The term promontory has several similar meanings in English, including geographical names:
A promontory is a prominent mass of land which overlooks lower lying land or a body of water (e.g., a peninsula or headland).
In anatomy, a promontory is a projecting part. Especially: (a) the projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbarvertebra; (b) a prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.
The first Transcontinental Railroad in North America—constructed simultaneously beginning from the west coast (Sacramento, California) and from the more populated east (starting in Omaha, Nebraska)—was joined at Promontory, Utah, near Promontory Summit, north of the Great Salt Lake.
A place called Promontory Point, Utah is on Promontory Point, a cape jutting out into the Great Salt Lake.
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Promontory Point is an historic landscape and the focal point of Chicago's Burnham Park at the Eastern boundary of Hyde Park.
Caldwell began by adding soil to the Promontory, raising the meadow to its present height and creating a hill where a shelter would be built.
The Chicago park district and the public realize the place of Promontory Point in Chicago's past and are working together to restore it for future generations.
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