A small peninsula in Croatia.
A peninsula is a tract of land that is surrounded by water on all sides except for a zone, or isthmus, that joins it to the mainland. In general, the water that surrounds the earth is seawater, although peninsulas also appear in large lakes and even in other smaller bodies of water such as estuaries or rivers. In many Germanic and Celtic languages, and also in the Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian languages, the peninsulas are called "half-islands" (and in French it literally keeps the original etymology of "almost island", presqu'île ).
Peninsulas vary greatly in size, ranging from continental peninsulas (such as Europe itself, or the Indian subcontinent) to large peninsulas (Iberian, Scandinavian, Italic, and Balkan in Europe; Kamchatka, Taimyr, Korea, Malaya, and Arabia in Asia; Alaska, Baja California, Yucatán, Florida, Taitao and Valdés in America), until reaching some so small in relation to the continent that they deserve to be considered "almost islands" (see image).
In certain cases it is not very clear how to determine when an extension of land is considered a peninsula or part of it is not: in the most obvious cases the part of the peninsula in contact with the continent is so narrow that it even deserves a proper name, isthmus; in other cases the transition is so gradual that it is difficult to specify when and which part belongs to the continent and which to the peninsula (as in the Balkan, Italian or Indian peninsula).
When peninsulas are smaller features, relevant from a local point of view, they are sometimes better referred to by other geographical terms, such as cape or point, if they are rocky, and in cases of sandy shores, promontory island, tombolo, shoreline, bar or jetty. (A point is generally considered a sharp portion of land that projects into a body of water that is less important than a cape.)
African Peninsulas
Principal level: African Peninsula
- Almina Peninsula, Ceuta, Spain
- Península de Anaga, Tenerife (Spain)
- Bakassi, Cameroon but disputed with Nigeria
- Buri Peninsula, Eritrea
- Cabo Blanco, Mauritania/Morocco
- Cape Peninsula, South Africa
- Cabo Bon, Tunisia
| - Cape Verde Peninsula, Senegal
- Punta Durnford, Morocco
- Jandía Peninsula, Fuerteventura (Spain)
- Peninsula de La Isleta, Gran Canaria (Spain)
- Horn of Africa or Somali peninsula, Somalia
- Raas Xafuun Peninsula, Somalia
- Ponta de São Lourenço, Isla Madeira (Portugal)
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North American Peninsulas
Peninsulas of Canada
- New Brunswick
- Adelaide Peninsula, Nunavut
- Aspotogan Peninsula, Nova Scotia
- 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
- Peninsula Boothia, Nunavut
- Borden Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Brodeur Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, Entering Lake Huron
- Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Peninsula Burrard British Columbia
- Chebucto Peninsula, Nova Scotia
- Peninsula Colin Archer, Devon Island, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Nunavut
- Collinson Peninsula, Victoria Island, Nunavut
- Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Diamond Jennes Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories
- Cynthia Peninsula, Ontario (on Lake Temagami)
- Douglas Peninsula, Northwest Territories
- Dunlas Peninsula, Melville Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
- Foxe Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Gaspesia Peninsula, Quebec
- Great Northern Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Hall Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
| - Henry Kater Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Joan Peninsula, Ontario (on Lake Temagami)
- Kent Peninsula, Nunavut
- Kingston Peninsula, New Brunswick
- Labrador Peninsula, understanding all Labrador and most Quebec
- Leith Peninsula, Northwest Territories (in the Great Lake of the Bear)
- Long Point, Ontario (at Lake Erie)
- McLean Peninsula, Ontario (on Lake Temagami)
- Melville Peninsula, Nunavut
- Meta Incognita Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut
- Natkusiak Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
- Niagara Peninsula, Ontario
- North Peninsula, Ontario (on Lake Nipigon)
- Nova Scotia Peninsula, Nova Scotia
- Pangertot Peninsula, Nunavut
- Parry Peninsula, Northwest Territories
- Peninsula Pethel, Northwest Territories
- Point Pelee, Ontario (at Lake Erie)
- Port au Port Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Prince Albert Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories
- Prince Edward Peninsula, Ontario (at Lake Ontario)
- Sibley Peninsula, Ontario (at Lake Superior)
- 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
- Sunshine Coast Peninsula, Sea-to-Sky Corridor, British Columbia
- Ungava Peninsula, Quebec
- Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut
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US Peninsulas
- Alaska
- Alaska Peninsula
