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headland::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | foreland, head, promontory |
| Type of | natural elevation, elevation |
| Has types | mull, point |
Examples of headland
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They stood close to the fence above the cliffs on the north end of the headland.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
From headland to headland it lay in a black crust as much as 10ft deep in places.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Walk five minutes down the beach, around the headland, and you have nice sunsets.
From the kentucky.com
The beach stretches a few hundred metres from one rocky headland to the other.
From the nzherald.co.nz
There is Port Quin, where Poldark was filmed, and Polzeath is around the headland.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The Chris Booth sculpture on the island's southern headland is worth the walk.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The beach is flanked by a headland at each end and can produce excellent surf.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Follow the path to the bottom boundary and turn right to join a headland path.
From the eadt.co.uk
Dolphins proved elusive but we spotted seals from the lighthouse at Dinas headland.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
- Promontory: a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
- A headland, or often just head in context or in names such as Beachy Head or Koko Head, is a type of peninsula. It is a point of land, usually high, that extends out into a body of water and thus has water on three sides. The word is often used as a synonym for promontory.
- HeadLand is an Australian drama television series produced by the Seven Network which ran from 15 November 2005 to 21 January 2006. The Seven Network filmed 52 episodes in the first series. Production on the second series had begun before any episodes were aired.
- In agriculture, a headland is the area at each end of a planted field. It is used for turning around with farm implements during field operations and is the first area to be harvested to minimize crop damage. ...
- The Echo's Hill or Headland Estate is a residential area of Hartlepool, County Durham, which is situated in the North East of England.
- A bit of coastal land that juts into the sea; cape; The unplowed boundary of a field
- (Headlands) A strip of land that juts seaward from the coastline. This feature normally bordered by a cliff
- (Headlands) Land masses having a considerable elevation that border beaches and form the boundaries to littoral cells, compartmentalising sand transport along the shore, and reducing sand exchange between adjacent beaches.
- (Headlands) areas of land protruding out to sea formed of resistant (harder) rock. They help protect the bay which forms between them from wave attack.
