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Peninsula with narrow connection to mainland
Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, Spain
The Presque-isle of
Quiberon ,
France
Presque-isle (from the
French presqu'île , meaning almost island ) is a geographical term denoting a piece of land which is closer to being an
island than most
peninsulas because of its being joined to the mainland by an extremely narrow neck of land.
List of presque-isles
Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera in
Spain
Monte Argentario in
Italy
Quiberon in
Brittany ,
France
Saint-Malo in
Brittany ,
France
Mahia Peninsula in the
Hawke's Bay Region of
New Zealand
Isle of Portland in
Dorset ,
England
Northmavine in
Shetland ,
Scotland
Novastoshnah, in
St. Paul, Alaska
Presqu'ile Provincial Park in
Ontario ,
Canada
Presque Isle State Park in
Erie, Pennsylvania ,
United States
Presque Isle Township in
Presque Isle County, Michigan
Catawba Island Township, Ottawa County, Ohio
Presque Isle Park , Marquette, Michigan
Presque Isle in
Maine ,
United States
Presqu'île of Lyon, the central part of the city of
Lyon ,
France
Vũng Tàu City,
Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province ,
Vietnam
See also