Punta de Tarifa

The Punta de Tarifa, also known as Punta Marroquí, is the southernmost point in continental Europe. It is located on the outskirts of Tarifa in the Andalusian province of Cádiz in southern Spain.

Your upstream is connected by a causeway to the mainland, Isla de las Palomas, whose southern tip almost exactly zoom ranges (up to about six meters) up to the 36th parallel. The island is not open to the public as a closed military zone.

The Punta de Tarifa is located at the narrowest point of the Strait of Gibraltar only 14 miles from Africa. West of you begin the Atlantic Ocean, to the east is the Mediterranean Sea.

History

Coming from North Africa with a 500 -strong expeditionary force - Near the Punta de Tarifa landed in 710 an Arab officer named tariff ibn Malik - the namesake of the town of Tarifa. He then came close to inland and then returned with rich booty back to Africa. Encouraged by this success, starting the year after Tariq ibn Ziyad, a sub- commander of the caliph in Damascus, an expedition to Spain, which was the beginning of Arab rule on the lberischen peninsula, which was finally completed only in 1492. 36.006666666667 - 5.6080555555556Koordinaten: 36 ° 0 ' 24 " N, 5 ° 36' 29" W

• Geography (Spain )
• Geography (Andalusia )