Bramsn?s....
  • Hindsholm
    Hindsholm

    Hindsholm is a peninsula forming the north-eastern extremity of the Denmark island of Funen. It is bound to the south by the Kerteminde Fjord but linked to the rest of the island in the south-west. It belongs to Kerteminde municipality....
  • Mols
    Mols

    Mols is a small Geography of Denmark peninsula located on the south of another peninsula, Djursland, which in turn is located on the east coast of a larger peninsula, Jutland....
  • Odsherred
    Odsherred

    Odsherred is a peninsula in the north-western part of the island Zealand in Denmark. Odsherred is stretching from the Sj?llands Odde in the north-west to the now drained fjord Lammefjord in the south, covering an area with a wide range of the most typical Danish landscapes such as long sandy beaches, small rolling hills and much farming....
  • Salling
    Salling

    Salling is a Denmark peninsula located in the north-west of the larger Jutland peninsula. The largest city in Salling is Skive .The Sallingsund Bridge connects the peninsula to the island of Mors , crossing the Salling Sund, part of the Limfjord....
  • Stevns Peninsula
    Stevns Peninsula

    Stevns Peninsula is a peninsula on Sj?lland in Denmark. It is separated from Sj?lland by the three streams Stevns ?, Tryggev?lde ? and Kilde?....


Italy

  • Italian Peninsula
    Italian Peninsula

    The Italian Peninsula or Apennine Peninsula is one of the three peninsulas of Southern Europe , spanning 1,000 km from the Po Valley in the north to the central Mediterranean Sea in the south....
  • Calabria
    Calabria

    Calabria , is a Regions of Italy in Southern Italy Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian peninsula. It is bounded to the north by the region of Basilicata, to the south-west by the region of Sicily, to the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and to the east by the Ionian Sea....
  • Penisola salentina (Salento
    Salento

    Salento is the south-eastern extremity of the Apulia region of Italy. It is a sub-peninsula of the main Italian peninsula, sometimes described as the "heel" of the Italian "boot"....
    )
  • Promontorio del Gargano (Monte Gargano
    Monte Gargano

    Monte Gargano is a mountain in Apulia, Italy forming the backbone of the peninsula Gargano Promontory on the Adriatic Sea. Most of the upland area, about 1,211.18 km? above the development along the coasts and in the lower valleys, is now a national park, Parco nazionale del Gargano, formed in 1995....
    )
  • Penisola sorrentina (Sorrentine Peninsula
    Sorrentine Peninsula

    The Sorrentine Peninsula is a peninsula located in southern Italy that separates the Gulf of Naples to the north from the Gulf of Salerno to the south....
    )
  • Promontorio di Orbetello
    Orbetello

    Orbetello is a town and commune in the province of Grosseto , Italy. It is located c. 35 km south of Grosseto, on the eponymous lagoon, which is home to an important Natural Reserve....


Iberian Peninsula

Encompassing continental Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 and Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
, Andorra
Andorra

Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, is a small landlocked country in western Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France....
 and the British overseas territory of Gibraltar
Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. The territory shares a border with Spain to the north....
.
  • Cabo Espichel
    Cabo Espichel

    Cabo Espichel is a cape located near Sesimbra, Portugal. Tourists are drawn there due to breathtaking views of its cliffs facing the Atlantic Ocean....
    , Portugal
  • Cabo Carvoeiro, Portugal
  • Cabo de São Vicente, Portugal
  • Tróia Peninsula
    Tróia Peninsula

    Tr?ia is a peninsula located in the municipality of Gr?ndola , Portugal, next to the Sado River estuary. Tourism is the peninsula's main activity due to its long beaches facing the Atlantic Ocean....
    , Portugal
  • Cádiz
    Cádiz

    C?diz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the province of C?diz, one of eight which make up the Autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia....
    , Spain
  • Gibraltar
    Gibraltar

    Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. The territory shares a border with Spain to the north....


Scandinavian Peninsula

Encompassing present-day Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
, Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
, and part of Finland
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....


