| 单词 | headland |
| 例句 | Bowing stiffly, she led him across the headland to the bridge. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It looked grey and uninviting, great rollers sweeping in to the bay past the beacon on the headland. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z This place lay on a headland a half league to the west of Coral Cove. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The view south was blocked by a headland. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Turk said we would see the lights of Greece as soon as we rounded the headland. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The last thing I saw of it was the high headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z One by one I dug them up and carried them to the headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He came out at sunset on a little headland beside a shallow bay. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It must be cold sailing out there in the bay, beyond the beacon away on the headland. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Shortly afterward, Mount Tam and the Marin headlands loomed out of the fog. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z One of these was near the headland where my house stood. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z But every day, whether I was on the headland or gathering shellfish on the rocks or working on my canoe, I watched for it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z When she spotted a small island at the end of a headland, she couldn’t avoid the truth any longer. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I was glad to be home on the high headland where the waves had not come. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z We turn along the beach and round a small headland. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He drank what water he had left in the sealskin pouch, and steered around the westernmost headland until he came into a wide strait between it and a second island lying to the west. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Then I began to worry about him, out there wandering across the headlands with his binoculars and little notebook, possibly in the company of a sheep-murdering madman. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z With the first daylight she went to the shore, to the headland where she had stood to watch him sail away. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been on the headland, he had seen the ship closing in towards the shore. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z And now it was close to the headland, almost beside her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked him up and hurried along the cliff, being frightened all the way that he would wake up before I reached the headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z That night I slept on the headland at the place where I had left my baskets. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a large rock on that headland and two stunted trees. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z We rounded a headland to enter a rocky half-moon bay. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z By the time they reached the headland path it was too dark to see anything. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Every day during those two springs and two summers I had gone to the headland and watched, always at dawn and again at dusk. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The spring was better than the one near the headland, being less brackish and having a steadier flow of water. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Early that spring I started to gather abalones and I gathered many, taking them to the headland to dry. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Until the sun went down I watched from the headland while the men made a camp on the shore and built a fire. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw the men long before they saw the house on the headland, far off on the dunes to the south. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I had planned to make a trail from the cave to my house, but had decided that it could be seen from a ship and by anyone standing on the headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Nhamo rounded the headland and saw, to her relief, that the shore did extend west. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We stood looking down at the green lawns towards the sea and the beacon on the headland. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There was the green of the headlands, the white, red-roofed villas, patches of forest, and the ocean very blue with the tide out and the water curling far out along the beach. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Resplendent geese stand on a headland and peer into a heavy sky. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I crouched on the headland and wondered, my heart beating fast, if the men who sailed it had come to catch otter. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z On a great headland by the shore they saw a beautiful youth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At dawn when the clamor started again I left and went back to the headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The opening of the cave was small, like the one in the cave under the headland, and Rontu and I had to crouch low to get through. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of them and of the happy times spent in my house on the headland, of my canoe lying unfinished beside the trail. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z At dawn I saw it from the headland far out on the horizon. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a pleasant place to stay, there on the headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon after the Aleuts had left I moved back to the headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not stay long on the headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z To the bombardiers, the walled city on its granite headland, drawing ever closer, looks like an unholy tooth, something black and dangerous, a final abscess to be lanced away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z What looked like a point ahead was a long high headland. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z They cross the quay and climb to a matching headland across the mouth of a river from the old city. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The rest of the shore front seemed to be headlands and rocky promontories. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The opening was narrow, not much wider than the canoe, but once we were inside, it spread out and was larger than my place on the headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z In two day’s time they were walking the beach as far as the headland and back, trudging along in their plastic bootees. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Out beyond where the headlands of the Concha almost met to form the harbor there was a white line of breakers and the open sea. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The wind blew down from the headland like a funnel. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I then climbed to the headland where I had lived before. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z There were two such places on the island—one on the headland and the other less than a league to the west. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z That night they came back to the headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I left the cormorants hanging on the fence and went to the rock on the headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Here were no coves or harborage or shelter, only steep headlands, rockfallen reefs and crags. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I went quietly through the brush to the headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of that green sea, foam-flecked, that ran down channel beyond the headland. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z By the time I had reached the headland it was much closer, moving quickly on the strong wind. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z This campground lay on the headlands that overlooked the water, near the small beach. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We walked along the bustling harbor until the docks ran out and then followed the rocky shore toward the headlands to a sandy cove. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He watched until she vanished behind a headland. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A small boat would heel to the wind when she rounded the headland and come out of the landlocked bay. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z When I had packed everything and put it beside the hole under the fence, I went back to the headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood for a long time listening to her footsteps, until I could hear them no more, and then I went to the headland and brought the baskets back to the cave. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z In all the time he lived, Rontu never left again, and the wild dogs, which for some reason divided into two packs, after that never returned to the headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole landscape—beach and headland and sea and rock—quavered in front of my eyes like a stage backcloth. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He said nothing of his life there, no word about himself, but he told me how the sun set there, on a spring afternoon, leaving a glow upon the headland. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z On either hand the coast stretched away, headland after headland, and at the points you could see the white foam running up the rocks but making no noise because it was so far off. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z In this manner, stopping to rest when I was tired, carried him to the headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Rontu and I climbed to the headland and when we passed the house I saw that three of the whale ribs had been cut from the fence. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, knowing that I could now leave the cave and move back into my house on the headland, I was happy. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the curtain wall were half a hundred acres of headland hard against the sky and the sea. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z On the other side of the narrow gap that led into the open sea was another high headland. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He wandered along to the right, past hotels with awnings over brightly lit entrances and bougainvillea flowering beside them, until he came to the gardens on the little headland. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The opening between the headlands seemed a remote, bright gateway when he glanced back. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z When we came back from our voyage to Tall Rock, I hid the canoe in the cave below the headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The storm lasted two days and the third day we buried our dead on the south headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z A big round gray rock, like the upper half of an egg, poked out of the water about a mile from the stony headland. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The headland seemed to be the more favorable of the two, but since I had not been to the other for a long time I decided to go there and make certain. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z There were only a few more yards of stony ground and then the two sides of the island came almost together so that one expected a peak of headland. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Most strikingly, Beard describes watching Clark, “standing on barbaric northern headlands,” saying that “our” civilization had survived the Roman empire’s collapse “by the skin of our teeth.” The Seductive Enthusiasm of Kenneth Clark’s “Civilisation” 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z He filled the house with art and created a colorful garden that still draws visitors to the stark headland, which is overshadowed by a nuclear power plant. Tilda Swinton backs public appeal to buy Derek Jarman house 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Some of these headlands have steep, overland bypasses with what the ranger called “rope assists,” but others do not. Explorer: Hiking Washington State’s Rocky Olympic Coast 2012-07-13T16:31:29Z Given that we couldn’t round the first headland until 2 or 3 o’clock in the afternoon, we’d only have a few hours to make it to the river by 6 p.m., a tall task. Explorer: Hiking Washington State’s Rocky Olympic Coast 2012-07-13T16:31:29Z But as it turned out we camped on remote headlands and beaches every night, for free and almost always alone. Chasing Waves on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Because here we were, supposedly somewhere south of the equator in the middle of the Atlantic, and suddenly there was a prominent headland on the U-boat's starboard quarter. TV review: The Sinking of the Laconia and Martin Clunes: Man to Mantas 2011-01-07T08:00:03Z Further along, where the bay curves round to form a long headland jutting out into the sea, there's an ugly concrete hotel with its name spelt out in white sky-line letters. Jon McGregor We Wave And Call 2011-07-22T22:00:49Z Rocky headlands break up the route, spiky outcroppings of stone that make for postcard-worthy views but that can be deadly to traverse at the wrong time. Explorer: Hiking Washington State’s Rocky Olympic Coast 2012-07-13T16:31:29Z You look up, past the headland and into the next bay along, and you swim and you rest a little more. Jon McGregor We Wave And Call 2011-07-22T22:00:49Z Facing the forest-covered headland of Kauiki, the hotel’s manicured lawns and serene tropical gardens seemed even more detached from the rest of the world. Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii 2012-11-30T19:41:37Z Woolf marveled at seeing Gurnard’s Head, a glorious headland named for the local fish, from that bedroom window. In Search of Virginia Woolf’s Lost Eden in Cornwall 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z In it, two fallen autumn leaves rear up from the water surface like enormous headlands. Review: From micro-detail to grand overview, from figurative to abstract, group show discloses local arts talent 2010-06-25T21:32:00Z From The Badger Inn, it’s about seven miles to Godrevy, a beach and headland that is now part of the National Trust. In Search of Virginia Woolf’s Lost Eden in Cornwall 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z I can just see Demelza strolling along the beach, and Ross galloping across the headlands! In Search of Virginia Woolf’s Lost Eden in Cornwall 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Not as many people are aware that the Olympic Wilderness Coast, more than 73 miles of beach and headland, is the longest stretch of undeveloped coastline in the United States outside Alaska. Explorer: Hiking Washington State’s Rocky Olympic Coast 2012-07-13T16:31:29Z The third time I’d watched surf explode from the rocky headlands of northern Vancouver Island, the swell rhythmically shifting my view of the horizon. Sailing in Treacherous Waters to Alaska. With Toddlers for Crew. 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Ambitious beach walkers can hike the entire way on the Oregon Coast trail, which runs up and over headlands and around inlets for 425 miles. Top 10 national and state parks in Oregon 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Yet at the end of the headland, several kilometres away is one of the best and loneliest in Spain, Es Coll Baix. Secret beaches around the world: readers’ tips 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Marooned on a Fife headland, it entered the 19th century with a tiny university – no more than a hundred students – and its grandest architecture ravaged by the reformation and centuries of harsh weather. The Beginning and the End of the World: St Andrews, Scandal and the Birth of Photography by Robert Crawford ? review 2011-08-12T21:55:04Z After nearly an hour of being sprayed and bounced by choppy seas, we pulled onto a headland and into bear country. U.S. Issue: It?s a Bear?s World in Kodiak, Alaska 2011-05-13T20:16:28Z Over mint tea or watermelon juice, I’d watch the headlands of Spain grow misty as the sun set and men in robes and kufis gathered on the plaza below to kibitz. Lost in Tangier 2010-09-11T09:00:00Z The wood-shaded structures set along the headland are crowded with locals on the weekend, Marlo told us, but on this weekday we were alone. Next Stop : Surfing and Serenity on a Remote Philippine Island 2013-06-05T15:47:04Z In Australia, "the beaches, couched between headlands and devoid of coconut palms, didn't correspond at all to Ravi's notion of a coast". Literature of journeys: Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser 2013-07-15T11:56:45Z There’s small cove with white sand on one side, and a longer stretch of beach on the other leading to the headland and Mirissa. Secret beaches around the world: readers’ tips 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The route passes small villages, offshore sea stacks, wave-bashed headlands, sand dunes and fishing harbors. On Trails Less Traveled in Europe 2013-04-19T14:56:55Z A swoosh of white sand on the west coast of Mull, Calgary Bay is hugged between two headlands with views over to the island of Coll. Scotland has been voted the world’s most beautiful country – here’s why 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z My father was a boat builder, and I spent much of my youth exploring rocky headlands, sounds and islets along the coast. Everything Is Different on an Island 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z We now had several easy days with no more than a few hours of hiking ahead, camping each night at another private beach sealed off from the rest of the world by rocky headlands. Explorer : Mud, Leeches and Stunning Beauty in Tasmania 2013-01-25T17:51:24Z It’s got these beautiful headlands and rocky cliffs overlooking the ocean. Why NBC’s Lester Holt Loves Covering the Olympics 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z At London Arch, formerly London Bridge, visitors used to be able to walk to the end of the headland across two sea-sculptured arches that somewhat resembled England’s famous span over the Thames. In Australia, Driving the Great Ocean Road 2011-04-08T19:24:55Z But Cádiz, on the other side of the Gibraltar headland, was always just a little too far. Cádiz, an Underrated Corner of Spain 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z The two sides were connected by a landbridge which slowly eroded over time between the 13th century gatehouse on the mainland and the courtyard on the headland. New footbridge restores crossing at birthplace of UK's legendary... 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Acadia National Park, spreading across Mount Desert Island onto the mainland, protects the natural beauty of the highest rocky headlands along the Atlantic coastline of the United States. Four destinations that feel like geologic theme parks 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z “The light is not at the end of the rocks. It’s on the headland.” In the British Virgin Islands I learned to sail — for my father, while there was still time 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z The eco-resort sits on 145 acres, on a private headland beach, with coconut trees, two rock-rimmed outdoor swimming pools and nature trails. Down under, mother and daughter learn to see each other in a different light 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z They rounded the headland and the wind whipped up. Wilderness by Sarah Hall 2013-03-18T13:22:56Z Seaside cliffs and vibrant green headlands create the perfect backdrop for sampling Montenegro’s hiking trails. Dubrovnik’s Dothraki-like hordes make Montenegro’s Bay of Kotor appealing 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z When alternating bands of soft and hard rock are repeatedly hit by waves, the hard rock juts out and becomes headlands while the soft rock recedes and becomes bays. Ifs and butts: readers' questions on orgasms answered 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Follow the lane north from Ballyhornan and after a mile follow the track on the right by the farm, leading up to a parking area on the headland. The best secret beaches, pubs and places to stay in the UK 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Many tourists who visit the long, beautiful Mirissa beach do not know of the “secret beach” just round the headland. Secret beaches around the world: readers’ tips 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z In the 19th century, a fort was built on the headland as a defense against the threat of a French invasion, and between 1955 and 1971, the area was a secret rocket-testing site. Five Reasons to Visit The Isle of Wight 2010-09-16T13:40:00Z Constance, asleep, never saw his face exactly, but it was Dan, of course it was, and they were on the beach in Lahinch coming round a headland to find something unexpected.” The Books I Loved in 2015 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z The next day we acted out the final scene of Sara’s story, packing a picnic and hiking the headland. A Honeymoon Through Italy 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Walk back up to the Northern headland and quietly reflect at the memorial to the victims of the Bali bombings. Roy Billing on Coogee: My favourite place 2013-06-11T23:44:46Z Up north in Keelung, a new National Museum of Marine Science and Technology has opened, part of a revitalization project at Badouzi Harbor, which is linked to nearby headlands by color-coded walking routes. 52 Places to Go in 2014 2014-01-10T05:00:00Z A traveller upon the sea she fared, fleeting on with foam about her throat over the waves, over the ocean-streams with wreathéd prow, until they might espy the Geatish cliffs and headlands that they knew. Joan Acocella: Tolkien’s “Beowulf” 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z There’s no posh hotel sitting on a headland, no private marina in the bay. Islas Cíes, Galicia: Spain’s treasured islands 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z What to do Perched on a headland above the capital is a large, 13th-century Venetian castle, now inhabited by wild deer. 20 Greek islands … you may not have heard of 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z As we rounded the headlands we got a dazzling view of Ramsey Island. Slow Travel: Walking in Wales 2013-05-24T17:03:36Z Inspired by the precolonial landscape, the newly contoured headland edged in sandstone features a shoreside promenade and, temporarily, the Copenhagen restaurant Noma, which will take up residency this month for 10 weeks. 52 Places to Go in 2016 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Up ahead the tracks rounded the spur of the headland and disappeared. Wilderness by Sarah Hall 2013-03-18T13:22:56Z In New Zealand, the spirits of the dead leap off the headland at Cape Reinga on their journey to the afterlife. In Hawaii, local legends enrich, inform the visitor experience 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Walk the narrow footpaths along the rocky, wind-lashed headlands to the Blowhole. 