peninsula
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concept
A peninsula is a landform surrounded by water on most of its border while remaining connected to a larger landmass by an isthmus or broad base.
Aliases (8)
- headland ×20
- promontory ×3
- barrier peninsula ×2
- coastal promontory ×2
- part of Antarctic Peninsula ×2
- coastal headland ×1
- peninsula park ×1
- tied island ×1
Instances (122)
- Point Sur ("headland")
- Cape Canaveral ("headland")
- Portland, Dorset, England ("tied island")
- Cape Mendocino ("headland")
- Antarctic Peninsula
- Fife
- Cape Cod
- Peloponnese
- Hel Peninsula
- Kathiawar Peninsula
- Cape York Peninsula
- Gower Peninsula
- Bataan Peninsula
- Italian Peninsula
- Korean Peninsula
- Horn of Africa
- San Francisco Peninsula
- Croton Point
- Croton Point Park
- West Chop headland ("headland")
- Java Island (Java-eiland)
- Kingdom of Fife
- Fildes Peninsula
- Florida Peninsula
- Bennelong Point ("headland")
- Bruce Peninsula
- Cape of Good Hope ("headland")
- Prouts Neck, Scarborough, Maine, United States
- Trinity Peninsula
- Cape Frio ("headland")
- Graham Land ("part of Antarctic Peninsula")
- Jutland Peninsula
- Columbia Point
- Cape Ann
- West Chop, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States ("headland")
- Coney Island
- Waterboat Point ("headland")
- Presque Isle Park ("peninsula park")
- Chalkidiki Peninsula
- Holy Mountain
- Actium ("promontory")
- Cape St. Vincent ("headland")
- Malay Peninsula
- Olympic Peninsula
- Great Island ("barrier peninsula")
- Alaska Peninsula
- Zamboanga Peninsula
- Rockaway Peninsula
- Morro Hill ("coastal promontory")
- Old Mission Peninsula (adjacent)
- Llanbedr
- Rybachy Peninsula
- Burrard Peninsula
- Liaodong Peninsula
- Mount Athos
- Throggs Neck
- Florida
- Cape Sounion ("promontory")
- Europa Point ("headland")
- SA
- Yaquina Head ("headland")
- Kowloon
- Eyre Peninsula
- Yorke Peninsula
- Indochinese Peninsula
- Presque Isle, Pennsylvania
- Sinai Peninsula
- Nobbys Head ("headland")
- Iberian Peninsula
- Hanko Peninsula
- Paracas Peninsula
- Swami Rock ("headland")
- Anatolia
- Furness Peninsula
- Poike Peninsula
- Flamborough Head ("headland")
- Gibraltar
- Morant Point ("headland")
- Zuid-Beveland
- Walcheren
- Patapsco River Neck
- Wirral
- Cape Tribulation ("headland")
- Kola Peninsula
- Gydan Peninsula
- Pelion Peninsula
- Yucatán Peninsula
- Kanin Peninsula
- Great Point, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts
- Arabian Peninsula
- Door Peninsula region
- Taman Peninsula
- Presqu’île
- Mount Pelion
- Crimea
- Istria
- Gallipoli Peninsula
- Palmer Land ("part of Antarctic Peninsula")
- Acton Peninsula
- Coromandel Peninsula
- Sydenham Peninsula
- Upper Peninsula of Michigan
- Delmarva Peninsula
- Mani Peninsula
- Virginia Peninsula
- Zapata Peninsula
- Cap Bon Peninsula
- Indian Head ("headland")
- Cap-Vert Peninsula
- Gŵyr
- Cité du Havre
- Brunswick Peninsula
- Cotentin Peninsula
- Scandinavian Peninsula
- Wasque Point ("coastal headland")
- Chukchi Peninsula