Infobox Military Unit unit name Army of the Peninsula image caption dates May 26, 1861 April 26, 1862 ref name Boatner, page 632 country Confederate States of America allegiance branch Army type role size command structure garrison Yorktown, Virginia garrison label nickname Magruder s Army battles Battle of Big Bethel disbanded Incorporated into Army of Northern Virginia April 26, 1862 Commanders notable commanders John B. Magruder The Army of the Peninsula or Magruder s Army ref name Boatner, page 501 Boatner, Mark Mayo, III. The Civil War Dictionary. page 501 ref was a Confederate States Army Confederate army early in the American Civil War . In May 1861, Colonel John B. Magruder was assigned to command operations on the lower Virginia Peninsula with Yorktown, Virginia Yorktown as headquarters. ref name Boatner, page 632 Boatner, Mark Mayo, III. The Civil War Dictionary. page 632 ref The Confederate Confederate States Secretary of War Secretary of War LeRoy Pope Walker ordered the Department of the Peninsula into existence on May 26, and the military force was named for the department. Magruder fought a portion of his command to good effect at Battle of Big Bethel Big Bethel , an early Confederate victory. ref name Boatner, page 632 By year s end, the force had swollen to 13,000 men, still commanded by Magruder, now major general . In April 1862 Magruder s army was incorporated into the right wing of larger army of Joseph E. Johnston , preparing defenses against an expected attack by George B. McClellan in what would become the Peninsula Campaign . While the army designation ceased to exist, Magruder s army s independence and initiative was instrumental in preventing McClellan from rapid advance on Richmond, Virginia Richmond . ref name Boatner, page 501 Notes reflist References Boatner, Mark Mayo, III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York McKay, 1959 revised 1988. ISBN 0 8129 1726 X. Armies of the Confederacy Category Armies of the Confederate States of America Peninsula ... more details
The Peninsula can refer to The Peninsula Hong Kong Geographic locations The Peninsula, Durham , the historic centre of Durham, England In the United States The Peninsula at St. Johns Center , a building in Jacksonville, Florida The San Francisco Peninsula , in Northern California. The Monterey Peninsula , in Central California. The Virginia Peninsula , of southeastern Virginia. Newspapers The Peninsula newspaper , daily English language newspaper published in Qatar disambig ja ... more details
movenotice List of peninsulas discuss Talk List of peninsulas Proposed move Wiktionary peninsula byland biland Image Peninsula croatia.jpg thumb 300px A small peninsula in Croatia File Nehrung.png thumb 300px Curonian Spit , a large peninsula in the Baltic Sea File Cape Cod Landsat 7.jpg thumb 300px Cape Cod , a peninsula of Massachusetts A peninsula lang la paen nsula , paene almost nsula island ... , peninsulas are called half islands . A peninsula can also be a Headlands and bays headland head ... ebi article 9276348 Peninsula. Britannica Student Encyclopedia. 2007 . Encyclop dia Britannica ... of peninsula is peninsulas or, less commonly, peninsulae . Oceania Australia col begin col break width 50 Beecroft Peninsula , New South Wales Bellarine Peninsula , Victoria Australia Victoria Cape York Peninsula , Queensland Cobourg Peninsula , Northern Territory Cronulla sand dunes, Kurnell Peninsula Dampier Peninsula , Western Australia Eyre Peninsula , South Australia Fleurieu Peninsula , South Australia Freycinet Peninsula , Tasmania Inskip Peninsula , Queensland col break Jervis Bay Territory Mornington Peninsula , Victoria Australia Victoria Redcliffe, Queensland Stockton, New South Wales Tasman Peninsula , Tasmania Tasmania itself was once a peninsula connected to Australia during ... Peninsula , South Australia Younghusband Peninsula , South Australia col end Image Mornington peninsula02.jpg thumb 250px A beach on the Mornington Peninsula Image KurnellNewSouthWales.JPG 600px thumb left Looking north over the Kurnell Peninsula. Clear New Zealand col begin col break width 50 Aupouri Peninsula , North Island Banks Peninsula , South Island Bluff, New Zealand Bluff Peninsula , South ... , North Island Coromandel Peninsula , North Island col break Farewell Spit , South Island Kaikoura Peninsula , South Island Karikari Peninsula , North Island Mahia Peninsula , North Island Miramar Peninsula , North Island Mount Maunganui , North Island North Auckland Peninsula , North Island Otago ... more details