- Cleveland Peninsula
- Kenai Peninsula
- Peninsula Seward
- California
- Marin County, California, is a southwards-pointing peninsula surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the northern part of San Francisco Bay, and San Pablo Bay
- Monterey Peninsula
- Green Sticks Peninsula
- Point Loma, San Diego
- San Francisco Peninsula
- Samoa Peninsula, the largest, the northern land arm that separates the Pacific Humboldt Bay
- Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach
- Florida
Main article: Florida Peninsula
The Florida Peninsula is a well-known example of a large peninsula, with its area divided between the larger Florida Peninsula and the smaller Florida Mango, on the north and west. In turn, it has several smaller subpeninsulas:
- Fairpoint Peninsula
- Pinella Peninsula including Saint Petersburg and Clearwater
- Most of Tampa is on the Interbay peninsula, which enters Tampa Bay
- Cabo Sable
- Michigan
The great peninsulas of Michigan from space, showing both the Higher Peninsula of Michigan and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
Michigan is highly distinguishable by its gauntlet shape from Michigan's Lower Peninsula which in turn includes:
- Dyke Peninsula
- Punta Fountain
- Peninsula Leelanau
- Peninsula Old Mission
- The Thumb
- Woodtick Peninsula
The northern third of Michigan is called the Upper Michigan Peninsula and includes:
- Abbaye Peninsula
- Garden Peninsula
- Keweenaw Peninsula
- Stonington Peninsula
- New Jersey
- Barnegat Peninsula
- Cape May Peninsula
- Sandy Hook
- New Barbadoes Neck, between the Hackensack River and the Passaic River
- Punta Caven in Jersey City is a part of Liberty State Park and Port Liberte.
| - Punta Bergen and Constable Hook are two peninsulas in Bayonne, which finds itself on a peninsula surrounded by Upper New York Bay, Newark Bay and 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 two peninsulas extending on the Upper New York Bay
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- New York
- The Bronx, New York, and Yonkers, New York
- Long Island, was once a peninsula connected to North America during the great Ice Age
- Cumberland Head
- Coney Island, was once a real island until the island expanded through land recovery at Coney Island Creek thus becoming a peninsula.
- Rockaway Peninsula in the southeast of Queens
- Utah
- Antilope Island, Utah, becomes a peninsula when the waters are low, on the southern coast of the Great Lake Salado
- Promentory Peninsula, on the north-eastern coast of the Great Lake Salado
- Stansbury Peninsula, becomes a peninsula when the waters are low, on the southern coast of the Great Lake Salado
- Virginia
- Delmarva Peninsula, which comprises parts of Maryland and Virginia, and the entire state of Delaware
- Middle Peninsula, on the western coast of Chesapeake Bay
- Northern Neck, on the western coast of Chesapeake Bay
- Virginia Peninsula, on the western coast of Chesapeake Bay
- Other states
- Cabo Cod, Massachusetts, a corporal that can be seen as a peninsula
- Delmarva Peninsula, encompassing parts of Maryland and Virginia, and all of Delaware
- Door Peninsula, Wisconsin (At Lake Michigan)
- Key Peninsula, Washington, at Puget Sound
- Kitsap Peninsula, Washington, at Puget Sound
- Mokapu, Hawaii
- Nahant, Massachusetts
- Olympic Peninsula, Washington
- Presque Isle, Erie, Pennsylvania
- Port Bolivar, Texas, on the coast of Texas.
- Encinal Peninsula, Flour Bluff, Corpus Christi, Texas.
Greenland
- Alfred Wegeners Halvo
- Hayes Halvo
- Ingnerit
- Nuussuaq Peninsula
- Sigguup Nunaa (Svartenhuk Halvø)
Peninsulas of Mexico
- Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, comprising the states of Baja California and Baja California Sur
- Vizcaino Peninsula is located in the northwest part of the state of Baja California Sur
- Concepción Peninsula is located centrally in the state of Baja California Sur
- Yucatan Peninsula, which partially separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea
- Atasta Peninsula is located in the southwest part of the state of Campeche
| The Baja California Peninsula
Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico and Belize)
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Central American Peninsulas
Principal level: Central American Peninsula
- Placency Peninsula, Belize
- Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica
- Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
| - Azuero Peninsula in Panama
- Península Valiente, Panama
- Cosigüina Peninsula in Nicaragua
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Caribbean
- Península de Zapata, Cuba
- Guanahacabibes Peninsula, Cuba
- Península de Hicacos, Cuba
| - Samaná Peninsula, Dominican Republic
- Pedernales Peninsula, Dominican Republic
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Peninsulas of South America
Principal level: South American Peninsula
Chile/Argentina's Tierra del Fuego was once a peninsula stretching south from South America during the great Ice Age.
