concerning the peninsula, Manchuria , and Korea broke down, due to Russia s unwillingness to treat Japan seriously as another power. As in the First Sino Japanese War the Liaodongpeninsula was the scene ...Unreferenced date October 2007 File Location of Liaodong Peninsula.png 200px thumb right Location of Liaodong The Li od ng Peninsula zh s t p Li od ng b nd o is a peninsula in the Liaoning province of northeastern China , historically known in the west as southern east Manchuria . Liaodong ... that divided the Yan commandries of Liaoxi zh s t west of the Liao and Liaodong. Geography The peninsula is situated at the north of the Yellow Sea , between the Bohai Sea to the west and the Korea ... Mountains . The part of the mountain range on the peninsula is known as the Qianshan Mountains ... in Dalian. There are two seaport s Dalian , which lies midway along the peninsula at its narrowest point ... Peninsula 8 November 1895.jpg thumb Convention of retrocession of the Liaotung peninsula, 8 November 1895. The earliest records show that Liaodong was initially under the rule of the Gojoseon kingdom ... Jurchen , Yuan Dynasty , Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty ruled Liaoning. The peninsula was an important ... concessions. The peninsula was ceded to Japan by the Treaty of Maguan of 17 April 1895 but this was rescinded ... of this intervention, the Russian government pressured the ruling Qing dynasty to lease Liaodong ... its sovereignty to China, but Japan was given the lease for the Liaotung Liaodong Kwantung Leased Territory . See also Shandong Peninsula Peninsulas of China coord 40 00 N 122 30 E dim 220000 scale ... Peninsulas of China Category Geography of Liaoning ca Pen nsula de Liaodong cs Liao tung da Liaodong de Liaodong es Pen nsula de Liaodong eu Liaodong penintsula fa fr Liaodong ko id Semenanjung Liaodong it Penisola di Liaodong lt Liaodongo pusiasalis nl Liaodong ja no Liaodong pl Liaotung p wysep pt Pen nsula de Liaodong ru sh Liaodong fi Liaotungin ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Image Bohaiseamap2.png right 300px Liaodong Bay Zh s t p Li od ng W n is one of the three Headlands and bays bay s forming the Bohai Gulf , the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea , in northeast China . It borders Liaoning province. The three bays are Laizhou Bay to the south, Liaodong Bay to the north, and Bohai Bay to the west. See also Geography of China Bijia Mountain an island mountain in the bay Bays of China Coord 40.04 120.89 display title Category Bays of China Category Bohai Sea Category Yellow Sea Category Article Feedback 5 PRC geo stub ca Badia de Liaodong cs Liaotungsk z toka de Liaodong Bucht es Bah a de Liaodong eu Liaodong badia ko ka lt Liaodongo lanka km pl Zatoka Liaotu ska pt Ba a de Liaodong ru uk vi V nh Li u ng zh ... more details
Infobox Military Conflict conflict Sima Yi s Liaodong Campaign image File Gongsun territory.png caption ..., destruction of the Gongsun clan combatant1 Cao Wei , br Goguryeo combatant2 Gongsun clan of Liaodong ... Three Kingdoms Sima Yi s Liaodong campaign occurred in 238 during the Three Kingdoms period of History ... government for three generations in the northeastern territory of Liaodong present day eastern Liaoning ... massacred. In addition to eliminating Wei s rival in the northeast, the acquisition of Liaodong as a result ... , the Korean Peninsula , and the Japanese archipelago . On the other hand, the war and the subsequent ... Chinese states to form in the area in later centuries. Background Liaodong Commandery China commandery ... and Buyeo kingdom Buyeo peoples in the east. In the autumn of 189, Gongsun Du , a native of Liaodong, was appointed as the Grand Administrator of Liaodong , and thus began the Gongsun family s rule ... proclaimed himself as Marquis of Liaodong . ref Gardiner 1972A , pp. 64 77 ref His ... of Liaodong by aligning himself with the warlord Cao Cao . ref Gardiner 1972A , p. 91 ref Gongsun ... Kang s brother Gongsun Gong became the new ruler of Liaodong. Gongsun Gong was described as incompetent ... Yuan in 228. ref