promontory

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Artisanal makers of goat cheeses can be found along undulating roads through greenery that dead end at the foreboding promontory of Cabo Espichel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The city occupies a promontory overlooking the Irtysh River in northeastern Kazakhstan and was first recorded in the early 2000s.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2025

Passage is blocked at the southern end by a rocky promontory.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

A Turkish sponge diver in 1982 first reported spotting “metal biscuits with ears” off a rocky promontory known as Uluburun.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

As the car rushed along, the trees grew thicker and taller and leafier until, just as they’d hidden the sky completely, the forest abruptly ended and the road bent itself around a broad promontory.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster