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.
The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
(obsolete) The first land discovered after a sea voyage.