peninsula
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Her byline has appeared in LAist, the Pleasanton Weekly, Peninsula Press and the Bulletin magazine.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Daltun is based on the Beara Peninsula in west Cork and his 73 acre farm overlooks the Atlantic ocean and the Skellig Islands.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Hektoria Glacier, located on the Antarctic Peninsula, begins on land and extends into the ocean, where its outer section forms a floating mass of ice known as an "ice tongue."
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
Born Clarence Johnson in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in 1910, Johnson studied aeronautics at the University of Michigan and spent time in wind tunnels learning about locomotive and automobile design.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
In the afternoon, when the sun had gone over the mountains of the Peninsula to sink in the outward sea, Kino squatted in his house with Juana beside him.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing peninsula
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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