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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.
Headlands and bays form on discordant coastlines, where bands of rock of alternating resistance run perpendicular to the coast. Bays form when weak (less resistant) rocks (such as sands and clays) are eroded, leaving bands of stronger (more resistant) rocks (such as chalk, limestone, and granite) forming a headland, or peninsula.
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 ...
Below is a list of headlands of the United Kingdom sorted by county. Names are derived from Ordnance Survey 1:63,360, 1:50,000 and 1:25,000 scale maps of Scotland , England , and Wales . England
A bay is a body of water forming an indentation along the shoreline of a landmass, larger than a cove (i.e. Jade Cove) but smaller than a gulf (i.e. The Gulf or The Gulf of Mexico) Cagway Bay; Orange Bay (Hanover Parish) Orange Bay (Portland Parish) Xtabi; The following are bays in Jamaica: Buff Bay; i Montego Bay; i Discovery Bay; i Morant Bay
Cape of Good Hope (left) and Cape Hangklip (right) in South Africa, from space Cape Tisan in Mersin Province, Turkey Cape Tindari and Marinello lagoons, Sicily. In geography, a cape is a headland, peninsula or promontory extending into a body of water, usually a sea. [1]
In addition to those listed, there are numerous bays which remain unnamed on Ordnance Survey (OS) maps, the principal source of names appearing in this list. [1] By far the largest bay in Wales is Cardigan Bay, occupying the larger part of the west coast. Other major bays are Swansea Bay, Carmarthen Bay, St Brides Bay, Caernarfon Bay and Conwy Bay.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... List of headlands of Jamaica: Half Moon Point; Morant Point;