List of peninsulas

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.[1][2][3][4] 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.[5] A point is generally considered a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water that is less prominent than a cape.[6] 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
The Horn of Africa also known as the Somali peninsula

Macaronesia

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
Main article: Horn of Africa

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
  • Mahin Land Peninsula, Ilaje local government,Ondo State, 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

Asia

Central Asia

Kazakhstan

  • Mangyshlak Peninsula

China[7]
  • Liaodong Peninsula
  • Shandong Peninsula
  • Leizhou Peninsula

Hong Kong
  • Kowloon Peninsula
  • Sai Kung Peninsula
  • Stanley Peninsula
  • Shek O
Hokkaido
  • Shiretoko Peninsula
  • Shakotan Peninsula
Honshū
  • Oshika-hanto
  • Noto-hanto
  • Oga-hanto
  • Miura-hanto
  • Bōsō-hanto
Kyūshū
  • Nishi-sonogi-hanto
  • Satsuma-hanto
  • Ōsumi-hanto

Korea
Main article: Korea
Korean Peninsula

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
The Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East
  • Chukchi Peninsula
  • Faddeyevsky Peninsula
  • Gyda Peninsula
  • Kamchatka Peninsula
  • Mikhailov Peninsula
  • Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula
  • Taymyr Peninsula
  • Yamal Peninsula
  • Kola Peninsula, A peninsula near the border with Finland. Stretches into the White Sea

Indochina

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
  • 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

Singapore
  • Tuas

Vietnam
  • Cà Mau Peninsula, Cà Mau Province
  • Hòn Gốm Peninsula, Da Lat City
  • Sơn Trà Peninsula, Da Nang
  • Ngũ Xã Peninsula, Hanoi
  • Bình Quới Peninsula, Ho Chi Minh City
  • Cam Ranh Peninsula, Khánh Hòa Province
    • Đầm Môn Peninsula
  • Trà Cổ Peninsula, Quảng Ninh Province
  • Phương Mai Peninsula, Quy Nhon

Southern Asia
South India (Peninsular India)

The Deccan Peninsula is a dominant geographical feature of the Indian Subcontinent.

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
  • Manhoro, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
  • Worli Peninsula, Mumbai

Arabia
  • Arabian Peninsula; Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman
  • Al-Faw Peninsula, Iraq
  • Musandam Peninsula; Oman, United Arab Emirates

Eastern Mediterranean

Turkey
Map of the Anatolian Peninsula, the Asian part of Turkey
  • Anatolian Peninsula
  • Armutlu Peninsula
  • Biga Peninsula
  • Datça Peninsula
  • Dilek Peninsula
  • Karaburun Peninsula
  • Kapıdağ Peninsula
  • Kocaeli Peninsula
  • Sinop Peninsula
  • Teke Peninsula
  • Gallipoli

Europe

Europe is sometimes considered to be a large peninsula extending off Eurasia.[8] 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 Balkan Peninsula, as defined by the Soča–Vipava–Krka–Sava–Danube border.

The Balkans is a peninsula including 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

France

Iberian Peninsula
Main article: Iberian Peninsula
Satellite view of the 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
  • Achill Head Peninsula
  • Beara Peninsula
  • Cooley Peninsula
  • Dingle Peninsula
  • Donegal
  • Fanad Peninsula
  • Hook Peninsula
  • Horn Head
  • Howth Peninsula
  • Inishowen
  • Iveragh Peninsula
  • Loop Head Peninsula
  • Mizen Head Peninsula
  • Mullet Peninsula
  • Munster
  • Old Head of Kinsale
  • Rosguill
  • Sheep's Head Peninsula

Italy
Satellite view of the Apennine Peninsula

The Apennine Peninsula is a dominant geographical feature of Italy.

Other peninsulas in Italy include:

Adriatic Sea
  • Promontorio del Gargano
Ionian Sea
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
  • Curonian Spit, Kaliningrad Oblast (shared with Lithuania)
  • Gusinaya Zemlya
  • Kanin Peninsula
  • Kola Peninsula
  • Kurgalsky Peninsula
  • Lokhaniemi Peninsula
  • Nemetsky Peninsula
  • Onega Peninsula
  • Rybachy Peninsula
  • Sambia Peninsula
  • Soikinsky Peninsula
  • Sredny Peninsula
  • Taman Peninsula
  • Turiy Peninsula
  • Yugorsky Peninsula

Scandinavia
Main articles: Scandinavia, Scandinavian Peninsula, Jutland, and Fennoscandia
Fennoscandia including the Scandinavian Peninsula and Kola Peninsula

Norway
  • Bergen Peninsula
  • Bygdøy
  • Brøggerhalvøya, Norway
  • Fornebulandet
  • Fosen
  • Hamarøyhalvøya
  • Hurumlandet
  • Lista
  • Lyngenhalvøya
  • Nordkinn Peninsula
  • Nesodden
  • Ofothalvøya
  • Porsangerhalvøya
  • Snarøya, Norway
  • Stad
  • Stavanger Peninsula
  • Sværholt Peninsula
  • Varangerhalvøya

Sweden

Denmark
  • Djursland
  • Grenen
  • Helgenæs
  • Hindsholm
  • Horne Land
  • Hornsherred
  • Jutland Peninsula (now an island, since the Kiel Canal was made)
  • Kegnæs
  • Mols
  • Odsherred
  • Salling
  • Stevns Peninsula
  • Sundeved

Finland
  • Hanko Peninsula, Hanko
  • Porkkala Peninsula, Kirkkonummi
  • Suensaari, Tornio

Turkey

Ukraine
  • Crimean Peninsula, occupied by Russia
  • Chonhar Peninsula
  • Kinburn Peninsula
  • Rybalskyi Peninsula

England
England's South West Peninsula at the top and France's Brittany Peninsula at the bottom, with the English Channel between
  • South West Peninsula (western part of the West Country comprising the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset)
  • Dengie peninsula, Essex
  • The centre of the city of Durham, County Durham
  • The Fylde, Lancashire
  • Brixham Peninsula, South Devon
  • Hoo, Kent
  • Roseland, Mid Cornwall
  • Bere Peninsula, Devon
  • Isle of Dogs, London
  • Cartmel Peninsula, Cumbria
  • Furness Peninsula, Cumbria
  • Greenwich Peninsula, London
  • Gosport, Hampshire
  • Isle of Thanet, Kent
  • The Lizard, Cornwall
  • Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve, South Devon
  • Manhood Peninsula, West Sussex
  • Morte Point, North Devon
  • Penwith, Cornwall
  • Isle of Purbeck, Dorset
  • Rotherhithe, London
  • Spurn, East Riding of Yorkshire
  • Shotley Peninsula, Suffolk
  • Tendring, Essex
  • Wirral, Cheshire/Merseyside

Northern Ireland
  • Ards Peninsula
  • Islandmagee
  • Lecale peninsula
  • Ramore Head, Portrush
  • Oxford Island
  • Magilligan

Scotland
  • Ardnamurchan, Lochaber
  • Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty
  • Cowal, Argyll and Bute
  • Doonie Point, Aberdeenshire
  • Dunnet Head, Caithness
  • Faraid Head, Sutherland
  • Fife
  • Kintyre, Argyll and Bute
  • Knoydart, Lochaber
  • The Machars, Dumfries and Galloway
  • Morvern, Lochaber
  • Northmavine, Shetland
  • Rhins of Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway
  • Rosneath peninsula, Argyll and Bute (formerly Dunbartonshire)
  • Rhu Peninsula Lochaber
  • Strathy Point, Sutherland
  • Point of Hellia, Orkney
  • Point or the Eye peninsula, Western Isles

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

Isle of Man
  • Langness Peninsula, Malew

Other peninsulas in Europe
A small peninsula in Croatia
Au Peninsula, Lake Zürich, Switzerland
  • Absheron Peninsula, Azerbaijan
  • Akranes, Iceland
  • Au Peninsula, Au, Zürich, Switzerland
  • Butjadingen, Germany
  • Curonian Spit, Lithuania (shared with Russia)
  • Fischland-Darß-Zingst, Germany
  • Hel Peninsula, Poland
  • Heracles Peninsula, disputed between Ukraine and Russia
  • Kerch Peninsula, disputed between Ukraine and Russia
  • Karpass Peninsula, Cyprus
  • North Holland, the Netherlands
  • Nesebar Peninsula, Bulgaria
  • Sozopol Peninsula, Bulgaria
  • Tihany, Hungary
  • Walcheren, the Netherlands
  • Zuid-Beveland, the Netherlands

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 (in Great Bear Lake)
  • Parry Peninsula
  • Pethel Peninsula
  • Prince Albert Peninsula, Victoria Island
  • Sahoyúé-§ehdacho

Nova Scotia
  • Aspotogan Peninsula
  • Chebucto Peninsula
    • Halifax Peninsula
  • Nova Scotia peninsula
  • Pubnico Peninsula

