The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Headland \Head"land\ (h[e^]d"l[a^]nd), n.
   1. A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the
      sea or other expanse of water. "Sow the headland with
      wheat." --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A ridge or strip of unplowed at the ends of furrows, or
      near a fence. --Tusser.
      [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

headland
    n 1: a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out
         into the sea) [syn: promontory, headland, head,
         foreland]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "headland":
   beak, bill, breakwater, cape, chersonese, coral reef, delta,
   foreland, head, hook, mull, naze, ness, peninsula, point,
   promontory, reef, sandspit, spit, spur, tongue



U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Headland, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama
   Population (2000):    3523
   Housing Units (2000): 1516
   Land area (2000):     16.032531 sq. miles (41.524063 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.009766 sq. miles (0.025294 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    16.042297 sq. miles (41.549357 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            33856
   Located within:       Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
   Location:             31.353410 N, 85.339793 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     36345
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Headland, AL
    Headland