| It is surrounded by numerous islets and is full of creeks, with many promontories and deep bays. |
| Urfa lies just at the foot of the hills, half enclosed by two bold limestone promontories. |
| From the tip of the headland you are treated to a view of more unblemished promontories dotted along the coast. |
| You leave the cliffs and promontories and blue sea gulfs behind, and corkscrew inland, past the roadside shrines with their solitary icons and flickering candles. |
| From north to south The Gambia extends to a maximum of 48km, though the coastline, with its bays and promontories, is 80km in length. |
| First was the development of defended settlements, usually on hilltops or promontories that afforded natural defence. |
