Ness

Ness

A British term used esp. in Scotland for a promontory, headland, or cape, or any point or projection of the land into the sea; commonly used as a suffix to a place name, e.g., Fifeness.

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Industry/Domain: Mining
Category: General mining; Mineral mining
Government Agency: USBM
Product: Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, & Related Terms - 2nd Edition
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Roughly triangular promontory of land jutting into the sea, often consisting of mobile material, i.e. a beach form.

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A promontory; a cape; a headland.

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