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, on the island of Newfoundland , Canada ]] , Spain ]] , Spain ]] A headland is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides. A '''bay''' is the reverse, rather an area of water bordered by land on three sides. A large headland may also be called a ''' Peninsula '''. Long, narrow and high headlands may be called '''promontories'''. When headlands dramatically affect the Ocean Current s they are often called '''capes'''. A large bay may also be called a '''gulf''', ''' Sound ''' or ''' Bight '''. A narrow bay may also be called a ''' Fjord ''' if its sides are relatively steep. Any bay may include other bays (for example, James Bay is a bay within Hudson Bay ). FORMATION A headland is a piece of land that juts into the sea from the main land coast line. Headlands are shaped by erosion. They are formed when the sea attacks a section of coast consisting of alternating bands of hard and soft rock. The bands of soft rock such as sand and clay, erode more quickly than those of more resistant hard rock such as chalk. This would form a headland. A bay is an area of water bordered by land on three sides. Bays are found between headlands where there are alternating outcrops of resistant rock and less resistant rock. Waves erode the areas of softer rock more rapidly to form bays. GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY , Cuba ]] Headlands and bays are often found together on the same stretch of coastline. Headlands and bays form on Discordant Coastline s, where bands of rock of alternating Resistance run perpendicular to the coast. Bays form where weak (less resistant) rocks (such as Sand s and Clay s) are eroded, leaving bands of stronger (more resistant) rocks (such as Chalk , Limestone , Granite ) forming a headland, or Peninsula . Refraction Of Waves occurs on headlands concentrating wave energy on them, so many other Landforms , such as Caves , Natural Arch s and Stacks , form on headlands. Wave refraction disperses wave energy through the bay, and along with the sheltering effect of the headlands this protects bays from storms. This effect means that the waves reaching the shore in a bay are usually Constructive Waves , and because of this, many bays feature a Beach . A bay may be only Metre s across, or it could be hundreds of Kilometre s across. Sometimes bays form where movements of the earth's Crust ( Tectonics ) bring areas of land together, or move them apart. Usually these bays are referred to as Sea s or Gulf s and not bays. "Capes and bays geography" is a derogatory term for the approach to teaching Geography that requires students to Learn By Rote the names of large number of geographical features rather than taking a more theoretically driven approach. LIST OF SOME WELL-KNOWN HEADLANDS , in Turkey ]]
LIST OF SOME WELL-KNOWN BAYS
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