Circle Middle School
Geography Concepts
Landforms – Peninsula
Definition:
Peninsula is a body of land surrounded on three sides by water and connected to a larger body of land (mainland). A
peninsula can be very narrow or quite large and wide.
Activity
Locate the following peninsulas, using the class atlas. Then identify the bodies of water that surround each peninsula.
Peninsula
Arabian Peninsula
Asia Minor (Turkish
Peninsula)
Baja California
Balkan Peninsula
Denmark
Florida
Iberian Peninsula
India
Italian Peninsula
Korean Peninsula
Malay Peninsula
Michigan Lower
Peninsula
Michigan Upper
Peninsula
Scandinavian Peninsula
Yucatan Peninsula
Bodies of Water Surrounding
Remember!
-ian or –an at the end of a word means “of” – Therefore Korean Peninsula
means Peninsula of Korea.
Look at the atlas maps and find three other peninsulas not listed above – 2 points for
each. List below.
Identify Each Peninsula: Label the peninsula next to its picture.