Just over the promontory is an isthmus with a small sheltered beach semi-enclosed by two rocky arms. From Wordnik.com. [Tenacatita: hidden jewel] Reference
Carmel -- the mountain promontory north of Israel, in Asher, abounding in rich pastures, olives, and vines. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
The plants on the promontory are also changing with the season. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: South Uist] Reference
Suez and the Bahr-akkaba, called the promontory of Tor, of which Cape. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time] Reference
Upon the tip of the promontory was the home of the Eppes family, "Appomattox.". From Wordnik.com. [Virginia: the Old Dominion] Reference
Libya which is called the promontory of Soloeis, he sailed on towards the South. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Herodotus] Reference
Foreland, North, a promontory, which is the NE point of the Ifle of Thanet, in Kent. From Wordnik.com. [The general gazetteer, or, Compendious geographical dictionary [microform] : containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, &c. in the known world : with the government, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; the extent, boundaries, and natural productions of each country, the trade, manufactures, and curiosities of the cities and towns; their longitude, latitude, bearings and distances in English miles from remarkable places; and the various events by which they have been distinguished : including an account of the counties, cities, boroughs, market-towns, and principal villages, in Great Britain and Ireland] Reference
This promontory, which is situated in the latitude of 58° 15 ', and in the longitude of. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16] Reference
These estates were all together, and comprised what is called the promontory of Mont Gargano. From Wordnik.com. [Richard I Makers of History] Reference
Coming at full gallop toward the promontory was a strong body of English horse, flying the banner of Sir Ingram de. From Wordnik.com. [In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce] Reference
He steps downward and finds himself on solid ground at last, a kind of promontory in the mist that is no mist at all. From Wordnik.com. [beneath an opal moon]
The old Greek city of Massilia occupied the promontory which is still old. From Wordnik.com. [In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc] Reference
87 This promontory is forty miles from Carthage, (Procop.l. i.c. 6, p. 192,) and twenty leagues from Sicily, (Shaw’s Travels, p. 89.). From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
Athos, a mountain promontory at the N. of the Aegean Sea. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
At this part a narrow promontory projects into the river. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
I felt sure I should make the next promontory without fail. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
The western promontory of granite to which we give the name of Land's. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
A promontory indeed it was, overhanging a valley a thousand feet below. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
There, some few hundred yards distant, on a promontory, stood a red horse. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
The ships now sailed westward, doubling the promontory of Alaska, and on 9th. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
And then another and like obstacle checked his haste to reach that promontory. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
Sailing thence westward we came to a promontory of Libya thickly covered with trees. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
At this moment their conversation was interrupted by a loud call from the promontory. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
The third, or Schroon range, terminates on Lake Champlain in the high promontory of Split Rock. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
It is a sort of pier or promontory of columnar basalt, projecting from the north coast of Antrim. From Wordnik.com. [Shepp's Photographs of the World] Reference
On passing the promontory a sight appeared which at once attracted the whole attention of the boys. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
The colony proper is located on a small promontory looking eastward to the harbor and the Sulu Sea. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in the Orient] Reference
At night, 1,000 people huddled at the Shanti stupa, built high on a rock promontory above Leh, everyone frightened. From Wordnik.com. [Josh Schrei: The Ladakh Cloudburst: An Eyewitness Account] Reference
In a few minutes the Antelope was heading towards the promontory; and soon she passed it, and advanced towards the shore. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
Antium, an ancient city on a promontory below Ostia, which, having a little navy, had interfered with the Roman commerce. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
Its area is six square miles, and consists principally of the town of Monaco and its suburbs, which stand on a high promontory. From Wordnik.com. [Shepp's Photographs of the World] Reference
MEXICOBaja HumbugNearly 300 Americans are facing eviction from their beach homes on a scenic promontory in Baja California Norte. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
Built on a secluded promontory, this 2,600-square-foot home on Abaco Island is outfitted with solar panels and electric generators. From Wordnik.com. [Bahamas Hideaway] Reference
MEXICOBaja HumbugNearly 300 Americans are facing eviction from their beach homes on a scenic promontory in Northern Baja California. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
All was silent, and I found myself completely alone on what I realized was a bleak promontory extending like a ramp into nothingness. From Wordnik.com. [Record of a Living Being] Reference
The Cibola had approached the height from the west, and the boys believed that the promontory projected from yet higher ground beyond. From Wordnik.com. [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference
Between this comer of the mesa and the sharper promontory whereon the Cibola had come to anchor, was a wide, sandy, barren depression. From Wordnik.com. [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference
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