The peninsula is an interesting formation that protrudes from a large plot of land into the nearby waters. Almost an island, but not quite: water, whether it be the sea, ocean or river, surrounds the protruding earth on three sides.
Peninsulas include capes (large, relief land) and may belong to one or more countries.
Here is a list of the 10 largest peninsulas on Earth: large areas of Russia and North America, as well as other countries of the world.
List
- 10. Balkans, 505,000 km²
- 9. Asia Minor, 506,000 km²
- 8. Iberian Peninsula, 596,740 km²
- 7. Somalia, 750,000 km²
- 6. The Scandinavian Peninsula, 800,000 km²
- 5. Labrador, 1,600,000 km²
- 4. Hindustan, 2,000,000 km²
- 3. Indochina, 2 413 620 km²
- 2. West Antarctica, 2,690,000 km²
- 1. Arabian Peninsula, 2,730,000 km²
10. Balkans, 505,000 km²
Balkansalso called Balkan Peninsula, the easternmost of the three great southern peninsulas of Europe. There is no universal agreement on the components of a region. The Balkans are usually characterized as Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia - with all or part of each of these countries located on the peninsula.
Parts of Greece and Turkey are also located in a geographic region commonly referred to as the Balkan Peninsula, and many descriptions of the Balkans include these countries. Some define a region culturally and historically, while others geographically, although there are different interpretations among historians and geographers.
As a rule, the Balkans border in the northwest with Italy, in the north with Hungary, in the north and northeast with Moldova and Ukraine, and in the south with Greece and Turkey or the Aegean Sea (depending on how the region is determined).
The Balkans are washed by the Adriatic Sea in the west, the Ionian Sea in the southwest and the Black Sea in the east. In the north, a clear geographical demarcation of the Balkans becomes difficult as the Pannonian Basin of the Great Alphold (Great Hungarian Plain) extends from Central Europe to parts of Croatia, Serbia and Romania.
9. Asia Minor, 506,000 km²
Asia Minoralso known as Anatolia, Is a peninsula located in the Middle East, currently occupied by the Asian part of Turkey. It borders in the north with the Black Sea, in the east with the mountain ranges of Taurus and Antitavr, in the south with the Mediterranean Sea and in the west with the Aegean Sea and Sea of Marmara. The Bosphorus and the Dardanelles separate it from Europe.
In ancient Greece, the western part of the peninsula was known as Asia, later expanding the name to the entire continent, the peninsula became known as Asia Minor.
Since Anatolia is a mountainous region, historically it has been a consistent military stronghold of several cities.
8. Iberian Peninsula, 596,740 km²
The Iberian Peninsula, a peninsula in southwestern Europe, occupied by Spain and Portugal. Its name comes from its ancient inhabitants, whom the Greeks called Iberians.
The Pyrenees massif forms an effective ground barrier in the northeast, separating the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe, and in the south of Gibraltar, the peninsula is separated from North Africa by a narrow Strait of Gibraltar.
The Atlantic Ocean is washed by the northern, western and southwest coasts, and the Mediterranean Sea is washed by the southern and eastern shores.
7. Somalia, 750,000 km²
Somalia, the most eastern country in Africa, the Horn of Africa. It extends from the equator north to the Gulf of Aden and occupies an important geopolitical position between sub-Saharan Africa and the countries of Arabia and South-West Asia. The capital, Mogadishu, is located north of the equator in the Indian Ocean.
Somalia is a country of geographic extremes. The climate is mostly dry and hot, with landscapes of thorny savannah and semi-desert, and Somali residents have developed equally demanding strategies for economic survival.
In addition to the mountainous coastal zone in the north and several pronounced river valleys, most of the country is extremely flat, with small natural barriers that limit the mobility of nomads and their cattle.
6. The Scandinavian Peninsula, 800,000 km²
Scandinavian peninsula - This is a large peninsula in Northern Europe, consisting mainly of the mainland territories of Norway and Sweden. A small part of northwestern Finland is sometimes also considered part of the peninsula. This is part of the larger region of Fennoscandia, which includes the Kola Peninsula, Karelia and Finland.
The peninsula is bounded by the Barents Sea of the Arctic Ocean in the north, the Kattegat and Skagerrak seas in the south, the Norwegian Sea and the North Sea in the west and the Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Bothnia in the east,
The Scandinavian mountain range, part of the ancient Baltic shield, forms the border between Norway and Sweden.
In Norway, the mountains reach the coastline and are deeply divided by fjords. The eastern side of the range is in Sweden and has extensive slopes with a slight slope down to the Baltic Sea and consists mainly of flat, heavily forested lands dotted with lakes.
5. Labrador, 1,600,000 km²
The wide peninsula in eastern Canada, between the Hudson Bay, the Atlantic Ocean, and St. Lawrence Bay. Consists of Ungawa Peninsulas and LabradorIt contains most of Quebec and the mainland of Newfoundland and Labrador. Also called Labrador Ungawa.
4. Hindustan, 2,000,000 km²
Region Hindustan can be more specifically defined as the basin of the five rivers of the Punjab and the upper Indo-Gangetic plain. As the most fertile and densely populated corridor located between the walls of a mountain, desert and sea, Hindustan is considered the main center of power in the Indian subcontinent, containing most of the wealth and physical energy.
The name Hindustan is sometimes used to designate the land "north of the Vindhya Range." It is also sometimes used as a synonym for the entire Indian subcontinent.
3. Indochina, 2 413 620 km²
Peninsula Indochina is a subregion of Southeast Asia. Historically, the continental countries of Southeast Asia in different ways and nuanced under the influence of two great cultures bordering it, India and China.
For example, the culture of Cambodia and Laos was influenced mainly by Indian cultures, respectively, to a lesser extent, the culture of China. Other cultures, such as Vietnam, were much more heavily influenced by China, with only minor cultural influences from Indian civilizations, especially because of the Champ civilization.
2. West Antarctica, 2,690,000 km²
Antarctic Peninsula represents a relatively long, thin spine alpine mountain range. The ice sheet of the Antarctic Peninsula (sometimes called APIS) is widely considered sensitive to climate change due to its small size and northern location, and also because this region is one of the fastest warming places in the world.
This sensitivity is manifested in the destruction of numerous ice shelves, an increase in ice speeds, and the retreat and thinning of glaciers and ice caps.
1. Arabian Peninsula, 2,730,000 km²
Arabia - The peninsula, along with coastal islands located in the extreme southwest corner of Asia. Arabian Peninsula bounded by the Red Sea in the west and southwest, the Gulf of Aden in the south, the Arabian Sea in the south and southeast and the Gulf of Oman, and the Persian Gulf (also called the Arabian Gulf) in the east.
Geographically, the peninsula and the Syrian desert merge in the north without a clear demarcation line, but the northern borders of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are generally considered the border of Arabia.
The geographical cohesion of the Arabian Peninsula is reflected in the general interior of the desert and the common external coast, ports and relatively wider opportunities for agriculture.
The fact that most of the peninsula is unfavorable for settled agriculture is of great importance. Competition for liveable land is fierce, and the efficient use of land and water is critical to the well-being of every state.