Europe Italian Peninsula https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Peninsula https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q145694 A peninsula extending from the southern Alps in the north to the central Mediterranean Sea in the south. It is nicknamed lo Stivale (the Boot). Three smaller peninsulas contribute to this characteristic shape, namely Calabria (the "toe"), Salento (the "heel") and Gargano (the "spur").