Sentence examples for peninsula from inspiring English sources
The word "peninsula" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when you are describing a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides. For example: The Iberian Peninsula is a large piece of land located between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea.
noun
A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
There he addressed British and Omani troops on the equally harsh soil of the Arabian peninsula - not far from where the world's most wanted man lived until he found his lethal calling.
Since then, Russia has annexed the Crimean peninsula and the east of the country has been convulsed by civil conflict, possibly spurred by Russian intelligence and logistical support, but now taking on a life of its own.
But Austria-Hungary, Russia's rival on the Balkan peninsula, was another matter.
The first thing to note about the Black Isle is that the name is deceptive: it is neither black nor an island, but rather a peninsula surrounded on three sides by water.
With the help of Henning Kristiansen's atmospheric cinematography, in a range of muted primary colours, Axel captures the bleak Jutland peninsula of the 1870s, where live two unmarried sisters (Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel), daughters of the former pastor, and founder of an austere religious sect, who devote themselves to keeping alive his memory and his teachings in the tiny remote community.
Southern right whales can be seen calving in the southern winter (July-September) off Puerto Madryn, though the best place to see them is Puerto Pirámides on the Valdés peninsula, from which smallish boats allow visitors to get close to the huge cetaceans.
079126 29514, srilankaholidayhome.com, from £25 a night, £750 a month Pow-Wow Point Lodge is on the banks of the Peninsula Lake near Huntsville, Ontario, a beautiful area to explore.
Guests can swim in Peninsula Lake and use the kayaks and paddle boats, and explore the hiking trails through the surrounding forest.
The cyclone has approached from the east after crossing the Gulf of Carpentaria from Queensland's Cape York Peninsula where it made landfall as a category four storm but caused minimal damage.
"Two Olympic victories, the hockey and Crimea," said Trifonova, referring to the Russian team's victories in the Winter Olympics and paralympics held in Sochi earlier this year, as well as in the recent ice hockey world championships, and the annexation by Moscow of the Crimea peninsula.
Either outcome would afford terrorists an ideal sanctuary, a greater danger than Awlaki even at his most malign, especially for the pro-western monarchies elsewhere on the Arabian Peninsula.
