For other uses, see Headland (disambiguation).
See also: Cape (geography)
A headland is a point of land, usually high, that extends out into a body of water. The word is often used as a synonym for promontory.
List of some well-known headlands
- Europe
- Cabo da Roca in Portugal (Western tip of mainland Europe)
- Cabo de São Vicente / Sagres in Portugal (Southwestern tip of mainland Europe)
- Cape Arkona in Germany
- Cape Finisterre in Spain
- North Cape in Norway (Northern tip of mainland Europe)
- Cape Wrath in Scotland
- Cap Gris Nez in France
- Land's End in Cornwall
- Pointe du Raz in France
- Gibraltar
- Cape Tainaron in Greece (Southern tip of mainland Europe)
- Cape Emine in Bulgaria
- Cape Kaliakra in Bulgaria
- Cape Greco in Cyprus
- Asia
- Kanyakumari or Cape Comorin in Tamil Nadu, India
- Cape Engano on the Philippines
- Indira Point in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
- Cape Dezhnev in Russia
- North America, Central America and the Caribbean
- Marin Headlands, in California
- Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada
- Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA
- Cape Charles in Virginia, USA
- Cape Chidley in Newfoundland and Labrador/Nunavut, Canada
- Cape Cod in Massachusetts, USA
- Cape Columbia, Nunavut, Canada's northernmost point
- Cape Farewell, Greenland's southernmost point
- Cape Fear in North Carolina, USA
- Cape Hatteras in North Carolina, USA
- Cape Henry in Virginia, USA
- Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska, USA
- Cape Spear in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada's easternmost point
- Cabo San Lucas, in Baja California Sur, Mexico.
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