Sentence examples for built on a peninsula from inspiring English sources

John McGettrick, of the Red Hook Civic Association, complained that the neighborhood would be overwhelmed with traffic because the store would be built on a peninsula with only one major street.

Built on a peninsula overlooking the Atlantic on one side and the stunning Bahia de Todos os Santos (All Saints Bay) on the other, Salvador is the oldest city in Brazil - its first capital - and the old town, the Pelourinho, has the finest collection of colonial architecture in South America.

Flanked by mountainous limestone cliffs shrouded in mist, Luang Prabang is built on a peninsula defined by the Mekong River on one side and its tributary, the Khan River, on the other.

Brazil's first capital and most important city for three centuries, it is built on a peninsula overlooking the sweeping Bay of All Saints on one side and the Atlantic on the other.

Built on a peninsula that extends into an inlet of Long Island Sound, Village Creek is one of Norwalk's lesser-known waterfront communities.

Built on a peninsula, it can only develop northwards.

Casco Viejo, or Old Town, was built on a rocky peninsula after the original Panama City was destroyed.

The site chosen for Carthage in the centre of the shore of the Gulf of Tunis was ideal; the city was built on a triangular peninsula covered with low hills and backed by the Lake of Tunis, with its safe anchorage and abundant supplies of fish.

It's built on a spectacular peninsula and is surrounded by small fishing villages and the ocean.

The terminal would be located on a peninsula while the runway would be built on a filling in the fjord.

True, this liberalization is built on a fragile foundation, but a relatively more prosperous North Korea marks an important change on the Peninsula.