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 Caribbean Haiti •
Peninsule de Tiburon, Haiti •
Peninsule de Mole-St-Nicolas, Haiti
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 •
Wegener Peninsula •
Hayes Halvo •
Ingnerit •
Nuussuaq Peninsula •
Sigguup Nunaa (Svartenhuk Halvø)
Mexico •
Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, containing the states of
Baja California and
Baja California Sur •
Yucatán Peninsula, partly separating the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean
Panama •
Península de Azuero, Panama
United States 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 and 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 , 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 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 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. •
Maryland shares the
Delmarva Peninsula east of
Chesapeake Bay with
Delaware and
Virginia. •
St. Mary's Peninsula is defined by the
Patuxent River, the
Potomac River, and
Chesapeake Bay. •
Calvert Peninsula lies between
Chesapeake Bay and the
Patuxent River. • Numerous smaller tidal tributaries form smaller peninsulas on both the
Eastern and Western shores of Chesapeake Bay. Named examples include the
Broadneck Peninsula in
Anne Arundel County and the
Elk Neck Peninsula in
Cecil County.
Massachusetts , 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 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
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 •
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)
Oregon 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 •
Bolton Peninsula •
Breakwater Peninsula •
Cooper Point •
Gig Harbor Peninsula •
Johnson Point •
Key Peninsula •
Kitsap Peninsula •
Long Beach Peninsula •
Magnolia Peninsula •
Olympic Peninsula •
Point Brown Peninsula •
Point Chehalis Peninsula •
Swinomish Peninsula •
Toandos Peninsula •
Tsawwassen Peninsula •
Quimper Peninsula Wisconsin •
Bark Point, Wisconsin in
Lake Superior •
Bayfield Peninsula,
Wisconsin in
Lake Superior •
Chequamegon Point,
Wisconsin in
Lake Superior •
Door Peninsula,
Wisconsin, in
Lake Michigan •
Jones Island, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin in
Lake Michigan •
Little Tail Point,
Wisconsin in
Green Bay (Lake Michigan) •
Marshall's Point,
Wisconsin on North Bay in
Lake Michigan •
MawBilly Joelwe Point,
Wisconsin on
MawBilly Joelwe Bay in
Lake Superior •
Roman Point on
Siskiwit Bay,
Wisconsin, in
Lake Superior •
Toft Point between
Bailey's Harbor, Wisconsin and Moonlight Bay, Wisconsin in
Lake Michigan Other states •
Delmarva Peninsula, encompassing parts of
Maryland and
Virginia, and most of
Delaware •
Land Between the Lakes,
Tennessee and
Kentucky •
Presque Isle,
Erie, Pennsylvania •
Port Bolivar,
Texas •
Encinal Peninsula,
Flour Bluff,
Corpus Christi, Texas •
Kentucky Bend,
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