headland has definitions from the field of geography
1
[ noun ] (geography) a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

Synonyms

foreland promontory

Used in print

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

Mark 's thoughts must have been keeping silent pace beside his own , climbing the same crags in dirty white sneakers , clambering out on top of the headland and coming_upon the sudden glinting water at the same instant .

*