Headland
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
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
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
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
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 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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