A headland is a point of land, usually high, that extends out into a body of water. The word is often used as a synonym for promontory.

[edit] List of some well-known headlands

• Africa
  • Cape of Good Hope in South Africa
  • Cape Juby in Morocco
  • Cape Guardafui in Somalia
  • Cap-Vert in Senegal
  • Cape Blanc in Mauritania

• Europe
  • Cabo da Roca in Portugal (Western tip of mainland Europe)
  • Cabo de São Vicente / Sagres in Portugal (Southwestern tip of mainland Europe)
  • Cape Arkona in Germany
  • Cape Finisterre in Spain
  • North Cape in Norway (Northern tip of mainland Europe)
  • Cape Wrath in Scotland
  • Cap Gris Nez in France
  • Land's End in Cornwall
  • Pointe du Raz in France
  • Gibraltar
  • Cape Tainaron in Greece (Southern tip of mainland Europe)
  • Cape Emine in Bulgaria
  • Cape Kaliakra in Bulgaria
  • Cape Greco in Cyprus

• Asia
  • Kanyakumari or Cape Comorin in Tamil Nadu, India
  • Cape Engano on the Philippines
  • Indira Point in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
  • Cape Dezhnev in Russia

• North America, Central America and the Caribbean
  • Marin Headlands, in California
  • Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA
  • Cape Charles in Virginia, USA
  • Cape Chidley in Newfoundland and Labrador/Nunavut, Canada
  • Cape Cod in Massachusetts, USA
  • Cape Columbia, Nunavut, Canada's northernmost point
  • Cape Farewell, Greenland's southernmost point
  • Cape Fear in North Carolina, USA
  • Cape Hatteras in North Carolina, USA
  • Cape Henry in Virginia, USA
  • Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska, USA
  • Cape Spear in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada's easternmost point
  • Cabo San Lucas, in Baja California Sur, Mexico.

• South America
  • Cape Froward in Chile
  • Cape Horn in Chile
  • Cape Virgenes in Argentina

• Oceania
  • Cape Egmont in New Zealand
  • Cape Foulwind in New Zealand
  • Cape Leeuwin in Australia
  • Cape Reinga in New Zealand
  • Cape York in Australia
  • East Cape in New Zealand
  • North Cape in New Zealand
  • South East Cape in Australia
  • Young Nick's Head in New Zealand

[edit] See also

• Headlands and bays
• Cape (geography)

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