Converse of object

• make: He departed from St John's in Newfoundland, finally making landfall on the west coast of Ireland 76 days later.

Adjective modifier

• first: Christopher Columbus planted the Spanish flag on San Salvador upon his first landfall in the Americas in 1492.

• major: Also, an above-average probability of U.S. major hurricane landfall is anticipated " .

• near: Although the mainland lies closer at 20 miles, the nearest landfall is in dense jungle.

Preposition: on

• coast: He departed from St John's in Newfoundland, finally making landfall on the west coast of Ireland 76 days later.

• side: He had made landfall on the eastern side of this very large island by the early morning of June 11th.

Preposition: in

• region: Katrina was the most feared of all meteorological events, a major hurricane making landfall in a highly-populated low-lying region.