36 Hours: 36 Hours on the Mendocino Coast 2011-09-01T21:16:02Z Covering everything from busy harbours to rugged headlands, endless white sand beaches and visitor centres, the trail showcases the region’s coast. On the whale trail: sealife spotting in the Outer Hebrides 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z There is a headland as you approach Carrigskeewaun and that is where I want my ashes scattered. A Hundred Doors by Michael Longley 2011-03-20T00:02:02Z There, hikers walk along the shore, shimmy over the occasional headland, poke at starfish and anemones in the tide pools, and camp wherever they can find a spot above the high-tide line. Explorer: Hiking Washington State’s Rocky Olympic Coast 2012-07-13T16:31:29Z The headland that the little fishing village is named for lurches up 850 feet from the center of town and holds the ruins of every culture that ever settled there. A Honeymoon Through Italy 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z The Santa Cruz headlands rise to the west. A $7-million dream: Steinbeck's vintage sardine boat makes its modern debut 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The strongest winds are anticipated in more exposed coastal areas and headlands, with gusts possibly up to 75mph. Storm Agnes: Weather warnings in force as storm reaches Ireland 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Exposed coasts and headlands could experience stronger winds. Storm Agnes: Strong wind forecast for Northern Ireland 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Mr Beynon has already had to stop grazing sheep on the headland after a series of dog attacks, including a sheep being eaten alive by someone's pet alsatian. Selfie takers forced pony off cliff in Gower, farmer says 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z As the boat made its way to New Quay headland, the group spotted a porpoise. Dolphin spotters shaken by Ceredigion porpoise killing 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z On a holiday weekend, I saw a trio of locals riding around the sleepy streets of this 4.9-square-mile headland on a motorized couch. 6 places to explore on a beachy road trip to British Columbia 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z Rip currents are often harmless, but around large headlands or piers - like Bournemouth Pier - they can be powerful. Bournemouth beach: Held boat sold after suspected riptide deaths 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z At Washington’s most beloved state park, there’s lots to do beyond the bridge: bays, lakes, beaches and headlands beckon. Deception Pass State Park ranked 5th most-beautiful US state park 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Further south, Cape Disappointment State Park offers headland views, dense coastal forest and a lighthouse. Road trip weekend: Winter hike destinations | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z The Oregon Coast Highway runs well inland of this stretch of coast, which gives this headland a land’s end feel. Stellar design, hospitality elevate this RV park on Oregon’s southern coast 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z On irregular coasts, the headlands receive much more wave energy than the intervening bays, and thus they are more strongly eroded. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Where the shoreline is rocky, perhaps with a sea cliff, waves refracting around headlands attack the rocks behind the point of the headland. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z From Bowman Bay, both Lighthouse Point to the south and Rosario Head to the north offer short trails out to headlands with panoramic saltwater views and postcard-worthy sunsets. Deception Pass beyond the bridge: 7 things to do at WA’s most popular state park 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Their bonfires lit the rocky headlands when Ferdinand Magellan, the first European to sail these waters, landed in Tierra del Fuego in 1520. Going all in on adventure in Patagonia 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z It’s a stunning and uniquely Californian vista, a place where pristine headlands overlook the submerged remains of sacred Chumash villages and launchpads fire the nation’s newest and most secret technology into orbit. A Chumash tribe and conservationists fight offshore wind turbines 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z The red arrows represent wave energy; most of that energy is focused on the headlands of Frank Island and Cox Point. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The peninsula benefits from unique topography, including a headland area for safer storm watching and sandy beaches, along with a treacherous confluence area where the mighty Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean meet. Storm-watching destinations on the Washington coast | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z The more problematic issue with the California spill is that there are several points of headlands there that enter into estuaries and marshes. Tar balls, oiled birds, and months of cleanup on California’s beaches 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Reuters witnesses on Tuesday saw two boats arrive at the headland of Dungeness in Kent, southeast England, one of the closest points to France in Britain. Young children among migrants rescued from English Channel 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The sections ranged from steep, rocky headlands and bluffs to wide, low-lying alluvial valleys where rivers flow into the bay. Walling Off One Coastal Area Can Flood Another 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Wave paths are bent where the coast is irregular and wave energy is focused on headlands. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The 2,023-acre rocky outcropping known as Cape Disappointment State Park offers multiple storm-watching vantage points, including iconic cliffside views and Waikiki Beach, with Cape Disappointment headlands and Cape Disappointment lighthouse in the background. Storm-watching destinations on the Washington coast | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z The headland behind the beach protects the spot from disruptive winds from the south, he said. Meet Olympic Surfing’s Wave Whisperer 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z Paul Russell, professor of coastal dynamics at the University of Plymouth, said the Cribbar's shifting peaks were created by a scattering of reefs off the end of the headland. The Cribbar: The story behind Newquay's big wave surf spot 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z The state Parks and Recreation Department announced a new rule proposal Thursday that would limit motorized vehicle access on beaches around the sandstone headland on the north Oregon coast, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. State park proposal would end beach driving at Cape Kiwanda 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z In this area, most of the sand comes from glaciofluvial sand deposits situated along the shore behind the beach, and some comes from the erosion of the rocks on the headlands. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The rocky foaming headland is bare except for an old lighthouse, scenery that reminds you of Longfellow’s phrase about the American continent: It looked “as yet untouched by history.” Perspective | When the world gets too loud, it’s time to go fishing 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Chimney Rock, on the eastern spur of the Point Reyes headlands in California, is well known for the elephant seals that congregate there. How Bird-Watching Prepared Me for Sheltering in Place 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z "Shooting at the Cribbar is great because you are high up on the headland and although the waves are a long way off you get a great vantage point," she said. The Cribbar: The story behind Newquay's big wave surf spot 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z The branding accompanied the move to Torrey Pines, a youthful but decidedly more scruffy-than-golden public facility located atop the Pacific headlands at the eponymous state park. How Torrey Pines North is able to test tour pros without confounding its public-course regulars - Golf Digest 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Rocky headlands are eroded into sea caves, arches, stacks, and sea cliffs, and the areas around these features are eroded into wave-cut platforms. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It opened up, above the town, onto headlands scrubby with gorse and heather, with views of the water all the way across to Wales, before dwindling into a gravel car park, where it ended. “The Bunty Club” 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The new visitor center is on land that was previously a parking lot for the old center, in a location between the dunes, the headland and the wetlands, where penguins are unlikely to build burrows. To Save Tiny Penguins, This Suburb Was Wiped Off the Map 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Between that headland and the castle lie dunes that roll like a sea with bad intentions. How Royal Portrush got its (unlikely) second chance to host the British Open - Golf Digest 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z To the west, a headland rose as no more than a dark shape against the still faintly luminous sky. “Poetry” 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z His eyes alternating between the image on a Pebble Beach brochure and the spindly old conifer on the Gibraltar-like headlands, he sadly confirmed, “It doesn’t look like it used to.” The Lone Cypress on the Monterey Peninsula loses a limb during brutal storm 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z The grande dame of Havana hotels, the property occupies the most commanding headland in the city. A Weirdly Fascinating Cold-War Tour of Havana 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Looking out from the jagged headland at Nazaré in Portugal, the Atlantic Ocean below looks tranquil. 'A liquid catapult': big-wave surfer returns to scene of nightmare wipeout 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Before that, Beachy Head, a nearby headland, was known as a spot where people died by suicide. How Asian Social Media Transformed a Quiet U.K. Walking Spot 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Its restoration wasn’t as big as Whiskey in the sheer volume of sand, but it was the first to tap into Ship Shoal, located nearly 35 miles from the headland. Inside race to save Louisiana’s 1st line of storm defense 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z You are tasked with going from town to picturesque town in the headlands of Marin County to find it. The ‘Mystery Vacation’ Trend: What Will Your Destination Be? 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Look north to the headland above the beach, and the mound above it, to see your goal of God’s Thumb. Once-secret hike to God’s Thumb features dramatic views 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z Cotton knows first-hand about the risks at Nazaré, where a deep offshore canyon funnels the ocean towards the headland and, during certain winter swells, creates waves up to seven storeys high. 