Look up promontory in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
A promontory is a prominent mass of land which overlooks lower lying land or a body of water.
Promontory may also refer to:
Geology and geography
edit- Promontory Summit, where the United States first transcontinental railroad was completed in Box Elder County, Utah
- Promontory, Utah, an unincorporated community on Promontory Summit
- Promontory Mountains, a mountain range in Box Elder County, Utah, United States
Anatomy
edit- Sacral promontory, in anatomy, the anteriormost portion of the sacrum
- Promontory of tympanic cavity, a part of the ear
Other
edit- "Promontory", a 1992 song from The Last of the Mohicans soundtrack
- Promontory Financial Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of IBM
- The architecture codename for AMD chipsets for AM4 motherboards