Promontory Point is the

cape A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment which drapes the wearer's back, arms, and chest, and connects at the neck. History Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. Th ...

or southernmost point of the

peninsula A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all ...

formed where the

Promontory Mountains The Promontory Mountains are a range in Box Elder County, Utah. The range is oriented north–south and has a length of about . The southern portion forms a cape extending south into the Great Salt Lake. The First transcontinental railroad was co ...

project into the northern

Great Salt Lake The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and the eighth-largest terminal lake in the world. It lies in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah and has a substantial impact upon the local climate, particula ...

in southeastern

Box Elder County Box Elder County is a county at the northwestern corner of Utah, United States. As of 2018, the estimated population is 54,950. Its county seat and largest city is Brigham City. The county was named for the box elder trees that abound in the co ...

Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

, United States.''Promontory Point, Utah,'' 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, USGS, 1991 Great Salt Lake Map

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The cape is northwest of the west end of

Fremont Island Fremont Island is a island located in Great Salt Lake in northern Utah, United States. State owned, it is the lake's third largest island after Stansbury Island and Antelope Island. The island has also been known by several other names, includi ...

in Weber County. The

Lucin Cutoff The Lucin Cutoff is a railroad line in Utah, United States that runs from Ogden to its namesake in Lucin. The most prominent feature of the cutoff was a railroad trestle crossing the Great Salt Lake, which was in use from 1904 until the late ...

passes north of the point of the cape. The unincorporated community of

Promontory 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 so ...

and its location, Promontory Summit, are also frequently referred to as "Promontory Point". Promontory Summit is the site where the

First transcontinental railroad North America's first transcontinental railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the " Overland Route") was a continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail netwo ...

was completed and is located about north–northwest of the cape, near the north end of the Promontory Mountains.

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Cliffs of the United States Great Salt Lake Headlands of the United States Landforms of Box Elder County, Utah {{Utah-geo-stub

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