'A liquid catapult': big-wave surfer returns to scene of nightmare wipeout 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z The request included most of the southern edge of Louisiana’s coastline, including both barrier islands and headlands — that is, beaches and back wetlands connected to land. Appeals court says no to $586M FEMA fix for barrier islands 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z Though it was noon and the sun was strong, mist clung to the headland, blanketing the beach like something from Emily Brontë. Lessons in Stillness From One of the Quietest Places on Earth 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Offshore, a line of pelicans skirts the muddy turquoise water, and to the south, sunlight, cutting through wisps of fog, checkerboards the ocean and headlands toward the Piedras Blancas Light Station. On unstable ground: Engineers and road workers fight Mother Nature while trying to fix Highway 1 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z In his book The Long Way, Moitessier describes sailing one night by a headland with the Milky Way overhead. This reclusive life: what I learned about solitude from my time with hermits 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z It is one big viewing platform, with enchanting beaches, seductive headlands and glorious vistas at every single turn. Oregon’s Beach Bill signed 50 years ago 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z It wants to break free and roam the headlands, but it’s trapped in a flawlessly well-appointed parlor. Review | ‘My Cousin Rachel’ review: Pretty to look at, but a little dull 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Cormorants wheeled raucously around the peak of an island headland gnawed into existence by waves pounding it over thousands of years. Lessons in Stillness From One of the Quietest Places on Earth 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z The wide headland on the horizon is West Seattle. Back to Ballard’s beginnings 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z It occurs to him that were this view only visible once a century, the headland would be thronged with people. This reclusive life: what I learned about solitude from my time with hermits 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z We were supposed to enjoy the smell of the Pacific Ocean and walk in the Marin headlands where I ended up hiking alone. We unplugged my father from everything, as he wished, but I wasn’t ready to let go 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Located on a headland, it seems a site-specific sculpture in itself. A Reclusive Millionaire’s Vast New Zealand Sculpture Park 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z I'm following a crunching gravel path leading up over a headland. The Falklands penguins that would not explode - BBC News 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z She was towed north across the bay until hidden by a distant headland. Where oil rigs go to die 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z One moment you’re hiking to the top of a rocky headland and looking upon a vast sweep of ocean. Legislation would close gaps along Oregon Coast Trail 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z Peanmeanach is located on a raised beach on a rugged headland. Bothy-bagging: Scotland's best-kept secrets revealed - BBC News 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z These driftwood sculptures were first recorded by a Danish expedition in the 1880s, along with bas-relief versions of fjords, carefully grooved and bevelled to represent headland depths. Faultlines, black holes and glaciers: mapping uncharted territories 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z The body of Rose Polge, 25, who worked at Torbay Hospital in Devon, was found in the sea east of Portland Bill headland on 1 April. Rose Polge inquest: Junior doctor had doubts over profession - BBC News 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Sometimes I feel like I am living out one long day over and over again: I work all day and take a stroll to the headland that looks over the sea before dinner. 'If you choose to be alone you can't be lonely': meet the modern-day hermits | Guardian readers and Sarah Marsh 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Uphill lies cragged headland, machine gun roosts, bulwarks of stacked logs and the terra-cotta rooftops of a village below a crumbling fortress. Review: 'Battlefield 1' Is One of the Year's Best Shooters 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Diver Mark Milburn said: "We know there are many wrecks on that headland that have never been found possibly because it's one of the worst places to dive." Lost Cornish shipwreck Darlwyne 'found' after 50 years - BBC News 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z The power station is to be built on a headland overlooking the Bristol Channel in southwest England and will include two enormous French-designed reactors. French Utility to Build Britain’s First Nuclear Plant in Years 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z To make matters even more intriguing, effective no-fly zones are being implemented by the Irish Aviation Authority over some of the Republic of Ireland's most scenic headlands to facilitate the filming. Star Wars: Malin Head locals feel the force of legendary film - BBC News 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Magnetometer readings later taken at the remote site, called Point Rosee by researchers, a grassy headland above a rocky beach an hour’s trek from the nearest road, showed elevated iron readings. View From Space Hints at a New Viking Site in North America 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z In the end they opted for a headland, almost the very western tip of Newfoundland, 400 miles further south and west than the only known Viking site in North America. New evidence of Viking life in America? - BBC News 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Every winter, ferocious waves from Japan roll into Vancouver Island’s rugged west coast, pounding its rocky headlands and pristine beaches that hug the quaint towns of Tofino and Ucluelet. An Island Getaway Where Storms Are Welcome 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z The headlands are a dead zone for cellphone reception, leaving me without access to emails, texts or social media. Galloping Away to a Place Beyond Words 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z The state is building up eroding barrier islands and headlands, restoring their beaches, dunes and marshes. How to Save a Sinking Coast? Katrina Created a Laboratory 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Ras Laffan, a desert headland about an hour’s drive from Qatar’s capital, Doha, bristles with storage tanks, pipelines and other gas processing facilities. Liquefied Natural Gas Makes Qatar an Energy Giant 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z The homes there are terraced into a steep headland, which is topped by a 79-foot-tall statue of Christ, San Juan del Sur’s most recognizable landmark. House Hunting in ... Nicaragua 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Constance, asleep, never saw his face exactly, but it was Dan, of course it was, and they were on the beach in Lahinch coming round a headland to find something unexpected. Anne Enright’s Family Agonies 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z The prime minister knows that the Indigenous inhabitants of what became Sydney Harbour stood on the headland at that point we know as Lady Macquarie's Chair and watched the tall ships arrive. Australia 'unsettled' before the British came? Tony Abbott knows better 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Each project is its own puzzle: The Caminada headland is receiving sand brought in by barge and pipeline from a rich, sandy shoal 30 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico. How to Save a Sinking Coast? Katrina Created a Laboratory 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Located at the southeast corner of the Azuero Peninsula, Pedasi is situated in a golden corner of this country, within a few minutes of hidden white-sand beaches and undiscovered rocky headlands. Pedasi: Panama’s Pacific Coast Retirement Secret 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Finally, we scramble around a headland and ford an icy river to meet our ferry. Adventures in Europe's Wild West: Diving, Trekking and Driving in Iceland 2014-01-16T23:34:57Z From the sandstone headlands that overlook this idyllic stretch of sand, the dye arcs towards a ragged belt of rocks. The illusory calm of Australia's deadly ocean currents 2014-01-02T00:41:39Z Golf has been played on the dunes and headlands there for more than two centuries. Playing Donald Trump's 'World's Greatest' Golf Course 2013-07-26T22:22:28Z The headland shields the bustling shipping industry at nearby Port Fourchon and Highway 1, a vital link and hurricane evacuation route for communities like Grand Isle. How to Save a Sinking Coast? Katrina Created a Laboratory 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z For the lights' 100th year, the event was held on the headland beneath the Tower for the first time. Olympians switch on Illuminations 2012-08-31T20:39:51Z Olympic sailing spectators crowd the Nothe Fort headland to watch the women's match racing. Sailing's popularity set fair as shoreline Olympic regatta is spectator hit 2012-08-09T11:14:04Z "The thing I am most excited about," says its creator, "is the idea of a lonely man with a dog walking some isolated headland – and pausing as this strange island moves past him." Artists reclaim British coastline with love poetry camp and moving island 2012-07-20T15:50:00Z Take a picture of the beach with the headland. Shoreline Science: Exploring the Erosive Energy of Waves 2012-06-21T14:15:00.393Z The next day, searchers found remnants of the raincoat raft and paddles on Angel Island, two miles north of Alcatraz and just a mile from the Tiburon headlands of Marin County, north of San Francisco. Anniversary of a Mystery at Alcatraz 2012-06-09T16:26:27Z After witnessing the attack from a headland, Mr Hughes assembled the medics along the shoreline to deal with the casualties. A medic's pictures of the Falklands war 2012-05-28T11:06:53Z The night paled; the Trwyn light went out; and off the headland a seal disported itself in the icy sea. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z With the first cast a depth of thirty fathoms was obtained, and shortly afterwards the fog cleared, disclosing a bold headland on our larboard bow. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z Did most of the shoreline erode less when there was a headland, especially the shoreline closest to it? Shoreline Science: Exploring the Erosive Energy of Waves 2012-06-21T14:15:00.393Z The numerous islands, bays, headlands, shoals, and reefs that constitute the coast of Labrador mercifully obstruct the passage of many icebergs and prevent them from reaching the waters of the North Atlantic. From the Archive, 1912: What We Know About Icebergs 2012-04-10T18:45:00.450Z Like some bold headland last seen at sea, it lives in the mind throughout the voyage. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z The lanterns made little patches in the short grass; matches lighted faces momentarily; and then suddenly there broke out over the shoulder of the headland and continued thenceforward, the Light. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z It will be a great day for the storied and scenic River of the West when some magnificent excursion steamer descends the thousand miles from Revelstoke to the outer headlands. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z The headland receives most of the waves' energy and consequently protects the bay from erosion. Shoreline Science: Exploring the Erosive Energy of Waves 2012-06-21T14:15:00.393Z And Shelley had lived a few miles farther up the coast, there, behind the headland guarding the Gulf of Spezia. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z Long hills, with woods among their folds, ran back on the port hand; in the distance, a big black headland cut against the sunset. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z Between two headlands a strip of stony beach, with a small hut on it, could be seen. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The horrible blare of the fog-horn sounds across the thunder of the surf, as we cross the imaginary line from headland to headland. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z Exactly how much shoreline erosion occurs with and without a headland? Shoreline Science: Exploring the Erosive Energy of Waves 2012-06-21T14:15:00.393Z They remember former gains; they talk over disappointments, when, on similar nights of darkness, wildness, and storm, vessels discovered their danger too soon for them, and managed to weather the headlands of the bay. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z The boats, sailing in company, left Ice Haven on June 14th, 1597, at first slowly, making their course from one cape or headland to another. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Everywhere the water is wonderfully clear and transparent, while the land is broken up into narrow inlets and headlands, and bays and promontories, nooks and corners, running here and there in capricious and ever-varying forms. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z As we look westward, the headlands seem to part in front of us, and between them sky and water join. