Headland
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For other uses, see Headland (disambiguation).
A headland is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides. A large headland may also be called a peninsula. Long, narrow and high headlands may be called promontories. When headlands significantly affect the ocean currents they are often called capes.
The opposite of a headland is a bay which is a body of water surrounded by land on three sides.
[edit] Formation
A headland is a section of land that juts into the sea from the main land coast line. Headlands are shaped by erosion. They are formed when the sea attacks an area of the coastline consisting of alternating bands of hard and soft rock. The bands of soft rock such as sand and clay, erode more quickly than those of more resistant hard rock such as chalk. This would form a headland.
[edit] List of some well-known headlands
- Europe
- Cabo da Roca in Portugal (Western tip of mainland Europe)
- Cabo de São Vicente / Sagres in Portugal (Southwestern tip of mainland Europe)
- Cape Arkona in Germany
- Cape Finisterre in Spain
- North Cape in Norway (Northern tip of mainland Europe)
- Cape Wrath in Scotland
- Cap Gris Nez in France
- Land's End in Cornwall
- Pointe du Raz in France
- Gibraltar
- Cape Tainaron in Greece (Southern tip of mainland Europe)
- Cape Kaliakra in Bulgaria
- Cape Greco in Cyprus
- Asia
- Kanyakumari or Cape Comorin in Tamil Nadu, India
- Cape Engano on the Philippines
- Indira Point in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
- Cape Dezhnev in Russia
- North America, Central America and the Caribbean
- Marin Headlands, in California
- Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada
- Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA
- Cape Charles in Virginia, USA
- Cape Chidley in Newfoundland and Labrador/Nunavut, Canada
- Cape Cod in Massachusetts, USA
- Cape Columbia, Nunavut, Canada's northernmost point
- Cape Farewell, Greenland's southernmost point
- Cape Fear in North Carolina, USA
- Cape Hatteras in North Carolina, USA
- Cape Henry in Virginia, USA
- Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska, USA
- Cape Spear in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada's easternmost point
- Cabo San Lucas, in Baja California Sur, Mexico.
