Peninsula

peninsula
peninsula is a geographical term and marks mainland, which is surrounded by water on three sides. Peninsulas can have a surface of many hundred square kilometers, in addition, be so small that their length (in all rulethe width exceeds) and width only few hundred meters amounts to. Those is clearly larger width than the length (e.g. ), One speaks Wales generally not of a peninsula. Also spreads Vorgebirge, the little length and only one if necessary by silting-up developedLike “the Rhinn OF Galloway” have connection, not as peninsulas are understood. Also on islands there can be peninsulas. Examples are Great Britain and Ireland.

Even peninsulas can have for their part peninsulas and also these again further peninsulas. Example: Jutland -Djursland - mol. A Unterform of the peninsula are promontory and Nehrung. The three-lateral environment of water must be with both natural origin (see. also island), artificial buildings such as channels (Korinth), which separate a natural peninsula from the mainland,do not make these the island. Likewise make bridges or artifizielle dams islands not peninsulas (Helnæs (Fünen), Sylt, Rügen, shortly perhaps Sicilies).

Peninsulas are in:

Europe

Africa

Asia

of Antarctic

America

Australia

besides knows Europe as peninsula of Eurasien are regarded.

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