Nunavut
  • Adelaide Peninsula
  • Banks Peninsula
  • Boothia Peninsula
  • Bell Peninsula, Southampton Island
  • Colin Archer Peninsula, Devon Island, Queen Elizabeth Islands
  • Collinson Peninsula, Victoria Island
  • Kent Peninsula
  • Melville Peninsula
  • Pangertot Peninsula
  • Simpson Peninsula
Baffin Island
  • Barrow Peninsula
  • Becher Peninsula
  • Beekman Peninsula
  • Bell Peninsula
  • Blunt Peninsula
  • Borden Peninsula
  • Brodeur Peninsula
  • Cumberland Peninsula
  • Foxe Peninsula
  • Hall Peninsula
  • Henry Kater Peninsula
  • Meta Incognita Peninsula
  • Siorarsuk Peninsula
  • Steensby Peninsula

Ontario
  • Cynthia Peninsula (in Lake Temagami)
  • Joan Peninsula (in Lake Temagami)
  • McLean Peninsula (in Lake Temagami)
  • North Peninsula (in Lake Nipigon)
  • Ontario Peninsula
    • Bruce Peninsula, extending into Lake Huron
    • 100-Mile Peninsula (Essex County)
    • Long Point (in Lake Erie)
    • Niagara Peninsula
    • Point Pelee (in Lake Erie)
  • Prince Edward Peninsula (in Lake Ontario)
  • Sibley Peninsula (in Lake Superior)

Quebec
  • Gaspé Peninsula
  • Ungava Peninsula

Dominican Republic
  • Peninsula de Samaná, Dominican Republic

Puerto Rico
  • Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico

Cuba
  • Zapata Peninsula, Cuba
  • Guanahacabibes Peninsula, Cuba
  • Hicacos Peninsula, Cuba

Saint Lucia
  • Vigie Peninsula, St Lucia

Costa Rica
  • Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica
  • Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Greenland
  • Alfred Wegeners Halvo
  • Hayes Halvo
  • Ingnerit
  • Nuussuaq Peninsula
  • Sigguup Nunaa (Svartenhuk Halvø)

Mexico
The Yucatán Peninsula

Panama
  • Península de Azuero, Panama

Alaska
  • Alaska Peninsula
  • Cleveland Peninsula
  • Kenai Peninsula
  • Seward Peninsula
  • Lisburne Peninsula

California
  • Balboa Peninsula – in Newport Beach, Orange County.
  • Monterey Peninsula – between Monterey Bay, the Salinas Valley, and the Santa Lucia Range in Monterey County.
  • Palos Verdes Peninsula – along the Pacific between Santa Monica Bay and San Pedro Bay, in the South Bay Region of Los Angeles County.
  • Point Loma Peninsula – between San Diego Bay and the Pacific Ocean in San Diego.
  • Point Reyes Peninsula – west-northwest of San Francisco.
  • San Francisco Peninsula – between the central−south San Francisco Bay and the Pacific in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Santa Cruz Mountains are a 'spine' along the middle & lower sections.
  • Samoa Peninsula – the northern landform between Humboldt Bay and the Pacific
  • Tiburon Peninsula – between Richardson Bay and San Pablo Bay in east Marin County of the northern San Francisco Bay Area.

Florida
The Floridian Peninsula, shown by a NASA satellite image

Florida is a well-known example of a large peninsula, with its land area divided between the larger Florida peninsula and the smaller Florida Panhandle on the north and west. It has several smaller peninsulas within it:

  • The St. Johns River creates a large peninsula over 75 miles (121 km) in length that stretches from eastern Jacksonville down to the border of Flagler and Volusia counties, where the river emanates from Lake George.
  • Fairpoint Peninsula
  • Pinellas peninsula, including St. Petersburg and Clearwater
  • Much of Tampa lies on a peninsula called Interbay Peninsula jutting out into Tampa Bay
  • Cape Sable

Maryland
Mid-Atlantic shoreline showing, from the upper right, the Cape May Peninsula of New Jersey, Delaware Bay, the Delmarva Peninsula, and Chesapeake Bay. Also visible are the peninsulas of Maryland and Virginia along the Chesapeake's shores.

