A peninsula is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body that is surrounded by water on three sides.

A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, promontory, or spit.

Peninsulas of the World

Eurasia

Continental Europe

• Apsheron, Azerbaijan
• Brittany, France
• Butjadingen, Germany
• Cotentin Peninsula, France
• Crimea, Ukraine
• Gallipoli, Turkey
• Grenen , Denmark
• Hel peninsula, Poland
• Italy
• Jutland Peninsula, northern Germany and Denmark
• Peniche peninsula , Portugal
• Piran, Slovenia
• Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera
• Walcheren, Netherlands
• Zuid-Beveland, Netherlands

Balkan peninsula

• Chalkidiki, Greece
• Pilio, Greece
• Kassandra, Greece
• Mani Peninsula, Greece
• Mount Athos, Greece
• Peloponnesos, Greece
• Sithonia , Greece
• Zadar, Croatia
• Istria, Croatia
• Peljesac peninsula, Croatia

Iberian Peninsula

• Cabo Espichel , Portugal
• Cabo de São Vicente, Portugal
• Tróia , Portugal
• Gibraltar, (British Territory)

Scandinavian Peninsula

• Svaerholthalvoya , Norway
• Varangerhalvoya , Norway

United Kingdom

• Ards peninsula, Northern Ireland
• Argyll, Scotland
• Black Isle peninsula , Scotland
• Cornwall, England
• Cowal, Scotland
• Dunnet Head, Scotland
• Faraid Head , Scotland
• Gower peninsula, Wales
• Island Magee , Northern Ireland
• Isle of Portland, England (despite its name, it is not an island but a peninsula)
• Kintyre, Scotland
• Lecale peninsula , Northern Ireland
• Lleyn peninsula, Wales
• Spurn, England
• Strathy Point , Scotland
• The Lizard, Cornwall, England
• Wirral, England

Republic of Ireland

• Beara
• Cooley
• Dingle peninsula
• Fanad peninsula
• Hook peninsula
• Horn Head
• Howth Head
• Inishowen
• Iveragh
• Mizen Head
• Mullet peninsula
• Rosguill
• Sheep's Head

Russia

• Agrakhanskiy polustrov , Dagestan
• Chukotskiy polustrov
• Gyanskiy poluostrov
• Kamchatka
• Kola peninsula
• Poluostrov Kanin
• Poluostrov Taymyr

Middle East

• Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
• Al-Faw peninsula, Iraq
• Gwadar peninsula , Pakistan
• Kapidagi Yarimadasi , Turkey
• Musandam peninsula , Oman
• Qatar

Indian subcontinent

• Mumbai city
• Kathiawar Peninsula, Gujarat

East Asia

• Korean peninsula, encompassing North Korea and South Korea
• Malay Peninsula
• Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong (China)
• Leizhou Bandao, China
• Liaodong Bandao, China
• Shandong Bandao, China

Japan

Kyushu:

• Nishi-sonogi-hanto
• Kunisaki-hato

Honshu:

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

Philippines

• Bataan Peninsula
• Bondoc peninsula , Luzon
• Zamboanga, Mindanao
• San Ildefonso peninsula , Luzon

Indonesia

• Poluostrov Yamau
• Semenanjung Blambangan , Java,
• Semenanjung Minahassa , Sulawesi

Madeira Islands

• Ponta de São Lourenço

The Americas

United States of America

• Alaska Peninsula, Alaska
• Cape Cod, Massachusetts
• Cleveland peninsula , Alaska
• Delmarva Peninsula, encompassing parts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia
• Door Peninsula , Wisconsin, in Lake Michigan
• Florida Peninsula, encompassing most of Florida state
• Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
• Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, in Lake Superior
• Leelanau Peninsula, Michigan, in Lake Michigan
• Lower Peninsula, Michigan
• Middle Peninsula, Virginia, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay
• Mokapu , Hawaii
• Northern Neck, Virginia, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay
• Old Mission Peninsula, Michigan, in Grand Traverse Bay
• Olympic Peninsula, Washington
• Pinellas Peninsula , Florida
• Sandy Hook, New Jersey
• San Francisco Peninsula, California
• Upper Peninsula, Michigan
• Virginia Peninsula, Virginia, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay

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
• 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
• 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
• North peninsula , Ontario (in Lake Nipigan )
• Province of Nova Scotia
• Pangertot peninsula , Nunavut
• Parry Peninsula, Northwest Territories
• Péninsule de la Gaspésie, Quebec
• Péninsule d'Ungava, Quebec
• 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
• Vancouver Island (Southern Tip) , British Columbia
• Wollaston peninsula , Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut

Greenland

• Alfred Wegeners Halvo
• Hayes Halvo
• Ingnerit
• Nuussuaq Halvo
• Svartenhuk Halvo

Mexico

• Baja California peninsula, Mexico, containing the state of Baja California and state of Baja California Sur
• Yucatán peninsula, partly separating the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea

Central America

• Península de Azuero , Panama

South America

• Paraguana , Venezuela
• Península de Araya , Venezuela
• Península de Brunswick , Chile
• Península de la Guajira , Colombia
• Península de Paria , Venezuela
• Península de Taitao , Chile
• Península de Verde , Argentina
• Península Valdés , Argentina

Caribbean

• Barrio Obrero , Puerto Rico, despite its name, it is also a peninsula

Australia & Oceania

Australia

• Beecroft Peninsula , New South Wales
• Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
• Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory
• Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
• Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
• Freycinet Peninsula , Tasmania
• Jervis Bay Territory
• Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
• Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania
• Wilson's Promontory, Victoria
• Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
• Younghusband Peninsula , South Australia

New Zealand

• Banks Peninsula, South Island
• Bluff Peninsula, South Island
• Bream Head, North Island
• Cape Brett, North Island
• Cape Campbell, South Island
• Cape Foulwind, South Island
• Cape Kidnappers, North Island
• Cape Turnagain, North Island
• Coromandel Peninsula, North Island
• Farewell Spit, South Island
• Kaikoura Peninsula, South Island
• Karikari Peninsula , North Island
• Mahia Peninsula, North Island
• Miramar Peninsula, North Island
• Mount Maunganui, North Island
• North Auckland Peninsula, North Island
• Otago Peninsula, South Island
• Tiwai Point, South Island
• Whangaparaoa Peninsula, North Island

Papua New Guinea

• Gazelle peninsula , New Britain
• Huon

Africa

• Bakassi, Cameroon but disputed with Nigeria
• Buri peninsula , Eritrea
• Cabo Blanco, Mauritania/Western Sahara
• Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
• Cap-Vert, Senegal
• Ceuta, Spain
• Punta Durnford , Western Sahara
• Raas Xaafuun peninsula/Ras Hafun, Somalia

Antarctica

• Antarctic Peninsula
• Edward VII peninsula
• Fletcher peninsula
• Fowler peninsula
• Martin peninsula