Lying between green bay and lake michigan door peninsula is about 80 miles 130 km long and 25 miles 40 km wide at its base and tapering northeastward.
The door peninsula wisconsin.
The dangerous passage known as death s door contains shipwrecksand was known to native americans and early french explorers.
Door peninsula area of land eastern wisconsin u s.
It is the western portion of the niagara escarpment.
It is named after the straitbetween the door peninsulaand washington island.
It is crossed southeast northwest by a waterway at sturgeon bay.
Its rocky cliffs sandy beaches marshy bays fertile wetlands and conifer forests provide habitat for plants and animals some of which are found nowhere else in the world.
The peninsula includes northern brown and kewaunee counties and all of door county.
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The door peninsula is a peninsula in eastern wisconsin separating the southern part of the green bay from lake michigan.
Door county is a popular upper midwestvacation destination.
The rollicking waves that skip towards peninsula s sky high bluffs are part of the niagara escarpment.