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z Artificial headlands are sometimes created for this purpose: to prevent coastal erosion. Shoreline Science: Exploring the Erosive Energy of Waves 2012-06-21T14:15:00.393Z The final blow was given by railways and electricity to the old line of semaphores stretching between Portsmouth and the Admiralty, and elsewhere, and from headland to headland. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Meanwhile, Barents, in the Messenger, crossed the White Sea, and eventually made the west coast of Nova Zembla, proceeding thence northwards, naming several headlands and islands. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z The beauty of this crescent-shaped bay, with its outlines of bold headlands, is striking. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z When the full radiance of the dawn, with its bars of carmine and saffron, has “turned to yellow gold the salt-green streams,” the fleet is within the outer headlands. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z In the vista of coast, cape, and blue headland lengthening beyond, earth, sea, and sky, melted into one indistinguishable haze of atmospheric beauty. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z The line was extended from headland to headland. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z In the second week of June Hudson fell in with land—a headland of East Greenland—the weather at the time being foggy, and the sails and shrouds frozen. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z "Ha, Surtur! let me hear thy tramping, Thou noblest Northern steed, Whose neigh along the stormy headlands Bade the bold Viking heed!" In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z From Astoria we can see the outer headlands and the ocean space between. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z We only saw the flat, commercial district that skirts the bay, not the headland where the old town lies. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z The western wind was fraught with life and exhilaration; and in the clear, sharp air, the form of the fish-hawk, sailing over the distant headland, seemed almost within range of the sportsman’s gun. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z To a bluff headland near this point the appropriate name of Cape Bounty was given. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; a headland. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Westward they saw the parted headlands between which the River pours its floods into the ocean. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z For the first relay of twelve miles all went well, and we enjoyed looking back from the hills on the blue Atlantic where the headland of Coru�a jutted boldly out. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z The name is not restricted to tracts of water with a narrow entrance, but is used foe any recess or inlet between capes or headlands; as, the Bay of Biscay. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Standing against the dark sky at the north, there was seen in dim outline the white sloping summit of a noble headland, the most northern known land upon the globe. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Far beneath, looking like some gaily coloured map when seen from that height, lay the port of Sóller with its lake-like harbour and pigmy headlands. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z The spirit unless driven back could come to the headland and leap down into the land of the dead, but when this was done that spirit could never return to the body it had left. Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology) Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian 2012-03-21T02:00:33.043Z A few rods from the house, and still nearer the headland, stood the plain New England meeting-house of that period,—square, barn-like, unpainted, solitary, but for the silent tenants of its grave-yard. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z For twenty or thirty miles before arriving at Terracina, we had seen before us the headland of Circœum, lying like a mountain island off the shore. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z After some further discussion it was resolved to cross the bay in which they now were to its northern headland, and thence despatch sledging parties in quest of a suitable spot to “dock” the brig. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z To the left rose a bold headland crowned by a lighthouse. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z The skipper needed a sight of the rocks—just a glimpse of some headland or island—to pick the course. Dr. Grenfell's Parish The Deep Sea Fisherman 2012-03-15T02:00:30.867Z It was a small cove, sheltered on the north by high, overhanging cliffs, that ran out into the ocean in a bold headland. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z The impression of this lonely cliff is characteristic of all the headland. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z In the narrow pass over the headland between Loch-Na-Keal and Loch Scridain the clouds rolled slowly down the mountains on either side, lower and lower, until presently we were walking through them. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z He landed on a headland in Frobisher Bay, and secured an enchanting view of land and sea. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z All along the coast of our political sea these victims of slavery lie like stranded wrecks broken on the headlands of freedom. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z The uniform direction of the headlands of the north shore of the island is remarkable. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z There was no malignity in any of the spells wrought out on that little headland. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Just below Peekskill the river broadens out to form Haverstraw Bay, at the extremity of which is the headland of Croton Point. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z North, standing against the sky, was a noble headland, the most northern known land, and only about four hundred and fifty miles from the North Pole. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Deeply read in all that is illustrious in the past, every island, every bay, every promontory, every headland recalled the heroic deeds of antiquity. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z By great exertion on the part of the men, for it required five hours' hard pulling, we got round a headland into the next bay, a distance of only four miles. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z It seems remarkable that the Romans should have esteemed it easier to bore through the cliff than to 24 make a road across the headland. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z The old alliance was renewed and Erling received promise of all the region between the great headlands of Stadt and the Naze, with a little additional territory to the east of the latter point. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z A month later and Dr. Kane made a long walk, and a hard scramble up a projecting crag of a headland of the bay, and bathed in his welcome rays. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z In the latitude of 55° he discovered a headland, to which he gave the name of Santa Margarita, at the northern extremity of Queen Charlotte’s Island. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z On the 17th the Adelaide reached Fortune Bay, situated at the east extreme of a headland, on each side of which is a channel, leading, apparently, towards Cape Isabel. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Still there must have been at least a track across the headland, and one wonders why the Romans did not improve it, in preference to boring underground. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z In the first place, this island is one of the headlands of history as well as of the Piscataqua. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z On the sixth of August they passed the frowning headland of Smith's Sound, known as Cape Alexander. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Heceta likewise gave the name of C. Falcon to a headland in 45° 43′, known since as C. Lookout; and continuing his course to the southward along the coast, reached Monterey on August 30th. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z Meanwhile I contemplated sending the master to a headland called by Cook, Cape Desolation, and which well deserves the name, being a high, craggy, barren range of land. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Immediately opposite lay the bare headland of the Bell, bathed in golden sunlight, and the rocky coast towards Amalfi, purple and brown beneath the paling sky. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z There are no iron headlands, or dangerous reefs. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Successive ridges or waves of shingle are, indeed, a marked characteristic of such headlands. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Having made a headland, which he supposed to be Cape Mendocino, Vancouver directed his course northward, examining carefully the line of coast, and taking soundings as he proceeded. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z Cape Pillar is a detached headland, and so very remarkable that no person can fail to know it easily. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z At that point one can see no more; but from this seat on the opposite side of the harbour one looks towards the headland, formerly most beautiful. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z There is scarcely a headland or an island from Montauk to Grand Menan which according to local tradition does not contain some portion of his spoil. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z It was important to have plenty of way on the vessel, for the instant she came to the headland the wind would be taken out of her canvas. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z And that at the entrance of this said strait, there is on the north-west coast thereof a great headland or island, with an exceeding high pinnacle or spired rock, like a pillar, thereupon. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z It was arranged that he should proceed from his last point, and carefully trace the shore of Disappointment Bay to the eastern headland of the southern opening, down which it was my intention to proceed. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z The villages come rarely, and the jutting headlands which cut off all prospect of the different towns increase the solitude of this wilderness of mountains. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Follow the shore backward toward Schooner Head, and you will stand in presence of the boldest headland in all New England. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z An hour afterwards he declared that he recognized a headland which was no more than three leagues from Porto Aguila. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z He in consequence gave to the northern headland the name of Cape Disappointment, and to the bay itself the title of Deception Bay. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z One of the headlands, called by M. Bougainville Cape Remarquable, was examined by Mr. Graves for fossil shells, of which the French navigator speaks. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z The road climbs upward from the beach, winding round the headland with continually growing beauty. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z I have been moved to call them telegraph posts, standing along the coast, each flashing its spark from cape to headland, the almost commingling rays being golden threads of happy intelligence to all mariners. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The picturesque old wharf in the foreground, the white-sailed shipping, and a shimmering expanse of water extending to the farther bold headlands of the coast form, we think, a pleasant picture for the lounger here. Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors 2012-02-18T03:00:15.287Z Mr. Greenhow has allowed his antipathy to Vancouver to lead him into an erroneous statement in respect to this headland. