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Peninsula

A peninsula is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body that is surrounded by water on three sides.

Peninsulas include:

Continental Europe:

Balkan peninsula
Brittany
Gallipoli of Turkey
Iberian Peninsula (with Spain and Portugal)
Istria
Italy
Jutland Peninsula in Northern Germany and southern Denmark
Mount Athos, Greece
Scandinavian Peninsula (with Sweden and Norway)
Walcheren and Zuid Beveland[?] in the Netherlands

Great Britain

Asia:

Bakassi

Cape Cod
Delmarva Peninsula
Florida
San Francisco Peninsula separating the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean.
Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan
Yucatan

Mornington Peninsula

New Zealand

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