  • Bygdøy
    Bygdøy

    Bygd?y or Bygd? is a peninsula on the western side of Oslo, Norway. The old name is Ladeg?rds?en. It has several museums, like the Kon-Tiki Museum, the Norsk Folkemuseum , the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, the Norsk Sj?fartsmuseum and the ship Fram, used by Roald Amundsen....
    , Norway
  • Fornebulandet, Norway
  • Fossen, Norway
  • Hamarøyhalvøya, Norway
  • Hurumlandet
    Hurumlandet

    Hurumlandet is a peninsula in Buskerud county, Norway. It comprises the municipalities R?yken and Hurum. It is located south of Asker, east of the Drammensfjord and west of the Oslofjord....
    , Norway
  • Lista
    Lista

    Lista is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway.The municipality was created as Lista formannskapsdistrikt in 1837. According to the 1835 census the new municipality had a population of 4,213....
    , Norway
  • Lyngenhalvøya, Norway
  • Nordkinnhalvøya, Norway
  • Nesodden
    Nesodden

    Nesodden is a Municipalities of Norway in Akershus Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Follo. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Nesoddtangen....
    , Norway
  • Ofothalvøya, Norway
  • Porsangerhalvøya, Norway
  • Skåne
    Skåne

    Scania is a geographical region on the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, a traditional provinces of Sweden in the Kingdom of Sweden, before 1658 a province in the Kingdom of Denmark and part of the historical lands of Denmark....
    , Sweden
  • Snarøya
    Snarøya

    Snar?ya is a populated peninsula in the inner Oslofjord in Norway. A suburb of Oslo, administratively and geographically it belongs to B?rum municipality in Akershus county....
    , Norway
  • Stad
    Stad (peninsula)

    Stad is a peninsula in the Norway municipality of Selje. It has a very harsh wind climate; the highest wind speed in the country is often recorded at this promontory....
    , Norway
  • Sværholthalvøya
    Sværholthalvøya

    Sv?rholthalv?ya is a peninsula in the Norway counties of Norway of Finnmark....
    , Norway
  • Varangerhalvøya, Norway


United Kingdom

  • During the great Ice Age
    Ice age

    The general term "ice age" or, more precisely, "glacial age" denotes a geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in an expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers....
    s, all of Great Britain was a peninsula, extending north west from the mainland of Europe
    Europe

    Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
    /France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
    . The English Channel
    English Channel

    The English Channel is an Arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest, to only in the Strait of Dover....
     did not exist at this time.

England
  • Cornwall
    Cornwall

    Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
    , Devon
    Devon

    Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
    , Somerset
    Somerset

    Somerset is a Counties of England in South West England. The county town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county. The Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset borders the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west....
    , and Dorset
    Dorset

    Dorset , is a Counties of England in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester, Dorset, situated in the south of the county at ....
     - the South West Peninsula, or the West Country
    West Country

    The West Country is an informal term for the area of south western England roughly corresponding to the modern South West England government region....
    , or Wessex
    Wessex

    West Saxon redirects here. For other meanings of Wessex or West Saxon see Wessex .Wessex , from the Old English Westseaxe , was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the West Saxons, in South West England, from the 6th century, until the emergence of the English state in the 9th century, under the Wessex dynasty....
  • Dengie peninsula
    Dengie peninsula

    Dengie is a peninsula in Essex, England, that once formed a hundred of the same name .The peninsula is formed by the River Crouch to the south, and the River Blackwater, Essex to the north, both of which are tidal....
    , Essex
    Essex

    Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....
  • The centre of the city of Durham
    Durham

    Durham is a city in North East England. It lies at the heart of the City of Durham local government district. It is the county town of County Durham....
    , County Durham
  • Fylde, Lancashire
    Lancashire

    Lancashire is a Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in the North West England of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea....
  • Hoo
    Hoo Peninsula

    The Hoo Peninsula is a peninsula in England separating the estuaries of the rivers River Thames and River Medway. It is dominated by a line of sand and clay hills surrounded by an extensive area of marshland composed of alluvial silt....
    , Kent
    Kent

    Kent is a Counties of England in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the River Thames estuary....
  • Isle of Dogs
    Isle of Dogs

    The Isle of Dogs is a former island in the East End of London that is surrounded on three sides by one of the largest meanders in the River Thames....
    , London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
  • Greenwich Peninsula
    Greenwich Peninsula