File Ant pen map Trinity Peninsula.PNG thumb Location of Trinity Peninsula. Schmidt Peninsula coor dm 63 19 S 57 54 W is a small peninsula connected by a low isthmus to Cape Legoupil , Trinity Peninsula . Named by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition of 1947 48 for Captain Hugo Schmidt Prado , Chilean Army , the first commander of Base Bernardo O Higgins established in 1948 on this peninsula. Map http www.bkg.bund.de nn 171392 DE Bundesamt Kostenlose Karten Antarktis Karten Satellitenbildkarten Ma C3 9Fstab250 Daten Trinity 20Peninsula,templateId raw,property publicationFile.pdf Trinity 20Peninsula.pdf Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1 250000 topographic map. Institut f r Angewandte Geod sie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996. usgs gazetteer Category Peninsulas of Graham Land Category Landforms of Trinity Peninsula TrinityPeninsula geo stub ... more details
Karaburun Peninsula may refer to Karaburun Peninsula, Albania , a peninsula in Albania Karaburun Peninsula, Turkey , a peninsula in Turkey disamb ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2006 Image KaninNos.JPG thumb Location of the Kanin Peninsula. Image Kanin txu oclc 6654394 nq 36 38 6th ed.jpg thumb 300px Kanin Peninsula. US Army map 1956 . Kanin Peninsula Lang ru is a large peninsula in Nenets Autonomous Okrug , Russia . Latitude 68th parallel north 68 Longitude 45th meridian east 45 It is surrounded by the White Sea to the west and by the Barents Sea to the north and east. Shoyna is one of the few communities on the peninsula. Coord 68 N 45 E display title Category Peninsulas of Russia Category Nenets Autonomous Okrug NenetsAutonomousOkrug geo stub ca Pen nsula de Kanin de Kanin Halbinsel et Kanini poolsaar es Pen nsula de Kan n fr P ninsule de Kanine ko it Penisola di Kanin lt Kanino pusiasalis nl Kanin schiereiland ja no Kaninhalv ya nn Kaninhalv ya pl P wysep Kanin pt Pen nsula de Kanin ro Peninsula Kanin ru fi Kaninin niemimaa sv Kaninhalv n uk zh ... more details
Peninsula Princess may refer to Peninsula Princess Australia Peninsula Princess Australia , a ferry that formerly operated in Victoria, Australia Peninsula Princess Canada Peninsula Princess Canada , a ferry currently operating in New Brunswick, Canada disambig ... more details
Peninsula Railroad may refer to Peninsula Railroad Maryland Virginia , a predecessor of the Pennsylvania Railroad on the Delmarva PeninsulaPeninsula Railroad of Michigan , a predecessor of the Chicago and North Western Railway on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan See also Peninsular Railroad disambiguation dab ... more details
S rve , named after S rve peninsula. Wide image SorvePanorama070511.jpg 1200px Panorama of the southern tip of S rve Peninsula with the lighthouse in the center. Round feature in the lower left is the remains of an Imperial Russian 12 inch gun emplacement captured by the German Army in 1917. Lighthouse File S6rve tuletorn.jpg thumb 250px View on S rve lighthouse from the tip of the peninsula ... E display title region EE type landmark source dewiki DEFAULTSORT Sorve Peninsula Category Baltic ... more details
Refimprove date March 2010 Image NZ Whangaparaoa P.png thumb right Location of Whangaparaoa Peninsula File Whangaparaoa Peninsula Road I.jpg thumb right In recent decades, the peninsula has been heavily suburbanised. Deleted image removed Image Whangaparaoa peninsula evening.jpg thumb right Stanmore Bay on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula Image Tindalls 4Sep09.jpg thumb right Tindalls Beach in late winter Whangaparaoa Peninsula is a peninsula and suburban area, around 25 km north of Auckland , New ... auckland places 2 title Auckland Places Whangapar oa Peninsula work Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand publisher Government of New Zealand accessdate 3 March 2010 ref Geography Whangaparaoa Peninsula is located in the northern North Island of New Zealand , close to the base of the North Auckland Peninsula ... spotted in the waters