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A peninsula in Croatia

A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered on three sides by water. A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, island promontory, bill, point, or spit.^[1]

Europe

Europe itself is a peninsula.

Balkan "Peninsula"

The Balkans is a peninsula including Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Albania, and Montenegro.

Denmark

Italy

Italian Peninsula
Calabria
Penisola salentina (Salento)
Promontorio del Gargano (Monte Gargano)
Penisola sorrentina (Sorrentine Peninsula)
Promontorio di Orbetello

Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula encompasses continental Spain and Portugal, Andorra and the British dependency of Gibraltar.

Cabo Espichel, Portugal
Cabo Carvoeiro, Portugal
Cabo de São Vicente, Portugal
Tróia Peninsula, Portugal
Cádiz, Spain
Gibraltar (British Territory)

Scandinavian Peninsula

Encompassing Sweden and Norway

Hamarøy Peninsula, Norway
Hurumlandet, Norway
Lista, Norway
Lyngen Peninsula, Norway
Nordkinn Peninsula, Norway
Ofothalvøya, Norway
Porsanger Peninsula, Norway
Stad, Norway
Sværholthalvøya, Norway
Varangerhalvøya, Norway
Fosen, Norway
Skåne, Sweden

Britain

England

Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset - the South West Peninsula, or the Westcountry, or Wessex
The Penwith Peninsula, Cornwall
Cornwall is technically a peninsula
Dengie peninsula, Essex
Durham
Fylde, Lancashire
Hoo, Kent
Isle of Dogs, London
Greenwich Peninsula, London
Isle of Purbeck, Dorset
The Lizard, Cornwall
Penwith, Cornwall
Rotherhithe, London
Spurn, Yorkshire
Tendring, Essex
Wirral, Cheshire and Merseyside

Scotland

Wales

Wales is itself a peninsula
Gower Peninsula, Swansea
Llŷn Peninsula
Pembrokeshire peninsula, West Wales
South Pembrokeshire Peninsula.
Marloes Peninsula, Pembrokeshire
St Davids Peninsula, Pembrokeshire
Vale of Glamorgan - technically a peninsula, as it surrounded on three sides by water - two rivers boundaries and the Bristol Channel
South West Wales - Swansea to New Quay - surrounded by the Bristol Channel, St George's Channel and Cardigan Bay
Creuddyn Peninsula juts out of the North Wales coast and includes the towns of Llandudno, Rhos-on-Sea and Deganwy. Plus the headlands of Great Orme and Little Orme

Ireland

Northern Ireland

Ards Peninsula, County Down
Island Magee
Lecale Peninsula

Republic of Ireland

Donegal
Munster - like Ulster, Munster is surrounded on three sides by the sea
Beara Peninsula
Cooley Peninsula
Dingle Peninsula
Fanad Peninsula
Hook Peninsula
Horn Head
Howth Head
Inishowen
Iveragh Peninsula
Mizen Head Peninsula
Mullet Peninsula
Rosguill
Sheep's Head Peninsula

Other countries

Apsheron, Azerbaijan
Brittany, France
Butjadingen, Germany
Cotentin Peninsula, France
Crimea, Ukraine
Gallipoli, Turkey (formerly the Thracian Chersonese)
Hel Peninsula, Poland
North Holland, Netherlands
Walcheren, Netherlands
Zuid-Beveland, Netherlands
Sõrve Säär, Estonia

Asia

Russia

The Indian subcontinent is itself a peninsula
Colaba peninsula, Mumbai city
Deccan peninsula
Worli peninsula, Mumbai
Kathiawar Peninsula, Gujarat
Gwadar peninsula, Pakistan

China

Korean Peninsula

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

Japan

See also Peninsulas of Japan

Kyūshū

Honshū

Shiriya-zaki
Oshika-hanto
Noto-hanto
Oga-hanto
Miura-hato
Boso-hanto
Inubo-zaki

South East Asia

Philippines

Indonesia

North America

Canada

Adelaide Peninsula, Nunavut
Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador
Banks Peninsula, Nunavut
Barrow Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Becher Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Beekman Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Bell Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Bell Peninsula, Southampton Island, Nunavut
Blunt Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador
Boothia Peninsula, Nunavut
Borden Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Brodeur Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Bruce Peninsula, Ontario
Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador
Burrard Peninsula, British Columbia
Colin Archer Peninsula, Devon Island, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Nunavut
Collinson Peninsula, Victoria Island, Nunavut
Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Diamond Jennes Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories
Douglas Peninsula, Northwest Territories
Dunlas Peninsula, Melville Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
Foxe Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec
Hall Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Henry Kater Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Kent Peninsula, Nunavut
Labrador Peninsula, encompassing all of Labrador and most of Quebec
Leith Peninsula, Northwest Territories (in Great Bear Lake)
Long Point, Ontario (in Lake Erie)
Melville Peninsula, Nunavut
Meta Incognita Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Natkusiak Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
Niagara Peninsula, Ontario
North Peninsula, Ontario (in Lake Nipigan)
Nova Scotia peninsula, Nova Scotia
Pangertot Peninsula, Nunavut
Parry Peninsula, Northwest Territories
Pethel Peninsula, Northwest Territories
Point Pelee, Ontario (in Lake Erie)
Port au Port Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Albert Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories
Prince Edward Peninsula, Ontario (in Lake Ontario)
Simpson peninsula, Nunavut
Siorarsuk Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Steensby Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Storkerson Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
Saanich Peninsula, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Ungava Peninsula, Quebec
Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut

United States of America

Florida

Florida is a well known example of a peninsula and has some peninsulas on it.

Florida Peninsula, encompassing most of the state.
Fairpoint Peninsula, Florida
Saint Petersburg and Clearwater, Florida
Cape Sable
The Florida Keys might be considered a peninsula , probably since they form a chain and are linked by US1.
Western Bradenton is a small peninsula .