It’s by the sea, which means it’s accessible to their longships. And a peninsula, unlike regular coastline, offers a natural bottleneck which can mitigate the Ironborn’s natural weakness in numbers.
I’m not sure if it’s canon, but in Game of Thrones: A Telltale Game Series the master of arms of House Forrester gained his position by developing and enacting a plan to drive the Ironborn out of Sea Dragon Point during the Greyjoy rebellion. For what exact strategic purposes would the Ironborn seize this peninsula?
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