promontory

Noun
  1. A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) (synset 109422467)
    is a type of: elevation, natural elevation - a raised or elevated geological formation
    subtypes:
    • mull - a term used in Scottish names of promontories
    • point - a promontory extending out into a large body of water
    specific instances:
    • cape horn - a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego)
    • calpe, gibraltar, 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
    • cape hatteras - a promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina
    • cape canaveral, 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
    • cape sable - a promontory on the far southern part of Nova Scotia
    • abila, abyla, jebel musa - a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules
    same as: foreland, head, headland

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