headland
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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 2022 Mr Beynon was forced to removed the ponies from the headland because someone had flown a drone "about 10ft above her".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2023
The whole landscape—beach and headland and sea and rock—quavered in front of my eyes like a stage backcloth.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
The proposed defences would see manmade rock headlands built on the beach to trap sand and prevent the loss of the town's sandy beaches.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
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
The headlands site, Point Molate, a former World War II Navy fuel depot largely reclaimed by nature since its closure in 1995, lies just north of the Richmond Bridge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2024
At Washington’s most beloved state park, there’s lots to do beyond the bridge: bays, lakes, beaches and headlands beckon.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
The rest of the shore front seemed to be headlands and rocky promontories.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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