promontories

Meaning

of Promontory

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

foreland

Examples

At that scale the coastline appears as a momentarily shifting, potentially infinitely long thread with a stochastic arrangement of bays and promontories formed from the small objects at hand. Source: Internet

Grande Terre has numerous bays, inlets, fjords, and coves, as well as several peninsulas and promontories. Source: Internet

History Early history De Vries (1643) maps Sakhalin's eastern promontories, but is not aware that he is visiting an island (map from 1682). Source: Internet