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nouna natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)type of:
Definition that contains promontory
- point a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- gibraltar location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules
- namur a city in south central Belgium situated on a promontory between the Meuse River and the Sambre River; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II
- cape canaveral a sandy promontory (formerly Cape Kennedy) extending into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island off the eastern coast of Florida; the site of a NASA center for spaceflight
- jebel musa a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules
- cape hatteras a promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina
- abyla a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules
- cape kennedy a sandy promontory (formerly Cape Kennedy) extending into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island off the eastern coast of Florida; the site of a NASA center for spaceflight
- actium an ancient town on a promontory in western Greece
- rock of gibraltar location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules