Promontory
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A promontory is a raised mass of land that projects into a lowland or a body of water. Most promontories either are formed from a hard ridge of rock that has resisted the erosive forces that have remo
East side of the Freshwater Steps promontory, at the western end of Egmont Bight, Dorset, U.K.
A promontory, on Lake Baikal, Russia
The Citadel of Namur, with the Meuse and the Parliament of Wallonia in the foreground
Headland
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A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of consider
Land's End, England
Cape Malabata, Morocco
Cliffs at Beachy Head, England
Point Reyes, California, USA