Promontory

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape.

II. Promontory ·noun A projecting part. Especially: (a) The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra. (b) A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.

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