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z Deeming it useless to expend further time in the examination of this dangerous portion of the gulf, we proceeded towards Cape Tres Montes, its north-western headland. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z It lies on a cove sheltered by two projecting headlands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Smith, in 1614, described Cape Ann and Cape Cod as the two great headlands of New England, giving to the former the name of Tragabigzanda; but Champlain had preceded him, as Gosnold had preceded Champlain. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Breast high lies the scent, On by bolt and headland, Over heath and bent. The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades 2012-02-16T03:00:03.167Z About ten leagues to the north of this headland, the mountainous inland country descends suddenly to a moderate height, and were it not covered with lofty timber, might be deemed low land. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z I can better describe it by comparing it somewhat to our North Devon and Cornwall coasts, such splendid rocks and headlands and land that I venture to say will eventually prove very valuable. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z The coast, with its rocky headlands and deeply indented bays, was in full sight, while behind rose the Apennines. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z Capes and headlands were revealed in a striking and mystical way, as objects dimly seen through a veil. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z In place of a dull monotony of sand-banks and level plains, there are picturesque lines of cliff, amphitheatres of desert and rugged headlands. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z The way was round a couple of headlands, between which was a deep bay, running up to the hamlet of Lezo. The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises 2012-02-13T03:00:14.370Z About 12 we ran rather close to a small headland, and the Captain told us we had arrived. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z He knew the boundaries of State and Federal jurisdiction, and no man was more familiar with those great decisions that are the peaks and promontories, the headlands and the beacons, of the law. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z Far up in the bight of the bay Great Hill headland, Hart's and Gooch's beaches—the latter mere ribbons of white sand—gleamed in the sunlight. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z What diversity of scene, as isle after isle, bold headland, lofty cliff, or wooded acclivity, meets the gaze! The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z I landed at a bluff headland called Tunoes, and collected a few flowers growing in crevices in the rock. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z Owing to this fact Flamborough headland has been for centuries becoming more and more the outstanding feature of the east coast of England, because the sea continues to eat into the low shores of Holderness. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z He leaned above her, wound his arm About her splendor, while the noon Of flood-tide, manhood, flushed his face, And high flames leapt the high headland!— Songs of the Mexican Seas 2012-02-06T03:00:16.913Z In this area are the highest mountains, the boldest headlands, the deepest indentations of the shores. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z It must be six or seven miles away, somewhere beyond that headland. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z Gordon watched them until they had disappeared round a headland, and then turned and looked down the crags. A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z Ras, ras, n. the chief vizier in Abyssinia: a headland, cape. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z The second week of February would have come to an end before the Perhaps had steamed out past the headland. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z In the case of the rocky headland overlooking the middle harbour, the patch must have been many acres in extent. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z Many of the principal headlands, bays, and islands, along the coast were named by him. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z Close off Cape Cornwall are the Brisons, two fearful shattering piles, and near them Priests' Cove, right under the headland. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z The river showed less wreckage than had been seen the day before, for the lowering water caused much of it to land on headlands and sandbars. The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z It is so with all art, not back in the press of life, but forward on some over-topping headland, one loses behind the yelping pack and eases the sting of resentment. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z The last headland turned, Auckland itself came into view, a red-and-white city climbing up the sides of a beautiful, sheltered cove, with clear, deep water in front, and a green, conical extinct volcano behind. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z Oh, the feeling sweet and thrilly That these blossoms flounced and frilly From soft plains and headlands hilly Bring my breast in Piccadilly! Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour 2012-01-17T03:00:15.233Z As the result of this close embrace these two plants, both small, form a gorgeous tapestry of colour, and the vast heights and sounding hollows of the headland are glorified by them. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z We are in water that shows only a trace of current now, because there is a great headland just below, and the flood has packed the curve full. The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z We left the philosopher to enjoy his pipe in peace, and passed on around the headland. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z On the 19th August the Renown weighed anchor in brilliant sunshine, to the sound of music, cheers, and salutes, every headland lined with people. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z Foreland, fōr′land, n. a point of land running forward into the sea, a headland. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The links run out in the direction of Pentire Point, one of the fine coast headlands. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z They have all been formed by the cutting of new channels across headlands. The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z At last, after a dreamy pull of two miles from the lake-head, we rounded a bold headland of some thirty feet in height, and entered Catfish Bay. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z Soon I had them all down upon my hands, and presently we had to place Paterson's corpse beside Lemarchant's on the little headland. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z Then I rise and wander slowly To the headland by the sea, When the evening star throbs setting Through the cloudy cedar tree, And from under, mellow thunder Of the surf comes fitfully. Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z The castle on the headland, now in the hands of the military, dates from the time of Henry VIII. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z She was kept busy quarreling with a stubborn old couple, an aged peasant and his wife, who were refusing to sell her the extreme point of the headland. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z In that position they are clear of the rocky headlands, and can therefore more easily set sail before the sea rushes in with all its irresistible violence. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z “Can you take the boat up and back without knocking off any of these headlands?” asked Alex with a wink at the Captain. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z The army had already been feeling its way on land, and on the 30th it advanced and encountered the Chinese troops on the headlands, and drove them down to the seaside by Wei-hai-Wei. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z She was the first steamer to make the passage from this country to our great Eastern Empire; the first, indeed, ever to double the stormy headland of the Cape. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z He said, at last, the obvious thing, waving his hand toward the great park and the panorama of river and headland spread out beyond: "Wonderful, isn't it?" What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z What he did discover was a rugged and uninviting coast, with stormy headlands, cold climate, and gloomy forests of pine reaching down to the sandy shores. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z I can take this boat within an inch of every island and crag and headland between here and Lake Ontario and never scrape off an ounce of paint. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z The prominent topographical features—cliffs, headlands, coulees, mountains—are immutable, and for mile after mile, bend after bend, we picked them up just as Symons reported them. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z Between the little stream and the rocky headland that formed the northernmost horn or arm protecting the harbour the ground was comparatively barren, so that a clear view could be obtained for several hundred yards. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z Eastward as far as Cape Morris Jesup there are precipitous headlands and islands, as elsewhere, with deep water close inshore. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Many years before Smeaton lived, England was in the custom of lighting up her rocky headlands with lights or beacons. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z Tintagel castle stands on a headland, once an island, but the cliff and a portion of the castle have fallen into the narrow gulf and choked it. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z There might have been danger to folk not so well acquainted with every nook and headland and current along the shore, but there could hardly be danger to these two. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z They fled past the landward side of the stockade, though beyond musket range, and disappeared behind the rising ground that terminated in the headland on the northern side of the harbour. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z I ask him whether the things needful to salvation did not stand out boldly before his eyes, like the light-houses on English headlands from the Land's-end to the mouth of the Thames. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z By and by the headland they had been nearing thrust them off their course, and outside it lay a nest of islets, with a strong stream running up between. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z The sea has bored a tunnel through the headland, and very little of the castle remains. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z When the mud-banks are covered by the tide they move to a short distance inland, and pick up slugs and insects in the meadows, or betake themselves to salt marshes and rocky headlands. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Midway betwixt the stream and the headland the master gunner fixed the site for the stockade. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z A destructive bore enters the river mouths and inlets, and heavy seas get up off all the headlands. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Her great bow seemed to be rising out of the water like a headland, over which Frank could just see the tiers of white deckhouses, one mast, and the tall smokestack. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z On the isthmus connecting the headland with the mainland is a ruined chapel, with the altar-stone entire. