peninsula

peninsula
    a) An elongated body or stretch of land nearly surrounded by water (e.g., on three sides) and connected with a larger tract of land area, usually by a neck or an isthmus.
    b) A relatively large tract of land jutting out into the water, with or without a well-defined isthmus; e.g., the Italian peninsula.
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Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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