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Promontory Point (Utah)

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{{redirect|Promontory Point|the meeting point of the U.S. Trans Continental Railroad|Promontory, Utah|other uses|Promontory Point (disambiguation)}}Promontory Point is the cape or southernmost point of the peninsula formed where the Promontory Mountains project into the northern Great Salt Lake at {{coord|41|12|18|N|112|25|43|W|}} in Box Elder County, Utah, with an elevation of 4,297 feet (1,310 m) above sea level.^[1]^[2] It is 4.75 kilometres (2.95 mi) northwest of the west end of Fremont Island in Weber County.^[2]

Promontory Point also refers to the location {{coord|41|13|20|N|112|24|38|W|}}^[3] where the Lucin Cutoff intersects the east coast of the peninsula, {{Convert|1.7|mi}} northeast of the cape. The cutoff passes {{convert|1250|ft}} north of the cape and continues west {{convert|6.4|mi}} to Saline, where the cutoff leaves the peninsula.^[2]

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1. ^{{Cite gnis|1431483|Promontory Point (cape)}}
2. ^¹²Promontory Point, Utah, 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, USGS, 1991
3. ^{{Cite GNIS|1431484|Promontory Point (locale)}}

4 : Cliffs of the United States|Great Salt Lake|Headlands of the United States|Landforms of Box Elder County, Utah

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