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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:
1 Continental Europe:
- Apsheron, Azerbaijan
- Balkan peninsula
- Brittany, France
- Cotentin Peninsula, France
- Crimea, UkraineUkraine Ukrayina in Ukrainian; in Russian) is a republic in eastern Europe which borders the Black Sea to the south, the Russian Federation to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west and Romania and Moldova to the west and
- GallipoliGallipoli called Gelibolu in modern Turkish, is a town in north-western Turkey. The name derives from the Greek Kallipolis meaning "Beautiful City". It is located on the Gallipoli Peninsula (Gelibolu Yarimadasi), with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Da, TurkeyTurkey (officially the Republic of Turkey Turkish Turkiye is a country located in Southwest Asia with a small part in southeastern Europe. Until 1922 the country was the center of the Ottoman Empire. The Anatolian peninsula, between the Black Sea and the
- GibraltarGibraltar is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. It is located in southwestern Europe adjoining the southern coast of Spain, a strategic location on the Strait of Gibraltar that links the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. History Main a, (British Territory)
- Grenen , DenmarkKongeriget Danmark ( In Detail) Motto of the Queen: Guds hjaelp, Folkets kaerlighed, Danmarks styrke (English: God's help, the love of the people, Denmark's strength) Official language Danish Capital Copenhagen Kobenhavn Monarch Margrethe II Prime Ministe
- Hel peninsula, PolandThe Republic of Poland a country in Central Europe, lies between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania and Russia (in the form of the Kaliningrad Oblast exclave) t
- Iberian PeninsulaThe Iberian Peninsula or Iberia is located in the extreme southwest of Europe. It is bordered on the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea, and on the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean. The Pyrenees form the northeast edge of the peninsula, connectin, encompassing the whole of Spain and Portugal
- Istria, Croatia
- Italy
- Jutland Peninsula, northern Germany and Denmark
- Kassandra, Greece
- Mount Athos, Greece
- Peljesac peninsula , Croatia
- Peloponnesos, Greece
- Piran, Slovenia
- Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera
- Scandinavian Peninsula, encompassing Norway, Sweden and Finland
- Sithonia , Greece
- Svaerholthalvoya , Norway
- Varangerhalvoya , Norway
- Walcheren, Netherlands
- Zadar, Croatia
- Zuid-Beveland, Netherlands
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