Chersonese is a name that was given to several different places in ancient times. The word is Latin; it derives from the Greek term for "peninsula", chersonēsos, from chersos" ("dry land") + nēsos (island).
As might be expected, it was applied to a number of peninsular localities in the ancient world. These included:
- Chersonesos, ancient Greek colony on a peninsula in the Crimea
- Tauric Chersonese or Chersonesus Taurica, ancient name for the Crimea
- Thracian Chersonese or Chersonesus Thracica, ancient name for the Gallipoli Peninsula
- Chersonesus Aurea, ancient name for the Malay Peninsula
- Chersonesus Cimbrica or Cimbrian Chersonese, ancient name for Jutland
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