boat landing
Watercraft arrival point
A boat landing is a place where boats come ashore or dock—typically a small pier, ramp, or cleared shoreline area designed for loading and unloading passengers or cargo.
The term often refers to modest facilities on lakes and rivers rather than full marina complexes: We met at the boat landing to launch the canoe.
- jettyStructure extending into water
- embarkingBeginning a voyage
- pierWaterfront landing structure
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
- marina slipWaterfront vessel parking space
slipway · shoreline · quay · launching · cast off · ferry · put-in · lake access · retrieving · mooring · tie up · fishing dock · float · drop anchor · gangway · wooden planks · harbor · loading zone
- landingstouchdown, touch and go, controlled descent, splashdown, ditching
- watercraft areasboathouse, boatyard, marina, mooring, slip
- Lowcountrysalt marsh, live oak, spartina, Spanish moss, tidal creek
- disembarkingdeplaning, get off, deboarding, step off, detraining
- docksberth, floating dock, dockage, wharf, quay
- River Townsriver town, river port, riverside town, riverside village, river crossing
proximity to shore
boat landingopen water
Unobstructed body navigable freely
open sea · deep water · offshore · high seas · out to sea
water access vs. water barrier
boat landingdam
Water-holding barrier
seawall · breakwater · levee · embankment · riprap