Headland




A landform extending into a body of water, often with significant height and drop

For other uses, see Headland (disambiguation).

A headland (or simply head) is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.[1] Headlands are characterised by high, breaking waves, rocky shores, intense erosion, and steep sea cliffs.


Headlands and bays are often found on the same coastline. A bay is flanked by land on three sides, whereas a headland is flanked by water on three sides. Headlands and bays form on discordant coastlines, where bands of rock of alternating resistance run perpendicular to the coast. Bays form where weak (less resistant) rocks (such as sands and clays) are eroded, leaving bands of stronger (more resistant) rocks (such as chalk, limestone, granite) forming a headland, or peninsula. Through the deposition of sediment within the bay and the erosion of the headlands, coastlines eventually straighten out then start the same process all over again.




Contents






  • 1 List of notable headlands


    • 1.1 Africa


    • 1.2 Asia


    • 1.3 Europe


    • 1.4 North America


      • 1.4.1 Canada


      • 1.4.2 Greenland


      • 1.4.3 Mexico


      • 1.4.4 United States




    • 1.5 Oceania


      • 1.5.1 Australia


      • 1.5.2 New Zealand




    • 1.6 South America




  • 2 See also


  • 3 References





List of notable headlands



Africa





Cape Malabata, Morocco




  • Cap-Vert, Senegal


  • Cape Agulhas, South Africa, Africa's southernmost point


  • Cape Blanc, Mauritania


  • Cape Bojador, Western Sahara


  • Cape Correntes, Mozambique


  • Cape Delgado, Mozambique


  • Cape Juby, Morocco


  • Cape Malabata, Morocco


  • Cape of Good Hope, South Africa


  • Ras ben Sakka, Tunisia, Africa's northernmost point



Asia




  • Cabo de Rama, Goa, India


  • Cape Dezhnev, Russia


  • Cape Engano, Philippines


  • Indira Point, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India


  • Kanyakumari or Cape Comorin, Tamil Nadu, India



Europe




Cliffs at Beachy Head, England





Land's End, England




  • Beachy Head, England


  • Cabo da Roca, Portugal, the western tip of mainland Europe


  • Cabo de São Vicente/Sagres, Portugal, the southwestern tip of mainland Europe


  • Cap Gris Nez, France


  • Cape Arkona, Germany


  • Cape Emine, Bulgaria


  • Cape Enniberg, Faroe Islands


  • Cape Finisterre, Galicia, Spain


  • Cape Greco, Cyprus


  • Cape Kaliakra, Bulgaria


  • Cape Tainaron, Greece, the southern tip of mainland Europe


  • Cape Wrath, Scotland

  • Gibraltar


  • Great Orme, Wales


  • Land's End, Cornwall, England


  • Mull of Kintyre, Scotland


  • North Cape, Norway, the northern tip of mainland Europe


  • Pointe du Raz, France


  • St Bees Head, UK, the most westerly point of northern England



North America



Canada




  • Cape Chidley, Newfoundland and Labrador/Nunavut


  • Cape Columbia, Nunavut, Canada's northernmost point


  • Cape Freels, Newfoundland and Labrador


  • Cape Norman, Newfoundland and Labrador


  • Cape Spear, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada's easternmost point

  • Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick



Greenland



  • Cape Farewell, Greenland's southernmost point


Mexico



  • Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico


United States





Hanauma Bay and Koko Crater at Koko Head, O'ahu Island, Hawai'i, USA





Point Reyes, California, USA




  • Cape Ann, Massachusetts


  • Cape Canaveral, Florida


  • Cape Charles, Virginia


  • Cape Cod, Massachusetts


  • Cape Fear, North Carolina


  • Cape Flattery, Washington


  • Cape Hatteras, North Carolina


  • Cape Henlopen, Delaware


  • Cape Henry, Virginia


  • Cape May, New Jersey


  • Cape Mendocino, California


  • Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska


  • Cascade Head, Oregon


  • Diamond Head, Hawaii


  • Heceta Head, Oregon


  • Hilton Head, South Carolina


  • Koko Head, Hawaii


  • Marin Headlands, California


  • Mount Mitchill, New Jersey


  • North Shore, Lake Superior, Minnesota


  • Point Reyes, California



Oceania


none



Australia





South West Cape, Tasmania




  • Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia


  • Cape York, Queensland


  • South East Cape, Tasmania


  • South West Cape, Tasmania


  • Sydney Heads, New South Wales



New Zealand



  • Cape Egmont

  • Cape Foulwind

  • Cape Reinga

  • East Cape

  • North Cape

  • Young Nick's Head



South America





Cape Horn, Chile




  • Cape Froward, Chile


  • Cape Horn, Chile, South America's southernmost point


  • Cape Virgenes, Argentina



See also



  • Cape (geography)

  • Headlands and bays



References





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