Which preposition to use with promontory

of Occurrences 109%

All the islands of the Alexander Archipelago, as well as the headlands and promontories of the mainland, display telling traces of this great mantle that are still fresh and unmistakable.

on Occurrences 22%

There are several lofty promontories on the shore of Casaria, between Kersova and the mouth of the Tanais; and there are forty castles between Kersova and Soldaia, at almost each of which a distinct language is spoken; and among these are many Goths who speak the Teutonic language.

in Occurrences 14%

So Scipio set sail for Africa in the spring of 550 with two strong legions of veterans (about 30,000 men), 40 vessels of war, and 400 transports, and landed successfully, without meeting the slightest resistance, at the Fair Promontory in the neighbourhood of Utica.

at Occurrences 7%

To allay possible, though quite unreasonable, unrest, it was determined to open a British Club, or Rest Camp, at Sirmione, which, as every reader of Tennyson knows, stands on the tip of a long promontory at the southern end of Lake Garda.

to Occurrences 5%

Then, I heard a cry from Tonnison; he was shouting my name, excitedly, and without delay I hurried along the rocky promontory to the ruin.

with Occurrences 4%

Thoughts of Edith Herndon thronged my brain, and I drove the dory toward the promontory with every ounce of strength I possessed.

by Occurrences 3%

The remains of the causeway gradually formed the promontory by which the place is now connected with the main land.

near Occurrences 2%

The fortifications of Acre were visible on a slight promontory near the middle of the Gulf.

between Occurrences 2%

The fog still came in masses from the sea, sweeping across the promontory between us and Torbay, and fading into air nearly as soon as it was over the land.

above Occurrences 1%

In vain did we look for relief from other quarters; the promontory above us was inaccessible; the tide was rising, and the sun touching the clear, blue edge of the horizon.

into Occurrences 1%

A large sheet of gray-green grass, bordered by the forest wall, as far as the eye could see, and dotted with low bushes, weltered in mirage; while stretching out into it, some half a mile off, a gray promontory into a green sea, was an object which filled me with more awe and admiration than anything which I had seen in the island.

below Occurrences 1%

It was but a short distance from our camp, in a little bay hidden away around a wooded promontory below us.

out Occurrences 1%

Before us, stretching for a hundred and fifty miles to the north and south, lay the grand coast-line of Kamchatka, rising abruptly in great purple promontories out of the blue sparkling sea, flecked here with white clouds and shreds of fleecy mist, deepening in places into a soft quivering blue, and sweeping backward and upward into the pure white snow of the higher peaks.

along Occurrences 1%

As there could no longer be any doubt about the fact, we loaded up the old rusty cannon once more, stuffed it full of wet grass to strengthen its voice, and gave the desired signals, which echoed in successive crashes from every rocky promontory along the coast, and died away to a faint mutter far out at sea.

towards Occurrences 1%

By midday we had mounted to the crest of a long scarp which fell away in a narrow and broken promontory towards the plains.

under Occurrences 1%

Copple and I were to go down to the first promontories under the rim.

until Occurrences 1%

Breathlessly he tore his way through the strip of forest on the promontory until all Lake Michigan to the south lay before his eyes.

against Occurrences 1%

(iv. 5.) "Be like the promontory against which the waves continually break, but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it" (iv. 49.)

Which preposition to use with  promontory