name g147 Gardiner 1972B , p. 147 ref Soon after Gongsun Yuan came to power in Liaodong ..., and Eastern Wu in the southeast. Of these, Liaodong s chief concern was its immediate neighbour Cao Wei, who had once contemplated an invasion of Liaodong in response to Gongsun Yuan s coup. ref name ... Wu to Liaodong by taking the difficult journey across the Yellow Sea . Cao Wei eventually got wind of the embassies and made one successful interception in Chengshan , at the tip of the Shandong peninsula ... Wu somehow escaped the carnage and found a potential ally to the east of Liaodong the state of Goguryeo ... was happy to assist these new enemies of Liaodong. The king sent 25 men to escort the envoys back to Wu ... Province, Guanqiu Jian . For the moment, both Liaodong and Goguryeo were aligned with Wei while Wu s influence ... more details
China Kowloon Peninsula , Hong Kong Leizhou PeninsulaLiaodongPeninsula Shandong Peninsula Fan ...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 ... 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
Image Location of Shandong Peninsula.png right thumb 225px Location of the Shandong Peninsula. The Sh nd ng Peninsula zh s t p Sh nd ng B nd o also known as the Ji od ng Peninsula is a peninsula in the Shandong Sh nd ng province of northeastern China . It marks the southern limit of the Bohai Sea B h i Sea . Cities on the peninsula include Qingdao , Yantai and Weihai . The local dialect of Mandarin Chinese Mandarin , Jiao Liao dialect Jiao Liao , is also spoken on the Liaodong Li od ng peninsula to the north across the Bohai Sea B h i Sea . The Shandong peninsula formed Kiautschou Bay concession part of the German concessions in China from 1898 to 1914. During World War I, Japan captured the city of Qingdao previously held by Germany on the peninsula in November 1914 Japan had declared war on Germany August 1914 in terms of the Anglo Japanese Alliance of 1902. After World War I , it was expected by whom date November 2011 that Shandong would revert to China, but instead was signed over to Japan on 30 April 1919 after it emerged that the Chinese Premier Duan Qirui had signed away Shandong to Japan in return for a loan. See also Geography of China References reflist unreferenced date April 2011 coord 37 N 121 E dim 300000 scale 3000000 region CN 37 type landmark source dewiki display title commons category Shandong Shandong topics Peninsulas of China Category Peninsulas of China Category Geography of Shandong Shandong geo stub cs antungsk poloostrov da Shandonghalv en de Shandong Halbinsel es Pen nsula de Shandong eu Shandong penintsula fr P ninsule du Shandong ko hi id Semenanjung Shandong ja no Shandonghalv ya pl Szantung p wysep pt Pen nsula de Shandong ru sr sv Shandonghalv n uk vi B n o S n ng zh ... more details
Chinese pic Leizhou peninsula.jpg picsize 300px piccap Leishou peninsula s t j lui4 zau1 bun3 dou2 p l izh u b nd o poj l i chiu p a t order st The Leizhou Peninsula or Leizhou Bandao is a peninsula in the southernmost part of Guangdong province in southern China . Geography Leizhou Peninsula zh s t is the third largest peninsula in China with an area of circa 8,500 square kilometer located on the southwestern end of Guangdong, with the Gulf of Tonkin to the west and the 30 km wide Qiongzhou Strait to the south, separating the peninsula from Hainan Island. It is the most southerly point of China on the continent. Geologically, basalt Terrace agriculture terrace s account for 43 of the peninsula s area. The rest is divided up between marine terrace s 27 and alluvial plain s 17 . Leizhou Peninsula is dotted with a few inactive volcano es, beaches and low lying diluvium diluvial plains . Climate The peninsula lies in tropical South China. The region is under the influence of continental northeastern monsoons and maritime southeastern and southwestern monsoons. Typhoons occasionally occur, both from the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea . Annual precipitation meteorology precipitation is 1400 1700mm. Towns Zhanjiang , port city on the eastern coast See also Shandong