Talk:Peninsula

Removing Niagara Peninsula From Summary

I am removing the Niagara Peninsula from the opening summary, as it is not an actual peninsula, although it is commonly or popularly referred to as a peninsula. However, geographical references do not refer to it as such, and by definition it is not a peninsula. I am replacing it with more recognizable peninsulas on the planet Earth. Also, the opening summary lists 4 "references" for this sentence - which are actually definitions for the term peninsula - but do not constitute a "reference." Those definitions should be applied somewhere else where the definition of peninsula is discussed. Stevenmitchell (talk) 07:52, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

Plural is peninsulae but it won't let me change it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.236.246.146 (talk) 23:47, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

Scandinavian vs Fennoscandian

Hello there. I am wondering why exactly the Scandinavian Peninsula is listed in the overview of peninsulas instead of the Fennoscandian. This is obviously also a peninsula, separated from the rest of Afro-Eurasia by the strip of land between the Gulf of Finland and the Onega Bay. I understand that the Scandinavian is the more commonly-recognized term, but geographically I don't see the reasoning for excluding Finland, Kola and Karelia from the peninsula. 109.247.106.148 (talk) 21:50, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Comment If you Google "Top 10 largest peninsulas in the world", you would notice that most sources do not recognize Fennoscandia as a peninsula, but what is the exact definition of peninsula anyway? Geography is weird and confusing. 2001:8003:9100:2C01:2CBB:595:7402:F161 (talk) 13:27, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Shouldn’t the Fennoscandian Peninsula be at Number 4?

Everything north west of the Gulf of Finland, Lake Ladoga, Lake Onega, and the White Sea 2604:3D09:1F80:CA00:6D60:5601:CFC5:9E98 (talk) 06:04, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Agreed -KapteinFint (talk) 19:32, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Comment If you Google "Top 10 largest peninsulas in the world", you would notice that most sources do not recognize Fennoscandia as a peninsula. The funny thing is that the lists provided by these sources are pretty inconsistent too. The only consistent thing to me is that the Arabian Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the world. They all agree about that, but other than that, there are a lot of different stories.

By the way, can anyone tell me that what is the exact definition of peninsula? Geography is weird and confusing. 2001:8003:9100:2C01:2CBB:595:7402:F161 (talk) 13:17, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Is the Balkans technically a peninsula?

Is the Balkans still considered to be a peninsula? Some people said that it does not meet the definition of peninsula, but what is the exact definition of peninsula anyway?

If the Balkans is not a peninsula, then Mainland Southeast Asia, the Horn of Africa, and Alaska are probably not peninsulas too. Aren't they?

Geography is weird and confusing.

Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskBalkans/s/xeu5ka6Kou 2001:8003:9100:2C01:2CBB:595:7402:F161 (talk) 13:07, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Issue

The images at the top, appearing to show multiple instances of discord with other people and which are described as "the most notable peninsulas of each continent" do not include an entry for South America. If someone could provide an image of the Cape Horn (almost certainly South America's most prominent) it would be much appreciated. Genoparis (talk) 08:12, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

It's not a peninsula, it's a headland and a tiny one at that. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 10:53, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

My mistake, I'd always assumed Cape Horn merely referred to the Southern tip of South America; not the headland it in fact is. Apologies. Genoparis (talk) 15:30, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

Just forget about it. South America has no significant peninsulas at all. South America has no significant islands too. In fact, South America is the only inhabited continent which has no island countries. In terms of geography, South America is a pretty boring continent. 2001:8003:9100:2C01:FC05:6054:AE66:6341 (talk) 09:53, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Peninsula definition

Since a number of known peninsulas' areas are given, the method of calculating the area of ​​a peninsula should be defined. Peninsulas, islands, seas, lakes in the view from space are geometric figures and should be unambiguously measured. And you can see that, for example, the Iberian Peninsula is not defined geometrically, but administratively through the complicated border lines of the states in the Pyrenees. And if these borders change, the area of ​​this peninsula will change, which is absurd. Mir.Nalezinski (talk) 16:15, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Is there a European Peninsula?

Looking at the map of Eurasia, you can see a large peninsula that is smaller than Europe. If we put a section (or rather an arc on the globe) from the southern shore of the White Sea to the northern shore of the Sea of ​​Azov (passing near Moscow), it will be 1,875 km long and this is probably the shortest distance measured on the surface of the Earth between both seas. I propose calling the part of Europe west of this section the European Peninsula. We can assume that this peninsula is, according to the definition, surrounded on three sides by water and it is probably the largest peninsula, unless someone tries to look for a larger one.

Thanks to the tools of Earth Google, you can mark a series of points on the map, starting from the northern end of the aforementioned section, through the outline of Europe to the west and then circularly to the south and finally to the east, reaching the southern end of this section, which is the conventional border of this peninsula.

All islands should be ignored.

After a rather laborious determination of points, as precisely as possible matching the coastline, we get the circumference of the European Peninsula - 29,990 km (of which 1,875 km is the conventional border on land) and its area - 6,399,025 km².

Considering that the area of ​​Europe (including islands) is 10,523,000 km², it is clear that the peninsula in question is slightly smaller than our continent, although some do not consider Europe a continent.

So maybe add this peninsula to the table? Mir.Nalezinski (talk) 08:11, 26 June 2025 (UTC)