Ras Nouadhibou (Arabic: رأس نواذيبو) is a 60-kilometre (37 mi) peninsula or headland divided by the border between Mauritania and Western Sahara on the African coast of the Atlantic Ocean. It is internationally known as Cabo Blanco in Spanish or Cap Blanc in French (both meaning "White Headland").
In the 14th and 15th centuries, fishing activities carried out from the nearby Canary Islands, by Spanish fishermen, inspired Spain to develop an interest in the desert coast of what is today called Western Sahara.[citation needed]
Cabo Blanco in the Atlantic Ocean along with the island of Gyaros in the eastern Mediterranean are the only places in the world where Mediterranean monk seals preserve the structure of a colony.[1] In 1997, two-thirds of the colony died off, but there has been gradual recovery since.[2]
Although it is not the westernmost point of Africa, due to the Earth's tilt it is at least twice a year the last place in Africa where the sun sets.[3]
^Karamanlidis, A; Dendrinos, P. "Monachus monachus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T13653A45227543.en. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
^Forcada, J.; Hammond, P.S.; Aguilar, A. (November 1999). "Status of the Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus in the western Sahara and the implications of a mass mortality event". Marine Ecology Progress Series. 188: 249–261. Bibcode:1999MEPS..188..249F. doi:10.3354/meps188249.
^Jorge Mira-Pérez (2018). "The last sunset on mainland Europe". Cartography and Geographic Information Science. 45 (1). doi:10.1080/15230406.2016.1249409. hdl:10347/18512.
RasNouadhibou (Arabic: رأس نواذيبو) is a 60-kilometre (37 mi) peninsula or headland divided by the border between Mauritania and Western Sahara on the...
headland called RasNouadhibou (Berber: Ighef Nwadibu), Cap Blanc, or Cabo Blanco, of which the western side has the city of La Güera. Nouadhibou is consequently...
Cap Blanc or Cape Blanc, meaning "White Cape", may refer to: RasNouadhibou or Cap Blanc, a headland in Mauritania and Western Sahara Cap Blanc rock shelter...
peninsula in the extreme southwest, with the city of Lagouira, is called RasNouadhibou, Cabo Blanco, or Cap Blanc. The eastern side is part of Mauritania....
Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region (Arabic: ولاية داخلة نواذيبو, romanized: Wilayat Dakhlet Nouadhibou, lit. 'Interior Nouadhibou Region') is an administrative...
entire length of the shoreline. The RasNouadhibou (formerly known as Cap Blanc) peninsula, which forms Dakhlet Nouadhibou (formerly Lévrier Bay) to the east...
north-western Mauritania on the RasNouadhibou peninsula. It is located in the Nouadhibou Department in the Dakhlet Nouadhibou region. It was built from scratch...
the Sahara coast with several enclaves in Cabo Bojador, Dakhla and RasNouadhibou from 1500 to present, extending from the west coast of Africa to hunting...
mean: Cape Blanco (Oregon), a headland in the U.S. state of Oregon RasNouadhibou, a peninsula on the west coast of Africa Cape Blanco (horse), a Thoroughbred...
latitude (Canary Current, 2002). Upwelling occurs year-round at Cap Blanc (RasNouadhibou) and northward. South of Cap Blanc, upwelling is limited to winter and...
Blanc Lighthouse (also known as the RasNouadhibou Lighthouse) is an active lighthouse located on RasNouadhibou (French: Cap Blanc) in Mauritania. Constructed...
only one in Mauritania. It is limited by the Cap Blanc (also known as RasNouadhibou ) headland on its western side. The bay opens towards the south and...
Horde and establishes the Crimean Khanate. Nuno Tristão reaches the RasNouadhibou (Cabo Branco) on the western coast of Africa. This is probably the first...
Senegal Dakar city, Dakar Region 17°27′W 49 Mauritania RasNouadhibou peninsula, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region 17°03′W 50 Western Sahara La Güera 17°03′W 51...
Blanco may refer to: Cabo Blanco, Africa, a peninsula also known as RasNouadhibou Cabo Blanco, Peru, fishing village and surf spot Cabo Blanco, Spain...
Democratic Republic (SADR). Mauritania administers the western half of the RasNouadhibou Peninsula. A UN-monitored cease-fire has been in effect since September...
Mauritania on the RasNouadhibou peninsular. It is located in the Nouadhibou Department in the Dakhlet Nouadhibou region south of Nouadhibou close to Cansado...
Horde and establishes the Crimean Khanate. Nuno Tristão reaches the RasNouadhibou (Cabo Branco) on the western coast of Africa. This is probably the first...
the Portuguese explorer Nuno Tristão, in 1443. They occupied nowadays RasNouadhibou (Cabo Branco) as well. In 1445, Prince Henry the Navigator set up a...
of beaches as it was common historically. This colony and the one in RasNouadhibou are the sources of vagrants sometimes seen near the Azores and Canary...
established a trading fort at Arguin, southeast of Cap Blanc (present-day RasNouadhibou), in 1455. The king of Portugal also maintained a commercial agent at...
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