At the neck of a coastal promontory is the base of the 15th century tower house of the chief of the Gunns.

A small coastal promontory, Frost Point, is named for Daniel Frost.

Devil's Slide is a coastal promontory in California, United States.

Ardnave Point is a coastal promontory near the mouth of the loch on the northwest of Islay.

With the transition into the Iron Age, hill forts (timber fortifications on hill tops and coastal promontories) and earthworks began to appear.

Another historical site within the village is the Green Castle, which is located on a coastal promontory.

The site is on a coastal promontory.

Tantallon is of a singular construction within Scotland, the defences comprising only a single large wall securing a coastal promontory.

Set atop the town's tallest coastal promontory, the Kasbah has served as Tangier's military and political center since the Roman era.

Each area within Waterville is privately owned and managed, all of which are named after Irish coastal promontories and islands as follows: