headlands
Land jutting seaward
Headlands are high points of land jutting out into a body of water—prominent features where coastline meets sea.
The term appears in geography and navigation, marking places where the shore advances rather than retreats: The lighthouse stood on the headlands overlooking the harbor.
In agriculture, headlands are the strips at field edges where plows turn.
Elevated land jutting waterward
- capeShouldered sleeveless wrap
- bluffCalculated false front
- outcropSurfacing native stone
- spurIncentive or heel device
point · ness · cliff · escarpment · precipice · crag · rockface · overhang
Pleasing distant scene
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
- overlookMiss or commanding view
- viewpointWay of seeing things
- sceneryVisible natural surroundings
horizon · outlook · terrain · wilderness · seascape · dramatic · rugged · windswept
Land-water boundary
- coastlineLand-water boundary
- bayPartially enclosed water
- coveSheltered coastal indentation
- inletWater extending into land
harbor · seashore · foreshore · tideland · estuary · beach · dunes · sandbar
promontory
Elevated land jutting waterward
spur · point · ness · cliff · escarpment · precipice · crag · rockface · overhang · ledge
vista
Pleasing distant scene
scenery · horizon · outlook · terrain · wilderness · seascape · dramatic · rugged · windswept · picturesque
shoreline
Land-water boundary
inlet · harbor · seashore · foreshore · tideland · estuary · beach · dunes · sandbar · lagoon
erosion
Gradual wearing away
- weatheringAtmospheric breakdown of materials
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- rockfallCollapsed cliff material
scree · landslide · deposition · abrasion · attrition · undercut · basalt · granite · sandstone · stratified
lighthouse
Coastal beacon tower
bearing · seamark · anchorage · buoy · nautical · chart · mariner · navigator · seafaring · shipping
- beachbeach, sand, wave, waves, surf
- British Countrysidehedgerow, village, hedgerows, hamlet, moorland
- California CoastPacific Ocean, Highway 1, Big Sur, Monterey Bay, Malibu
- cliff sceneryocean views, sea views, coastline, horizon, waves
- coastal featuresshore, coast, beach, bay, cliff
- coastal landformsbeach, beaches, cliff, cliffs, coast