Back Адгьылбжьахабжа Abkhazian Skiereiland Afrikaans Peninsula AN شبه جزيرة Arabic ܓܙܪܬܐ ܝܒܫܢܝܬܐ ARC Península AST प्रायद्वीप AWA Yarımada Azerbaijani یاریمآدا AZB Ярымутрау Bashkir
Satellite photos of some of the notable peninsulas on each continent.
A peninsula[1][2] is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most sides.[3][4][5] Peninsulas exist on all continents.[6][2] The largest peninsula in the world is the Arabian Peninsula.[7][8]
- ^ (from Latin paeninsula; from paene 'almost', and insula 'island') "peninsula". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
- ^ a b Nadeau 2006, p. 5.
- ^ HMH 2004, p. 216.
- ^ "Definition of peninsula". Cambridge Dictionaries Online. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ Kersey, Paul (23 July 2021). "What is a Peninsula?". Infoplease. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ "peninsula". National Geographic Society. 2011-01-21. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ Mis 2009, p. 20.
- ^ Niz 2006, p. 19.
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