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land that walked into the sea and dared it to argue
means A narrow strip of high land that juts out from the coast into a body of water, like a cliff or promontory.
from A plain Old English compound of "head" (heafod) and "land" — the "head" of the land, the part that thrusts out front like a person's head leans forward. The same "head" sense gives us headland's cousins: a riverhead, a fountainhead, the head of a valley. In farming it also once meant the unplowed strip at the end of a field where the plow turned around — the head of the furrows — but the coastal sense, land heading boldly out to meet the sea, is the one that stuck.
- erosion target
- waves hit it first, hardest, and forever
- future arch
- caves carve through until it collapses to stacks
- lighthouse perch
- prime real estate for warning ships away
- plough origin
- name once meant unploughed field edges
- bird hotel
- seabird colonies cling to its sheer cliffs
cape horn — southernmost headland of south america at 55°58's, infamous for treacherous waters between atlantic and pacific
land's end — headland in cornwall, england, marking the southwestern extremity of britain at 50°04'n
cape of good hope — prominent headland near cape town, south africa, historically critical waypoint for ships rounding africa