Massachusetts
Cape Cod, a peninsula of Massachusetts
  • Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a cape that can be viewed as a peninsula
  • Cape Ann, includes the towns of Gloucester and Rockport
  • Nahant, a town in Essex County, is on a small peninsula.
  • Nantasket Peninsula, Hull
  • Shawmut Peninsula, Boston

Michigan
Main articles: Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Lower Peninsula of Michigan
The large Michigan Peninsulas from space, showing both the Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula

Michigan – the only bi-peninsular state – is very distinguishable for its mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula which includes:

  • Leelanau Peninsula
  • Lost Peninsula
  • Old Mission Peninsula
  • Pointe Mouillee
  • Presque Isle Peninsula
  • Tawas Point
  • The Thumb
  • Waugoshance Point
  • Woodtick Peninsula

The rabbit-shaped Upper Peninsula of Michigan contains:

  • Abbaye Peninsula
  • Garden Peninsula
  • Keweenaw Peninsula
  • Rabbit's Back
  • Stonington Peninsula

New Jersey
  • Barnegat Peninsula
  • Cape May Peninsula
  • Sandy Hook
  • New Barbadoes Neck lies between the Hackensack River and Passaic River
  • Caven Point in Jersey City is a part of Liberty State Park and Port Liberte.
  • Bergen Point and Constable Hook are two peninsulas in Bayonne, which itself lies on peninsula surrounded by Upper New York Bay, Newark Bay, and the Kill van Kull, formerly known as Bergen Neck
  • Droyer's Point and Kearny Point mark the mouth of the Hackensack River
  • MOTBY and Port Jersey are man-made peninsulas extending in Upper New York Bay

New York
Long Island, New York, with its North and South Forks
  • The Bronx, New York, and Yonkers, New York
  • Long Island was once a peninsula connected to North America during the great Ice Ages, and includes two large peninsulas at its east end: the South Fork and the North Fork.
  • Cumberland Head
  • Coney Island was an island until it was expanded through land reclamation into the Coney Island Creek, thus becoming a peninsula.
  • Rockaway Peninsula in southeastern Queens
  • Irondequoit, NY (geographical headland)

Utah
  • Antelope Island, Utah, becomes a peninsula when waters are low, on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake
  • Promontory Peninsula, on the north eastern shore of the Great Salt Lake
  • Stansbury Peninsula becomes an island when waters are high, on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake

Vermont
  • Alburgh, Vermont, is on the Alburgh Tongue, a peninsula extending from Quebec, Canada into Lake Champlain

Virginia
  • Middle Peninsula, on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay
  • Northern Neck, on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay
  • Virginia Peninsula, on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay

Washington
  • Key Peninsula in Puget Sound
  • Kitsap Peninsula in Puget Sound
  • Long Beach Peninsula
  • Olympic Peninsula
  • Magnolia, Seattle
  • Tsawwassen Peninsula, which extends beyond the Canada/United States border, creating the pene-exclave of Point Roberts, Washington

Wisconsin

Other states

Oceania

Australia
Satellite image of Wilsons Promontory, Victoria
Palm Beach, Sydney, New South Wales
Torndirrup Peninsula, Western Australia
  • Abbotsford, New South Wales
  • Avalon Beach, New South Wales
  • Balcolyn, New South Wales
  • Beecroft Peninsula, New South Wales
  • Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria
  • Blacksmiths, New South Wales
  • Bolton Point, New South Wales
  • Box Head, New South Wales
  • Bouddi National Park, New South Wales
  • Brightwaters, New South Wales
  • Budgewoi Peninsula, New South Wales
  • Burraneer, New South Wales
  • Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
  • Castle Cove, New South Wales
  • Caves Beach, New South Wales
  • Chiswick, New South Wales
  • Coal Point, New South Wales
  • Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory
  • Cremorne Point, New South Wales
  • Cronulla, New South Wales
  • Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia
  • Dudley Peninsula, South Australia
  • Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
  • Ettalong Beach, New South Wales
  • Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
  • Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania
  • Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park, Victoria
  • Gwandalan, New South Wales
  • Inskip Peninsula, Queensland
  • Jervis Bay, Australian Capital Territory
  • Kangaroo Point, New South Wales
  • Kurnell, New South Wales
  • Kurraba Point, New South Wales
  • Lakes Entrance, New South Wales
  • Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
  • Nelson Bay, New South Wales
  • Redcliffe, Queensland
  • Palm Beach, New South Wales
  • Point Frederick, New South Wales
  • Primbee, New South Wales
  • Rhodes, New South Wales
  • Sir Richard Peninsula, South Australia
  • Stockton, New South Wales
  • Swansea, New South Wales
  • Sydney Heads, New South Wales
  • Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania
  • The Entrance, New South Wales
  • Torndirrup National Park, Western Australia
  • Wangi Wangi, New South Wales
  • Windang, New South Wales
  • Wilsons Promontory, Victoria
  • Woolwich, New South Wales
  • Woy Woy, New South Wales
  • Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
  • Younghusband Peninsula, South Australia
  • Yowie Bay, New South Wales

North Island
  • Aupōuri Peninsula
  • Āwhitu Peninsula
  • Bream Head
  • Cape Brett Peninsula
  • Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Māui
  • Cape Turnagain
  • Coromandel Peninsula
  • Karangahape Peninsula
  • Karikari Peninsula
  • Kōkota / The Sandspit
  • Kōwhairoa Peninsula
  • Māhia Peninsula
  • Mount Maunganui
  • Motuoapa Peninsula
  • Ngāmotu
  • Northland Peninsula
  • Okahukura Peninsula
  • Omara Spit
  • Orokawa Peninsula
  • Papakanui Spit
  • Paritata Peninsula, Raglan
  • Pouto Peninsula
  • Puketotara Peninsula
  • Purerua Peninsula
  • Rangitoto Peninsula
  • Ruffin Peninsula
  • Tauroa Peninsula
  • Tāwharanui Peninsula
  • Te Atatū Peninsula
  • Titahi Bay
  • Te Korowai-o-Te-Tonga Peninsula
  • Te Motu Kairangi / Miramar Peninsula
  • Tiritirimatangi Peninsula
  • Whakakaiwhara Peninsula
  • Whangamumu Peninsula
  • Whangaparāoa Peninsula

South Island
NASA satellite photo of the Otago Peninsula and Otago Harbour. The city of Dunedin is located at the isthmus at lower left.
  • Banks Peninsula
  • Bluff Peninsula
  • Brunner Peninsula
  • Calderwood Peninsula
  • Cape Campbell
  • Cape Foulwind
  • D'Urville Peninsula
  • Farewell Spit
  • Five Fingers Peninsula
  • Kaikōura Peninsula
  • Kaitangata / Mansons Peninsula
  • Kelvin Peninsula
  • McBrides Peninsula
  • Mermaid Peninsula
  • Moepuku
  • Muaupoko
  • Nugget Point
  • Ōnawe Peninsula
  • Otago Peninsula
  • Pākererū
  • Parakārehu
  • Roys Peninsula
  • Tautuku Peninsula
  • Te Wehi-a-Te-Wera
  • Tiwai Point

Outlying Islands
  • Auckland Islands
    • Circular Head
    • Falla Peninsula
    • Gilroy Head
    • Musgrave Peninsula
    • South West Cape
  • Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku
    • Courrejolles Point
    • Moubray Hill
    • Penguin Point
    • Puiseux Peak
  • Chatham Islands
    • Cape Pattison
    • Karewa Point
    • Okawa Point
    • Point Munning
    • Rangiauria Point
    • Tarawhenua Point
  • Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands
    • Crater Head
    • Hutchison Bluff
    • Petu Point
    • Whakarongorua Point
  • Raoul Island
    • Nash Point
    • Smith Bluff
  • Snares Islands / Tini Heke
    • North Promontory
    • South Promontory

Papua New Guinea
  • Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain
  • Huon Peninsula
  • Papuan Peninsula

Hawaii
  • Mokapu, Hawaii

South America
Satellite images of the Southern Cone extending off South America month by month

Southern Cone

The Southern Cone, like Europe, is sometimes considered to be a large peninsula.[9] Geographically, the peninsula encompasses most of Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Southern Brazil and the southernmost portion of Paraguay, which makes it one of the largest peninsulas in the world. Like the Indian Peninsula, the Southern Cone is sometimes considered to be a subcontinent.[10]

Other peninsulas in South America
  • Araya Peninsula, Venezuela
  • Paraguaná Peninsula, Venezuela
  • Paria Peninsula, Venezuela
  • Guajira Peninsula, Venezuela/Colombia
  • Illescas Peninsula, Peru
  • Paracas Peninsula, Peru
  • Verde Peninsula, Argentina
  • Valdes Peninsula, Argentina
  • Punta del Este, Uruguay
  • Taitao Peninsula, Chile
  • Brunswick Peninsula, Chile
  • Itapagipe Peninsula, Brazil
  • Cabo de São Tomé, Brazil

Fictional peninsulas
Map of Brobdingnag (original map, Pt II, Gulliver's Travels
  • Brobdingnag in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
  • Xanth in Xanth series by Piers Anthony

See also
  • Cape (geography)
  • Headland
  • Isthmus
  • Promontory
  • Salient (geography)
  • Spit (landform)
  • Tombolo

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