off the peninsula. While it lies within the semi rural Rodney District , the peninsula is increasingly urbanised and forms part of the Northern Auckland Zone of the Auckland ... of Gulf Harbour which sits four kilometres from the tip of the peninsula. Classification of this area ... Whangaparaoa and central Auckland. The peninsula stretches east for 11 kilometres into the waters ... Matangi lies three kilometres off its eastern tip. The town of Whangaparaoa sits on the peninsula ... Coast, New Zealand Hibiscus Coast . Communities along the peninsula include Red Beach , Stanmore Bay , Big Manly , Tindalls Beach , Army Bay , Gulf Harbour, Matakatia , Little Manly, New Zealand Little Manly , and Arkles Bay . At the end of the peninsula is Shakespear Regional Park . The Military ... facilities, including a large supermarket, have made living on the extremities of the peninsula more ... off peak periods. Association football Whangaparaoa Peninsula is home to Association football football .... It has become Whangaparaoa Peninsula s main college. Other Schools in the area Wentworth College ... Rodney District Auckland geo stub nn Whangaparaoa Peninsula ... more details
Batangan Peninsula Coord 15 13 10.6 N 108 54 47 E name Batangan Peninsula, Vietnam is a peninsula in Vietnam . It is located in Qu ng Ng i Province , northeast of Qu ng Ng i and 32 km south of Chu Lai . The Peninsula was, for years, a rich and productive agricultural region encompassing approximately 48 square km of flat, fertile farmland and rolling hills. The Vietnam War main Vietnam War Since 1963 the Vietcong converted the Peninsula into a fortified stronghold. Following the conclusion of Operation Starlite , on 24 August 1965, Marine intelligence concluded that the 1st VC Regiment had withdrawn into the Peninsula. Reconnaissance photos of the Peninsula showed a V of older field fortifications pointing inland with the open end to the sea and a new second V further inland under construction ... 200px Map of Operation Piranha The Marines decided to launch Operation Piranha against the Peninsula. The plan of operations was for BLT 1st Battalion, 7th Marines to land across White Beach north of the Peninsula ... into the south of 3 7 Marines to clear and search the An Ky Peninsula . ref name Johnson84 ... 1 7 Marines discovered a VC field hospital in a large cave near the center of the Peninsula. The Marines ... commenced. Intelligence reports later indicated that the 1st VC Regiment began leaving the peninsula ... Johnson88 Johnson, p.88 ref The Peninsula later became part of the Tactical Area of Responsibility ... against the Peninsula on 13 January 1969. At this time the peninsula was believed to be supporting ... States 3 26 assaulted the north of the peninsula by helicopter and landing craft while the Americal ... the Marines linked up with the Army force and then pushed east forcing the VC towards the sea ... operating to cleanse the peninsula of VC NVA. The population was largely removed from the peninsula ..., 6th Infantry Regiment walked into a minefield on the Peninsula. The battalion commander, LT COL ... Lai Massacre is situated to the southwest of the Peninsula. References Reflist Category Peninsulas ... more details
Khaganate in c. 969, the peninsula was part of a Khazar Jewish successor state under a ruler named ... the village of Taman, Russia Taman For most of the 15th century the peninsula was ruled on behalf ... Peninsula was seized by the Khanate of Crimea in 1483 and by the Ottoman Empire in 1783. In 1791, during ... describes the town in his novel, A Hero of Our Time . The peninsula contains small mud volcano es and deposits of natural gas and petroleum . The Taman Peninsula was occupied by the Germans in 1942 and taken back by the Red Army in 1943. The story of the motion picture Cross of Iron revolves around ... the Taman Peninsula. References Reflist Category Peninsulas of Russia Category Geography of Krasnodar ... more details
