promontory
nounA high ridge of land or rock jutting out into a body of water; a headland.
nounA projecting part.
nounA high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland.
nounIn anatomy, a prominent or protuberant part; a prominence, eminence, or protuberance.
Resembling a promontory; high; projecting.
nounA high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape.
nounA 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.
nounA
a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)