Which French peninsula forms the Cotentin region and includes the D-Day beach Utah Beach?

The Cotentin Peninsula forms Normandy’s Cotentin region and includes Utah Beach.

Projecting northwest into the English Channel, the Cotentin Peninsula is part of Normandy in northern France. The peninsula is bounded by the English Channel on its western, northern and northeastern sides, while its southeastern base connects with the rest of Normandy.

Utah Beach, on the peninsula’s eastern coast, was one of the five Allied landing beaches during the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944. The other landing sectors were Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword. Utah was the westernmost American landing area and was located near the base of the Cotentin Peninsula.

Cherbourg, a major port at the peninsula’s northern end, became an important objective for Allied forces after D-Day. The Cotentin Peninsula is sometimes mistakenly identified as Brittany because both project into the English Channel, but Cotentin belongs to Normandy.