, daughter of the King of Castille. Later Owen, Beara and a large army sailed from Spain and landed ... he named the island and the whole peninsula Beara in honour of his wife. Rossmacowen, Kilmacowen and Buaile ... Maulin and Knocknagree Mountains. Tourist attractions Image Beara Peninsula Healy Pass 1996 08 14.jpg thumb View from the Healy Pass looking north with the heights of the Iveragh peninsula on the horizon The main traditional tourist attractions on the peninsula are the ruins of Dunboy Castle , Puxley ... km mi circumnavigating the peninsula. It starts in Kenmare , crossing the Healy Pass through Adrigole ... s largest fishing ports and has diving, sailing and boating facilities. See also Dingle peninsula Iveragh peninsula Cork baronies External links http www.beara.ie Beara community based web site http ... Beara Peninsula Travel Guide http www.eyeries.com bearapeninsula.html The Ring Of Beara Category Visitor attractions in County Cork Category Beara peninsula Category Important Bird Areas ... more details
infobox UK place static image File Canarywharfview.jpg 275px static image caption Greenwich Peninsula ... map type region London population official name Greenwich Peninsula constituency westminster Greenwich ... 51.498131 longitude 0.006317 Greenwich Peninsula is an area of South London South London , England , located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich . The peninsula is bounded on three sides by a loop of the Thames ... of Greenwich , to the south east is Charlton, London Charlton . The peninsula lies within the Royal .... The peninsula s northernmost point on the riverside is known as Blackwall Point , and this may have led to the name Blackwall Peninsula sometimes being used in the late 20th century. ref E.g. ... with new homes, offices, schools, a college and parks. History Image Greenwich Peninsula 1872.jpg thumb left 250px c1872 map of the Greenwich Peninsula and part of the Isle of Dogs Image Greenwich Peninsula 1973.jpg thumb left 250px The peninsula glimpsed from Greenwich Park in 1973. The view ... Station The peninsula was drained by Netherlands Dutch engineers in the 16th century, allowing it to be used as pasture land. In the 17th century, Blackwall Point the northern tip of the peninsula, opposite ... Display hung in cages as a deterrent to other would be pirates. The peninsula was steadily industrialised ... occupying much of the peninsula, connected to Greenwich Reach to the west and Bugsby s Reach to the east ... Refineries.jpg thumb right 250px The west side of the peninsula from the Thames in 2001 part of the glucose works. For over 100 years the peninsula was dominated by the gasworks which primarily ... by a Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb in 1978. Originally manufacturing gas from coal, the plant ... traffic. At the southern end of the peninsula Enderby s Wharf was occupied by a succession of famous ... Article EnderbyAG index.htm Green A, 150 Years Of Industry & Enterprise At Enderby s Wharf ref The peninsula ... in the late 20th century left much of the Greenwich Peninsula a barren wasteland, much of it heavily ... more details
to Tremont. To the south was a narrow isthmus named Boston Neck that connected the peninsula to the mainland ... word of uncertain meaning. The first recorded use of Shawmutt to describe the peninsula occurs .... ref in an invitation to John Winthrop to move the site of Winthrop s colonial settlement to the peninsula from what is now Charlestown, Massachusetts Charlestown . The Charlestown peninsula lacked a source of fresh water, while the Shawmut peninsula had an excellent spring on the north side of what ... Shawmut Peninsula. Although this project eliminated the wetland ecosystem that existed there at the time ... more details
Northern Peninsula may refer to Great Northern Peninsula in Newfoundland, Canada Northern Peninsula Area Region in far northern Queensland, Australia disambig ... more details
About the peninsula the cultural, historical and linguistic region Scandinavia Scandinavia The Scandinavian Peninsula is a peninsula in Northern Europe , which today covers Norway , Sweden , and most of northern Finland . The name of the peninsula is derived from the term Scandinavia , the cultural region ..., the region at the southern extremity of the peninsula that has during periods been part of Denmark ... tip of the peninsula. ref ref sterg rd, Uffe 1997 . The Geopolitics of Nordic Identity ... language Icelandic , with the latter two being closest to Old Norse. The Scandinavian Peninsula can be said to be the largest peninsula of Europe , a continent