- Península de Valdés, Argentina
- Península Mitre, Argentina
- Green Peninsula, Argentina
- Península El Páramo, Argentina
- Península Ushuaia, Argentina
- Copacabana Peninsula, Bolivia - Peru
- Itapagipe Peninsula in Brazil
- Cabo de São Tomé, Brazil
- Peninsula of Arauco, Chile
- Brunswick Peninsula, Chile
- Mexican Peninsula, Chile
- Taitao Peninsula, Chile
- Península de Barú, Colombia
- Guajira Peninsula, Colombia - Venezuela
- Península de Santa Elena, Ecuador
- Ferrol Peninsula, Peru
- Illescas Peninsula, Peru
- Paracas Peninsula, Peru
- Peninsula of La Punta, Peru
- Araya Peninsula, Venezuela
- Península de Macanao, Venezuela
- Paraguaná Peninsula, Venezuela
- Península de Paria, Venezuela
- Punta del Este, Uruguay
|  La Guajira Peninsula shared between Colombia and Venezuela. On its right the Paraguaná Peninsula belonging to Venezuela.  Península Valdés in Argentina. |
Antarctica Peninsulas
Principal level: Antarctic Peninsula
- Antarctic Peninsula
- Eduardo VII Peninsula
- Fletcher Peninsula
| - Fowler Peninsula
- Peninsula Martin
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Asian Peninsulas
Principal level: Asian Peninsula
Kazakhstan
Eastern Mediterranean
- Asia Minor
- Beirut, Lebanon
- El Mina, Lebanon
- Haifa, Israel
- Acre, Israel, Israel
- Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
- Kapıdağı Peninsula, Turkey
- Península Datça, Turkey
- Side Peninsula, Turkey
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Persian Gulf
Arabic Peninsula, Baréin, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Syria and Yemen.
- Arabian Peninsula; Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Oman
- Catar Peninsula
- Al-Faw Peninsula, Iraq
- Musandam Peninsula; Oman, United Arab Emirates
Indian subcontinent and South Asia
South India (India peninsular).
- Indotan Peninsula: the same Indian subcontinent is a peninsula.
- Colaba Peninsula, Bombay
- Deccan Peninsula
- Worli Peninsula, Bombay
- Kathiawar Peninsula, Guyarat
- Gwadar Peninsula, Pakistan
- Jaffna Peninsula, Northern Sri Lanka
Chinese
- Kowloon Peninsula (Hong Kong)
- Leizhou Peninsula
- Liaodong Peninsula
- Shandong Peninsula
- Fan Lau (Hong Kong)
- Sai Kung Peninsula (Hong Kong)
- Stanley Peninsula, Hong Kong
- Chi Ma Wan Peninsula (Hong Kong)
- Chung Hom Kok Peninsula (Hong Kong)
- Wan Tsai Peninsula
Korea
Main article: Korean Peninsula
The entire length of land comprising North and South Korea is a peninsula, bounded by the Sea of Japan on the east; the East China Sea to the south; and the Yellow Sea to the west. The Korea Strait connects the first two bodies of water.
