Headland Synonyms

hĕd'lənd, -lănd'

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Synonyms for Headland

promontory
(Anat.) A prominent part
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foreland
(Geology) In plate tectonics, the zone adjacent to a mountain chain where material eroded from it is deposited.
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ness
(Geography) A promontory; a cape or headland. (frequently used as a suffix in placenames)
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cape
A cape is defined as a piece of clothing without any sleeves that's worn over the shoulders and attaches at the front of the neck.
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peak
(Physics) The highest value attained by a varying quantity:
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cliff
A vertical (nearly vertical) rock face.
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ridge
The definition of a ridge is a long, narrow crest of something.
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spit
A narrow point of land, or a narrow reef or shoal, extending into a body of water
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strip
A long narrow piece, usually of uniform width:
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head
The foremost or leading position:
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bluff
​ (Canadian Prairies) A small wood or stand of trees, typically poplar or willow.
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Words Related to Headland

hill
An elevated location smaller than a mountain.
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cliff-top
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shoreline
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clifftop
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outcrop
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dune
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foreshore
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cliff-tops
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undercliff
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clifftops
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sandbank
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sand-dunes
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hillside
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  • A headland close by he named Cape Tribulation.

  • From the extreme north to Cape Mondego and thence onward to Cape Carvoeiro the outline of the coast is a long and gradual curve; farther south is the prominent mass of rock and mountain terminating westward in Capes Roca and Espichel; south of this, again, there is another wide curve, broken by the headland of Sines, and extending to Cape St Vincent, the southeastern extremity of the country.

  • The most important inlet, the Ceramic Gulf, or Gulf of Cos, extends inland for 70 m., between the great mountain promontory terminating at Myndus on the north, and that which extends to Cnidus and the remarkable headland of Cape Krio on the south.

  • North of Cape Palos a line of flat coast, beginning with the narrow strip which cuts off the lagoon called the Mar Menor from the Mediterranean, bounds half of the province of Alicante, but in its northern half this province, becoming mountainous, runs out to the lofty headland of Cape de Ia No.

  • It occupies the Jucar valley, south of the Sierra de Zorras, a low range of hills which terminates eastward in Cape Cullera, a conspicuous headland surmounted by a lighthouse.

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