What is another word for Promontories?

Pronunciation: [pɹˈɒməntəɹˌiz] (IPA)

Promontories are elevated landforms that protrude out into bodies of water. Synonyms for promontories include cliffs, headlands, bluffs, capes, peninsulas, and forelands. Cliffs are steep rock formations often found on the coast, while headlands are similar to cliffs but with a gradual slope. Bluffs are steep cliffs with a gentle slope at their base. Capes are narrow strips of land that extend out into the ocean. Peninsulas are large landmasses that are surrounded by water on three sides. Forelands are low-lying, elongated areas of land that are adjacent to bodies of water. Each of these synonyms describes a unique type of landform that can be found in different parts of the world.

Usage examples for Promontories

Why may not prose chase forest-nymphs and see little green-eyed elves, and delight in peonies and musk-roses, and invoke the stars, and roll mists about the hills, and watch the sea thundering through caverns and dashing against the Promontories?
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
In some cases he noticed that quite sharp electric shadows were produced by rocky Promontories projecting into the line of transmission.
"Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy"
John Ambrose Fleming
Hence we may conclude that the Phenicians must have set foot on Cyprus about the year 1250 B.C., and on the islands and coasts of Hellas about the year 1200 B.C. Thucydides observes that in ancient times the Phenicians had occupied the Promontories of Sicily and the small islands lying around Sicily, in order to carry on trade with the Sicels.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker

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