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capes
Used for:
headlands
peninsulas
points (physiographic)
promontories
Broader Terms:
physiographic features
Related Terms:
bights
Definition:
Projection of land extending into a body of water that prominently marks a change in or interrupts the coastal trend of that water body. [USGS Circ 1048]
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