promontory

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Real estate agent Daniel Milstein is currently listing a 3.25-acre lot on a promontory in Carbon Canyon that once held a Mediterranean mansion formerly owned by record producer David Foster.

From Los Angeles Times

Set on a promontory, the parcel has unobstructed ocean and city views, The Times reported in 2012.

From Los Angeles Times

Tread the sand of Laguna Beach past Halfway Rock to Cactus Point, the latter a rocky promontory with a tunnel near the surf line.

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Native Americans built their villages across this promontory, and Malaga Cove has been a settlement for at least seven millennia.

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First responders undergo special training in how to fight blazes in structures like Odesa’s sumptuous opera house, perched on a promontory above the seafront.

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