Peninsula

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Jump to: navigation, search
Peninsula
Enlarge
Peninsula

A peninsula (Latin, literally meaning 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.

Contents

Peninsulas of the World

Eurasia

Continental Europe

Balkan peninsula

Iberian Peninsula

encompassing the whole of Spain and Portugal

Scandinavian Peninsula

encompassing Sweden and Norway

United Kingdom

Republic of Ireland

Russia

Middle East

Indian subcontinent

East Asia

Korean Peninsula

The whole land mass encompassing South and North Korea is a Peninsula

Japan

Kyushu:

Honshu:

Philippines

Indonesia

Madeira Islands

(Portuguese Territory)

The Americas

United States of America

Canada

Greenland

(Danish Territory)

Mexico

Central America

South America

Caribbean

Australia & Oceania

Australia

A beach on the Mornington Peninsula
Enlarge
A beach on the Mornington Peninsula

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea


Africa


Antarctica

Commons:Category
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
Personal tools