headland
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6.2
- noun
- /ˈhɛd.lænd/
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- Can you see that enormous rock just off Ben Buckler, the northern headland of Bondi Beach?
- headland and shoal
Examples
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Turn left, turn right, go north or south, steer by this headland or that bay.
Fiction book (1999) -
Climbing around the tumbled boulders of a rocky headland, Faul stopped, seeing the Marigold drifting in the harbor.
Fiction book (1991) -
In the morning they will be gone, out to sea and round the headland forever.
Fiction book (1993) -
When she comes around the headland, we're going to pilot her in.
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Around the edge of the headland, two dark shapes proceed in regular motion.
Fiction book (1993) -
The sun was low and coppery behind the headland when they finished, and the city lights were beginning to twinkle.
Fiction book (2001) -
On the headland, the church shines, flecks of red in its walls.
Fiction book (1995) -
And the new boat sailed on swiftly forward to the misty headland.
Fiction book (1992) -
Others warn mariners away from dangerous shoals or headlands.
Academic text (2007) -
The beach stretches between two headlands, which fall away into cliffs.
Synonyms
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5.6
The source of a river or stream
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8.1
A high piece of land that sticks out into the sea
An area of land that sticks out into the sea or lies in front of higher land
How Prominent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Headland comes from head (a 'top' or 'end') and land, and so it shows land that sticks out like a head into the sea. That's why a headland is a high piece of land with steep sides that goes out into the sea.