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[hed-luhnd] / ˈhɛd lənd /


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The view from Barrenjoey headland in Sydney's Northern Beaches, an MMA 'hotspot'

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

A handwritten label indicated she had been found near the Beachy Head headland sometime in the 1950s, but little additional information was available.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 25, 2026

The inexorable wonder-workings of geology — with a fanciful nod to Poseidon, the god of earthquakes and oceans — created that stunning headland that juts its chin out into the Pacific from Los Angeles County.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2024

A rust-colored dome looms over the muddy farmland of Hinkley Point, a headland overlooking the Bristol Channel in southwest England.

From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2024

In this manner, stopping to rest when I was tired, carried him to the headland.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell

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

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2025

From the grassy headlands of San Luis Obispo to Orange County’s wide-open beaches and San Diego’s oceanside bluffs, the so-called Lossan rail corridor is famous for its breathtaking views of the pounding Pacific.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

From Bowman Bay, both Lighthouse Point to the south and Rosario Head to the north offer short trails out to headlands with panoramic saltwater views and postcard-worthy sunsets.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2022

Their bonfires lit the rocky headlands when Ferdinand Magellan, the first European to sail these waters, landed in Tierra del Fuego in 1520.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022

The opening between the headlands seemed a remote, bright gateway when he glanced back.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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