Talk:Promontory Mountains

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A peninsular mountain range

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This Promontory Mountains, mountain range is a peninsula, (not a cape), and is also a unique m. range in the Category:Mountain ranges of the Great Basin, being mostly interior to the Great Salt Lake. (also, (it is) Just like there are a few "island mountain ranges" interior to the Great Salt Lake Desert, (Newfoundland Mountains and most of the Silver Island Range, etc.)---Mmcannis (talk) 02:41, 3 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

My understanding of the difference between a cape and a peninsula is that a peninsula is connected to the mainland by an isthmus (a narrow strip of land). The Promontory Mountains appear to jut out into the Great Salt Lake with a relatively even width averaging five to seven miles for the entire length. I think that this would make it a cape, and that the article is correct as it is. I'm not really clear on the remainder of your comment. Can you explain it further? By the way, thanks for your contributions on the mountain articles I've noticed you've been working on, and also the Blue Creek Valley. I thought I was the only one who cared about that area! GreenGlass^(talk) 02:51, 4 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

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