Japan
Principal level: Japanese Peninsula
In Kyūshū:
- Nishi-sonogi-hanto
- Kunisaki-hanto
- Satsuma-hanto
- Osumi-hanto
| in Honshū:
- Oshika-hanto
- Noto-hanto
- Oga-hanto
- Miura-hato
- Boso-hanto
| in Hokkaido:
- Shiretoko Peninsula
- Shakotan Peninsula
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South East Asia
- Malaya Peninsula
- Indochina Peninsula
Philippines
- Bataan Peninsula, Luzon
- Bicol Peninsula, Luzon
- Península Caramoan, Bicol
- Bondoc Peninsula, Luzon
- Cavite, Luzon
| - San Ildefonso Peninsula, Luzon
- Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao
- Tinaca Point, Davao del Sur
- Pujada Peninsula, Mindanao
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Indonesia
- Poluostrov Yamau
- Semenanjung Blambangan, Java,
- Semenanjung Minahassa, Sulawesi
| - East Peninsula, Sulawesi
- South-east Peninsula, Sulawesi
- South Peninsula, Sulawesi
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Vietnam
- Península de Cà Mau, Cà Mau Province
- Península Hòn Gŭm, Da Lat City
- Peninsula Sθn Trà, Da Nang
- Ngppy Xã Peninsula, Hanoi
- Peninsula Bình Qu massacrei, Ho Chi Minh
| - Cam Ranh Peninsula, Khanh Hoa Province
- Trà C, Peninsula, Quang Ninh
- Península Phglong Mai, Qui Nhūn
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Malaysia
- NorthWestern Peninsula, Kudat
- Malacca Peninsula
- Semporna Peninsula, Semporna and Tawau
- Sandakan Peninsula, Sandakan
- Península Pitas, Pitas
Peninsulas of Europe
Principal level: European Peninsula
Europe is sometimes thought of as a large peninsula extending out of Eurasia. It is made up of many peninsulas, the four main ones being the Iberian, Scandinavian, Italian and Balkan peninsulas.
Balkan Peninsula
Main article: Balkan Peninsula
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.
- Calcídica, Greece
- Kassandra, Greece
- Mani Peninsula, Greece
- Monte Athos, Greece
- Peloponnesian, Greece
- Sithonia, Greece
- Pilio, Greece
- Istria, Croatia/Slovenia
- Piran Peninsula, Slovenia
- Pelješac, Croatia
- Prevlaka Peninsula, Croatia
- Split, Croatia
- Zadar, Croatia
- Karaburun Peninsula Albania
- Luštica, Montenegro
- Galípoli Peninsula, Turkey
Italian Peninsula
Main article: Italian Peninsula
- Italian Peninsula
- Calabria
- Salt Peninsula
- Gargano Promontory
- Sorrentine Peninsula
- Promontory of Orbetello
|  Italic peninsula, Italy, San Marino and the Vatican City. |
Iberian Peninsula
Main article: Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula comprises mainland Spain and mainland Portugal, Andorra, the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, and a small part of southern France.
- Lisbon Peninsula, Portugal
- Setúbal Peninsula, Portugal
- Peniche, Portugal
- Cabo Espichel, Portugal
- Cabo Carvoeiro, Portugal
- Cape of Saint Vincent, Portugal
- Troia Peninsula, Portugal
| - Gibraltar, United Kingdom
- Cadiz, Spain
- La Coruña, Spain
- Morrazo, Spain
|  Iberian Peninsula (Spain, Portugal and Andorra). |
Scandinavian Peninsula
Main article: Scandinavian Peninsula
The Scandinavian Peninsula includes the present-day countries of Sweden, Norway, and part of Finland.
- Bygdøy, Norway
- Fornebulandet, Norway
- Fosen, Norway
- Hamarøyhalvøya, Norway
- Hurumlandet, Norway
- List, Norway
- Lyngenhalvøya, Norway
- Nordkinn Peninsula, Norway
| - Nesodden, Norway
- Ofothalvøya, Norway
- Porsangerhalvøya, Norway
- Scania, Sweden
- Snarøya, Norway
- Stad, Norway
- Sværholthalvøya, Norway
- Södertörn, Norway
- Varanger Peninsula, Norway
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Denmark
- Jutland Peninsula, which forms the western half of the country.
- Djursland
- Grenen
- Helgenæs
- Horne Land
- Hornsherred
| - Hindsholm
- Kegnæs
- Mols
- Odsherred
- Salling
- Stevns Peninsula
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Turkey
Main article: Turkey Peninsula
- Anatolia Peninsula
- Peninsula Tracia
- Galípoli Peninsula
- Karaburun Peninsula
- Peninsula Dilek
- Península Datça
United Kingdom
During the Great Ice Age, all of Great Britain was a peninsula, stretching northwest from the European/French mainland. The English Channel did not exist at that time.
