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headland

noun as in high land area

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Talks on the rules governing the border between Spain and Gibraltar - a 2.6 square mile headland to the south of the country - have been ongoing since the UK left the EU in 2020.

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Gibraltar, which is a British Overseas Territory, is a 2.6 square mile headland to the south of Spain.

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Australia's coastal fatalities mostly occur around creeks and headlands at high tide when "it's chaos in the water", Everard explained.

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Whales and elephant seals glide through the shimmering water, while bears and mountain lions patrol the misty headlands.

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A lover of the outdoors, Mr Batcock had asked his family to put the bench up on headland at Bull Bay on Anglesey.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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