Promontory

Definitions

1. A location in Box Elder County, Utah, United States, where the first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, and the golden spike ceremony was held.
   historical
2. A high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.
3. A projecting part of the body.
4. A projection on the sacrum.
5. A rounded elevation in the tympanum of the ear.

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Examples

“Leaving behind us the town at the bottom of its deep bay, we set⟳ out to explore⟳ a bluff-headed parallelogramical promontory, bounded by Thurso Bay on the one hand, and Murkle Bay on the other, and which presents to the open⟳ sea, in the space that stretches between, an undulating line of iron-bound coast, exposed to the roll of the northern ocean.”

“South of Hang-chou Wan (Bay) below Shanghai, the China coastline changes from a smooth, flat topography to one of irregular, rocky promontories and numerous islands. Foochow, the Fugiu of Marco Polo, dates from the seventh century. Offshore the Ma-tsu Lieh-tao (Matsu and Pei-kan, or Changshu Islands) are heavily fortified Nationalist strongholds.”

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