    The Greenwich Peninsula, sometimes known as Blackwall Point, is a tongue of land bounded on three sides by a loop of the Thames, between the Isle of Dogs and Silvertown....
    , London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
  • The Lizard
    The Lizard

    The Lizard is a peninsula of Cornwall, and contains the Extreme points of the United Kingdom of mainland Cornwall and of the island Great Britain, Lizard Point, Cornwall....
    , Cornwall
    Cornwall

    Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
  • Morte Point
    Morte Point

    Morte Point is a peninsula on the North West coast of Devon, England, belonging to the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty....
    , North Devon
    Devon

    Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
  • Penwith
    Penwith

    Penwith is a Non-metropolitan district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, whose council is based in Penzance. The district covers all of the Penwith peninsula, the toe-like promontory of land at the western end of Cornwall and which includes an area of land to the east that falls outside the peninsula, being the most westerly distric...
    , Cornwall
    Cornwall

    Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
  • Isle of Purbeck
    Isle of Purbeck

    The Isle of Purbeck, not a true island but a peninsula, is in the county of Dorset, England. It is bordered by the English Channel to the south and east, where steep cliffs fall to the sea; and by the marshy lands of the River Frome, Dorset and Poole Harbour to the north....
    , Dorset
    Dorset

    Dorset , is a Counties of England in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester, Dorset, situated in the south of the county at ....
  • Rotherhithe
    Rotherhithe

    Rotherhithe is a district of central SE16 London in the London Borough of Southwark. It is located on a peninsula on the south bank of the Thames, facing Wapping and the Isle of Dogs on the north bank, and is a part of the London Docklands area....
    , London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
  • Spurn
    Spurn

    Spurn Point is a narrow sand spit on the tip of the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England that reaches into the North Sea and forms the north bank of the mouth of the Humber estuary....
    , Yorkshire
    Yorkshire

    Yorkshire is a Historic counties of England of northern England and the largest in Great Britain. Because of its great size, over time functions were increasingly undertaken by its subdivisions, which have been subject to History of local government in Yorkshire....
  • Tendring
    Tendring

    Tendring is a Non-metropolitan district in North East Essex, England. It extends from the River Stour, Suffolk in the north, to the coast and the River Colne in the south, with the coast to the East and the town of Colchester to the west....
    , Essex
    Essex

    Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....
  • Wirral
    Wirral Peninsula

    Wirral or the Wirral is a peninsula in North West England. It is bounded to the west by the River Dee, Wales, which forms the boundary with Wales, and to the east by the River Mersey....
    , Cheshire
    Cheshire

    Cheshire is a Counties of England in North West England. The county town, and the location of the county council, is the City status in the United Kingdom of Chester, although Cheshire's largest town in terms of area and population is Warrington....
     and Merseyside
    Merseyside

    Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. Taking its name from the River Mersey, the title "Merseyside" came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974, after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, and the county consists of five metropolitan boroughs adjoining the Mersey estuary,...


Scotland
  • Ardnamurchan
    Ardnamurchan

    Ardnamurchan is a 50 square mile peninsula in Lochaber, Highland , Scotland, noted for being very unspoilt and undisturbed. It contains an abundance of wildlife....
    , Lochaber
    Lochaber

    Lochaber is one of the 16 ward management areas of the Highland Council of Scotland and one of eight former Local government of Scotland districts of the two-tier Highland Regions of Scotland....
  • Black Isle
    Black Isle

    The Black Isle is an eastern area of the Scottish Highlands Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland, within the Counties of Scotland of Ross and Cromarty....
    , Ross and Cromarty
    Ross and Cromarty

    Ross and Cromarty is a vaguely or variously defined area in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. There is a registration county and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland in current use....
  • Cowal
    Cowal

    Cowal is a peninsula in Argyll and Bute in the ScotlandScottish Highlands. The northern part of Cowal is mostly the mountainous Argyll Forest Park....
    , Argyll and Bute
  • Doonie Point
    Doonie Point

    Doonie Point is a rocky headland situated approximately 1.5 kilometres south of the village of Muchalls in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The clifftop of Doonie Point yields views to the north of Grim Brigs, Brown Jewel and the coast of Newtonhill....
    , Aberdeenshire
    Aberdeenshire

    Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland.In this present day Aberdeenshire does not include Aberdeen City which is a Council Area in its own right....
  • Dunnet Head
    Dunnet Head