- England
- Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset - the South West Peninsula, or the West Country, or Wessex
- Dengie Peninsula, Essex
- The centre of the city of Durham, County Durham
- The Fylde, Lancashire
- Hoo Peninsula, Kent
- Dogs Island, London
- Greenwich Peninsula, London
- Gosport, Hampshire
| - The Lizard, Cornwall
- Manhood Peninsula, West Sussex
- Morte Point, North Devon
- Penwith, Cornwall
- Purbeck Island, Dorset
- Portland Island, Dorset
- Rotherhithe, London
- Spurn, Yorkshire
- Tendring, Essex
- Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire and Merseyside
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- 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
- Strathy Point, Sutherland
- Point of Hellia, Orkney
- Point, Outer Hebrides
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- Wales
- Península Creuddyn 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
- Gower Peninsula, Swansea
- Lleyn Peninsula
- Marloes Peninsula, Pembrokeshire
| - Pembrokeshire Peninsula, West Wales
- South Pembrokeshire Peninsula.
- St Davids Head, Pembrokeshire
- South West Wales - Swansea to New Quay - surrounded by the Bristol Channel, St George's Channel and Cardigan Bay
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- Northern Ireland
- Ards Peninsula, County Down
- Magee Island
- Lecale Peninsula
- Ramore Head, Portrush
Republic of Ireland
- Achill Head Peninsula
- Donegal
- Munster, like Úlster, Munster is surrounded by three sides by sea
- Beara Peninsula
- Cooley Peninsula
- Dingle Peninsula
- Fanad Peninsula
- Hook Peninsula
| - Horn Head
- Howth Cape Peninsula
- Inishowen
- Iveragh Peninsula
- Loop Head Peninsula
- Peninsula of Corporal Mizen
- Mullet Peninsula
- Old Head of Kinsale
- Rosguill
- Sheep's Head Peninsula
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Russia
- Chukotka Peninsula
- Curonian Spit, oblast of Kaliningrad (shared with Lithuania)
- Guida Peninsula
- Kamchatka Peninsula, Siberia
- Kanin Peninsula
| - Kola Peninsula
- Rybachy Peninsula
- Samland Peninsula, Kalingrad Oblate
- Taimir Peninsula
- Vistula Spit, oblast of Kaliningrad (shared with Poland)
- Yamal Peninsula
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Other countries
- Apsheron, Azerbaijan
- Au peninsula, Au, Zurich, Switzerland
- Britain, France
- Butjadingen, Germany
- Cotentin Peninsula, France
- Crimean Peninsula, Russia
- Fischland-Darß-Zingst, Germany
| - Peninsula Hel, Poland
- Karpass Peninsula, Cyprus
- North Holland, Netherlands
- Kakumäe Peninsula, Estonia
- Sõrve Säär, Estonia
- Walcheren, Netherlands
- Zuid-Beveland, Netherlands
- Tihany, Hungary
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Peninsulas of Oceania
Principal level: Oceania Peninsulas
Australian Peninsulas
- Beecroft Peninsula, New South Wales
- Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria
- Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
- Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory
- Peninsula Cronulla sand dunes, Kurnell Peninsula
- Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia
- Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
- Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
- Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania
- Inskip Peninsula, Queensland
| - Jervis Bay Territory
- Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
- Redcliffe, Queensland
- Stockton, New South Wales
- Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania
- Tasmania, also a peninsula connected to Australia during the great Ice Age;
- Promontorio Wilsons, Victoria
- Woy Woy, New South Wales
- Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
- Younghusband Peninsula, South Australia
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New Zealand Peninsulas
- Southern Peninsula, North Island
- Banks Peninsula, South Island
- Bluff Peninsula, South Island
- Bream Head, North Island
- Cabo de Brandon Conde, Isla Sur
- Cabo Brett, North Island
- Cabo Campbell, South Island
- Cabo Foulwind, South Island
- Cabo Kidnappers, North Island
- Cabo Turnagain, North Island
- Coromandel Peninsula, North Island
| - Farewell Spit, South Island
- Kaikoura Peninsula, South Island
- Karikari Peninsula, North Island
- Peninsula Mahia, North Island
- Peninsula Miramar, North Island
- Mount Maunganui, North Island
- North Auckland, North Island
- Otago Peninsula, South Island
- Tiwai Point, South Island
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Peninsulas of Papua New Guinea
- Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain
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