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A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape. [1] Headlands are characterised by high, breaking waves, rocky shores, intense erosion, and steep sea cliff.
Ireland is an island surrounded by water, [1] with a 7,500 kilometres (4,700 mi) coastline. [2] This list catalogues about 400 of the coastal landforms of the island including bays, estuaries, harbours, headlands, and many others.
The more significant ones have been tagged with an *. Headlands around the British coast are most commonly named as 'point', 'ness' or 'head' though 'trwyn' (nose), 'penrhyn' (peninsula) and 'pen' (head) are common in Wales as is 'rubha' in western Scotland. Below is a list of headlands of the United Kingdom sorted by county.
Cape – Large headland extending into a body of water, usually the sea; Carolina bay – Elliptical depressions concentrated along the Atlantic seaboard of North America; Cave – Natural void under the Earth's surface; Cenote – Natural pit or sinkhole that exposes groundwater underneath
Whitley Bay; Tees Bay; Runswick Bay; Saltwick Bay; Robin Hood's Bay; Hayburn Wyke; Cloughton Wyke; Jackson's Bay (also known as Scalby Ness Sands) North Bay, Scarborough; South Bay, Scarborough; Cornelian Bay; Gristhorpe Bay; Filey Bay; Selwicks Bay; Bridlington Bay; The Wash; Hollesley Bay; Pegwell Bay; Rye Bay; Pevensey Bay; Seaford Bay ...
The coastline of the United Kingdom is formed by a variety of natural features including islands, bays, headlands and peninsulas. It consists of the coastline of the island of Great Britain, the north-east coast of the island of Ireland, as well as many much smaller islands. Much of the coastline is accessible and quite varied in geography and ...
This is a list of the bays of Wales by principal area, taken clockwise around the Welsh coast from the English border at Chepstow to the Dee estuary.It includes coastal indentations which are known by names other than bay (e.g. haven, porth) but which nevertheless have similar characteristics.
Part of the Dorset coastline running north from the Portland limestone of Durlston Head is a clear example of a discordant coastline. The Portland limestone is resistant to erosion; then to the north there is a bay at Swanage where the rock type is a softer greensand. North of Swanage, the chalk outcrop creates the headland which includes Old ...