SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Most of the U.S. state of Florida is a peninsula that separates the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Peninsulas are found on every continent. In North America, the narrow peninsula of Baja California, in Mexico, separates the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez, also called the Gulf of California.

Detailed explanation-2: -This circa 1639 map of the peninsula of Florida, called “Cabo De La Florida, ‘’ shows the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastlines, coastal features, navigational hazards, rhumb lines, and a pictorial representation of palm trees along the Atlantic Coast near Saint Augustine.

Detailed explanation-3: -A peninsula (from Latin paeninsula; from paene ‘almost’, and insula ‘island’) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all continents.