peninsula
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Rebecca Papin, a French-American visiting her holiday home in the commune of Biscarrosse, near to the Cap Ferret peninsula, saw a large plume of smoke in the distance on Thursday.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Around 20,000 people within the Gironde region had been evacuated on Thursday many of whom were visitors to campsites on the peninsula.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Hundreds of people fled by boat from the Cap Ferret peninsula in western France on Friday, as authorities ordered it evacuated in the face of a rapidly advancing wildfire.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
On Friday, authorities ordered the evacuation of 40,000 of people from Cap Ferret, a peninsula in southwestern France that draws wealthy vacationers to its white sand beaches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
In March, the Red Army began fighting in Crimea, a huge peninsula in the Black Sea on the southern edge of Ukraine, the Soviet state that produced most of the nation’s food.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
"In all these periods, the present-day islands and peninsulas of Ayvalık would have formed interior zones within an expansive terrestrial environment," explains co-author Professor Kadriye Özçelik, from Ankara University.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2025
There are vast areas around Eureka, next to Humboldt Bay, where there are long, skinny peninsulas that could make an evacuation challenging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2025
How many businesses opened on islands and peninsulas in Washington, courting tourists with restaurants, bed-and-breakfasts and boutiques?
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
Calmac, which is wholly owned by Scottish ministers, provides ferry services to the 22 islands and four peninsulas on the Clyde and Hebrides.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2023
The decline in sea levels let the two peninsulas join up.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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