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Sharpness Point
Headland in Tyne and Wear, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sharpness Point is a small headland projecting into the North Sea at Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear.[1] The O.S. grid reference is NZ371699.[2]
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It is the only promontory in Northumberland with the -ness suffix. The word ness is a geographical term for a promontory, cape or headland, a strip of land projecting into a body of water, and derives from the Old English næs, meaning headland (related to Old Norse nes).
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