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== Land forms ==
== Land forms ==
* continent
=== Cape ===
* island
* a "headland", "promontory" or large body of land that extends into a larger water body, usually an ocean or a sea
** archipelago
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* peninsula
* Cape Horn
* isthmus
** southernmost headland, or tip of land, on Hornos Island, one of the Hermite Islands, the southernmost of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago at the southern tip of South America
* land-bridge
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Click EXPAND for a list of important capes
* See [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_(geography)#List_of_some_well-known_capes List of Well Known Capes (wiki)]]
 
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=== continent ===
=== island ===
* archipelago
=== peninsula ===
=== isthmus ===
=== land-bridge ===


== World Oceanic Regions ==
== World Oceanic Regions ==