peninsula - a large mass of land projecting into a body of waterAnatolia, Asia Minor - a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey Yucatan, Yucatan Peninsula - a peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea Jutland, Jylland - peninsula in northern Europe that forms the continental part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany Italian Peninsula - a boot-shaped peninsula in southern Europe extending into the Mediterranean Sea Nova Scotia - a peninsula in eastern Canada between the Bay of Fundy and the Saint Lawrence River Arabia, Arabian Peninsula - a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources Choson, Korea, Korean Peninsula - an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Choson Malay Peninsula - a peninsula in southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Myanmar Horn of Africa, Somali peninsula - a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia Kola Peninsula - a peninsula in northwestern Russia projecting eastward between the Barents Sea and the White Sea Crimea - a Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov Alaska Peninsula - a peninsula in southwestern Alaska (a continuation of the Aleutian Islands) Seward Peninsula - a peninsula in western Alaska that projects westward into the Bering Sea just below the Arctic Circle Cape Ann - a Massachusetts peninsula north of Boston extending into the Atlantic Ocean Cape Cod - a Massachusetts peninsula south of Boston extending into the Atlantic; a popular resort area Antarctic Peninsula, Palmer Peninsula - a large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacific Cape York Peninsula - a peninsula in Queensland in northeastern Australia between the Gulf of Carpenteria and the Coral Sea dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, land, earth - the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" Lower Peninsula - the part of northern Michigan between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron Upper Peninsula - the peninsula between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan that forms the northwestern part of Michigan |