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[[File:Velez de la Gomera.jpg|thumb|Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, Spain]] |
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[[Image:Presqu’ile de Quiberon.png|right|thumbnail|260px|The Presque-isle of [[Quiberon]], [[France]]]] |
[[Image:Presqu’ile de Quiberon.png|right|thumbnail|260px|The Presque-isle of [[Quiberon]], [[France]]]] |
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”’Presque-isle”’ (from the [[French language|French]] ”presqu’île”, meaning ”almost island”) is a geographical term denoting a piece of land which is closer to being an [[island]] than most [[peninsula]]s because of its being joined to the mainland by an extremely narrow neck of land. |
”’Presque-isle”’ (from the [[French language|French]] ”presqu’île”, meaning ”almost island”) is a geographical term denoting a piece of land which is closer to being an [[island]] than most [[peninsula]]s because of its being joined to the mainland by an extremely narrow neck of land. |
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Peninsula with narrow connection to mainland
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
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- 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, Maine, United States
- 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
- Presqu’île of Lyon, the central part of the city of Lyon, France
- Vũng Tàu City, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, Vietnam
