landfall

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: land=fall

CIDE DICTIONARY

landfall, n. 

•  A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

landfall, n. the approach to land, esp. for the first time on a sea or air journey.