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PROMONTORIUM (Promontory)       Back

Latin Name

Lat Long Diam

Origin

Promontorium Agarum

14.0N

66.0E

70.0

Named from cape in Sea of Azov
Promontorium Agassi

42.0N

1.8E

20.0

Jean Louis Rodolphe; Swiss zoologist, geologist (1807-1873)
Promontorium Archerusia

16.7N

22.0E

10.0

Named from cape on the Black Sea
Promontorium Deville

43.2N

1.0E

20.0

Sainte-Claire Charles; French geologist (1814-1876)
Promontorium Fresnel

29.0N

4.7E

20.0

Augustin Jean; French optician (1788-1827)
Promontorium Heraclides

40.3N

33.2W

50.0

Ponticus; Greek astronomer (c. 388-310 B.C.)
Promontorium Kelvin

27.0S

33.0W

50.0

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin; Scottish natural philosopher (1824-1907)
Promontorium Laplace

46.0N

25.8W

50.0

Pierre Simon; French mathematician, astronomer (1749-1827)
Promontorium Taenarium

19.0S

8.0W

70.0

Named from cape in Greece; now Matapan or Tainaron


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