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Dyrhólaey (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈtɪrˌhouːlaˌeiː], "door hill island"), formerly known by seamen as Cape Portland, [1] is a small promontory located on the south coast of Iceland, not far from the village Vík. [2] It was formerly an island of volcanic origin, which is also known by the Icelandic word eyja meaning island.
View of Cape Sounion and the ruins of the Temple of Poseidon looking west, with Patroklos island visible in the background Sunset at Cape Sounion. Cape Sounion (Modern Greek: Aκρωτήριο Σούνιο Akrotírio Soúnio [akroˈtirʝo ˈsuɲo]; Ancient Greek: Ἄκρον Σούνιον Άkron Soúnion, latinized Sunium; Venetian: Capo Colonne "Cape of Columns") is the promontory at the ...
A promontory is a raised mass of land that projects into a lowland or a body of water (in which case it is a peninsula). Most promontories either are formed from a hard ridge of rock that has resisted the erosive forces that have removed the softer rock to the sides of it, or are the high ground that remains between two river valleys where they ...
Pausanias visited Epidaurus Limera and said that opposite the city there was a promontory which he referred to as the "extremity of Minos", which has been identified as Monemvasia. Strabo—a century earlier—mentions it as "Minoan fortress". The toponym "Minoa" indicates the existence of a port in antiquity, traces of which have been ...
The sacral promontory marks part of the border of the pelvic inlet, and comprises the iliopectineal line and the linea terminalis. [5] The sacral promontory articulates with the last lumbar vertebra to form the sacrovertebral angle, an angle of 30 degrees from the horizontal plane that provides a useful marker for a sling implant procedure.
Pronunciation (MEE-sah-kee) [citation needed] Gender: Female: Origin; Word/name: Japanese: ... 美崎 "beautiful promontory" 見崎 "to look, promontory" People with ...
Plastic surgeons are seeing more patients opting for breast reductions and dissolving facial fillers. They reveal that patients want a more natural, athletic and effortless look.
Yehliu Rock formations within the geopark. Yehliu (Chinese: 野柳; pinyin: Yěliǔ) is a cape in Wanli District, New Taipei, Taiwan. [1]The cape, known by geologists as the Yehliu Promontory, forms part of the Daliao Miocene Formation.