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a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)synonyms: foreland, head, promontoryexamples:Cape Horna rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego)Rock of Gibraltarlocation of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of HerculesCape Hatterasa promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North CarolinaCape Canaverala sandy promontory (formerly Cape Kennedy) extending into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island off the eastern coast of Florida; the site of a NASA center for spaceflightCape Sablea promontory on the far southern part of Nova ScotiaJebel Musaa promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Herculestypes:mulla term used in Scottish names of promontoriespointa promontory extending out into a large body of watertype of:
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