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z We toiled over the shoulder of a headland, and there caught sight of "Harrington's." In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z On our starboard hand a wide expanse of milk-white foam betokened the presence of the dreaded Race of Portland, the bluff headland that gives it its name being plainly visible over our lee bow. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z And Deirdre, seating herself on a cliff, looked sadly over the waters at the blue headlands of Alban: and she uttered this farewell:— Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z As these gamy fish seek their spawning grounds, after their four-years' sojourn in unknown waters, they enter Monterey Bay at its southern headland and follow around it at varying distances from the shore. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z In fact, the tides rarely run beyond one or two miles per hour, except round headlands, and it is where the rocks are of a yielding character that the coves and bays are formed. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z A solemn strain The soft flutes sounded, as we went by night To a wild headland, rock-based in the sea. The Epic of Hades In Three Books 2011-11-16T03:00:28.060Z Having gained the crest of the hill that terminated in the headland where I had met with my adventures in the cave, we descended by a gradually sloping path that followed closely to the coast. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z After this they lived on for a great number of years, sometimes visiting the shores of Erin, and sometimes the headlands of Alban. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z Great was the joy throughout the village as soon as it was known that the king had secured the whale, by notice from a person stationed at the headland in the offing. The Adventures of John Jewitt Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island 2011-11-15T03:00:19.650Z It is sheltered by a headland in which is a blow-hole. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z The ridges which separate the coves mostly form small headlands, and just above each headland a strip of smooth grass crosses the ridge. Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England 2011-11-14T03:00:21.670Z The steamship was just hiding behind one of the headlands like a fantastic warrior, walking through the water until only the plume of his helmet was visible. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z The usually low sandy beach is, however, diversified by bold, rocky headlands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z The Urahoro River was successfully crossed, but for the twenty miles on to Shahubets the track was flat and sandy, lying mostly under high clay banks, some of which form picturesque headlands. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z In the year 1600 hardly a European family could be found along the headlands and indentations of the coast which form the southern limit of the Slave States of America. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z In view of his abode on a tall headland were the ruins of a Druidical temple, where Strabo tells us the gods used to assemble at night under the moon and stars. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z I lounge on the deck of the river-steamer, Homeward bound with its load, Churning from headland to headland, Through moonlight and silence and dusk. Open Water 2011-10-14T02:00:31.043Z The ship shot out in a straight line towards the headland, which stretched so far that it almost reached to the island. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z Some fine headlands are found near the town of Akkeshi, and also on each side of the opening of the bay into the ocean. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z If a dangerous shoal A is near a headland H, the angle HAX is measured and is put down upon the charts as the "vertical danger angle." The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z Eighteen years afterwards Franklin's ships perished within sight of those headlands. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z Mountain Lidiart and the Northern Hill formed the headlands of a beautiful bay into which the waters of the traeth dell, from which I had come, were discharged. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z The large town which lay to the right, and of which the headland formed the nose, stretched itself out almost the whole way across; the sea lay between. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z I still went on, and went round two or three smaller headlands, when the melancholy sight of a fourth wreck stood before me. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z Ships coming near the headland are careful to keep far enough away, say at S, so that the angle HSX shall be less than this danger angle. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z In many parts there is only a narrow strip of coast between the hills and the sea; at one point they rise in magnificent precipices and headlands out of the ocean. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z They were still studying headland and bay when Thais and her escort arrived. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z It stood on the verge of the river, where the bank took the form of a little cape or headland, which Uncle Philip called Point Lookout. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z On the first headland the mountain of Tsiriju rises to a great altitude. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z Its fleets anchored upon every shore for conquest or exploration, and its banners were unfurled by its generals, and the cross was planted by its priests, upon every headland. The Spaniards in Florida Comprising the notable settlement of the Huguenots in 1564, and the History and Antiquities of St. Augustine, Founded A.D. 1565 2011-09-24T02:00:14.187Z About a mile south of Sturrell another and a grander headland is reached, that of Glen Head. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z Instead, they walked along the cliff wall, and presently disappeared around a headland. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z We sing to you, Spirit between the headlands And the further rocks. Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology 2011-09-20T02:00:14.543Z The other headlands, and the Cape of Yagoshi, have no special features calling for attention. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z Small peninsulas are known as promontories or headlands, and the extremity as a cape. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z The highest sea cliff is the Bin, a conspicuous headland 350 ft. high and very precipitous. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z As he came out on an open headland on the shore, he could not help pulling up his horse, and looking at it. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z The State House stood at the upper extremity of the town, upon a cedar-clad headland which, by an abrupt descent, terminated in a long, flat, sandy point, that reached almost half across the river. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z In the distance I could distinguish two headlands, while an immense stretch of stormy sea and a high mountain were in the foreground. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z A great reach of flashing glory beyond opens on us, as we round each new headland in that unending voyage. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z Keeping to the upper edge of the rocks, it is necessary to ascend once at Kilrock, but after that the whole headland may be climbed at about the medium height of the cliffs. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z The lake was two miles wide, he fancied, and went out of sight around a headland to the east. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z The fort itself sat like a square bonnet on the brow of the headland. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z A few miles from Poronai I came to a headland, and about one mile from it lay the small island of Chuskin. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z There it rose, a thin red streak above the blunt headland that towered over the Drowned Lands. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z From the summit of Slieve League there is a fine oceanic view of island, headland, bay, and cliff. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z The moment the headland was rounded, the heights of Rona came into view. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z I come to-day on no idle errand which might allow your loitering paces and customary delays to gaze on headlands and meadows, whereby you are wont to interrupt the course of your journey. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z A favourite trip for the town’s people is to take a boat and cross the lagoon to the bluff, where the scenery is highly romantic both at the base of the great headland and inland. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z Lie upon the headland height and listen To the incessant sobbing of the sea In caverns under me. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z The Amazon was an immensity of water, a plain of burnished silver, where headlands, islands, and lines of cliff were all cut in one level mass of emerald veined with white. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z A glance at any good map will reveal how largely the capes and promontories and headlands, and small bays and havens of the west, remember the lords of the Suderöer. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z St. Gregory and St. Michael both, a more buxom and tidy piece of flesh and blood hath never sailed between the two headlands of Potomac, than thou art! Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z It looks like a headland, for it apparently touches the land. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z The scene is a small fishing hamlet on the west coast of Ireland, sheltered by two rocky headlands from the Atlantic storms. Salome 2011-08-20T02:00:12.970Z As we progressed they opened out as a line of green headlands. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Once the headland was passed and the sheer precipitous westward cliffs loomed black out of the sea, he became more and more uneasy. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z It had skirted the headlands at the staircase and passed the windy Horn. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z From reef and rock and skerry—over headland ness, and voe— The Coastwise Lights of England watch the ships of England go! A Song of the English 2011-08-16T02:00:49.063Z The punt was just there inside the headland. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z There was a home light far away, on some unseen Cornish headland, rising and falling like a 28 soaring but tethered star. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Neither sea nor land—neither naked headland nor the unfeeling white expanse—neither sunlit wind nor the sleety gale in the night—helped him to forgetfulness. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z As we neared this headland, many natives came out in kayaks to meet us. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z A picturesque spot of much interest on the coast is the jutting headland of the Lizard. The Story of the Toys 2011-08-05T02:00:49.720Z At the end of the headland a willow trunk or blue gum hung over the water, and as he came near a kingfisher flew off the trunk and away round Serendib. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Direct sunshine penetrates the haze from point to point, now bringing this headland out from among its neighbours, now accentuating the rocky islands, or flashing on some sea-bird's wing. A West Country Pilgrimage 2011-08-05T02:00:48.947Z As we passed between the two headlands which mark the entrance to the harbor, the town was seen spread over three hills of nearly uniform height, also occupying the gentle valleys between. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Between the tall headlands there were fiords cutting far into the interior; arms of the sea, these, winding and twisting back for miles. