headland

• The natural headland is the closest thing surfing has to a stadium, allowing a crowd of 5,000 to watch from the hill and grandstands, and another 1,000 can line the water's edge. —  The Lobby from SPG
• While James Cook only named the main headland, another man, Matthew Flinders, named the island in July 1799.
• They found Ms Hodson hanging on to another rock around the headland, and Mr Maddocks passed out on a rock some distance away. —  Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph
• It was commanded by forts, but that did not deter him; and, resolved to have his way, he next day landed in person near Cape Sagres On the summit of the headland was a castle accessible on two sides only. —  The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10
• The bold headland, a hundred feet tall and half a mile broad by a quarter long, bounded north by its river, has a base of black micaceous granite supporting red argillaceous loam. —  To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative

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