Yemen's most renowned historic port, it lies at the head of a shallow bay between two headlands, with an unprotected anchorage 1.5 miles (2.5 km) offshore.
Hidden between the resorts of Turunc and Kumlubuk on the Bozburun peninsula, Amos is a small cove tucked between two headlands.
Placed in the care of their half-sister, Dora, the orphaned sisters move to a house by the sea, where they can witness with longing the ships that set sail for England: In the slit of two headlands the Pacific rolls, a blue toy between paws.
"I was a virgin until I was twenty-one or twenty-two," Headland said, "but I had a party trick where, if I was tipsy, I'd tell guys the five easy tricks to please a woman".
'To a certain extent repetitive – you round one headland and there's another.
Twenty-three headland-bay beaches from around the world were selected, of which sixteen and seven make up the training and test sets, respectively.
The Diolkos saved ships sailing from the Ionian Sea to the Aegean Sea a dangerous sea journey round the Peloponnese, whose three headlands had a reputation for gales, especially Cape Matapan and Cape Malea.
The river provided access to the sea, but its mouth was protected by two natural headlands and a collection of offshore islands.
After a morning when more than 200 gunshots rang out on one tiny headland, a hunter opened his shooting bag to reveal only sandwiches and a drink.
Set on a narrow isthmus between the Great Orme and the Little Orme – the two rocky headlands that sit either end of the town's sweeping North Shore promenade – this is one of the prettiest of seaside resorts.
