Promontory Mountains
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Prom·on·to·ry Mountains
[ʹpräməntōrē]
Short range that forms a peninsula in the N Great Salt Lake, in N Utah. The first transcontinental railroad passed through Promontory, N of the range. Today trains pass Promontory Point, at the S end, via a causeway across the lake.
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