Cape (geography)

Cape (which, in Latin, caput for head, top ) indicates a flashy or sharp point of land that can be good especially pronounced in mountainous coasts. Until about the end of the 19th century, the term promontory has been used synonymously.

Wind and current

At a cape incident winds or currents can be significantly enhanced by bundling. Change their direction while being distracted.

Known Cape

Alphabetical order:

  • Cape Arkona, Rügen
  • Cape Agulhas, the southernmost tip of South Africa
  • Cape Baba, the westernmost point of Turkey or Asia
  • Cap Bon, Tunisia Peninsula
  • Cape Byron, the easternmost point of the Australian mainland
  • Cape Canaveral Spaceport with the U.S. on the east coast of Florida
  • Cape Deschnjow, northeast most point of Russia and Asia
  • Cape Farewell, the southern tip of Greenland
  • Cape Finisterre, medieval pilgrimage
  • Cabo Girão, Madeira Portugal
  • Cape of Good Hope, the southern end of the Cape Peninsula near Cape Town in South Africa
  • Cape Horn, the southern tip of South America country
  • Cape Comorin, southernmost tip of the Indian subcontinent
  • Cape Morris Jesup, North tip of Greenland and northernmost point of the earth
  • North Cape, Norway
  • North Cape, the northernmost point of New Zealand
  • Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point of continental Europe
  • Cape Skagen, the northernmost point of Denmark
  • Cape Tenaro, the southernmost cape of the Balkans
  • Cape Trafalgar, Southern Spain
  • Cape Tscheljuskin, North Russia ( Taimyr Peninsula) northernmost mainland point of the Earth
  • Cape Verde, Western tip of Africa
  • Key West, Florida's southern tip
  • Cape York, the northernmost point of Australia

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  • Cape Colony
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