- Headland
A headland is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides. A large headland may also be called a
peninsula . Long, narrow and high headlands may be called promontories. When headlands significantly affect theocean current s they are often called capes.The opposite to a headland is a
bay which is a body of water surrounded by land on three sides.Formation
A headland is a piece of land that juts into the sea from the main land coast line. Headlands are shaped by erosion. They are formed when the sea attacks a section of coast consisting of alternating bands of hard and soft rock. The bands of soft rock such as sand and clay, erode more quickly than those of more resistant hard rock such as chalk. This would form a headland.
List of some well-known headlands
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Africa
**Cape Agulhas inSouth Africa
**Cape of Good Hope inSouth Africa
**Cape Juby inMorocco
**Cape Guardafui inSomalia
**Cape Verde inSenegal
**Cape Blanc inTunisia *
Europe
**Cabo da Roca inPortugal (Western tip of mainland Europe)
**Cabo de São Vicente /Sagres inPortugal (Southwestern tip of mainland Europe)
**Cape Arkona inGermany
**Cape Finisterre inSpain
**North Cape inNorway (Northern tip of mainland Europe)
**Cape Wrath inScotland
**Cap Gris Nez inFrance
**Land's End inCornwall
**Pointe du Raz inFrance
**Gibraltar
**Cape Tainaron inGreece (Southern tip of mainland Europe)
**Cape Greco inCyprus *
Asia
**Kanyakumari or "Cape Comorin" inTamil Nadu ,India
**Cape Engaño on thePhilippines
**Indira Point inAndaman and Nicobar Islands ,India
**Cape Dezhnev inRussia *
North America ,Central America and theCaribbean
**Cape Breton Island inNova Scotia ,Canada
**Cape Canaveral inFlorida , USA
**Cape Charles inVirginia , USA
**Cape Chidley inNewfoundland and Labrador /Nunavut ,Canada
**Cape Cod inMassachusetts , USA
**Cape Columbia ,Nunavut ,Canada 's northernmost point
**Cape Farewell,Greenland 's southernmost point
**Cape Fear inNorth Carolina , USA
**Cape Hatteras inNorth Carolina , USA
**Cape Henry inVirginia , USA
**Cape Prince of Wales inAlaska , USA
**Cape Spear inNewfoundland and Labrador ,Canada 's easternmost point
**Cabo San Lucas , inBaja California Sur ,Mexico .*
South America
**Cape Froward inChile
**Cape Horn inChile
**Cape Virgenes inArgentina *
Oceania
**Cape Egmont inNew Zealand
**Cape Foulwind inNew Zealand
**Cape Leeuwin inAustralia
**Cape Reinga inNew Zealand
**Cape York inAustralia
**East Cape inNew Zealand
**North Cape inNew Zealand
**South East Cape inAustralia
**Young Nick's Head inNew Zealand
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