promontory

  • 71Wilson's Promontory — Southernmost point of the Australian mainland, southern Victoria. The peninsula, 22 mi (35 km) long with a maximum width of 14 mi (23 km), projects into the Bass Strait and is almost an island. Its highest point is Mount Latrobe (2,475 ft [754… …

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  • 72Elaea (promontory of Crete) — Elaea or Elaia ( el. Ελαία) was the ancient name of a promontory on the northeast coast of Crete, Greece, which was mentioned by Ptolemy, (Ptol. v. 14. § 3), on which was a temple of Zeus Diktaios. The site is near the modern town of Palaikastron …

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  • 73Elaea (promontory of Cyprus) — Elaea or Elaia (Greek: Ελαία; Turkish: Zeytin Burnu) was the ancient name for a promontory of Cyprus, near the ancient city of Knidos. The cape lies within the territory of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.References*… …

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  • 74Gargano Promontory — ancient Garganum Mountainous promontory jutting into the Adriatic Sea from eastern coast of Italy. Called the spur of the Italian boot, it is 40 mi (65 km) long and 25 mi (40 km) at its widest, rising to 3,494 ft (1,065 m) at Mount Calvo. The… …

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  • 75Wilson's Promontory —   [ wɪlsnz prɔməntərɪ, englisch], Halbinsel in der Bass Straße, an der Küste Victorias, südlichster Teil des australischen Festlands; Nationalpark, 414 km2 …

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  • 76sacral promontory — n the inwardly projecting anterior part of the body of the first sacral vertebra …

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  • 77Wilsons Promontory — /wɪlsənz ˈprɒməntri/ (say wilsuhnz promuhntree) noun a mountainous peninsula in Victoria; the southernmost point of the Australian mainland. {named by Governor Hunter after Thomas Wilson, a London merchant trading with Australia} In 1798 George… …

  • 78Мыс (Promontory) — (в анатомии) выступающая часть какого либо органа или другой структуры в теле (например, мыс крестца ред.). Источник: Медицинский словарь …

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  • 79anterior promontory — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Diptera, the median area of the mesonotum, at the anterior end of the acrostichal area …

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  • 80groove of promontory of tympanic cavity — sulcus promontorii tympani …

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