that is itself a large peninsula of Eurasia . However, Europe contains several large peninsulas, including the Balkan Peninsula Balkan , the Iberian Peninsula Iberian and the Italian Peninsula Italian peninsulas. During the Ice Ages , the British Isles were another single peninsula extending from the body of the continent. Hence, the question of which is the largest peninsula in Europe is a debatable one, depending on arbitrary ..., Scandinavia as a peninsula has not existed. During the Ice Ages, the sea level of the Atlantic ... thumb left Scandinavian Peninsula in relation to the larger Fennoscandia Arguably the largest peninsula in Europe, the Scandinavian Peninsula is approximately convert 1,850 km mi sp us long with a width ... generally defines the border between Norway and Sweden. The peninsula is bordered by several bodies ... glacier on the mainland of Europe, Jostedalsbreen . About one quarter of the Scandinavian Peninsula ... in the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Much of the population of the Scandinavian Peninsula is naturally ... of the peninsula are Stockholm and Gothenburg , Sweden, and Oslo and Bergen , Norway . ref name factmonster ... Peninsula The Scandinavian Peninsula occupies part of the Baltic Shield , a stable and large ..., creating the noteworthy fjords of Norway. In the southern part of the peninsula, the glaciers deposited ... more details
Set bal Peninsula is a peninsula in Portugal. The Portuguese language name is Pen nsula de Set bal and gives its name to Pen nsula de Set bal Subregion which coves more than only the peninsula. portugal geo stub coord missing Portugal Category Peninsulas of Portugal ... more details
The Bonis Peninsula is a narrow peninsula located on Bougainville Island , Papua New Guinea , at the north of the island. The Buka Passage separates the peninsula from Buka Island . coord missing Papua New Guinea Category Geography of Papua New Guinea PapuaNewGuinea geo stub ... more details
, the siege of Yorktown in 1781, took place on the Virginia Peninsula. During the American Civil War 1861 1865 , the Union Army invaded the Virginia Peninsula as part of the Peninsula Campaign ...Image Virginia peninsula.png thumb 400px The Virginia Peninsula is highlighted in orange Image Newport ... southeastern end of Virginia Peninsula filling most of the top half of the image refimprove date December 2010 The Virginia Peninsula is a peninsula in southeast Virginia , USA, bounded by the York ..., the Virginia Peninsula or Peninsula on the north side, and South Hampton Roads on the south side. Locally ... of the Middle Peninsula , across the York River Virginia York River from the Virginia Peninsula. Geographically ... Kent County, Virginia New Kent counties are by some reckonings part of the Virginia Peninsula. However ... of the Virginia Peninsula is all part of the Virginia Beach Norfolk Newport News, VA NC MSA Metropolitan ... The Battle of Hampton Roads, as depicted by Currier and Ives The Virginia Peninsula is rich in colonial ... Roads, which had remained in Union control after Virginia seceded in 1861. At the outset of the Peninsula ... standoff, the largest Union Army of the war under General George B. McClellan chased the retreating ... ship type ollier ships. The Peninsula had been long without a railroad, which had been newly developing technology beginning in the 1830s. In 1881, the Peninsula Extension of the C&O was built from ... due to its proximity to Yorktown and later to the new military base which became the U.S. Army ... to Grove, Virginia Grove in James City County and other areas close by on the Peninsula. After ... 150 years of the United States, much like Virginia as a whole, the Virginia Peninsula was in an almost ... government consolidations took place in South Hampton Roads and on the Virginia Peninsula. Nowhere else ... August 2008 see also Hampton Roads Current political subdivisions The Virginia Peninsula subregion ... city no longer exist in the Virginia Peninsula area under their earlier names. The following is a listing ... more details