    Dunnet Head is a peninsula that includes the most northerly point of the mainland of Great Britain. The point lies in Caithness, on the north coast of Scotland....
    , Caithness
    Caithness

    Caithness is a registration county, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and historic Local government in Scotland of Scotland. The name was used also for the Earl of Caithness and the Caithness of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ....
  • Faraid Head
    Faraid Head

    Faraid Head is a small peninsula on the northern coast of Sutherland, Highland , Scotland, located two miles to the north of the village Balnakeil and three miles north of Durness....
    , Sutherland
    Sutherland

    Sutherland is a registration county, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and historic administrative Counties of Scotland of Scotland. It is now within the Highland Council areas of Scotland....
  • Fife
    Fife

    Fife is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire....
  • Kintyre
    Kintyre

    Kintyre is a peninsula in western Scotland, in the south-west of Argyll and Bute. The region stretches approximately 30 miles , from the Mull of Kintyre in the south, to East Loch Tarbert, Kintyre in the north....
    , Argyll and Bute
    Argyll and Bute

    Argyll and Bute is both one of 32 Council areas of Scotland; and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead....
  • Knoydart
    Knoydart

    Knoydart is a peninsula in Lochaber, Highland , on the west coast of Scotland....
    , Lochaber
    Lochaber

    Lochaber is one of the 16 ward management areas of the Highland Council of Scotland and one of eight former Local government of Scotland districts of the two-tier Highland Regions of Scotland....
  • Morvern
    Morvern

    Morvern is a peninsula in south west Lochaber, on the west coast of Scotland. The name is derived from the Scottish Gaelic language A' Mhorbhairn ....
    , Lochaber
  • Strathy Point
    Strathy

    Strathy is a scattered community in the Scottish Highlands area of Scotland.Strathy is on the north coast of the kingdom on the A836 road some twenty miles of the west of Thurso....
    , Sutherland
    Sutherland

    Sutherland is a registration county, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and historic administrative Counties of Scotland of Scotland. It is now within the Highland Council areas of Scotland....
  • Point of Hellia
    Point of Hellia

    The Point of Hellia is a headland on the northwest coast of the Orkney Mainland, Scotland. This landform extends into the southern part of Eynhallow Sound, a seaway of the North Sea....
    , Orkney
  • Point, Outer Hebrides
    Point, Outer Hebrides

    Point , also known as the Eye Peninsula, is a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, connected to the rest of the Isle of Lewis by a narrow isthmus, one mile in length and barely 100 metres wide....


Wales
  • Creuddyn Peninsula
    Creuddyn peninsula

    Creuddyn peninsula is the geographical term for a peninsula in the county borough of Conwy in North Wales. It includes the town of Llandudno, plus Rhos-on-Sea, Deganwy and Llandudno Junction....
     juts out of the North Wales
    North Wales

    File:North Wales .pngNorth Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England....
     coast and includes the towns of Llandudno
    Llandudno

    Llandudno is a seaside resort and town in Conwy , Wales. In the 2001 UK census it had a population of 20,090 including that of Penrhyn Bay and Penrhynside, which are within the Llandudno Community ....
    , Rhos-on-Sea
    Rhos-on-Sea

    Rhos-on-Sea also known as Llandrillo-yn-Rhos in Welsh , or Rhos or Llandrillo , is a seaside resort in Conwy county borough, north Wales Wales....
     and Deganwy
    Deganwy

    Deganwy is a small town in the Conwy , Wales. Population 3,700, Welsh speakers 23%. It is located south of Llandudno and to the east of Conwy and with which it forms the Conwy parish Community ....
    . Plus the headlands of Great Orme
    Great Orme

    The Great Orme is a prominent limestone headlands and bays on the North Wales coast of Wales situated in Llandudno. It is referred to as Cyngreawdr Fynydd in a poem by the 12th century poet Gwalchmai ap Meilyr....
     and Little Orme
    Little Orme

    The Little Orme is known in Welsh as Rhiwledyn and is 141 metres in height. It is one of two headlands that are situated at either end of Llandudno Bay, in Conwy county borough, North Wales Wales....
  • Gower peninsula
    Gower Peninsula

