Thesaurus results for HEADLAND

headland

noun

ˈhed-lənd

as in peninsula

an area of high ground jutting out into a body of water beyond the line of the coast the lighthouse, situated on a narrow, rocky headland, commands an expansive view of the coast

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as in cape

an area of land that juts out into a body of water navigation is notoriously difficult at the southernmost tip of South America, where ships must round the headland of Cape Horn

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Recent Examples of headland The space between the headlands would be filled with nearly 1 million cubic yards of sand taken from ocean deposits. —

Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026 Wind gusts will be particularly strong along windward ridges and exposed coastal headlands. —

Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 1 Jan. 2026 Climb to the top of the Astoria Column to take in the lay of the land, with panoramic views of headlands, forests, and waterways. —

Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025 Various ideas were proposed during the past three years, including cobble deltas that would mimic conditions at Lower Trestles and mini headlands. —

Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 25 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for headland

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Formed in Basel, Switzerland, in 1974, Hesperion XXI derives its name from the Classical Greek word for the people of the Italian and Iberian peninsulas.

— Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
No other luxury hotels will crowd Peninsula Papagayo, though—part of a ruling by the Costa Rica government to protect 70 percent of the peninsula's dry tropical forest.

— Laura Dannen Redman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026