Qullikarsuaq Peninsula is a peninsula of Greenland . It is located in the Upernavik Archipelago . Greenland geo stub Upernavik Archipelago Category Peninsulas of Greenland Category Upernavik Archipelago coord missing Greenland ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2010 Salin mme peninsula is a peninsula in southeastern Hiiumaa , 5 km to south of Suurem isa, Hiiu County Suurem isa , an Estonian territory in the Baltic Sea . It lies in east of Salin mme Bay and in west of Soonlepa Bay . Village of Salin mme comprises all of the peninsula. In 1870 the peninsula was still an island. Citation needed date November 2010 Coord missing Estonia DEFAULTSORT Salinomme Peninsula Category P halepa Parish Category Peninsulas of Estonia Estonia stub et Salin mme poolsaar nn Salin mme ... more details
Image The Peninsula.jpg 300px thumb The Peninsula Hong Kong The Peninsula Hotels hkex 45 is an ultra luxury hotel operator based in Hong Kong , part of Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited . Their flagship hotel, the famous Peninsula Hong Kong, which opened in 1928, used to be known as the finest hotel east of the Suez . ref http www.concierge.com travelguide hongkong hotels 294 Cond Nast Traveler ref ref http www.frommers.com destinations hongkong H37220.html Frommer s ref ref http hotels.lonelyplanet.com hotel Hong Kong Peninsula Hong Kong P1385.html Lonely Planet ref Beginning with the five star The Peninsula Hong Kong in Tsim Sha Tsui , Hong Kong, it now operates a chain of five star hotels outside of Asia . The Peninsula Hong Kong holds several world records for placing the largest single orders for fleets of Rolls Royce car Rolls Royce cars in the world. The Louis Vuitton boutique in the Peninsula Palace Hotel in Beijing is designated the World Flagship store for the brand. The Peninsula Bangkok was named the 1 hotel in Asia and 7 worldwide by Travel ... Image The Peninsula Tokyo.jpg The Peninsula Tokyo Image ManilaPenn.jpg The Peninsula Manila Image ThePeninsula Night.png The Peninsula Hong Kong Image The Peninsula Bangkok.JPG The Peninsula Bangkok Image 20070513 RL Polo Banana Republic Peninsula.JPG The Peninsula Chicago gallery Properties The Peninsula Hong Kong The Peninsula New York The Peninsula Chicago The Peninsula Beverly Hills The Peninsula Bangkok The Peninsula Beijing The Peninsula Manila The Peninsula Tokyo The Peninsula Shanghai The Peninsula Paris opening 2013 References references External links http www.peninsula.com The Peninsula Hotels http www.thehotelpictures.com k united states hotels 2 new york hotels 5 the peninsula 37.htm The Peninsula Hotel New york Photos DEFAULTSORT Peninsula Hotels Category Hotel chains Category ... de Peninsula Hotels id The Peninsula Hotels he ja & zh ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Image Stanley Peninsula.jpg thumb right 260px Stanley, Hong Kong Stanley and Stanley Peninsula. Stanley Peninsula , formerly known as Tai Tam Peninsula , is a peninsula on the southern Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong . Located between Tai Tam Harbour and Stanley Bay, Hong Kong Stanley Bay , it joins north to Hong Kong Island at the town of Stanley, Hong Kong Stanley and ends south at Wong Ma Kok . See also commons Category Stanley Peninsula Stanley Peninsula Wong Ma Kok Road The main road in Stanley Peninsula. Coord missing Hong Kong Category Peninsulas of Hong Kong Category Southern District, Hong Kong zh ... more details
File Joan Peninsula.jpg thumb right Satellite image of a portion of Lake Temagami and the surrounding landscape. The Joan Peninsula is in the middle. The Joan Peninsula is a peninsula in Northeastern Ontario , Canada , situated in the central portion of Lake Temagami . It is surrounded by three portions of Lake Temagami Granny Bay to the north, the Northwest Arm to the west and another arm of Lake Temagami to the east that connects with Granny Bay. The peninsula is connected to the mainland in the northwest. ref http ottertooth.ca Temagami Native setaside map.htm Otthertooth.com Land claim negotiations ref The Joan Peninsula is the namesake of Joan Township, Ontario Joan Township , a geographic township Canada township that includes the Joan Peninsula. See also Cynthia Peninsula McLean Peninsula References reflist Coord 47 02.21 N 80 06.46 W region CA ON display title name Joan Peninsula Category Peninsulas of Ontario Category Geography of Temagami NorthernOntario geo stub ... more details
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