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A headland is a point of land, usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends out into a body of water. The word is often used as a synonym for promontory; a headland of considerable size often being called a cape. A headland is often referred to as simply a head, either in context or in names such as Beachy Head or Koko Head.

List of some well-known headlands

Africa
Cap-Vert, SenegalCape of Good Hope, South AfricaCape Agulhas, South Africa, Africa's southernmost pointCape Blanc, MauritaniaCape Bojador, Western SaharaCape Correntes, MozambiqueCape Delgado, MozambiqueCape Guardafui, SomaliaCape Juby, MoroccoRas ben Sakka, Tunisia, Africa's northernmost point
Asia
Cape Dezhnev, RussiaCape Engano, PhilippinesIndira Point, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, IndiaKanyakumari or Cape Comorin, Tamil Nadu, India
Europe
Beachy Head, EnglandCabo da Roca, Portugal, the western tip of mainland EuropeCabo de São Vicente / Sagres, Portugal, the southwestern tip of mainland EuropeCap Gris Nez, FranceCape Arkona, GermanyCape Emine, BulgariaCape Enniberg, Faroe IslandsCape Finisterre, SpainCape Greco, CyprusCape Kaliakra, BulgariaCape Tainaron, Greece, the southern tip of mainland EuropeCape Wrath, ScotlandGibraltarLand's End, Cornwall, EnglandNorth Cape, Norway, the northern tip of mainland EuropePointe du Raz, FranceSt Bees Head, UK, the most westerly point of northern England
North America
Canada
Cape Breton Island, Nova ScotiaCape Chidley, Newfoundland and Labrador/NunavutCape Columbia, Nunavut, Canada's northernmost pointCape Freels, Newfoundland and LabradorCape Spear, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada's easternmost point
United States
Cape Canaveral, FloridaCape Charles, VirginiaCape Cod, Massachusetts, USACape Fear, North CarolinaCape Hatteras, North CarolinaCape Henry, VirginiaCape Prince of Wales, AlaskaDiamond Head, HawaiiKoko Head, HawaiiMarin Headlands, CaliforniaDogfish Head, Maine
Mexico
Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Greenland
Cape Farewell, Greenland's southernmost point
South America
Cape Froward, ChileCape Horn, Chile, South America's southernmost pointCape Virgenes, Argentina
Oceania
Australia
Cape LeeuwinCape YorkSouth East Cape
New Zealand
Cape EgmontCape FoulwindCape ReingaEast CapeNorth CapeYoung Nick's Head