This article is about the promontory in South Africa. For the headland in Gambia, see Bakau.
Not to be confused with Cape of Good Hope.
Cape Point in the left foreground, with the Cape of Good Hope almost right behind and some 2.3 km awayLooking from behind the old lighthouse (at top left) to the new lighthouse (a sunlit speck of white very near the point). The lighthouses are 700 metres apart, and the new lighthouse 162 metres lower in altitude so as to remain visible during low cloud.
Cape Point (Afrikaans: Kaappunt) is a promontory at the southeast corner of the Cape Peninsula, a mountainous and scenic landform that runs north-south for about thirty kilometres at the extreme southwestern tip of the African continent in South Africa. Table Mountain and the city of Cape Town are close to the northern extremity of the same peninsula. The cape is located at 34°21′26″S18°29′51″E / 34.35722°S 18.49750°E / -34.35722; 18.49750, about 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) east and a little north of the Cape of Good Hope on the southwest corner.[1] Although these two rocky capes are very well known, neither cape is actually the southernmost point of the mainland of Africa; that is Cape Agulhas, approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) to the east-southeast.
^Topo map of Cape Point[permanent dead link], from the South African Geographical Names System
CapePoint (Afrikaans: Kaappunt) is a promontory at the southeast corner of the Cape Peninsula, a mountainous and scenic landform that runs north-south...
point fluctuates between Cape Agulhas and CapePoint (about 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) east of the Cape of Good Hope). 75km 50miles Cape Agulhas Cape of...
Floristic Region, and for landmarks such as Table Mountain and CapePoint. In 2014, Cape Town was named the best place in the world to visit by The New...
peninsula are CapePoint and the Cape of Good Hope. On the northern end is Table Mountain, overlooking Table Bay and the City Bowl of Cape Town, South Africa...
Cape Agulhas (/əˈɡʊljəs/; Portuguese: Cabo das Agulhas [ˈkaβu ðɐz ɐˈɣuʎɐʃ], "Cape of Needles") is a rocky headland in Western Cape, South Africa. It is...
Mountain National Park, previously known as the Cape Peninsula National Park, is a national park in Cape Town, South Africa, proclaimed on 29 May 1998,...
also known as the CapePoint Funicular, is a funicular railway located at CapePoint, near the Cape of Good Hope in the Western Cape province of South...
and 460 nautical miles) west of Cap-Vert, the westernmost point of continental Africa. The Cape Verde islands form part of the Macaronesia ecoregion, along...
Antarctic Survey. "Cape Mascart". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 May 2020. "Landauer Point". Geographic...
continent. At its tip is CapePoint and the Cape of Good Hope. The peninsula forms the west side of False Bay and the Cape Flats. On the east side are...
feet (93 m) at its highest point, at the top of Pine Hill, in the Bourne portion of Joint Base Cape Cod, down to sea level. Cape Cod and the Islands form...
of capes, peninsulas and inlets. From west to east they include Cape Flying Fish, Cape Petersen, Williams Island, Jones Peninsula, Dyer Point, Cape Davies...
stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, that was built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. During the planning stage, it was known as the Green Point Stadium, which...
Cabo da Roca (Portuguese: [ˈkaβu ðɐ ˈʁɔkɐ]) or Cape Roca is a cape which forms the westernmost point of the Sintra Mountain Range, of mainland Portugal...
proceeds clockwise along the coast to the east. The northernmost point of the island is called Cape Leguillou. It was charted by a French expedition under Captain...
south and is demarcated by CapePoint to the west and Cape Hangklip to the east. The north side of the bay is the low-lying Cape Flats, and the east side...
small Hornos Island. Although not the most southerly point of South America (which is Águila Islet), Cape Horn marks the northern boundary of the Drake Passage...
73°35′S 122°38′W / 73.583°S 122.633°W / -73.583; -122.633. An ice-covered cape which marks the northwest extremity of Carney Island along the coast of Marie...
Cape May Point School District is a non-operating school district based in Cape May Point, New Jersey. All students are sent to schools outside of the...
Cape Town, Green Point and Sea Point, Woodstock, Mowbray, Rondebosch, Claremont, Maitland, and Kalk Bay were unified to create the first City of Cape...
triangular bay that indents the north coast of Victoria Land between Cape Barrow and Cape Adare. Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy...
Sea Point (Afrikaans: Seepunt) is an affluent and densely populated suburb of Cape Town, situated between Signal Hill and the Atlantic Ocean, a few kilometres...
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