Keweenaw Peninsula
Keweenaw Peninsula is part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, jutting out into Lake Superior. During the fall, the color of trees in the area is spectacular. There is a superb downhill ski resort on the east side of the peninsula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Laurium and Calumet and Houghton-Hancock.
Laurium and Calumet
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Laurium and Calumet are villages in Keweenaw Peninsula. The centres of both towns are National Historic Sites.
Houghton-Hancock
Houghton and Hancock are a pair of small towns in the Upper Peninsula of the state of Michigan, and home to Michigan Technological University and Finlandia University.Copper Harbor
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Copper Harbor is the northernmost city in Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula. It is an all-season resort town in northeastern Keweenaw County with a permanent population of 110.
Keweenaw Peninsula
- Type: Cape
- Description: northernmost portion of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
- Also known as: “Kew-y-wee-non Peninsula”
- Category: peninsula
- Location: Houghton, Upper Peninsula, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Keweenaw Peninsula from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bengali to Western Frisian—“Keweenaw Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “কীউইনা পেনিন্সুলা”
- Catalan: “Keweenaw Peninsula”
- Cebuano: “Keweenaw Peninsula”
- Chinese: “凯韦诺半岛”
- Chinese: “凱韋諾半島”
- Chinese: “基威诺半岛”
- Chinese: “基威諾半島”
- Dutch: “Keweenaw Peninsula”
- French: “péninsule de Keweenaw”
- French: “Péninsule de Keweenaw”
- German: “Keweenaw Peninsula”
- German: “Keweenaw-Halbinsel”
- Italian: “Penisola di Keweenaw”
- Japanese: “キーウィーナー半島”
- Japanese: “キーウィーノー半島”
- Polish: “Keweenaw”
- Polish: “Półwysep Keweenaw”
- Portuguese: “Península de Keweenaw”
- Russian: “Кивино”
- Spanish: “Keweenaw”
- Western Frisian: “Keweenaw-skiereilân”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Keweenaw Peninsula”. Photo: Richie Diesterheft, CC BY 2.0.