Promontory Point

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Promontory Point is a cape in northern Utah that juts into the Great Salt Lake and is historically associated with the region’s transcontinental railroad routes.

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Promontory Point canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cape
landform
adjacentTo Lucin Cutoff
bodyOfWater Great Salt Lake
category Capes of Utah
Great Salt Lake
Landforms of Box Elder County, Utah
connectedBy Southern Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
continent North America
coordinateSystem World Geodetic System 1984
linked to: WGS84
country United States
elevation approximately 1,320 meters above sea level
approximately 4,330 feet above sea level
featureOf Great Basin region
linked to: Great Basin
geologicalType rocky cape
hasNearbyInfrastructure railroad causeway across Great Salt Lake
historicallyAssociatedWith Lucin Cutoff railroad line
transcontinental railroad routes
locatedIn Box Elder County
Utah
northern Utah
linked to: Northern Utah
locatedOn Great Salt Lake
namedAfter promontory landform
near Promontory Summit
partOf Promontory Mountains
region Intermountain West
separates Bear River Bay
Great Salt Lake
state Utah
usedFor railroad route across Great Salt Lake

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Promontory Mountains adjacentTo Promontory Point