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Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Peninsula (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | A peninsula (Latin, literally meaning almost island) is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides. |
 | | A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, promontory, bill, or spit. |
 | | Virginia Peninsula, Virginia, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay |
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