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z In driving to the high bluffs on the north shore it is easy to visit Carn Brea, a rocky headland seven hundred feet above the sea, with picturesque granite blocks piled upon its summit. The Story of the Toys 2011-08-05T02:00:49.720Z Looking round the island for a place to fish, he came to a spot where a little headland projected on the Serendib side, but farther down than where they had bathed. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Here is all that is left of the last castle on this famous headland. A West Country Pilgrimage 2011-08-05T02:00:48.947Z I have been looking at the stars, also at that headland, and recalling all I have read and seen respecting this coast, and fancy Natal cannot be far off. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z As we went swiftly past the series of wind-swept headlands, the sea and air became alive with seals, walruses and birds. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The wash from these headlands and the canyon sides has been carried out into the desert by the Runaway for a couple of million years—more or less.” The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z It found that the "fair and proper boundary is the low water mark on the Virginia shore running from headland to headland across creeks and inlets." A History of the Boundaries of Arlington County, Virginia 2011-08-01T02:00:15.637Z From that point the coast line became more hilly, and, joining the Daly mountains, extended to Cape Lieber, a bluff headland, with Cape Baird, a low, flat point, jutting out beyond it. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z Who knows but while we are endangering our lives here, some English or Dutch settlement may be at the other side of that headland?” Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z Large bays, blue glacial walls and prominent headlands give a pleasing variety. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z It might be that all would have to get back to the headlands where the mines were in order to escape the flood. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z This headland, I fancy, we must have passed during that day's operations—But to return. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z It is very hard to make fog and miasmatic exhalations, even when made partly luminous with rhetoric, attractive to the intellect that loves headlands and mountain-tops. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z She was close behind him as they raced down the headland. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z The picturesque headland of Schie we found to be a huge triassic rock of the same general formation as that indicated along Eureka Sound. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Judson says it was so deep over his store that he went out from the headlands in a flatboat and grappled through the skylight of his joint for tobacco out of the showcase. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z The headlands put out here and there, intersected by long gores of marsh, that ran away a mile or more in the distance. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z Only one was shot at, and it managed to fly beyond the headland before falling dead, and we dare not go after it in our frail craft. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z Woolsonbury stands out like a headland above the dark Danny woods, over which the rooks were wheeling and cawing previous to settling themselves in for the night. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Nearly a mile of beach lay between them and the jutting headland, whose base even now was all but hidden by the inflowing tide. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z You seek it by the beach and through the fields, and you find it at last, an old and lonely church beside the sea, in a hollow between two green headlands. A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z A few years more, and the solitary boat, as it turns this headland, will find no warrior kneeling on its height. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z Here where the headland looks Wide o'er the water, I have brought laurel leaves, Decking your barrow. Eight Harvard Poets 2011-06-26T02:00:08.617Z Then the cable was quietly slipped, and the Creole, under all sail, rapidly left the anchorage, and, opening the headland, lay over to a fresh south-west wind. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z Durnley Castle was a fine ruin, with massive ivy-grown walls still rising to a considerable height; and standing as it did on a lofty headland, the views of the coast obtained from it were superb. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Flotsam and jetsam abounded in every cranny of the bank and on the down-stream side of every point and headland. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Lisbon has the whole rake of the Atlantic before it, unbroken by island or headland; and the entire coast of Portugal is one of the most exposed of Europe. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z She asked what point of the headland gave the best view. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z Shortly afterwards Captain Haraden engaged a privateer—the Achilles—of vastly superior force, off Bilbao, so close in shore that the Spaniards crowded the headlands in hundreds to see the fun. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z Then, as they presently rounded the headland, a hollow and tuneful echo seemed wafted back to them as the waves plashed against the semi-circle of cliff with the inflowing tide. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z By sunlight, moonlight, starlight, Andr� fared along the river called "the Queen's Highway"; and soon there frowned upon him, dark, superb, the crested towering headland of Tourmente that signals to the Plains of Abraham. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z The horizon at the north presented masses of clouds, in which it was not difficult to fancy the summits of ragged mountains, receding valleys, with headlands, and promontories, foreshortened by distance. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z For miles and miles through that broken land she knew every headland, every shadowy wood, every green valley and gurgling stream. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z Their earlier approach had been hidden by the headlands. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z Yonder, shadowed by the lofty headland, the grey rock-turrets of The Skegs stand forth spectral under the clear moon. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z The castle-like hotel sprawled all over the headland, but the widest bathing beach was just below it. The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht 2011-05-19T02:00:07.110Z Didst not notice the capes, and bays, and headlands, all laid down as plainly as on any other well-known coast? Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z When it is approaching there is a roar in the forest such as comes up a headland when the sea is bating upon its base. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z The day the news arrived early in May, Captain Edgar was one of the first to get his anchor in and make out past the headland as soon as dusk had settled. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z Several fortified islands diversify this bay, and numerous forts occupy the points and headlands on either side. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z He pointed to a white sail that was just disappearing round the opposite headland. A Crime of the Under-seas 2011-05-17T02:00:16.540Z "From whence it comes, you ask, this gloom acute, Like waves that o'er the rocky headland fall?" The Flowers of Evil 2011-05-15T02:00:07.523Z He led the way along a path across some fields and on to the headland that skirted the sea. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z The Christmas sun shines down On the headlands that frown o’er the harbour wide, On the cottages, thick on the long quay side, On the roofs of the busy town. Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z Northward of Cape Cod, the rocks adjacent to the ocean are mostly hard and resistant, consisting largely of schist, gneiss, granite, trap, etc., which when undercut by the waves stand as bold cliffs and headlands. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z As they were passing a headland called Vaternish, a party of the Macleod militia, espied them, and fired several shots. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z The head of the hill juts out into the course of the river like a promontory or headland, which is the literal meaning of the Pawnee word “pahuk.” A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z As they neared Chagmouth the track they had followed led them down the side of the cliff to where some allotment gardens lay under the shelter of the headland. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z The summer afternoons on the great headland were very sweet and peaceful. The Story of Lewis Carroll Told for Young People by the Real Alice in Wonderland 2011-04-30T02:00:12.447Z Mountain spurs became capes and headlands and outstanding buttes were transformed into islands in the molten sea. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z We built a fire on the south shore of a 166 headland, where a curve of the gnarled cliffs enclosed a tiny beach, cooked bacon, and heated coffee. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z Had she heard a distant hail from the boat that was scudding fast toward the headland? True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z Yet it was finer still when they had left the trees and walked out to the open headland. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z A projecting headland soon hid the ships from view, and towards evening the land itself was but a dim blue line on the horizon in the east. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z Nearness, however, while it shows you the mouths of caverns and gullies, like dark shades in the chalk, markedly shortens the headland to the eye. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z There is Desire, the light and guide of the world, a beacon on a headland blazing out. The Sea Lady 2011-04-22T02:00:07.843Z Aunty Losh, widowed by the Rebellion, and left childless, had settled in the little hut on the headland, with her two nephews, mere boys at the time, but now grown to efficient manhood. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z Fortunately their backs were turned in that direction, as they walked towards the headland. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z "Yonder lies their ship," explained Timothy, pointing out to the shadowy headland, below which the faint outline of a vessel's hull could be seen. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z Isolated masses are numerous; and from one point I could count eight headlands, each pierced by an arch. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z “It’s a handy place enough for a one, I should say, there on the bit of a headland.” Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z On a single occasion he had ridden with Jessie to the cottage at the headland, and had met "the De Vine boys." True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z To-day, as they went up the lanes towards the headland, there were many excitements. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z You dangled from a headland, black empty space rushing by, and suddenly you were across. 2011 Pulitzer winners in journalism and arts 2011-04-18T19:53:00Z As we shall proceed with our reading of Virgil, you will see the excess of witchcraft embodied in a woman, called Circe, who passed her days, singing, on a rocky headland. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z At the end of January, after three weeks of violently stormy weather, the American barque, “Kentucky,” went ashore at Carrigwee, the headland which guards the northern end of Ballintra. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z |
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