the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ledge or terrace > [noun] > raised beach
raised beach1831
batture1856
strand-line1910
1910 Encycl. Brit. XI. 658/2 Proof of recent emergence of land is supplied by what are called ‘raised beaches’ or ‘strand-lines’, that is, lines of former shores marked by sheets of littoral deposits, or platforms cut by shore-waves in rock.