headland
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An Ceann Mor - which means large headland in Gaelic - was opened by the Scottish government's then rural affairs minister Richard Lochhead.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 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
Perhaps he deserves the title “the father of smog,” for he called the place “the bay of smokes,” probably from the signal fires the Native Americans built atop the headland.
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
There were two such places on the island—one on the headland and the other less than a league to the west.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
Whales and elephant seals glide through the shimmering water, while bears and mountain lions patrol the misty headlands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
Rip currents are often harmless, but around large headlands or piers - like Bournemouth Pier - they can be powerful.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 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
Out beyond where the headlands of the Concha almost met to form the harbor there was a white line of breakers and the open sea.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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