landfall

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)An arrival at the shore by a ship, or sighting of the shore from a ship.

   “We made landfall at the most god-forsaken, barren, desolate, and hellish location possible to image; and we were grateful, anything to get off that ship!”

   “Lighthouses are usually the first aids seen when making landfall.”

2. (countable, uncountable)The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The first land discovered after a sea voyage.
4. (countable, uncountable)A landslip.

name

1. A city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States.

   “The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced on January 15, 2026, that zebra mussel larvae, known as veligers, were detected in Tanners Lake, a heavily used urban water body that borders the community of Landfall in Washington County.”