landfall

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
landfall
    n 1: the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over
         water)
    2: the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or
       flight over water)
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Landfall \Land"fall\, n.
   1. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of
      its owner.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Naut.) Sighting or making land when at sea.
      [1913 Webster]

   {A good landfall} (Naut.), the sighting of land in conformity
      with the navigator's reckoning and expectation.
      [1913 Webster]
from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Landfall, MN (city, FIPS 35414)
  Location: 44.95010 N, 92.97745 W
  Population (1990): 685 (314 housing units)
  Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Landfall, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
   Population (2000):    700
   Housing Units (2000): 300
   Land area (2000):     0.077806 sq. miles (0.201516 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.024254 sq. miles (0.062817 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.102060 sq. miles (0.264333 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            35414
   Located within:       Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
   Location:             44.951063 N, 92.977038 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Landfall, MN
    Landfall
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