Cape (geography)

Short description: Large headland extending into a body of water, usually the sea

Cape of Good Hope (left) and Cape Hangklip (right) in South Africa, from space

Cape Tisan in Mersin Province, Turkey

Cape Tindari and Marinello lagoons, Sicily

In geography, a cape is a headland, or peninsula or promontory extending into a body of water, usually the sea.^[1] A cape usually represents a marked change in trend of the coastline, often making them important landmarks in sea navigation. This also makes them prone to natural forms of erosion, mainly tidal actions, resulting in a relatively short geological lifespan. Capes can be formed by glaciers, volcanoes, and changes in sea level. Erosion plays a large role in each of these methods of formation.^{[citation needed]}

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Cape Cornwall, England
Satellite image of Cape Fear, North Carolina
Cape MacLear, Malawi
Map depicting Cape Horn at the southernmost portion of South America
Photograph of Cabo Mayor in Santander, Spain
Photograph of Cape Cambell, New Zealand, at sunrise

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↑ Whittow, John (1984). Dictionary of Physical Geography. London: Penguin, 1984, p. 80. ISBN:0-14-051094-X.

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[1] Whittow, John (1984). Dictionary of Physical Geography. London: Penguin, 1984, p. 80. ISBN:0-14-051094-X.

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Landforms	Anchialine pool Archipelago Atoll Avulsion Ayre Barrier island Bay Baymouth bar Bight Bodden Brackish marsh Cape Channel Cliff Coast Coastal plain Coastal waterfall Continental margin Continental shelf Coral reef Cove Dune cliff-top Estuary Firth Fjard Fjord Förde Freshwater marsh Fundus Gat Geo Gulf Gut Headland Inlet Intertidal wetland Island Islet Isthmus Lagoon Machair Marine terrace Mega delta Mouth bar Mudflat Natural arch Peninsula Reef Regressive delta Ria River delta Salt marsh Shoal Shore Skerry Sound Spit Stack Strait Strand plain Submarine canyon Tidal island Tidal marsh Tide pool Tied island Tombolo Windwatt
Beaches	Beach cusps Beach evolution Coastal morphodynamics Beach ridge Beachrock Pocket beach Raised beach Recession Shell beach Shingle beach Storm beach Wash margin
Processes	Blowhole Cliffed coast Coastal biogeomorphology Coastal erosion Concordant coastline Current Cuspate foreland Discordant coastline Emergent coastline Feeder bluff Fetch Flat coast Graded shoreline Headlands and bays Ingression coast Large-scale coastal behaviour Longshore drift Marine regression Marine transgression Raised shoreline Rip current Rocky shore Sea cave Sea foam Shoal Steep coast Submergent coastline Surf break Surf zone Surge channel Swash Undertow Volcanic arc Wave-cut platform Wave shoaling Wind wave Wrack zone
Management	Accretion Coastal management Integrated coastal zone management Submersion
Related	Bulkhead line Grain size boulder clay cobble granule pebble sand shingle silt Intertidal zone Littoral zone Physical oceanography Region of freshwater influence
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