Promontory Mountains

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United States National Historical Park alternative name cape ceremonial railroad spike mountain pass mountain peak mountain range

The Promontory Mountains are a mountain range in northern Utah best known as the site where the First Transcontinental Railroad was completed at Promontory Summit in 1869.

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Label Occurrences
Promontory Mountains canonical 6
Promontory Range 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States National Historical Park ⓘ
alternative name ⓘ
cape ⓘ
ceremonial railroad spike ⓘ
mountain pass ⓘ
mountain peak ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
adjacentTo Promontory Point ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
contains Promontory Summit, Utah Territory ⓘ
surface form: Promontory Summit
country United States of America ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfEvent 10 May 1869 ⓘ
elevation about 2,000 meters above sea level (highest areas) ⓘ
event driving of the Golden Spike ⓘ
forms Promontory Peninsula ⓘ
geologicalType fault-block mountains ⓘ
hasAccessVia local ranch roads ⓘ
hasName Promontory Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Promontory Range
hasProtectedArea Golden Spike National Historical Park ⓘ
surface form: Golden Spike National Historical Park (nearby at Promontory Summit)
highestPoint Messix Peak ⓘ
historicalEvent joining of Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ
knownFor ceremonial completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 ⓘ
site of completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad ⓘ
locatedIn Box Elder County, Utah ⓘ
Box Elder County, Utah ⓘ
Box Elder County, Utah ⓘ
Great Basin ⓘ
Intermountain West ⓘ
Promontory Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Promontory Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Promontory Peninsula ⓘ
Promontory Summit, Utah Territory ⓘ
surface form: Promontory Summit

northern Utah ⓘ
marks joining of the Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ
nameLanguage English ⓘ
near Great Salt Lake ⓘ
orientation generally north–south ⓘ
partOf Rocky Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Rocky Mountains (physiographic region, broadly construed)
refersTo Promontory Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
region Northern Utah ⓘ
separates Great Salt Lake ⓘ
Thioland (Promontory) arm of Great Salt Lake from main body of lake ⓘ
state Utah ⓘ
usedFor livestock grazing ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
vegetation grassland ⓘ
sagebrush steppe ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Promontory Summit, Utah Territory → locatedOnLandform → Promontory Mountains ⓘ
Box Elder County, Utah → contains → Promontory Mountains ⓘ
Promontory Mountains → locatedIn → Promontory Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Messix Peak
Promontory Mountains → locatedIn → Promontory Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Promontory Summit
Promontory Mountains → hasName → Promontory Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Promontory Range
Promontory Mountains → refersTo → Promontory Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Promontory Range
Gunnison Island → nearbyFeature → Promontory Mountains ⓘ