Cape Bon ("Good Cape"), also known as Res et-Teib (Arabic: الرأس الطيب),[1]Shrīk Peninsula, or Watan el Kibli,[2] is a peninsula in far northeastern Tunisia. Cape Bon is also the name of the northernmost point on the peninsula, also known as Res ed-Der, and known in antiquity as the Cape of Mercury (Latin: Promontorium Mercurii;[3] Ancient Greek: Ερμαία ἄκρα[4]) or Cape Hermaeum.[5]
^- Britannica Concise
^Sherīk Peninsula, Encyclopedia Britannica
^Shaw, Thomas (1757). Travels, Or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant: Illustrated with Cuts. A. Millar in the Strand, and W. Sandby in Fleet-Street. p. 76.
^Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Mercurii Prom
^The Fall of Carthage, Adrian Goldsworthy, Orion Books Ltd., 2006, ISBN 978-0-3043-6642-2
CapeBon ("Good Cape"), also known as Res et-Teib (Arabic: الرأس الطيب), Shrīk Peninsula, or Watan el Kibli, is a peninsula in far northeastern Tunisia...
of CapeBon may refer to: Battle of CapeBon (468), where the Vandals under Gaiseric defeated Eastern Roman General Basiliscus Battle of CapeBon (1941)...
until the vessel was reacquired by MARAD and she was renamed CapeBon. The SS CapeBon was acquired by the Maritime Administration on 26 June 1985, and...
actions against the Italian Regia Marina, enabling clear victories at CapeBon and off Sfax. Gun mountings were developed to provide high angle, anti-aircraft...
attacks by the Allied forces against the Italian and German forces in Tunis, CapeBon, and Bizerte, the last Axis toeholds in North Africa, during the Tunisian...
survivors and the Carthaginians opposed it at the battle of Cape Hermaeum (modern CapeBon); the Carthaginians were again heavily defeated. The Roman fleet...
intercepted by a Carthaginian fleet off CapeBon (in the north east of modern Tunisia) and in the Battle of Cape Hermaeum the Carthaginians were heavily...
destroyers and an Italian Regia Marina torpedo boat which took place off CapeBon in the Mediterranean sea on the night of 3/4 May 1943. The Italians were...
coastal town located in northeastern Tunisia, on the south coast of the CapeBon peninsula and surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea on both sides. It is...
invasion of the Vandal Kingdom in 468, which was defeated at the Battle of CapeBon. There were accusations at the time that Basiliscus was bribed by Aspar...
with the main force defeated a Vandal fleet near Sicily, and landed at CapeBon. Here Genseric offered to surrender, if he could have a five-day truce...
production. In the 5th century BC, Carthage expanded its territory, acquiring CapeBon and the fertile Wadi Majardah, later establishing control over productive...
and fleet, so that this invasion would not be a repeat of the Battle of CapeBon where the Byzantines were defeated by fire ships. During the construction...
which German Junkers Ju 52 transport aircraft suffered many losses over CapeBon while evacuating Heer (German Army) forces from the Allied ground offensive...
Karkwān) is the site of an ancient Punic city in north-eastern Tunisia, near CapeBon. Kerkouane was one of the most important Punic cities[dubious – discuss]...
north-eastern Tunisia, extending for 39 miles (63 km) from Cape Farina in the west to CapeBon in the east. Tunis, the capital city of Tunisia, lies at...
Operation Substance Operation Halberd Battle of the Duisburg Convoy Battle of CapeBon (1941) First Battle of Sirte Raid on Alexandria (1941) Second Battle of...
paid rent to the Libyans for use of land in the city surroundings and in CapeBon for agricultural purposes. The Africa dominion controlled by Carthage was...
north coastal tell, the lower Bagradas river valley (inland from Utica), CapeBon, and the adjacent sahel on the east coast. Punic culture here achieved...
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