Aheadland, also known as ahead, is acoastallandform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into abody of water. It is a type ofpromontory. A headland of considerable size often is called acape.[1] Headlands are characterised by high, breakingwaves,rocky shores, intenseerosion, and steepsea cliff.
Headlands andbays are often found on the same coastline. A bay is flanked by land on three sides, whereas a headland is flanked by water on three sides. Headlands and bays form on discordant coastlines, where bands of rock of alternating resistance run perpendicular to the coast. Bays form when weak (less resistant) rocks (such assands andclays) are eroded, leaving bands of stronger (more resistant) rocks (such aschalk,limestone, andgranite) forming a headland, orpeninsula. Through the deposition ofsediment within the bay and the erosion of the headlands, coastlines eventually straighten out, then start the same process all over again.
