What is the name given to a point of land, usually smaller than a peninsula extending into a body of water?

Peninsulas are not always named as such; one can also be a headland, cape, islandp promontory, bill, point, or spit. A point is generally considered a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water that is less prominentthan a cape.

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