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Maritime museum entrance
Entrance to Cap Spartel's maritime museum
Lighthouse after renovation
Lighthouse after renovation

Cape Spartel (Arabic: رأس سبارطيل, Moroccan Arabic: أشبرتال, French: Cap Spartel, Spanish: Cabo Espartel) is a promontory in Morocco about 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level at the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, 12 km west of Tangier. It is the northwesternmost point of the African continent. Below the cape are the Caves of Hercules.

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Cape Spartel

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Cape Spartel (Arabic: رأس سبارطيل, Moroccan Arabic: أشبرتال, French: Cap Spartel, Spanish: Cabo Espartel) is a promontory in Morocco about 1,000 feet (300 m)...

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Battle of Cape Spartel

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The Battle of Cape Spartel was an indecisive naval battle between a Franco-Spanish fleet under Admiral Luis de Córdova y Córdova and a British fleet under...

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Spartel

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Spartel Bank or Majuán Bank is a submerged former island located in the Strait of Gibraltar near Cape Spartel and the Spartel Sill. Its highest point...

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Cape Trafalgar

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Sea as a line that joins Cape Trafalgar to the north with Cape Spartel to the south. The most prominent structure on the cape is a 34 m (112 ft) lighthouse...

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Perdicaris Park

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of the Jebel Kebir hill facing the Strait of Gibraltar, between the Cape Spartel reserve to its west and the Jebel Kebir Royal Palace to its east. It...

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Rif

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the Jebala people. This mountainous and fertile area is bordered by Cape Spartel and Tangier to the west, by Berkane and the Moulouya River to the east...

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HMS Victory

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served as Keppel's flagship at Ushant, Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel and Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent. After 1824, she was relegated to the role...

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Tangier

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ancient visitors. The Caves of Hercules, where he supposedly rested on Cape Spartel during his labors, remain one today.[citation needed] Tingis came under...

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Caves of Hercules

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The Caves of Hercules is an archaeological cave complex located in Cape Spartel, Morocco. Situated 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of Tangier, the popular tourist...

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Headland

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Cape Malabata

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would have linked Cape Malabata to Punta Paloma in Spain. Years of studies have, however, made no real progress thus far. Cape Spartel Wikimedia Commons...

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Guadalmina

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of Gibraltar, south and southeast coast of Spain, African coast from Cape Spartel to Gulf of Gabes-including the Balearic Islands. Hydrographic Office...

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Libyan Desert

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such as Herodotus, regarded the whole of the North African littoral, to Cape Spartel in Morocco, as "Libya". Later, the Romans organized the region the provinces...

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Borders of the oceans

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extremities of Cape Trafalgar (Spain) and Cape Spartel (Africa)". Defined by IHO as "A line running Southeastward from Cape Palmas in Liberia to Cape Lopez (0°38′S...

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Battle of the Ebro

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Talavera Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza Guinea Cerro Muriano Cape Spartel Seseña Madrid Ciudad Universitaria 1st Corunna Road Villarreal Ursula...

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Moroccan dirham

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shipping containers in the port of Tangier; lighthouse and trees on Cape Spartel in Tangier Mohammed VI and electrotype 200 2012 2012 For table standards...

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List of countries by northernmost point

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 Malta Xwieni Bay, Marsalforn Żebbuġ, Gozo 36°05′N  Morocco Cape Spartel 35°55′N  Cyprus Cape Apostolos Andreas 35°42′N  India Kilik Pass, Jammu and Kashmir...

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Battle of Cape Passaro

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resumed his voyage and by 8 July the British fleet was rejoined off Cape Spartel by the two ships with news of the Spanish fleets departure from Barcelona...

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History of the Regency of Algiers

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Anglo-Dutch force in 1670 cost Algiers several ships and 2200 sailors near Cape Spartel, and English ships burned seven other ships in Béjaïa. A regime change...

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