Cape Guardafui

The Cape Guardafui ( portug., beware '; Somaliland also Gees Gwardafuy, Ras Asir or Raas Caseyr, in antiquity known as Elephantenkap ) is a high Kapfelsen at the northeast tip of the Somali peninsula in East Africa ( " Horn of Africa " ).

The at 11 ° 50 'north latitude and 51 ° 17' east longitude location is Cape (100 km ) located the easternmost point of Africa, between Bereeda ( 61.2 km ) and the Yemen belonging archipelago of Socotra.

Politically, the Cape Guardafui belongs to the region of Bari in Somalia that is part of the internationally unrecognized Puntland.

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