Semenanjung

Semenanjung ( Latin: paeninsula asalna tina kecap paene "ampir" jeung insula "pulau") mangrupa bagéan buana anu dikurilingan ku cai dina sabagéan badag watesna.^[1][2][3][4] Cai sakurilingna biasana dipikaharti tutuluyan, sanajan henteu merta disebut salaku hiji cai. Semenanjung henteu ngaranna disebut saperti kitu; hiji ogé bisa disebut salaku headland, tanjung, pulo promontory, bil, titik, garpu, atawa nyiduh . ^[5] Hiji titik umumna dianggap sapotong tapering tina proyéksi kana awak cai anu kurang nonjol tibatan tanjung. ^[6] Walungan anu ngalir ngaliwatan jalan anu meulit pisan ogé kadang-kadang cenah ngawangun "semenanjung" dina gelung cai (ampir katutup).

Florida, conto samenanjung, poto anu dipotrét nalika STS-95

Semenanjung Fennoscandian, Maret 2002, dipoto ku Spectroradiometer ( MODIS ), ngalayang numpak Terra satelit NASA

Salah sahiji wangun samenanjung nyaéta tanjung ^[7] jeung ciduh khususna sempit ^[8] anu parantos dikumbah. Lamun semenanjung tempatna dina badan cai (danau, walungan) daratan ogé disebut salaku "semenanjung daratan".

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Éropa, salaku samenanjung Semenanjung Apennine Semenanjung Balkan Brittany Cornwall Semenanjung Iberia Istria Jutlandia Calabria Krimea Peloponnese Fennoscandia Kola Afrika Tanduk Afrika

Asia Jazirah Arab Semenanjung Indochinese Kamchatka Asia Minor Semenanjung Korea Semenanjung Malaya Semenanjung Sinai Semenanjung Shandong Semenanjung Liaodong Semenanjung Chukchi Benua India Australia Land Arnhem Semenanjung Cape York

Amérika Semenanjung Alaska Florida Labrador Baja California Nova Scotia Yucatán Semenanjung Gaspé Semenanjung Ontario Semenanjung Delmarva Samenanjung handap Michigan Semenanjung Luhur Michigan Cone Kidul Antartika Semenanjung Antartika

• Samenanjung panghalang
• Daptar peninsulas
• Isthmus

Rujukan

 

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6. "Fourah Point / Fourah Point, Northern, Sierra Leone, Africa". travelingluck.com. Diakses tanggal 16 March 2018.
7. "Headland Landforms". Diakses tanggal 2021-03-13.
8. heart; Working, When He Is Not; Life, He Is Probably Exploring the Secrets of. "What is a Spit Landform in Geography? How are Spits Formed and 7 Most Famous Spits on Our Planet". Earth Eclipse (dalam en-US). Diakses tanggal 2021-03-13. CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)