    The Gower Peninsula is a peninsula on the south coast of Wales, on the north side of the Bristol Channel in the southwest of the Historic counties of Wales of Glamorgan....
    , Swansea
    Swansea

    Swansea is a City status in the United Kingdom and subdivisions of Wales in Wales. Swansea is in the Historic counties of Wales of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower peninsula and the Lliw uplands....
  • Llyn Peninsula
    Llyn Peninsula

    The Llyn Peninsula extends thirty miles into the Irish Sea from north west Wales, southwest of the island of Anglesey. It is part of the modern county and historic region of Gwynedd....
  • Marloes
    Marloes

    Marloes is a village in Pembrokeshire, West Wales.It is situated on the Marloes Peninsula 11 km west of the port of Milford Haven and forms the westernmost tip of the southern shore of St Brides Bay....
     Peninsula, Pembrokeshire
    Pembrokeshire

    Pembrokeshire is a county in the South West Wales of Wales in the United Kingdom....
  • Pembrokeshire
    Pembrokeshire

    Pembrokeshire is a county in the South West Wales of Wales in the United Kingdom....
     peninsula, West Wales
    West Wales

    West Wales is the western area of Wales bordered by South Wales to the east and Mid Wales to the north.The area is loosely-defined, but is generally considered to include Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion ....
  • South Pembrokeshire
    South Pembrokeshire

    South Pembrokeshire was one of six Districts of Waless of Dyfed, Wales from 1974 to 1996.It was formed on April 1, 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, from the following parts of the administrative county of Pembrokeshire:...
     Peninsula.
  • St Davids Head
    St Davids Head

    St Davids Head is a headland in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, south west Wales.Northwest of the cathedral city of St David's jutting into the Irish Sea, St Davids Head marks the southern extremity of the large Cardigan Bay....
    , Pembrokeshire
    Pembrokeshire

    Pembrokeshire is a county in the South West Wales of Wales in the United Kingdom....
  • Vale of Glamorgan
    Vale of Glamorgan

    The Vale of Glamorgan is an exceptionally rich agricultural area in the southern part of Glamorgan, Wales. It has a rugged coastline, but its rolling countryside is quite atypical of Wales as a whole....
     - technically a peninsula, as it surrounded on three sides by water - two rivers boundaries and the Bristol Channel
  • South West Wales
    West Wales

    West Wales is the western area of Wales bordered by South Wales to the east and Mid Wales to the north.The area is loosely-defined, but is generally considered to include Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion ....
     - Swansea
    Swansea

    Swansea is a City status in the United Kingdom and subdivisions of Wales in Wales. Swansea is in the Historic counties of Wales of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower peninsula and the Lliw uplands....
     to New Quay
    New Quay

    New Quay is both a traditional fishing town and a seaside resort on Cardigan Bay, Ceredigion, Wales....
     - surrounded by the Bristol Channel
    Bristol Channel

    The Bristol Channel is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales from Devon and Somerset in South West England, and extending from the lower Severn Estuary of the River Severn to that part of the North Atlantic Ocean known as the Celtic Sea ....
    , St George's Channel
    St George's Channel

    St George's Channel is a channel connecting the Irish Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the southwest. Historically, the name encompassed all the waters between Ireland in the west, and Wales and the West Country in the east; thus the Bristol Channel opened into St George's Channel....
     and Cardigan Bay
    Cardigan Bay

    Cardigan Bay is a large inlet of the Irish Sea, indenting the west coast of Wales between the Llyn Peninsula and Pembrokeshire peninsulas.Cardigan Bay has white-sand beaches, soft turquoise sea and a unique marine life , making it one of the finest stretches of coastline in Britain....


Northern Ireland
  • Ards Peninsula
    Ards Peninsula

    The Ards Peninsula is a peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland which separates Strangford Lough from the North Channel of the Irish Sea, on Ireland's northeast coast....
    , County Down
    County Down

    County Down is one of the nine Counties of Ireland that form the province of Ulster and one of six counties that form Northern Ireland. The county forms an area of ....
  • Island Magee
  • Lecale Peninsula
    Lecale peninsula

    The Lecale peninsula lies in the east of Northern Ireland, on the south-eastern side of County Down, covering an area of some between Downpatrick and Dundrum, County Down....
  • Ramore Head, Portrush
    Portrush

    Portrush is a seaside resort town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on the County Londonderry border. The main part of the old town, including the Portrush railway station as well as most hotels, restaurants and bars, is built on a mile–long peninsula, Ramore Head, pointing north-northwest....


Republic of Ireland

  • Donegal
    Donegal

    Donegal is a town in County Donegal, in the Province of Ulster, in Republic of Ireland. Donegal is not the county town of County Donegal, despite being its namesake....
  • Munster
    Munster

    Munster is the southernmost of the four provinces of Ireland. The largest city in Munster is Cork ....
     - like Ulster, Munster is surrounded on three sides by the sea
  • Beara Peninsula
    Beara Peninsula

    The Beara Peninsula is a peninsula on the south-west coast of Ireland, bounded between the Kenmare "river" to the north side and Bantry Bay to the south....
  • Cooley Peninsula
    Cooley peninsula

    The Cooley Peninsula is a hilly peninsula in County Louth, Republic of Ireland, which includes towns such as Omeath, Carlingford, County Louth and Greenore, and the mountain Slieve Foy....
  • Dingle Peninsula
    Dingle Peninsula

    The Dingle Peninsula is located in County Kerry and is the most westerly point of Ireland....
  • Fanad Peninsula
  • Hook Peninsula
    Hook Peninsula

    The Hook Peninsula is a peninsula in County Wexford, Ireland. It has been a gateway to south-east Ireland for successive waves of newcomers, including the Vikings, Anglo-Normans and the English people....
  • Horn Head
    Horn Head

    Horn Head is a peninsula in Donegal, North West Ireland, close to Dunfanaghy. It forms part of Sheephaven Bay....
  • Inishowen
    Inishowen

    Inishowen is a peninsula in County Donegal, and also the largest peninsula in Ireland. It pre-dates the formation of the county in which it is located by centuries....
  • Iveragh Peninsula
    Iveragh Peninsula

    The Iveragh Peninsula is located in County Kerry in Republic of Ireland. It is the largest peninsula in southwestern Ireland. A mountain range, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, lies in the centre of the peninsula....
  • Mizen Head Peninsula
  • Mullet Peninsula
  • Rosguill
    Rosguill

    Rosguill is a peninsula situated in north-north-west County Donegal, Ireland. Lying between the peninsulae of Fanad to the east and Horn Head to the west, Rosguill is a dichotomy of heathland and ocean....
  • Sheep's Head Peninsula


Russia

  • Chukchi Peninsula
    Chukchi Peninsula

    The Chukchi Peninsula, Chukotski Peninsula or Chukotsk Peninsula , at about 66? N 172? W, is the northeastern extremity of Asia. Its eastern end is at Cape Dezhnev near the village of Uelen....
  • Kamchatka Peninsula
    Kamchatka Peninsula

    The Kamchatka Peninsula is a 1,250-kilometer long peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of 472,300 km?. It lies between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Sea of Okhotsk to the west....
  • Kola Peninsula
    Kola Peninsula

    The Kola Peninsula is a peninsula in the far north of Russia, part of the Murmansk Oblast. It borders upon the Barents Sea on the North and the White Sea on the East and South....
  • Rybachiy Peninsula
    Rybachiy Peninsula

    File:????? ??????, ???? ???. ?????.jpgRybachiy Peninsula is the northernmost part of continental European Russia. Its name is translated as "Fishermen's peninsula"....
  • Samland peninsula, Kaliningrad Oblast
    Kaliningrad Oblast

    Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast forms the westernmost part of the Russian Federation, but it has no land connection to the rest of Russia....
  • Taymyr Peninsula
    Taymyr Peninsula

    Taymyr Peninsula is a peninsula in Siberia that forms the most northern part of mainland Asia. It lies between the Yenisei Gulf of the Kara Sea and the Khatanga Gulf of the Laptev Sea in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia....
  • Yamal Peninsula
    Yamal Peninsula

    The Yamal Peninsula , located in Yamal-Nenets autonomous district of northwest Siberia, Russia, extends roughly 700 km and is bordered principally by the Kara Sea, Baydaratskaya Bay on the west, and by the Gulf of Ob on the east....


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