Noun
A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape.
A projecting part. Especially: (a) The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra. (b) A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHigh on a rocky promontory sat an Electric Monk on a bored horse. Douglas Adams
See one promontory (said Socrates of old), one mountain, one sea, one river, and see all. Robert Burton
Genius is a promontory jutting out of the infinite. Victor Hugo
The white sail of his soul has rounded the promontory - death. William Alexander
Accommodation and camping at Tidal River within Wilsons Promontory National Park will be closed from Sunday March 22. Source: Internet
Audollent (1901:203) Topography Archaeological map infobox Carthage was built on a promontory with sea inlets to the north and the south. Source: Internet