PeninsulaLiaodongPeninsula External links http www.newsgd.com citiesandtowns other info 200409020044.htm Stone dogs in Leizhou Peninsula Peninsulas of China Guangdong topics coord 21 N 110 E dim 140000 scale 1400000 region CN 44 type landmark source dewiki display title Category Peninsulas of China Category Volcanoes of China Category Geography of Guangdong Category Gulf of Tonkin guangdong geo stub cs Poloostrov Lej ou da Leizhouhalv en de Leizhou Halbinsel fr P ninsule de Leizhou ko id Semenanjung Leizhou it Penisola di Leizhou ja no Leizhouhalv ya pl Leizhou Bandao pt Pen nsula de Leicheu ru uk vi B n o L i Ch u zh yue zh ... more details
Karaburun Peninsula may refer to Karaburun Peninsula, Albania , a peninsula in Albania Karaburun Peninsula, Turkey , a peninsula in Turkey disamb ... 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
Northern Peninsula may refer to Great Northern Peninsula in Newfoundland, Canada Northern Peninsula Area Region in far northern Queensland, Australia disambig ... 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
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 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
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
The Cavite Peninsula is a narrow point in northeastern Cavite Province , Luzon , the Philippines . Bacoor Bay lies between the peninsula and the mainland. The City of Cavite is located on the peninsula. coord 14 29 29 N 120 53 38 E region PH type city display title Category Cavite Category Peninsulas of the Philippines Philippines geo stub ... more details
Primary sources date January 2011 The Peninsula Clarion is a regional paper published in Kenai, Alaska Kenai , Alaska that serves the population of the Kenai Peninsula . They also publish the Peninsula Clarion Dispatch which is a free weekly circular released each Wednesday with local human interest stories and advertisements. See also List of newspapers in Alaska External links Portal box Alaska Journalism http www.peninsulaclarion.com Official site Morris newspapers Category Newspapers published in Alaska Category Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska ... more details
Stevns Peninsula is a peninsula on Sj lland in Denmark . It is separated from Sj lland by the three streams Stevns , Tryggev lde and Kilde . The main town of the peninsula is Store Heddinge , and most of the peninsula is covered by the Stevns Municipality . coord 55.3 12.3 display title type isle scale 1000000 region DK Category Peninsulas of Denmark Category Peninsulas of the Baltic Sea Denmark geo stub da Stevns de Stevns es Pen nsula de Stevns ... more details
The Becher Peninsula is located on southern Baffin Island in the Canada Canadian territory of Nunavut . It s a part of the larger Hall Peninsula . Becher Peninsula is bounded by Frobisher Bay to the west, and Ward Inlet to the east. coord 63 3 1 N 066 14 51 W display title name Becher Peninsula region CA NU Peninsulas of Nunavut Category Baffin Island Category Peninsulas of Qikiqtaaluk Region QikiqtaalukNU geo stub ... more details
The Beekman Peninsula is located on southern Baffin Island in the Canada Canadian territory of Nunavut . It s an arm of the larger Hall Peninsula . Beekman Peninsula juts into the Labrador Sea , and is surrounded by the Smith Channel, Cornelius Grinnell Bay, Robinson Sound, and Anderson Channel. coord 63 30 N 064 40 W display title name Beekman Peninsula region CA NU Peninsulas of Nunavut Category Baffin Island Category Peninsulas of Qikiqtaaluk Region QikiqtaalukNU geo stub ... more details
The Don Peninsula is a peninsula in British Columbia , Canada . It extends southwest between the Mathieson Channel Mathieson and Spiller Channel s in the Milbanke Sound area. Later discovered to be a peninsula, it was first charted as an island. ref BCGNIS 27749 Don Peninsula ref References reflist coord 52 30 00 N 128 10 00 W display title Category Peninsulas of British Columbia Category North Coast of British Columbia BritishColumbiaCoast geo stub sv Donhalv n ... more details
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