what is the definition of a peninsula? name an example of a peninsula?

Answer 1

Go to Dictionary.com and it will tell you there!

Answer 2

A peninsula (from Latin "paene insula", almost island) is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides.

Example:

Iberian Peninsula

Peninsula, southwestern Europe, occupied by Spain and Portugal. Its name derives from its ancient inhabitants whom the Greeks called Iberians, probably after the Ebro (Iberus) River, the peninsula's second longest river. The Pyrenees form a land barrier in the northeast from the rest of Europe, and in the south at Gibraltar the peninsula is separated from North Africa by a narrow strait. Its western and northern coasts are bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, and its eastern coast by the Mediterranean Sea. It includes Cape da Roca, in Portugal, the most westerly point of continental Europe.

Answer 3

Body of land surrounded on three sides by water. Florida is a peninsula.

Answer 4

a peninsula is a body of land that is surrounded by water on only three sides.
an example would be Cape May County, New Jersey (where I'm from!) or Florida (where I go to college!)

Answer 5

1. bay? an area of sea enclosed by a wide inward-curving stretch of coastline 2. cape? a point of land that juts out into water, especially a headland significant for navigation 3. butte? hill that rises abruptly from a flat area of land, with steep sides and a flat top. 4. peak? the pointed summit of a mountain 5. canyon? a deep narrow valley with steep sides, often with a stream running through it 6. glacier? a large body of continuously accumulating ice and compacted snow, formed in mountain valleys or at the poles, that deforms under its own weight and slowly moves 7. dune? a mound or ridge of sand formed by wind or water action, typically seen on coasts and in deserts 8. gulf? a large inlet of an ocean similar to a bay but often longer and more enclosed by land 9. fjord? a long narrow coastal inlet with steep sides, often formed by glacial action, especially along the western coast of Norway 10. foothills? a hill at the bottom of a higher mountain or mountain range and forming part of the approaches to it 11. isthmus? a narrow strip of land that joins two larger areas of land 12. lagoon? a coastal body of shallow water formed where low-lying rock, sand, or coral presents a partial barrier to the open sea 13. mesa? a relatively flat elevated area with steep sides that is less extensive than a plateau. 14. channel? geography a wide passage of water between an island and a larger body of land 15. coral reef? a ridge of hard deposit consisting of the skeletons of coral in a body of water, with the top just below or just above the surface.

Answer 6

a mass of land surrounded by water on

THREE SIDES

ex: Italy

Answer 7

an extention of land, surrounded by water on three sides

example : my home state, michigan :)