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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 geology of the United Kingdom is such that there are many headlands along its coast. This incomplete list includes both major and minor headlands running clockwise around the coast from Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Milner's Tower, seen here from Port Erin Bay, stands prominently atop Bradda Head which juts into the Irish Sea. Bradda Head is a rugged headland overlooking Port Erin, a popular seaside village in the south-west of the Isle of Man, in the British Isles. Rising to a height of 382 feet (116 m) above sea level.
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.
Sheep's Head, also known as Muntervary (Irish: Rinn Mhuintir Bháire), is the headland at the end of the Sheep's Head peninsula situated between Bantry Bay and Dunmanus Bay in County Cork, Ireland. The peninsula is popular with walkers, and the Sheep's Head Way is an 88 km long-distance trail which follows old tracks and roads around the ...
St David's Head is situated about 2.5 miles (4 km) northwest of the cathedral city of St David's in Pembrokeshire.This headland marks the narrowest point of St George's Channel, the southern limit of Cardigan Bay and the Irish Sea in Wales, [1] and the northern boundary of the Celtic Sea.
Baggy Point is a headland in north Devon, England. It separates Croyde Bay and Morte Bay which includes the beaches of Woolacombe and Putsborough. Baggy Point seen from Putsborough beach. There is evidence of human occupation from the Mesolithic era. It was used during World War II by American forces training for the Normandy Landings. [1]
St Bees Head is a headland on the North West coast of the English county of Cumbria and is named after the nearby village of St Bees.. It is the only stretch of Heritage Coast on the English coastline between the Welsh and Scottish borders, and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.