Promontory Point (Utah)

This article is about the promontory. For the nearby ghost town, see Promontory Point, Utah. For the meeting point of the U.S. Transcontinental Railroad, see Promontory Summit.
Promontory Point
Promontory
Promontory Point is located in Utah
Promontory Point
Promontory Point
Location within the state of Utah
Promontory Point is located in the United States
Promontory Point
Promontory Point
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 41°13′20″N 112°24′41″W / 41.22222°N 112.41139°W / 41.22222; -112.41139
LocationBox Elder County, Utah
United States
RangePromontory Mountains
Offshore water bodiesGreat Salt Lake
Elevation1,497 m (4,912 ft)
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Promontory Point is the promontory or southernmost point of the peninsula formed where the Promontory Mountains project into the northern Great Salt Lake in southeastern Box Elder County, Utah, United States.[1][2]

Promontory Peninsula with the Lucin Cutoff crossing the end of the peninsula
  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Promontory Point
  2. ^ Promontory Point, Utah, 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, USGS, 1991